Patents by Inventor James N. Cummins

James N. Cummins 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 of producing vole-resistant apple trees and trees produced thereby
    Patent number: 4516353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel propagated apple trees having increased vole resistance and to methods for propagating such trees; and relates in one aspect to an apple tree having a vole-resistant rootstock and having growing thereon a desired apple bearing scion. In a preferred embodiment, the vole-resistant rootstock has a characteristic modifying distinct interstem interposed between the apple bearing scion and the rootstock. In another embodiment of the invention, the stocksystem is a composite stocksystem wherein a portion of the stocksystem is of a variety (seedling or other rootstock) distinct from the vole-resistant stock and wherein the portion of the rootstock above ground and to which the scion or interstem is grafted, comprises the novel vole-resistant stock. The nature of the companion rootstock is not critical and any compatible rootstock such as those already known in the art, for example, from "Delicious seedlings" can be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: James N. Cummins, Herb S. Aldwinckle, Ross E. Byers
  • Apple rootstock named ‘Geneva 16’
    Patent number: PP12443
    Abstract: A new and distinct apple rootstock, ‘Geneva 16’ is a dwarfing rootstock that is resistant to fire blight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: James N. Cummins, Herbert S. Aldwinckle
  • Apple tree
    Patent number: PP5333
    Abstract: An apple tree which is vole-resistant and useful for rootstocks and trunkstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: James N. Cummins, Herb S. Aldwinckle, Ross E. Byers
  • Flowering crab apple/apple rootstock `Geneva 65`
    Patent number: PP8543
    Abstract: A new and unique apple rootstock `Geneva 65` that is very dwarfing and resistant to crown rot and fire blight. The tree is also useful as a small ornamental flowering crab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: James N. Cummins, Herbert S. Aldwinckle
  • Apple rootstock named `Geneva 11`
    Patent number: PP11070
    Abstract: A new and unique apple rootstock, `Geneva 11` that is dwarfing and resistant to crown rot and fire blight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: James N. Cummins, Herbert S. Aldwinckle
  • Apple tree rootstock named ‘G.257’
    Patent number: PP35016
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of apple tree rootstock Malus domestica x Malus robusta hybrid ‘G.257’ is described. The new variety is a semi-dwarfing rootstock that is resistant to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) and crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum) and tolerant to the replant disease complex. The ‘G.257’ rootstock is useful in that it can be propagated clonally and used as a rootstock or root system for apple trees as well as for interstems of apple trees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Cornell University, The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Gennaro Fazio, Terence Lee Robinson, Herbert Sanders Aldwinckle, James N. Cummins
  • Apple tree rootstock named ‘G.66’
    Patent number: PP35202
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of apple tree rootstock Malus domestica x Malus robusta hybrid ‘G.66’ is described herein. The new variety is a productive, yield efficient, semi-dwarfing rootstock that is resistant to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) and crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum). The ‘G.66’ rootstock is useful in that it can be propagated clonally and used as a rootstock or root system for apple trees as well as for interstems of apple trees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: Cornell University, The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Gennaro Fazio, Terence Lee Robinson, Herbert Sanders Aldwinckle, James N. Cummins