Patents by Inventor Eric V. Stabb

Eric V. Stabb 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).

  • Bacillus cereus strain W35
    Patent number: 6033659
    Abstract: A novel strain of Bacillus cereus, designated W35 is useful as a biocontrol agent to combat fungal damping off disease in field crop plants. W35 produces the antibiotic zwittermicin A. Strain W35 is distinguished from other zwittermicin-producing Bacillus cereus strains by resistance to phage P7, antibiotic resistance, and colony morphology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jo Handelsman, Sandra J Stewart, Eric V Stabb
  • Bacillus cereus strain Z8
    Patent number: 6030610
    Abstract: A novel strain of Bacillus cereus, designated Z8 is useful as a biocontrol agent to combat fungal damping off disease in field crop plants. Z8 produces the antibiotic zwittermicin A. Strain Z8 is distinguished from other zwittermicin-producing Bacillus cereus strains by resistance to phage P7, antibiotic resistance, and colony morphology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jo Handelsman, Sandra J Stewart, Eric V Stabb
  • Disease suppression by novel Bacillus cereus strain soy130
    Patent number: 5998196
    Abstract: A novel strain of Bacillus cereus, designated SOY130 ATCC 202076 is useful as a biocontrol agent to combat fungal damping off disease in field crop plants. SOY130 produces the antibiotic zwittermicin A. Strain SOY130 is distinguished from other zwittermicin-producing Bacillus cereus strains by resistance to streptomycin and neomycin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jo Handelsman, Sandra J Stewart, Eric V Stabb
  • Bacillus cereus strain DGA34
    Patent number: 5736382
    Abstract: A novel strain of Bacillus cereus, designated DGA34, has been isolated from the environment. The strain DGA34 is one of a number of B. cereus strains which are useful as biocontrol agents to combat fungal damping off disease in field crop plants, in part because of their production of the antibiotic zwittermicin A. Strain DGA34 has exhibited the best performance among a large number of natural isolates in producing the highest titer of zwittermicin A production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jo Handelsman, Lynn M. Jacobson, Eric V. Stabb
  • Bacillus cereus strain MS1-9, ATCC 55812
    Patent number: 5700462
    Abstract: A novel strain of Bacillus cereus, designated MS1-9, has been isolated from the environment. The strain MS1-9, ATCC 55812, is one of a number of B. cereus strains which are useful as biocontrol agents to combat fungal damping off disease in field crop plants, and strain MS1-9 has exhibited good performance under high disease pressure among a large number of natural isolates in fostering the emergence and growth of alfalfa plants under normal field conditions in the upper midwestern U.S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jo Handelsman, Eric V. Stabb, Lynn M. Jacobson, Robert M. Goodman, David W. Johnson, Kevin P. Smith
  • Bacillus cereus strain AS4-12
    Patent number: 5552138
    Abstract: A novel strain of Bacillus cereus, designated AS4-12, has been isolated from the environment. The strain AS4-12 is one of a number of B. cereus strains which are useful as biocontrol agents to combat fungal damping off disease in field crop plants, and strain AS4-12 has exhibited the best performance among a large number of natural isolates in fostering the emergence and growth of alfalfa plants under normal field conditions in the upper midwestern U.S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jo Handelsman, Lynn M. Jacobson, David W. Johnson, Kevin P. Smith, Robert M. Goodman, Eric V. Stabb
  • Method of identifying Bacillus cereus having biocontrol activity
    Patent number: 5543301
    Abstract: The invention includes a substantially pure preparation of Bacillus cereus antibiotic. The invention further includes a seed inoculum for application to seeds to be protected from damping off and root rot including a non-interfering carrier and an effective quantity of Bacillus cereus antibiotic, and a method for protecting plants in a growing medium from damping off and root rot including the step of placing in the growing medium in the immediate vicinity of the plant to be protected an effective quantity of Bacillus cereus antibiotic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jo Handelsman, Larry Halverson, Eric V. Stabb, Benjamin Lethbridge, Laura Silo