Patents by Inventor Michael Richard Roberts

Michael Richard Roberts 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).

  • Plant protection
    Patent number: 8507756
    Abstract: The invention provides seed treatment compositions as well as their use, methods for treating seeds, methods of protecting plants against pests and also treated seeds and plants. In one embodiment there is provided a method of treating a seed with a seed treatment composition to induce a plant resistance mechanism against one or more pests in a plant grown from said seed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Plant Bioscience Limited
    Inventors: Michael Richard Roberts, Nigel Duncan Paul, Jane Elizabeth Taylor, Patricia Croft, Jason Paul Moore
  • PLANT PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20120131700
    Abstract: The invention provides seed treatment compositions as well as their use, methods for treating seeds, methods of protecting plants against pests and also treated seeds and plants. In one embodiment there is provided a method of treating a seed with a seed treatment composition to induce a plant resistance mechanism against one or more pests in a plant grown from said seed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Plant Bioscience Limited
    Inventors: Michael Richard Roberts, Nigel Duncan Paul, Jane Elizabeth Taylor, Patricia Croft, Jason Paul Moore
  • Plant protection
    Patent number: 8115053
    Abstract: The invention provides seed treatment compositions as well as their use, methods for treating seeds, methods of protecting plants against pests and also treated seeds and plants. In one embodiment there is provided a method of treating a seed with a seed treatment composition to induce a plant resistance mechanism against one or more pests in a plant grown from said seed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Plant Bioscience Limited
    Inventors: Michael Richard Roberts, Nigel Duncan Paul, Jane Elizabeth Taylor, Patricia Croft, Jason Paul Moore
  • PLANT PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20100005551
    Abstract: The invention provides seed treatment compositions as well as their use, methods for treating seeds, methods of protecting plants against pests and also treated seeds and plants. In one embodiment there is provided a method of treating a seed with a seed treatment composition to induce a plant resistance mechanism against one or more pests in a plant grown from said seed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: PLANT BIOSCIENCE LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Richard Roberts, Nigel Duncan Paul, Jane Elizabeth Taylor, Patricia Croft, Jason Paul Moore
  • Photographic silver halide media for digital optical recording
    Patent number: 5744287
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a layer comprising a cyan dye forming coupler, a layer comprising a magenta dye forming coupler and a layer comprising a yellow dye forming coupler, wherein said layers further comprise silver halide emulsions, said emulsions comprise greater than 95 percent chloride and said element when exposed at less than 50 microseconds per pixel in each color record and at a resolution between 200 and 500 pixels per inch provides after development a maximum gamma between 3.4 and 6.0 in at least one color record layer within a log exposure range not exceeding 1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael Richard Roberts, Alphonse Dominic Camp, Richard Lee Parton, Daniel John Collins