Patents by Inventor Janis E. Bravo

Janis E. Bravo 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 tomato protoplast fusion and regeneration of hybrid plants therefrom
    Patent number: 4940839
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a hybrid plant of a wild species and a cultivated species of Lycopersicon which comprises fusing protoplasts of the wild and cultivated species and recovering a hybrid plant from fused protoplasts under selective regeneration conditions wherein the wild species is incapable of regeneration under said conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Janis E. Bravo, David A. Evans