Patents by Inventor Deane C. Arny

Deane C. Arny 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).

  • Method for reducing temperature at which plants freeze
    Patent number: 4161084
    Abstract: The method for reducing the temperature at which freezing takes place in plants to reduce frost damage by the addition of non-ice nucleating bacteria to the plants prior to the onset of freezing temperature and preferably while the plants are in their seedling stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1979
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Deane C. Arny, Steven E. Lindow
  • Method for reducing frost damage of plants
    Patent number: 4045910
    Abstract: The protection of plants against frost damage comprising treating the plants before the onset of freezing cold with bacterium M232A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1977
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Deane C. Arny, Steven E. Lindow