Patents by Inventor Jennifer L. Parke

Jennifer L. Parke 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).

  • MAIZE PLANTS EXHIBITING MYCORRHIZAL RESPONSIVENESS AND AN ENHANCED ABILITY TO EXTRACT PHOSPHORUS FROM SOIL
    Publication number: 20020016979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to maize plants having within their genomes, quantitative trait loci which confer the traits of mycorrhizal responsiveness and/or an ability to extract phosphorus from soil and translocate the extracted phosphorus from the soil and into the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: SHAWN M. KAEPPLER, JENNIFER L. PARKE
  • Biological seed treatment to improve emergence, vigor, uniformity and yield of sweet corn
    Patent number: 6077505
    Abstract: A bacterial inoculant for controlling root rot and damping off in corn, and for fostering the growth of corn, is disclosed. Also disclosed are two mutant bacterial strains, Burkholderia cepacia 2J6 and Burkholderia cepacia 2J6, which foster the growth of corn and protect against fungal disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Parke, Amy D. Clark, Kurt M. Regner
  • Biological inoculant effective against alternaria
    Patent number: 5360606
    Abstract: Alternaria disease on plant leaves and stems is controlled by inoculating the plants with an effective amount of a biologically pure culture of a Pseudomonas cepacia strain. Ps. cepacia strain AMMD is a particularly effective biocontrol agent which inhibits leaf and stem blight caused by Alternaria panax in ginseng plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Parke, Ann E. Joy
  • Biological inoculant effective against aphanomyces
    Patent number: 5244658
    Abstract: A bacterial inoculant is disclosed for controlling root rot in peas caused by Aphanomyces fungus. The inoculum is obtained from general bacterial strains including strains of Pseudomonas cepacia, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens, and two other Bacillus strains of uncertain taxonomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventor: Jennifer L. Parke