Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Lathrop & Gage, LC
  • Patent number: 5800837
    Abstract: A fertilizer composition for plants containing phosphonate and phosphate slats, and derivatives thereof is disclosed. The composition provides a single product which may be employed to stimulate the growth response in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Foliar Nutrients, Inc.
    Inventor: John B. Taylor
  • Patent number: 5793030
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for tracking inventory for goods having a variety of styles and characteristics, and which have a variety of possible shipping destinations. The apparatus of the invention includes a multi-part label that is attachable to each of the goods and has a removable portion that can be detached from the original label and reapplied to a shipping carton for a collection of goods. The method of the invention includes utilizing information from indicia applied to each of the goods in conjunction with an inventory distribution system and shipping cartons to keep track of the location of all goods at any time between sorting the goods for shipping and packing the goods for shipment, without requiring any manual steps, such as scanning, during sorting and packing of the goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Payless ShoeSource, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald F. Kelly, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5736164
    Abstract: A fungicidal composition for plants containing phosphonate and phosphate salts, and derivatives thereof is disclosed. The composition provides a single product which may be employed to control parasitic fungi in plants through mitigation of pathological acerbation of certain fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Inventor: John B. Taylor
  • Patent number: D392209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Transfar International Corp.
    Inventor: David Hergert
  • Patent number: D395342
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Payless ShoeSource, Inc.
    Inventor: Kim Alan Ball