Patents by Inventor Alan Kinnersley

Alan Kinnersley 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).

  • Method for stimulating plant growth using GABA and succinic acid
    Patent number: 5604177
    Abstract: A process for increasing plant growth and productivity comprising treating the roots, stems and/or foliage of the plant with .gamma.-aminobutyric acid and succinic acid as a readily metabolized source of carbon. The present invention also provides for a process for increasing plant growth and productivity comprising treating the roots of the plant with .gamma.-aminobutyric acid and succinic acid, and a process for increasing the rate of root formation in a plant comprising treating the roots, stems and foliage of the plant with .gamma.-aminobutyric acid and succinic acid. Further, plant growth is increased by application of mixtures of .gamma.-aminobutyric acid and synthetic succinic acid, in a suitable carrier to a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Computational Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Kinnersley, Robert Coleman, Edward Tolbert
  • Method for stimulating plant growth using GABA
    Patent number: 5439873
    Abstract: A process for increasing plant growth and productivity comprising treating the roots, stems and/or foliage of the plant with .gamma.-aminobutyric acid. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the plant is further treated with a readily metabolized source of carbon along with the .gamma.-aminobutyric acid. The present invention also provides for a process for increasing plant growth and productivity comprising treating the roots of the plant with .gamma.-aminobutyric acid and a process for increasing the rate of root formation in a plant comprising treating the roots, stems and foliage of the plant with .gamma.-aminobutyric acid. Further, plant growth is increased by application of mixtures of .gamma.-aminobutyric acid and succinic acid, preferably synthetic succinic acid, in a suitable carrier to a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Plant Growth Development Corporation
    Inventor: Alan Kinnersley