Patents Assigned to Plant Health Care, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11820992
    Abstract: Disclosed are hypersensitive-response eliciting peptides that exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: PLANT HEALTH CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongmin Wei, Gregory A. Zornetzer, Stephen Bornick
  • Patent number: 11820797
    Abstract: Disclosed are peptides that induce an active plant response, but not a hypersensitive response, when applied to plant tissue. These peptides also preferably exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: PLANT HEALTH CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongmin Wei, Gregory A. Zornetzer
  • Patent number: 11725027
    Abstract: Disclosed are hypersensitive-response eliciting peptides and non-hypersensitive response eliciting peptides that induce active plant responses, and that exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: PLANT HEALTH CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongmin Wei, Gregory A. Zornetzer
  • Patent number: 11371011
    Abstract: Disclosed are recombinant host cells comprising a promoter-effective nucleic acid molecule operably coupled to a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a plant effector protein or polypeptide that induces an active plant response including, among others, growth enhancement, disease resistance, pest or insect resistance, and stress resistance. Use of these recombinant host cells for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: PLANT HEALTH CARE, INC.
    Inventor: Zhongmin Wei
  • Patent number: 10918104
    Abstract: Disclosed are peptides that induce an active plant response, but not a hypersensitive response, when applied to plant tissue. These peptides also preferably exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: PLANT HEALTH CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongmin Wei, Gregory A. Zornetzer
  • Patent number: 10897900
    Abstract: Disclosed are hypersensitive-response eliciting peptides that exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: PLANT HEALTH CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongmin Wei, Gregory A. Zornetzer
  • Patent number: 10856546
    Abstract: Disclosed are hypersensitive-response eliciting peptides that exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: PLANT HEALTH CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongmin Wei, Gregory A. Zornetzer, Stephen Bornick
  • Patent number: 10856547
    Abstract: Disclosed are hypersensitive-response eliciting peptides that exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: PLANT HEALTH CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongmin Wei, Gregory A. Zornetzer
  • Patent number: 10793608
    Abstract: Disclosed are hypersensitive-response eliciting peptides and non-hypersensitive response eliciting peptides that induce active plant responses, and that exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: PLANT HEALTH CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongmin Wei, Gregory A. Zornetzer
  • Patent number: 10743538
    Abstract: Disclosed are peptides that induce an active plant response, but not a hypersensitive response, when applied to plant tissue. These peptides also preferably exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Plant Health Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongmin Wei, Gregory A. Zornetzer
  • Patent number: 10524472
    Abstract: Disclosed are peptides that induce an active plant response, but not a hypersensitive response, when applied to plant tissue. These peptides also preferably exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Plant Health Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongmin Wei, Gregory A. Zornetzer
  • Patent number: 10524473
    Abstract: Disclosed are peptides that induce an active plant response, but not a hypersensitive response, when applied to plant tissue. These peptides also preferably exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Plant Health Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongmin Wei, Gregory A. Zornetzer
  • Patent number: 10470461
    Abstract: Disclosed are hypersensitive-response eliciting peptides that exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Plant Health Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongmin Wei, Gregory A. Zornetzer, Stephen Bornick
  • Patent number: 9307769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing yield of a plant. This method involves applying to a plant and/or area of cultivation thiophanate methyl and an isolated hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide fragment, wherein said applying is carried out under conditions effective to induce a synergistic yield from the plant. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising a liquid or solid carrier, thiophanate methyl, and an isolated hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Plant Health Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Zhongmin Wei
  • Patent number: 9204638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing yield of a plant. This method involves applying to a plant and/or area of cultivation thiophanate methyl and an isolated hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide fragment, wherein said applying is carried out under conditions effective to induce a synergistic yield from the plant. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising a liquid or solid carrier, thiophanate methyl, and an isolated hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Plant Health Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Zhongmin Wei
  • Patent number: 8334268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel active compound combinations consisting, firstly, of formononetin and, secondly, of known insecticidally active compounds, which active compound combinations are highly suitable for controlling unwanted animal pests, such as insects or acarids, or nematodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Plant Health Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfram Andersch, Heike Hungenberg, Darren Mansfield
  • Patent number: 8324431
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing 2,4-dihydroxyphenyl 4-methoxybenzyl ketones of the formula (I) by Friedel-Crafts acylation in hydrogen fluoride (HF). 2,4-Dihydroxyphenyl 4-methoxybenzyl ketones of the formula (I) in which R1 and R2 are each hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, bromine, iodine, CF3, methyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, —OCF3, —C(CH3)3, —CH2(CH3)2, —CH(CH3)2, R3 is hydrogen, Cl, F, Br, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, —C(CH3)3, and X is hydroxyl, F, Cl, Br, optionally substituted alkoxy, are obtained in high yield and high purity by reacting phenylacetic acid derivatives of the formula (II) with phenols of the formula (III) in liquid hydrogen fluoride (HF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Plant Health Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergii Pazenok, Norbert Lui
  • Patent number: 8306750
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention automatically measure the impact of natural conditions and/or deliberate interventions on crop yields. Other embodiments automatically predict the impact of natural conditions and/or deliberate interventions on crop yields. By eliminating the need for human intervention, judgment, or discretion from the processes of measuring and predicting impact on yield, embodiments of the present invention enable such measurements and predictions to be made significantly more accurately, quickly, and inexpensively than has been possible with preexisting techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Plant Health Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Griffin
  • Patent number: 8232228
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to increasing the efficacy of agricultural chemicals. This can be achieved by applying at least one agricultural chemical to a plant or plant seed under conditions effective for the agricultural chemical to perform its intended function and applying at least one hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide to the plant or plant seed under conditions effective to increase the efficacy of the agricultural chemical. Alternatively, the present invention relates to a method for increasing the efficacy of agricultural chemicals by applying an agricultural chemical to a transgenic plants or transgenic seeds transformed with nucleic acid molecule which encodes a hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide, wherein the agricultural chemical is applied under conditions effective for the agricultural chemical to perform its intended function but with increased efficacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Plant Health Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Zhong-Min Wei
  • Patent number: 8195396
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention automatically measure the impact of natural conditions and/or deliberate interventions on crop yields. Other embodiments automatically predict the impact of natural conditions and/or deliberate interventions on crop yields. By eliminating the need for human intervention, judgment, or discretion from the processes of measuring and predicting impact on yield, embodiments of the present invention enable such measurements and predictions to be made significantly more accurately, quickly, and inexpensively than has been possible with preexisting techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Plant Health Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Griffin