Patents by Inventor William Waycott

William Waycott 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).

  • LETTUCE LINE PS06519080
    Publication number: 20110055962
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line designated PS06519080. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of lettuce line PS06519080, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line PS06519080 with itself or with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of lettuce line PS06519080, including the gametes of such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventor: William Waycott
  • Lettuce line P2231-3013596
    Patent number: 7705206
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line designated P2231-3013596. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of lettuce line P2231-3013596, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line P2231-3013596 with itself or with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of lettuce line P2231-3013596, including the gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: William Waycott
  • LETTUCE LINE P2231-3013596
    Publication number: 20100005538
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line designated P2231-3013596. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of lettuce line P2231-3013596, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line P2231-3013596 with itself or with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of lettuce line P2231-3013596, including the gametes of such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: WILLIAM WAYCOTT
  • Lettuce line P2428-5006090
    Patent number: 7601895
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line designated P2428-5006090. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of lettuce line P2428-5006090, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line P2428-5006090 with itself or with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of lettuce line P2428-5006090, including the gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: William Waycott
  • Lettuce varieties having both iceberg and romaine lettuce characteristics and methods of making and using
    Patent number: 7563952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an iceberg lettuce having one or more romaine lettuce characteristics. The invention further relates to methods for producing iceberg lettuce varieties containing one or more romaine lettuce characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: William Waycott
  • Type of Lettuce and Methods of Production
    Publication number: 20090119803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an iceberg lettuce having one or more romaine lettuce characteristics. The invention further relates to methods for producing iceberg lettuce varieties containing one or more romaine lettuce characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventor: William Waycott
  • Type of Lettuce and Methods of Production
    Publication number: 20090119802
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an iceberg lettuce having one or more romaine lettuce characteristics. The invention further relates to methods for producing iceberg lettuce varieties containing one or more romaine lettuce characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventor: William Waycott
  • LETTUCE LINE P2428-5006090
    Publication number: 20080184383
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line designated P2428-5006090. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of lettuce line P2428-5006090, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line P2428-5006090 with itself or with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of lettuce line P2428-5006090, including the gametes of such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: William Waycott
  • Lettuce varieties having both iceberg and romaine lettuce characteristics and methods of making and using
    Publication number: 20050102718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an iceberg lettuce having one or more romaine lettuce characteristics. The invention further relates to methods for producing iceberg lettuce varieties containing one or more romaine lettuce characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventor: William Waycott
  • Lettuce varieties PSR 4569 and PSR 4570 having both iceberg and romaine lettuce characteristics and methods of making and using
    Patent number: 6689941
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an iceberg lettuce having one or more romaine lettuce characteristics. The invention further relates to methods for producing iceberg lettuce varieties containing one or more romaine lettuce characteristics, represented by lettuce variety ‘PSR4569’ and by lettuce variety ‘PSR4570’. These lettuce varieties were produced by crossing lettuce variety ‘salinas88’ with lettuce variety ‘PI206964’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc.
    Inventor: William Waycott
  • Type of lettuce and methods of production
    Publication number: 20020188966
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an iceberg lettuce having one or more romaine lettuce characteristics. The invention further relates to methods for producing iceberg lettuce varieties containing one or more romaine lettuce characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventor: William Waycott
  • Lactuca sativa cultivar exhibiting resistance to downy mildew and corky root rot
    Patent number: 5973232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new crisphead Lactuca sativa cultivar, designated Sharp Shooter, which exhibits resistance to downy mildew pathotypes I, IIA, III, and IV and corky root rot pathotype CA1, a color of 146A according to The R.H.S. Colour Chart published by the Royal Horticultural Society of London, England, and mature heads of which weigh about 10% to about 40% more than comparable varieties of crisphead lettuce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: William Waycott, Dean Charles Gregg, Keith Trammell