Patents by Inventor Bill Copes

Bill Copes 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).

  • Patent number: 8034999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a watermelon plant, seed, variety and hybrid. More specifically, the invention relates to a watermelon plant having an allele which results in a multibranching compact watermelon plant with small fruit. The invention also relates to crossing inbreds, varieties and hybrids containing the allele to produce novel types and varieties of watermelon plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Harris Moran Seed Company
    Inventors: Brenda Lanini, Theodore H. Superak, Bill Copes
  • Publication number: 20110138493
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of detecting MeSMV; methods of screening plants for resistance or susceptibility to MeSMV; and methods of breeding to produce plants that are resistant to MeSMV; and to the resistant plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: HARRIS MORAN SEED COMPANY
    Inventors: BILL COPES, TED SUPERAK
  • Patent number: 7886225
    Abstract: A system of translating a first schema of data having one structure or semantics into a second schema of data having a second structure or semantics by using a computer-implemented ontology deconstruction and reconstruction transfer mechanism which automatically creates an ‘interlanguage’ document type definition (interlanguage DTD) in which the interlanguage DTD automatically manages the structure and semantics of the structure and semantics of data to allow an automatic interlanguage definition of the first schema and translation into the second schema by the transfer mechanism. Such use can be in the publishing industry to translate data from any one of a number of key XML-based schemas such as DocBook, HTML4, Open eBook, Digital Talking Book, ONIX, MARC, etc to another of such schemas. The system can also be used to translate queries made on documents in the interlanguage DTD as queries on any of the schemas mapped to that interlanguage DTD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Common Ground Publishing Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Bill Cope
  • Patent number: 7335818
    Abstract: An inbred cantaloupe line, designated I446, a hybrid cantaloupe designated I446*I444, and a hybrid cantaloupe designated I446*I407 are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred cantaloupe line I446, of hybrid cantaloupe I446*I444, and of hybrid cantaloupe I446*I407, to the plants and plant parts of inbred cantaloupe line I446, of hybrid cantaloupe I446*I444, and of hybrid cantaloupe I446*I407 and to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line I446 with itself or another cantaloupe line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred cantaloupe lines derived from the inbred I446.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Harris Moran Seed Company
    Inventor: Bill Copes
  • Patent number: 7314979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a watermelon plant, seed, variety and hybrid. More specifically, the invention relates to a watermelon plant having an allele which results in a multibranching compact watermelon plant with small fruit. The invention also relates to crossing inbreds, varieties and hybrids containing the allele to produce novel types and varieties of watermelon plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Harris Moran Seed Company
    Inventors: Brenda Lanini, Theodore H. Superak, Bill Copes
  • Publication number: 20070162465
    Abstract: A system of translating a first schema of data having one structure or semantics into a second schema of data having a second structure or semantics by using a computer-implemented ontology deconstruction and reconstruction transfer mechanism which automatically creates an ‘interlanguage’ document type definition (interlanguage DTD) in which the interlanguage DTD automatically manages the structure and semantics of the structure and semantics of data to allow an automatic interlanguage definition of the first schema and translation into the second schema by the transfer mechanism. Such use can be in the publishing industry to translate data from any one of a number of key XML-based schemas such as DocBook, HTML4, Open eBook, Digital Talking Book, ONIX, MARC, etc to another of such schemas. The system can also be used to translate queries made on documents in the interlanguage DTD as queries on any of the schemas mapped to that interlanguage DTD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventor: Bill Cope
  • Publication number: 20060179510
    Abstract: An inbred cantaloupe line, designated I446, a hybrid cantaloupe designated I446*I444, and a hybrid cantaloupe designated I446*I407 are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred cantaloupe line I446, of hybrid cantaloupe I446*I444, and of hybrid cantaloupe I446*I407, to the plants and plant parts of inbred cantaloupe line I446, of hybrid cantaloupe I446*I444, and of hybrid cantaloupe I446*I407 and to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line I446 with itself or another cantaloupe line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred cantaloupe lines derived from the inbred I446.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventor: Bill Copes
  • Publication number: 20060137044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a watermelon plant, seed, variety and hybrid. More specifically, the invention relates to a watermelon plant having an allele which results in a multibranching compact watermelon plant with small fruit. The invention also relates to crossing inbreds, varieties and hybrids containing the allele to produce novel types and varieties of watermelon plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Brenda Lanini, Theodore Superak, Bill Copes
  • Patent number: 6960706
    Abstract: An inbred cantaloupe line, designated 442, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred cantaloupe line 442, to the plants of inbred cantaloupe line 442 and to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line 442 with itself or another cantaloupe line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred cantaloupe lines derived from the inbred 442.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Harris Moran Seed Company
    Inventor: Bill Copes
  • Publication number: 20030177539
    Abstract: An inbred cantaloupe line, designated 442, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred cantaloupe line 442, to the plants of inbred cantaloupe line 442 and to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line 442 with itself or another cantaloupe line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred cantaloupe lines derived from the inbred 442.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Bill Copes