Patents by Inventor Gary W. Elmstrom

Gary W. Elmstrom 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).

  • Pollenizer plants for use in the production of seedless watermelon
    Patent number: 6355865
    Abstract: This invention relates to a pollenizer watermelon plant, for use in the production of seedless watermelon. The pollenizer plant is characterized by at least two of the following features: (a) distinguishable fruit phenotype; (b) high number of male flowers; (c) continued flowering; (d) early flowering; and/or (e) modified plant morphology and growth habit. The invention particularly relates to plants having the characteristics of plants grown from the seed deposited at the ATCC under ATCC accession number 203691. The invention further relates to plants obtainable by propagation of, and/or breeding with a watermelon plant grown from the seed deposited at the ATCC under ATCC accession number 203961.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Sunseeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary W. Elmstrom
  • Process for the accelerated production of triploid seeds for seedless watermelon cultivars
    Patent number: 5007198
    Abstract: Disclosed here is a novel process which facilitates the rapid and economical production of seedless watermelon seed. The novel process involves cloning desirable tetraploid watermelon parental lines. These parental lines are essential in the production of triploid seed for the seedless watermelon. The subject invention makes possible the use of self-sterile tetraploid parental lines in the production of triploid seed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: Dennis J. Gray, Gary W. Elmstrom