Patents by Inventor Alvin Ronald Detweiler

Alvin Ronald Detweiler 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).

  • Xanthomonas campestris as biological control of Poa trivialis
    Patent number: 6022828
    Abstract: A method for controlling Poa trivialis using a bacterium which is a Xanthomonas campestris pathovar which produces a wilt in the weed grass is described. In particular, the use of a Xanthomonas campestris which infects the Poa trivialis types to suppress or kill this weed grass is described. The method allows non-weedy grasses to develop without interference from Poa trivialis to improve lawns, golf courses and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University
    Inventors: Alvin Ronald Detweiler, Joseph M. Vargas, Jr., Nancy M. Dykema, Jon F. Powell
  • Method for controlling fungal diseases in turfgrasses
    Patent number: 5665351
    Abstract: A method for controlling fungal diseases in turfgrasses using a Pseudomonas aureofaciens. The Pseudomonas aureofaciens is particularly useful in inhibiting dollar spot (Sclerotinia homoeocarpa) in turfgrasses. The method is environmentally safe and economical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University
    Inventors: Muraleedharan G. Nair, Joseph M. Vargas, Jon F. Powell, Amitabh Chandra, Alvin Ronald Detweiler
  • Method for controlling fungal disease in turfgrasses using Pseudomonas aureofaciens ATCC 55670
    Patent number: 5658794
    Abstract: A method for controlling fungal diseases in turfgrasses using a Pseudomonas aureofaciens. The Pseudomonas aureofaciens is particularly useful in inhibiting dollar spot (Sclerotinia homoeocarpa) in turfgrasses. The method is environmentally safe and economical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University
    Inventors: Muraleedharan G. Nair, Joseph M. Vargas, Jon F. Powell, Amitabh Chandra, Alvin Ronald Detweiler