Patents by Inventor Jerome Gabard

Jerome Gabard 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).

  • Sulfonylurea-tolerant sunflower plants
    Patent number: 8865972
    Abstract: This invention relates to sunflower lines and hybrids bred to contain a highly heritable trait conferring tolerance to sulfonylurea herbicides wherein said trait is conferred by an ALS gene encoding a sulfonylurea herbicide tolerant ALS enzyme and wherein the said sulfonylurea tolerant ALS enzyme is the sulfonylurea tolerant ALS enzyme encoded within the genome of certain designated sunflower lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Jerome Gabard, Jean-Pierre Huby
  • Sulfonylurea-tolerant sunflower plants
    Publication number: 20050044587
    Abstract: This invention relates to sunflower lines and hybrids tolerant to sulfonylurea herbicides wherein the tolerance trait is obtained using induced mutagenesis and artificial selection, and to a method for selectively controlling undesired vegetation, including parasitic weeds, by applying sulfonylurea herbicides to sulfonylurea-tolerant sunflower crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Jerome Gabard, Jean Huby
  • Sulfonylurea-tolerant sunflower plants
    Publication number: 20030121071
    Abstract: This invention relates to sunflower lines and hybrids tolerant to sulfonylurea herbicides wherein the tolerance trait is obtained using induced mutagenesis and artificial selection, and to a method for selectively controlling undesired vegetation, including parasitic weeds, by applying sulfonylurea herbicides to sulfonylurea-tolerant sunflower crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Jerome Gabard, Jean Pierre Huby