Patents by Inventor Deborah A. Samac

Deborah A. Samac 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).

  • Process for inhibition of proteolytic activity during the ensiling of forages
    Patent number: 8338339
    Abstract: A means for producing ensiled crops with reduced proteolysis by supplying an o-diphenol compound and ensuring a supply of polyphenol oxidase in the material at the time of ensilaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Ronald D. Hatfield, Richard E. Muck, Michael L. Sullivan, Deborah A. Samac
  • Process for inhibition of proteolytic activity during the ensiling of forages
    Publication number: 20050129740
    Abstract: A means for producing ensiled crops with reduced proteolysis by supplying an o-diphenyl compound and ensuring a supply of polyphenol oxidase in the material at the time of ensilaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Ronald Hatfield, Richard Muck, Michael Sullivan, Deborah Samac
  • Transgenic plants expressing bacterial atrazine degrading gene AtzA
    Patent number: 6369299
    Abstract: The present invention provides plants that dehalogenate at least one s-triazine. The plants can include an exogenous coding region that imparts the ability to degrade at least one s-triazine. The present invention further provides methods for degrading, more preferably detoxifying, at least one s-triazine with an s-triazine degrading plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignees: Regents of the University of Minnesota, Department of Agriculture
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Lawrence P. Wackett, Carroll P. Vance, Deborah A. Samac