Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Wayne Smathers

Jeffrey Wayne Smathers 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).

  • Mushrooms
    Patent number: 6655081
    Abstract: A substrate for mushroom cultivation comprises a polyene fungicide, in particular, natamycin. Mushrooms cultivated in such substrates can be harvested earlier than mushrooms cultivated in substrates which do not include polyene fungicides. Alternatively, mushrooms grown in a substrate comprising a polyene fungicide achieve a greater size than mushrooms grown for the same amount of time in a substrate which does not include a polyene fungicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignees: DSM N.V., Sylvan, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacobus Stark, Mark Peter Wach, Edith Magda Lucia Geijp, Ferdinand Theodorus Jozef Van Rijn, Lori Ann MacDonald, Jeffrey Wayne Smathers