Patents by Inventor Bart Segers

Bart Segers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cucumber plants with a compact growing habit
    Patent number: 8710303
    Abstract: The invention relates to the breeding of cucumbers, and especially to a new cucumber plant with a valuable new characteristic. This new characteristic leads to an improvement in the growth properties and so to a simplification and improvement of cucumber cultivation. Seeds according to the invention and methods for introducing the new characteristic into other cucumber plants are also covered. Self-pollination and cross-pollination of the plants according to the invention are described, as well as the production of doubled haploids from these plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Nunhems B.V.
    Inventors: Jack Crienen, Gerhard T. M. Reuling, Bart Segers, Marion Van de Wal
  • NEW CUCUMBER PLANTS WITH A COMPACT GROWING HABIT
    Publication number: 20110047642
    Abstract: The invention relates to the breeding of cucumbers, and especially to a new cucumber plant with a valuable new characteristic. This new characteristic leads to an improvement in the growth properties and so to a simplification and improvement of cucumber cultivation. Seeds according to the invention and methods for introducing the new characteristic into other cucumber plants are also covered. Self-pollination and cross-pollination of the plants according to the invention are described, as well as the production of doubled haploids from these plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Nunhems B.V.
    Inventors: Jack Crienen, Gerhard T.M. Reuling, Bart Segers, Marion Van de Wal