Patents by Inventor Gerard Sutra

Gerard Sutra 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).

  • Hybridization of sunflowers and safflowers
    Patent number: 5169429
    Abstract: A method of inducing male sterility in a dicotyledonous plant which comprises treating the plant prior to, during or post meiosis with an amount of a substituted 4-oxo-1-phenyl-1,4-dihydropyridazine, which is effective to produce male sterility in the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Harlow L. Warner, Gerard Sutra