Patents by Inventor Judith Zucati

Judith Zucati 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).

  • Development and stratification of pine somatic embryos using a liquid system
    Patent number: 7732205
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing pine somatic embryos using a liquid development medium and/or a liquid stratification medium. In a first aspect, the methods comprise the step of culturing embryogenic cells in, or on, a liquid development medium to produce cotyledonary pine somatic embryos. In another aspect, the methods comprise the step of culturing pine cotyledonary somatic embryos in, or on, a liquid stratification medium to produce stratified cotyledonary somatic embryos. The invention also provides methods for producing pine somatic embryos in bioreactors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Weyerhaeuser NR Company
    Inventors: Pramod K. Gupta, Diane G. Holmstrom, Bonnie Larson, Judith Zucati
  • Development and stratification of pine somatic embryos using a liquid system
    Publication number: 20050026281
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing pine somatic embryos using a liquid development medium and/or a liquid stratification medium. In a first aspect, the methods comprise the step of culturing embryogenic cells in, or on, a liquid development medium to produce cotyledonary pine somatic embryos. In another aspect, the methods comprise the step of culturing pine cotyledonary somatic embryos in, or on, a liquid stratification medium to produce stratified cotyledonary somatic embryos. The invention also provides methods for producing pine somatic embryos in bioreactors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Pramod Gupta, Diane Holmstrom, Bonnie Larson, Judith Zucati