Patents by Inventor Robert Jean Legro

Robert Jean Legro 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).

  • Modified Active-Ingredient-Containing Pellets/Capsules
    Publication number: 20090163364
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of active-ingredients which are advantageous for a plant or a plant seed. More specifically, the invention relates to methods and means for providing an active-ingredient to a plant or a plant seed in need of such an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventor: Robert Jean Legro
  • Method for the protection of germinating seed and pesticide-coated pellets
    Patent number: 7003914
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the protection of germinating seed from pesticide, wherein seed-containing pellets and pesticide-containing pellets are sown separately but simultaneously. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the pesticide-containing pellets have substantially the same shape and diameter as the seed-containg pellets, and the pesticide-containing pellets comprise the exact dosis of pesticide that is sufficient for one seed germ. Generally, the pellets with pesticide have a diameter ranging from 0,5–5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Incotec International B.V.
    Inventors: Robert Jean Legro, Sijbert Honkoop
  • Method for the protection of germinating seed and pesticide-coated pellets
    Publication number: 20040237395
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the protection of germinating seed from pesticide, wherein seed-containing pellets and pesticide-containing pellets are sown separately but simultaneously. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the pesticide-containing pellets have substantially the same shape and diameter as the seed-containg pellets, and the pesticide-containing pellets comprise the exact dosis of pesticide that is sufficient for one seed germ. Generally, the pellets with pesticide have a diameter ranging from 0,5-5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Incotec International B.V.
    Inventors: Robert Jean Legro, Sijbert Honkoop
  • Method for the production of desiccation tolerant plant embryoids and methods for germination of desiccation tolerant embryoids
    Patent number: 6022744
    Abstract: A method for the induction of desiccation tolerance in plant embryoids is disclosed. The method entails using an excess of absissic acid and a coating of apolar and polar hygroscopic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Incotec International B.V.
    Inventors: Franciscus Abraham A. Tetteroo, Folkert Anne Hoekstra, Robert Jean Legro