Patents by Inventor Bernard Smets

Bernard Smets 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).

  • Disease resistant tomato plants
    Patent number: 8975468
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated tomato plants that are resistant to the pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea, which is control led by at least one QTL, particularly by 2 and 3 QTL contributing to said resistance, wherein said QTL are mapping to linkage group 6, and/or linkage group 1b and/or linkage group 9b. The invention further relates to methods for producing said plants, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Gregori Bonnet, Laurent Grivet, Bernard Smets
  • DISEASE RESISTANT TOMATO PLANTS
    Publication number: 20120222151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated tomato plants that are resistant to the pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea, which is control led by at least one QTL, particularly by 2 and 3 QTL contributing to said resistance, wherein said QTL are mapping to linkage group 6, and/or linkage group 1b and/or linkage group 9b. The invention further relates to methods for producing said plants, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Gregori Bonnet, Laurent Grivet, Bernard Smets
  • Interactive system for and method of automating the generation of legal documents
    Publication number: 20060010377
    Abstract: A method and system for interactively generating legal documents by a requestor for a recipient. A legal document server is established on a computer network to receive legal document requests from a legal document requestor. Each legal document request includes recipient and subject matter information sufficient to create a legal document. The legal document server generates a legal document according to the legal document request using the recipient and subject matter information. The legal document server transmits the generated legal document directly to the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: John Anecki, Alan Tang, Bernard Smet