Patents by Inventor Arthur C. Weisker

Arthur C. Weisker 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).

  • leaf spot resistant safflower
    Patent number: 8476486
    Abstract: The invention is directed to varieties of safflower plants and seeds that are resistant to fungal disease, such as those fungi that cause foliage diseases in Carthamus tinctorus l.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: California Oils Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur C. Weisker, Gabriel Chanda Musa
  • RAMULARIA LEAF SPOT RESISTANT SAFFLOWER
    Publication number: 20110030105
    Abstract: The invention is directed to varieties of safflower plants and seeds that are resistant to fungal disease, such as those fungi that cause foliage diseases in Carthamus tinctorus l.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: CALIFORNIA OILS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arthur C. WEISKER, Gabriel Chanda MUSA
  • Safflower products with very high levels of unsaturated fatty acids
    Patent number: 5912416
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a new safflower line, safflower plants and seeds, and particularly to safflower oil with a fatty acid profile of very high levels of total unsaturated fatty acids compare to the saturated fatty acids content. In particular, this invention is directed to safflower plants and seeds that produce a safflower containing very high levels of oleic acid and reduced levels of linoleic and palmitic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: California Oils Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur C. Weisker
  • Hybrid safflower production utilizing genetic dwarf male sterility
    Patent number: 5436386
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the identification of a safflower gene that exhibits male sterility in combination with a morphologically identifiable dwarfism in the male sterile plant and to the production of hybrid safflower that uses this safflower gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Seedtec International Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur C. Weisker