Patents by Inventor Dick L. Auld

Dick L. Auld 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: 10426111
    Abstract: Disclosed is an invention of cotton lines 2-340/1-1422, 1-1422/SCM 3-7-3, 1-1422/2-340, 1-136/2-340, AFIS 1-1422. AFIS 2-340, AFIS 1-136, and SCM 3-7-3, and relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue and harvested products, lint, and oil, as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds and other plants, cultivars, and varieties produced by essentially deriving such plants, cultivars, and varieties from cotton lines 2-340/1-1422, 1-1422/SCM 3-7-3, 1-1422/2-340, 1-136/2-340, AFIS 1-1422, AFIS 2-340, AFIS 1-136, and SCM 3-7-3. The present invention particularly relates to the development of specific cotton lines for the regulation of palmitic acid for the production of seeds having cottonseed oil content with reduced levels of palmitic acid. The cotton lines of the present disclosure have lower levels of palmitic acid content, and allows for the germination of seed at lower soil temperatures than current commercially available cotton cultivars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Dick L. Auld, Bralie Renae Hendon
  • Patent number: 9877445
    Abstract: Described is a naked-tufted seed mutant line of Gossypium hirsutum L., developed from lines initially produced by chemical mutagenesis, which significantly reduces the formation of linters on the surface of the cotton seed. In a preferred embodiment, the lines carrying the naked seed mutation have reduced seed coat neps, reduced short fiber content, improved yarn quality, increased seed oil content, and improved AFIS fiber maturity. The naked-tufted seed of the mutant line significantly reduces the time and energy required for ginning, oil extraction, and reduces the need to delint the cotton seed prior to planting. In a preferred embodiment, the mutant is incorporated into a well-adapted commercial cultivar of upland cotton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Texas Tech University System
    Inventors: Dick L. Auld, Efrem Bechere
  • Publication number: 20160222399
    Abstract: Disclosed is an invention of cotton lines 2-340/1-422, 1-422/SCM 3-7-3, 1-422/2-340, 1-136/2-340, AFIS 1-422, AFIS 2-340, AFIS 1-136, and SCM 3-7-3, and relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue and harvested products, lint, and oil, as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds and other plants, cultivars, and varieties produced by essentially deriving such plants, cultivars, and varieties from cotton lines 2-340/1-422, 1-422/SCM 3-7-3, 1-422/2-340, 1-136/2-340, AFIS 1-422, AFIS 2-340, AFIS 1-136, and SCM 3-7-3. The present invention particularly relates to the development of specific cotton lines for the regulation of palmitic acid for the production of seeds having cottonseed oil content with reduced levels of palmitic acid. The cotton lines of the present disclosure have lower levels of palmitic acid content, and allows for the germination of seed at lower soil temperatures than current commercially available cotton cultivars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Texas Tech University System
    Inventors: Dick L. Auld, Bralie Renae Hendon
  • Publication number: 20090055962
    Abstract: Described is a naked-tufted seed mutant line of Gossypium hirsutum L., developed from lines initially produced by chemical mutagenesis, which significantly reduces the formation of linters on the surface of the cotton seed. In a preferred embodiment, the lines carrying the naked seed mutation have reduced seed coat neps, reduced short fiber content, improved yarn quality, increased seed oil content, and improved AFIS fiber maturity. The naked-tufted seed of the mutant line significantly reduces the time and energy required for ginning, oil extraction, and reduces the need to delint the cotton seed prior to planting. In a preferred embodiment, the mutant is incorporated into a well-adapted commercial cultivar of upland cotton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dick L. Auld, Efrem Bechere