Patents by Inventor Harold A. S. Epton

Harold A. S. Epton 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).

  • Biological control of fungal post harvest diseases with bacteria
    Patent number: 5869038
    Abstract: Isolates of bacteria of species Pseudomonas fluorescens, Serratia liquefaciens, Serratia plymuthica, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pumilis and Bacillus polymyxa are effective in cabbages in inhibiting the growth of organisms of the post-harvest disease causing fungi Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria brassicicola.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Carlo Leifert, Harold A S Epton, David C Sigee
  • Cabbages treated to control post-harvest diseases
    Patent number: 5780080
    Abstract: Growth of organisms of the post-harvest disease causing fungi Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria brassicicola is inhibited by applying to vegetables of the Brassica family, particularly cabbage, isolates of bacteria of species Pseudomonas fluorescens, Serratia liquefaciens, Serratia plymuthica, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pumilis and Bacillus polymyxa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the U.K. of Gt. Britian & N. Ireland
    Inventors: Carlo Leifert, Harold A. S. Epton, David C. Sigee
  • Antibiotics for biological control of post harvest diseases
    Patent number: 5597565
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bacterial isolates and to their use s agents, or source of agents, antagonistic to growth of rot causing organisms. Particularly the present invention provides novel isolates of bacteria of species Pseudomonas fluorescens, Serratia liquefaciens, Serratia plymuthica, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pumilis and Bacillus polymyxa which are particularly effective in inhibiting the growth of organisms of the post-harvest disease causing fungi Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria brassicicola. Further provided are antibiotics derived from the Bacillus species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food in her Britannic Majesty's Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Carlo Leifert, Harold A. S. Epton, David C. Sigee