Patents by Inventor GUS VAN DER FELTZ

GUS VAN DER FELTZ 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 to naturally brand a lettuce
    Patent number: 11666076
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for providing a non-uniform pigment distribution in a first plant part (110) of a pigment generating plant (100), which accumulates pigment upon exposure by light, during indoor cultivation of said plant (100), wherein the first plant part (110) comprises a second plant part (120) and a third plant part (130), the method comprising subjecting in a first lighting stage at least the first plant part (110) to first light conditions that inhibit or prevent pigment accumulation in said first plant part (110), and subsequently subjecting in a second lighting stage the second plant part (120) of said first plant part (110) to second light conditions that promote pigment accumulation in said second plant part (120) while subjecting the third plant part (130) of said first plant part (110) to third light conditions that inhibit or prevent pigment accumulation in said third plant part (130).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Céline Catherine Sarah Nicole, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn, Gus Van Der Feltz
  • METHOD TO NATURALLY BRAND A LETTUCE
    Publication number: 20190142038
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for providing a non-uniform pigment distribution in a first plant part (110) of a pigment generating plant (100), which accumulates pigment upon exposure by light, during indoor cultivation of said plant (100), wherein the first plant part (110) comprises a second plant part (120) and a third plant part (130), the method comprising subjecting in a first lighting stage at least the first plant part (110) to first light conditions that inhibit or prevent pigment accumulation in said first plant part (110), and subsequently subjecting in a second lighting stage the second plant part (120) of said first plant part (110) to second light conditions that promote pigment accumulation in said second plant part (120) while subjecting the third plant part (130) of said first plant part (110) to third light conditions that inhibit or prevent pigment accumulation in said third plant part (130).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: CÉLINE CATHERINE SARAH NICOLE, MARCELLINUS PETRUS CAROLUS MICHAEL KRIJN, GUS VAN DER FELTZ