Patents by Inventor Roger S. Webb

Roger S. Webb 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).

  • Method for eliminating seed and fruit debris produced by flowering plants
    Patent number: 6629384
    Abstract: A method of deflowering hardwood trees (dicots) comprises the steps of evaluating the physiological maturity of male and female flowers of a dicot, and injecting a solution containing synthetic indolebutyric acid (IBA) into vascular tissue of the tree when male and female flowers approach physiological maturity at or prior to fertilization. In accordance with a preferred method, the injected solution is about 4% synthetic IBA in water, and five milliliters of the solution is injected into the vascular tissue through each of a plurality of injection holes bored at spaced intervals about the circumference of the trunk of the dicot. The method causes delayed shedding of staminate flowers and early abortion or suppression of pistillate flowers, thereby preventing the development of fruit heads and the production of seed known to be a nuisance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Inventor: Roger S. Webb
  • Method for eliminating seed and fruit debris produced by flowering plants
    Publication number: 20020144459
    Abstract: A method of deflowering hardwood trees (dicots) comprises the steps of evaluating the physiological maturity of male and female flowers of a dicot, and injecting a solution containing synthetic indolebutyric acid (IBA) into vascular tissue of the tree when male and female flowers approach physiological maturity at or prior to fertilization. In accordance with a preferred method, the injected solution is about 4% synthetic IBA in water, and five milliliters of the solution is injected into the vascular tissue through each of a plurality of injection holes bored at spaced intervals about the circumference of the trunk of the dicot. The method causes delayed shedding of staminate flowers and early abortion or suppression of pistillate flowers, thereby preventing the development of fruit heads and the production of seed known to be a nuisance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventor: Roger S. Webb
  • Method for deflowering sweet gum trees to eliminate seed and fruit debris
    Patent number: 6360479
    Abstract: A method of deflowering a sweet gum tree by injecting a solution containing indolebutyric acid into vascular tissue of the tree is disclosed for preventing undesirable seed and fruit debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventor: Roger S. Webb
  • Process for the production of mellein and 4-hydroxymellein
    Patent number: 5185023
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to a novel means of producing mellein and 4-hydroxymellein. The subject invention further concerns a novel means for introducing phytotoxin, disrupting nutrient flow, and inducing selective mortality for population control of a pest plant species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Inventor: Roger S. Webb