Patents by Inventor Edward N. Curry

Edward N. Curry 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).

  • Ancho Chile Pepper Variety
    Publication number: 20160374281
    Abstract: An improved ancho-type chile pepper cultivar that produces fruit (i.e., peppers) that is characterized by rounded shoulders with little or no indentation at the calyx at the top of the fruit in comparison to existing ancho-type chile pepper cultivars. Plants and fruit grown from the seed of the improved cultivar also are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Edward N. Curry
  • Thin-skinned Chile pepper variety
    Patent number: 8802940
    Abstract: An improved Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar having a fruit characterized by a relatively thin skin in comparison to other Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivars, such that mechanized peeling of fruit results in an average recovery, excluding skin, seed, and placenta, that is at least 5% higher in comparison to the peeling of an existing Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar. The improved cultivar further is characterized by a mature seed content of less than 20 pounds per 1000 pounds of fruit and by fruit that is readily de-stemmed by mechanized de-stemming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Curry Seed & Chili Co.
    Inventors: Edward N. Curry, Philip L. Villa
  • Thin-Skinned Chile Pepper Variety
    Publication number: 20120227137
    Abstract: An improved Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar having a fruit characterized by a relatively thin skin in comparison to other Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivars, such that mechanized peeling of fruit results in an average recovery, excluding skin, seed, and placenta, that is at least 5% higher in comparison to the peeling of an existing Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar. The improved cultivar further is characterized by a mature seed content of less than 20 pounds per 1000 pounds of fruit and by fruit that is readily de-stemmed by mechanized de-stemming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: CURRY SEED & CHILI CO.
    Inventors: Edward N. Curry, Philip L. Villa
  • Thin-skinned chile pepper variety
    Patent number: 8178756
    Abstract: An improved Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar having a fruit characterized by a relatively thin skin in comparison to other Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivars, such that mechanized peeling of fruit results in an average recovery, excluding skin, seed, and placenta, that is at least 5% higher in comparison to the peeling of an existing Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar. The improved cultivar further is characterized by a mature seed content of less than 20 pounds per 1000 pounds of fruit and by fruit that is readily de-stemmed by mechanized de-stemming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Curry Seed & Chili Co.
    Inventors: Edward N. Curry, Philip L. Villa
  • Thin-Skinned Chile Pepper Variety
    Publication number: 20100199392
    Abstract: An improved Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar having a fruit characterized by a relatively thin skin in comparison to other Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivars, such that mechanized peeling of fruit results in an average recovery, excluding skin, seed, and placenta, that is at least 5% higher in comparison to the peeling of an existing Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar. The improved cultivar further is characterized by a mature seed content of less than 20 pounds per 1000 pounds of fruit and by fruit that is readily de-stemmed by mechanized de-stemming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Edward N. Curry, Philip L. Villa