Patents by Inventor Ajai Prakash Gupta

Ajai Prakash Gupta 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).

  • Opiumless and alkaloid-free non-narcotic opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) variety “Sujata”
    Patent number: 6730838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an opiumless and alkaloid-free non-narcotic opium poppy designated as var. Sujata having the following morphological/argonomic features: Days to 50% flowering 100-105 Plant height (cm)  80-100 Peduncle length (cm)  18-20 Peduncle colour Patchy-black No. of capsules/branches per plant  3-4 Capsule shape Flat Capsule surface ˜glabrous (white bloom +) No. of stigmatic rays per capsule  10-12 Shape and size of stigmatic rays slightly small, flattened Latex-flow on incision Absent Seed count per gram of weight 3040-3310 Seed colour Dull-white Seed shape Reniform Seed size Bold (Thickness ++) Seed yield (g/m2) 120-140 Straw yield (g/m2) 135-150 (Capsule hulls) Opium alkaloids in straw Absent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Jawahar Ram Sharma, Raj Kishori Lal, Ajai Prakash Gupta, Hari Om Misra, Vasudha Pant, Ram Chandra, Mohd Rashid