Patents by Inventor Steve Czaplewski

Steve Czaplewski 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).

  • Pepper plants producing fruits with extreme dark green color
    Patent number: 9313968
    Abstract: The present invention concerns Capsicum annuum plants producing pepper fruits exhibiting new physicochemical characteristics of the pepper fruit in relation to pigments such as chlorophyll A, chlorophyll B, ?-carotene, ?-carotene, lutein and/or violaxanthin. The pepper fruits of the plants according to the present invention also exhibit a characteristic extreme dark green color at immature stage. The present invention also relates to QTL alleles directing the expression of the pigment content of those pepper fruits as well as molecular markers associated with these QTL alleles. The invention further provides novel pepper cultivars RPP 25822, RPP 26098, RPP 26105, 16452A, 16452B 16452C and 8728C, and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention additionally provides methods for producing a pepper plant by crossing the pepper plants of the invention with themselves or another pepper plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Kevin Cook, Laurie Boyden, Steve Czaplewski, Henricus Johannes Van Wijk
  • Pepper Plants Producing Fruits With Extreme Dark Green Color
    Publication number: 20150257352
    Abstract: The present invention concerns Capsicum annuum plants producing pepper fruits exhibiting new physicochemical characteristics of the pepper fruit in relation to pigments such as chlorophyll A, chlorophyll B, ?-carotene, ?-carotene, lutein and/or violaxanthin. The pepper fruits of the plants according to the present invention also exhibit a characteristic extreme dark green color at immature stage. The present invention also relates to QTL alleles directing the expression of the pigment content of those pepper fruits as well as molecular markers associated with these QTL alleles. The invention further provides novel pepper cultivars RPP 25822, RPP 26098, RPP 26105, 16452A, 16452B 16452C and 8728C, and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention additionally provides methods for producing a pepper plant by crossing the pepper plants of the invention with themselves or another pepper plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin Cook, Laurie Boyden, Steve Czaplewski, Henricus Johannes Van Wijk