Patents by Inventor Alfred Souleimanov

Alfred Souleimanov 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 of increasing photosynthesis in plants comprising an exposure thereof to lipochitooligosaccharides and compositions therefor
    Patent number: 7637980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to agriculture. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of increasing photosynthesis of a plant and more particularly of crop plants. In addition, the invention relates to a method of increasing photosynthesis and/or yield in crop plants, comprising an exposure thereof to lipo-chitooligosaccharides, and compositions therefor. Further, the invention relates to an agricultural composition for enhancing a plant crop photosynthetic rate and/or growth thereof comprising a photosynthetic rate-promoting amount of at least one lipo chitooligosaccharide (LCO) together with an agriculturally suitable carrier and methods using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: McGill University
    Inventors: Donald L. Smith, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj, Xiaomin Zhou, Alfred Souleimanov
  • Use of Bacteriocins For Promoting Plant Growth and Disease Resistance
    Publication number: 20080248953
    Abstract: A method for promoting plant growth and/or disease resistance comprising applying a purified polypeptide that is a bacteriocin and that possesses plant growth and/or disease resistance promoting activity to a plant or plant seed, or to the growing environment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Donald Smith, Kyung Dong Lee, Elizabeth Gray, Alfred Souleimanov, Xioamin Zhou
  • Method of increasing photosynthesis in plants comprising an exposure thereof to lipochitooligosaccharides and compositions therefor
    Patent number: 7250068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to agriculture. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of increasing photosynthesis of a plant and more particularly of crop plants. In addition, the invention relates to a method of increasing photosynthesis and/or yield in crop plants, comprising an exposure thereof to lipo-chitooligosaccharides, and compositions therefor. Further, the invention relates to an agricultural composition for enhancing a plant crop photosynthetic rate and/or growth thereof comprising a photosynthetic rate-promoting amount of at least one lipo chitooligosaccharide (LCO) together with an agriculturally suitable carrier and methods using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: McGill University
    Inventors: Donald L. Smith, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj, Xiaomin Zhou, Alfred Souleimanov