Patents by Inventor Candace Black-Schaefer

Candace Black-Schaefer 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).

  • Process for inhibiting stem elongation in bulbous plants and cut flowers therefrom
    Patent number: 5801119
    Abstract: A process of inhibiting stem elongation in ornamental bulbous plants or in cut flowers from such plants, involving treating such plants or flowers with an effective amount of ACC synthase inhibitor, such as aminoethoxyvinylglycine and aminooxyacetic acid to inhibit stem elongation, by administration of a solid, semi-solid or a solution of such ACC synthase inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Gregory D. Venburg, James R. Hansen, Derek D. Woolard, Warren E. Shafer, Candace Black-Schaefer