Patents by Inventor Barbara Ruser

Barbara Ruser 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).

  • FERULATE ESTERASE PRODUCING STRAINS AND METHODS OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20140220180
    Abstract: Ferulate esterase producing bacterial strains or functional mutants thereof and methods of using ferulate esterase producing bacterial strains as forage additives are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: Carol HENDRICK, Victor NSEREKO, William RUTHERFORD, Brenda SMILEY, Annette SPIELBAUER, Barbara RUSER
  • Apparatus for the application of forage additive and method
    Patent number: 6848627
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for spraying forage additives on harvested agricultural crops and includes a container of concentrated additive, an atomizing spray nozzle, a metering pump for supplying the forage additive to the spray nozzle and an electrical control for actuating the metering to provide a supply of concentrated additive to the spray nozzle as desired. In a preferred embodiment, the forage additive container is of a sufficiently small size that it contains less than three thousand milliliters of the concentrated additive for spraying on the harvested crop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Oepping, Joseph R. Lebeda, Gabi Oetjen, Ralf Oetjen, Barbara Ruser, Jakob Kleinmans, Siegfried Dopp
  • Apparatus for the application of forage additive and method
    Publication number: 20030201333
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for spraying forage additives on harvested agricultural crops and includes a container of concentrated additive, an atomizing spray nozzle, a metering pump for supplying the forage additive to the spray nozzle and an electrical control for actuating the metering to provide a supply of concentrated additive to the spray nozzle as desired. In a preferred embodiment, the forage additive container is of a sufficiently small size that it contains less than three thousand milliliters of the concentrated additive for spraying on the harvested crop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: James M. Oepping, Joseph R. Lebeda, Gabi Oetjen, Ralf Oetjen, Barbara Ruser, Jakob Kleinmans, Siegfried Dopp