Patents by Inventor Alberto R. Prina

Alberto R. Prina 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).

  • RICE PLANTS HAVING INCREASED TOLERANCE TO IMIDAZOLINONE HERBICIDES
    Publication number: 20120172224
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes rice plants containing at least one variant AHAS nucleic acid such as an imidazolinone tolerant IMINTA 1, 4 or 5 lines comprising an alanine to threonine substitution as compared to the wild-type AHAS. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these rice plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these rice plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Alberto B. LIVORE, Alberto R. Prina, Iwona Birk, Bijay Singh