Patents by Inventor Norman Volotin

Norman Volotin 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).

  • Methods for vegetative propagation of grass plants
    Patent number: 9078401
    Abstract: Provided are plant hormone-based growth-enhancing compositions, which comprise at least one auxin, at least one cytokinin, and at least one polyaspartic acid, and which optionally comprise at least one seaweed concentrate and at least one surfactant. Also provided are methods of propagating grass plants, including those of family Poaceae, such as the sterile grass plant Arundo donax, by treating the mature or immature stems of these plants with growth-enhancing compositions to stimulate the development of roots and shoots from meristematic tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: TreeFree Biomass Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: John Todd Carroll, Norman Volotin
  • Arundo plant named 'Nile Fiber'
    Publication number: 20140075628
    Abstract: Arundo donax ‘Nile Fiber’ is a new and unique cultivar characterized by its lack of serrated leaf margins, vigorous growth, dark purple bands below node sections, thick wall, ease in propagation, and usefulness in biomass production such as producing superior fiber for making pulp and paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: TreeFree Biomass Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: John Todd Carroll, Norman Volotin
  • METHODS FOR VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF GRASS PLANTS
    Publication number: 20120204487
    Abstract: Provided are plant hormone-based growth-enhancing compositions, which comprise at least one auxin, at least one cytokinin, and at least one polyaspartic acid, and which optionally comprise at least one seaweed concentrate and at least one surfactant. Also provided are methods of propagating grass plants, including those of family Poaceae, such as the sterile grass plant Arundo donax, by treating the mature or immature stems of these plants with growth-enhancing compositions to stimulate the development of roots and shoots from meristematic tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: TreeFree Biomass Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: John Todd Carroll, Norman Volotin
  • plant named ‘Nile Fiber’
    Patent number: PP25177
    Abstract: Arundo donax ‘Nile Fiber’ is a new and unique cultivar characterized by its lack of serrated leaf margins, vigorous growth, dark purple bands below node sections, thick wall, ease in propagation, and usefulness in biomass production such as producing superior fiber for making pulp and paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: TreeFree Biomass Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: John Todd Carroll, Norman Volotin