Patents by Inventor Jerry W. Morris

Jerry W. Morris 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).

  • Publication number: 20240067979
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tobacco plants, tobacco seeds, compositions, and methods related to the identification and introgression of the Pale Yellow locus in tobacco. It also relates to generating novel mutations within the PY locus in tobacco.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Sreepriya PRAMOD, Andrew C. ADAMS, Marcos Fernando DE GODOY LUSSO, Gregory A. DAVIS, Jerry W. MORRIS, Dongmei XU, Jesse FREDERICK
  • Patent number: 11827893
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tobacco plants, tobacco seeds, compositions, and methods related to the identification and introgression of the Pale Yellow locus in tobacco. It also relates to generating novel mutations within the PY locus in tobacco.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sreepriya Pramod, Andrew C. Adams, Marcos Fernando de Godoy Lusso, Gregory A. Davis, Jerry W. Morris, Dongmei Xu, Jesse Frederick
  • Publication number: 20210108219
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tobacco plants, tobacco seeds, compositions, and methods related to the identification and introgression of the Pale Yellow locus in tobacco. It also relates to generating novel mutations within the PY locus in tobacco.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Sreepriya PRAMOD, Andrew C. ADAMS, Marcos Fernando DE GODOY LUSSO, Gregory A. DAVIS, Jerry W. MORRIS, Dongmei XU, Jesse FREDERICK
  • Patent number: 10945393
    Abstract: This application provides high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics and development of these plants via breeding. This application also provides hybrid seeds that give rise to high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics. This application provides methods of growing and harvesting high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics. This application further provides tobacco products made from high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics, and methods making such tobacco products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Marcos Fernando de Godoy Lusso, Greg Davis, Jerry W. Morris
  • Patent number: 10527558
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting foreign material within a product stream in real-time, involve illuminating a portion of the agricultural product stream with light spanning a wavelength range including or within near-infrared and/or shortwave infrared wavelengths; scanning a line of the illuminated agricultural product stream to acquire a hyperspectral image of the line, the hyperspectral image of the line having a width of a single pixel; processing the hyperspectral image of the scanned line to obtain spectrum data for one or more pixels of the hyperspectral image of the scanned line; comparing the obtained spectrum data of the one or more pixels to predetermined spectrum data to determine whether the obtained spectrum data is indicative of foreign material within the scanned line of the agricultural product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Amrita Sahu, Henry M. Dante, Jerry W. Morris
  • Publication number: 20190170660
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting foreign material within a product stream in real-time, involve illuminating a portion of the agricultural product stream with light spanning a wavelength range including or within near-infrared and/or shortwave infrared wavelengths; scanning a line of the illuminated agricultural product stream to acquire a hyperspectral image of the line, the hyperspectral image of the line having a width of a single pixel; processing the hyperspectral image of the scanned line to obtain spectrum data for one or more pixels of the hyperspectral image of the scanned line; comparing the obtained spectrum data of the one or more pixels to predetermined spectrum data to determine whether the obtained spectrum data is indicative of foreign material within the scanned line of the agricultural product stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Amrita Sahu, Henry M. Dante, Jerry W. Morris
  • Publication number: 20190150386
    Abstract: This application provides high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics and development of these plants via breeding. This application also provides hybrid seeds that give rise to high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics. This application provides methods of growing and harvesting high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics. This application further provides tobacco products made from high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics, and methods making such tobacco products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Marcos Fernando de Godoy Lusso, Greg Davis, Jerry W. Morris
  • Patent number: 10292352
    Abstract: This application provides high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics and development of these plants via breeding. This application also provides hybrid seeds that give rise to high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics. This application provides methods of growing and harvesting high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics. This application further provides tobacco products made from high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics, and methods making such tobacco products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Marcos Fernando de Godoy Lusso, Greg Davis, Jerry W. Morris
  • Patent number: 10197504
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting foreign material within a product stream in real-time, involve illuminating a portion of the agricultural product stream with light spanning a wavelength range including or within near-infrared and/or shortwave infrared wavelengths; scanning a line of the illuminated agricultural product stream to acquire a hyperspectral image of the line, the hyperspectral image of the line having a width of a single pixel; processing the hyperspectral image of the scanned line to obtain spectrum data for one or more pixels of the hyperspectral image of the scanned line; comparing the obtained spectrum data of the one or more pixels to predetermined spectrum data to determine whether the obtained spectrum data is indicative of foreign material within the scanned line of the agricultural product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Amrita Sahu, Henry M. Dante, Jerry W. Morris
  • Publication number: 20180100810
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting foreign material within a product stream in real-time, involve illuminating a portion of the agricultural product stream with light spanning a wavelength range including or within near-infrared and/or shortwave infrared wavelengths; scanning a line of the illuminated agricultural product stream to acquire a hyperspectral image of the line, the hyperspectral image of the line having a width of a single pixel; processing the hyperspectral image of the scanned line to obtain spectrum data for one or more pixels of the hyperspectral image of the scanned line; comparing the obtained spectrum data of the one or more pixels to predetermined spectrum data to determine whether the obtained spectrum data is indicative of foreign material within the scanned line of the agricultural product stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Amrita Sahu, Henry M. Dante, Jerry W. Morris
  • Publication number: 20150136152
    Abstract: This application provides high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics and development of these plants via breeding. This application also provides hybrid seeds that give rise to high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics. This application provides methods of growing and harvesting high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics. This application further provides tobacco products made from high yielding tobacco plants with Oriental tobacco aroma and flavor characteristics, and methods making such tobacco products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Altria Client Services Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Fernando de Godoy Lusso, Greg Davis, Jerry W. Morris