Patents by Inventor Jakob Andreas Leuenberger

Jakob Andreas Leuenberger 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 OF SELECTING STEM SEGMENTS
    Publication number: 20110182478
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method of selecting stem segments with desired characteristics and more specifically the invention refers to a method of selecting stem segments of graminaceous plants (from the Gramineae/Poaceae family), such as plants of the Saccharum spp, including sugar cane. According to an embodiment of the invention, the method of selecting stem segments, comprises the steps of identifying at least one characteristic of each stem segment by a sensor; and separating the stem segments comprising the said characteristic from those which do not comprise the said characteristic, depending on the response of said identification means; characterized in that the sensor is selected from the group consisting of a pressure transducer sensor, a capacitive sensor, an ultrasound sensor, an x-ray sensor, a magnetic sensor, and a microwave sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Evaristo Luiz Momesso, JR., Jakob Andreas Leuenberger, Markus Roggli, Jose Giraldo Martins Dos Santos
  • METHOD FOR GROWING SUGARCANE
    Publication number: 20100263095
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of growing a gramineous crop plant comprising the steps of providing a stem section of a gramineous crop plant which section comprises at least one node, planting said section, and growing a gramineous crop plant from said planted stem section. It also relates to a stem section of a gramineous crop plant comprising at least one node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Paulo Aramaki, Jakob Andreas Leuenberger, Antonio Carlos Nascimento, Jose Geraldo Marins dos Santos
  • METHOD FOR GROWING SUGARCANE
    Publication number: 20100251434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of growing a gramineous crop plant comprising the steps of providing a stem section of a gramineous crop plant which section comprises at least one node, planting said section, and growing a gramineous crop plant from said planted stem section. It also relates to a stem section of a gramineous crop plant comprising at least one node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Paulo Aramaki, Jakob Andreas Leuenberger, Antonio Carlos Nascimento, Jose Geraldo Martins dos Santos
  • METHOD FOR GROWING SUGARCANE
    Publication number: 20100251436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of growing a gramineous crop plant comprising the steps of providing a stem section of a gramineous crop plant which section comprises at least one node, planting said section, and growing a gramineous crop plant from said planted stem section. It also relates to a stem section of a gramineous crop plant comprising at least one node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Paulo Aramaki, Jakob Andreas Leuenberger, Antonio Carlos Nascimento, Jose Geraldo Martins dos Santos