Patents by Inventor Alan Stephens

Alan Stephens 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).

  • Publication number: 20040172699
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety, designated XB35P04. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB35P04, to the plants of soybean XB35P04, to plant parts of soybean variety XB35P04 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean variety XB35P04 with another soybean plant, using XB35P04 as either the male or the female parent. This invention also relates to methods for introgressing a transgenic or mutant trait into soybean variety XB35P04 and to the soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from soybean variety XB35P04, to methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB35P04 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Alan Stephens
  • Publication number: 20040172705
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety, designated XB25X04. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB25X04, to the plants of soybean XB25X04, to plant parts of soybean variety XB25X04 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean variety XB25X04 with another soybean plant, using XB25X04 as either the male or the female parent. This invention also relates to methods for introgressing a transgenic or mutant trait into soybean variety XB25X04 and to the soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from soybean variety XB25X04, to methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB25X04 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Alan Stephens, Leon George Streit
  • Publication number: 20040172707
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety, designated XB19UO4. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB19UO4, to the plants of soybean XB19UO4, to plant parts of soybean variety XB19U04 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean variety XB19U04 with another soybean plant, using XB19U04 as either the male or the female parent. This invention also relates to methods for introgressing a transgenic or mutant trait into soybean variety XB19UO4 and to the soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from soybean variety XB19UO4, to methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB19UO4 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Alan Stephens, Blair Charles Fuessley
  • Publication number: 20040172697
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety, designated XB35L04. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB35L04, to the plants of soybean XB35L04, to plant parts of soybean variety XB35L04 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean variety XB35L04 with another soybean plant, using XB35L04 as either the male or the female parent. This invention also relates to methods for introgressing a transgenic or mutant trait into soybean variety XB35L04 and to the soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from soybean variety XB35L04, to methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB35L04 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Alan Stephens
  • Patent number: 6730829
    Abstract: A soybean variety designated 92B84, the plants and seeds of soybean variety 92B84, methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the variety 92B84 with itself or with another soybean plant, and hybrid soybean seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 92B84 with another soybean line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety 92B84. This invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean varieties or breeding lines derived from soybean variety 92B84 and to soybean varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon G. Streit, Paul Alan Stephens
  • Patent number: 6608243
    Abstract: A soybean variety designated 92B95, the plants and seeds of soybean variety 92B95, methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the variety 92B95 with itself or with another soybean plant, and hybrid soybean seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 92B95 with another soybean line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety 92B95. This invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean varieties or breeding lines derived from soybean variety 92B95 and to soybean varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon G. Streit, Paul Alan Stephens
  • Patent number: 6605761
    Abstract: A soybean variety designated 92B38, the plants and seeds of soybean variety 92B38, methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the variety 92B38 with itself or with another soybean plant, and hybrid soybean seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 92B38 with another soybean line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety 92B38. This invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean varieties or breeding lines derived from soybean variety 92B38 and to soybean varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon G. Streit, Paul Alan Stephens
  • Patent number: 6003952
    Abstract: An underwater mining machine includes a chassis mounted on a powered drive arrangement for driving the chassis on an underwater surface, the chassis having a front end and a rear end and being adapted to be manoeuvrable and driven in at least a forward direction, a rotatable cutting drum secured to a boom which is attached to a cradle mounted on the chassis, and material gathering arms adapted to gather material which has been excavated or broken up by the cutting drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Inventors: Leslie Robin Smart, Michael Estment Dingle, Michael John Taylor, Alan Stephen Jones, Richard Frederick Mann, Michael Hayden Spires, Mark Lawrence Jackson, Ignatius Corneluis Claassen, Roberto De Pretto, Kevin David Richardson
  • Patent number: 4803698
    Abstract: An electrically heated forehearth for use in glass production is heated by means of a plurality of radiant heating elements, each element traversing the forehearth substantially at right angles to the direction of glass flow and each element comprising heating zones at each edge portion and a central, non-heating zone. With the forehearth according to the present invention the molten glass is heated electrically at its edge, cooler, portions only. The central and therefore hotter part of the molten glass under the non-heating zone of the element is unheated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: B.H.F. (Engineering) Limited
    Inventor: Alan Stephens
  • Patent number: 4728354
    Abstract: In apparatus for the straight-line shearing of molten glass gobs, first and second carriage members have mounted thereon one or more opposing pairs of shear blades which are caused reciprocally to move towards each other and then away from each other along a substantially straight line between an open position and a closed cutting position. The carriage members are slidably mounted on wayrods and are connected to diametrically opposed crank arms extending from a rotatably driven shaft. As the shaft is caused to rotate, the carriage members reciprocally slide on the wayrods between the open and closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: BH-F (Engineering) Limited
    Inventors: Peter Vilk, Alan Stephens
  • Patent number: 4494974
    Abstract: Forehearths for use in glass production comprise a refractory trough (52) for molten glass with an insulating roof thereover, means for heating glass in the trough and means for blowing cooling air across the inside of the roof surface; the forehearth being constructed of at least two sections (A, B and C) which have different insulating characteristics from each other. Preferably the forehearth roof is made up of prefabricated block members of refractory material lying side by side and each of which member spans across the trough. Different insulation is provided over the prefabricated block members to provide different insulating characteristics within sections of the forehearth. The invention also provides prefabricated members for use in the construction of the forehearth according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Assignee: B.H.F. (Engineering) Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Vilk, Alan Stephens