Appeal No. 2004-2317 Page 6
Application No. 09/771,938
As appellant explains (specification, page 31):
Many single locus traits have been identified that are not regularly
selected for in the development of a new inbred but that can be
improved by backcrossing techniques. Single locus traits may or
may not be transgenic; examples of these traits include, but are not
limited to, male sterility, waxy starch, herbicide resistance,
resistance for bacterial, fungal, or viral disease, insect resistance,
male fertility, enhanced nutritional quality, industrial usage, yield
stability, and yield enhancement. These genes are generally
inherited through the nucleus, but may be inherited through the
cytoplasm. Some known exceptions to this are genes for male
sterility, some of which are inherited cytoplasmically, but still act as
single locus traits.
A final aspect of the present invention is directed to a process of
producing an inbred corn plant derived from a plant of the corn variety I015036.
See e.g., claim 31. According to appellant’s specification (bridging paragraph,
pages 10-11),
the present invention provides a method of producing an inbred
corn plant derived from the corn variety I015036, the method
comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a progeny plant derived from
corn variety I015036, wherein said preparing comprises crossing a
plant of the corn variety I015036 with a second corn plant, and
wherein a sample of the seed of corn variety I015036 has been
deposited under ATCC Accession No. … [PTA-3225]; (b) crossing
the progeny plant with itself or a second plant to produce a seed of
a progeny plant of a subsequent generation; (c) growing a progeny
plant of a subsequent generation from said seed of a progeny plant
of a subsequent generation and crossing the progeny plant of a
subsequent generation with itself or a second plant; and (d)
repeating steps (c) and (d) for an addition 3-10 generations to
produce an inbred corn plant derived from the corn variety I015036.
In the method, it may be desirable to select particular plants
resulting from step (c) for continued crossing according to steps (b)
and (c). By selecting plants having one or more desirable traits, an
inbred corn plant derived from the corn variety I015036 is obtained
which possesses some of the desirable traits of corn variety
I015036 as well potentially other selected traits.
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