Patents by Inventor June E. Bourque

June E. Bourque 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).

  • Treatment of plants and plant propagation materials with an antioxidant to improve plant health and/or yield
    Publication number: 20080125319
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are described for the treatment of plants and plant propagation materials with an antioxidant alone or in combination with a pesticide with the result that treated plant propagation materials demonstrate improved germination rates, and plants that grow from treated plant propagation materials, or plants that are treated directly, show improved stand density or vigor, and/or improved yields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Jawed Asrar, June E. Bourque, Yiwei Ding, Ernest F. Sanders
  • Treatment of plants and plant propagation materials with an antioxidant to improve plant health and/or yield
    Publication number: 20040259732
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are described for the treatment of plants and plant propagation materials with an antioxidant alone or in combination with a pesticide with the result that treated plant plant propagation materials demonstrate improved germination rates, and plants that grow from treated plant propagation materials, or plants that are treated directly, show improved stand density or vigor, and/or improved yields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jawed Asrar, June E. Bourque, Yiwei Ding, Ernest F. Sanders
  • Expression system for use in plants to suppress foreign expression and method
    Patent number: 5354854
    Abstract: An expression system and method for using the same in plants to suppress gene expression, the system including a constitutive promoter element from a tRNA gene and an antisense strand DNA fused to the promoter element for being co-transcribed with the promoter element by an RNA polymerase III to suppress expression of a gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: June E. Bourque, William R. Folk