Patents by Inventor Roxanne Davis

Roxanne Davis 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).

  • Synthetic substrate for filamentous fungi
    Patent number: 4803800
    Abstract: A synthetic substrate which supports the growth and development of filamentous fungi is disclosed. The substrate is comprised of a nutrient in a hydrated hydrogel matrix forming a capsule. In a preferred embodiment, the capsule has an irregular external surface to allow filamentous fungi to adhere thereto even when shaken. Also disclosed is a synthetic CACing agent which includes the synthetic substrate of the present invention, a method of manufacturing the synthetic substrate of the present invention and a method of cultivating mushroom spawn and cultivating mushrooms utilizing the synthetic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Plant Genetics, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Peter Romaine, Charles E. Nelsen, Roxanne Davis
  • Method for the preparation of hydrated, pregerminated seeds in gel capsules
    Patent number: 4780987
    Abstract: Novel methods are provided for the preparation and delivery of botanic seeds which are pregerminated and maintained in a hydrated state in gel capsules. Various types of botanic seeds are encapsulated, in some embodiments, with beneficial additives, in a gel matrix and pregerminated. These pregerminated seeds emerge more quickly than raw seeds from a number of planting matrices. These seeds can be encapsulated and pregerminated in variously described ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: Plant Genetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Nelsen, Steven Strickland, Roxanne Davis, Keith Redenbaugh