Patents by Inventor Kay Porter

Kay Porter 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).

  • Sorghum fertility restorer genotypes and methods of marker-assisted selection
    Patent number: 8946514
    Abstract: Markers tightly associated with a sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) cms fertility restorer gene are identified, as well as genes containing the pentatrico peptide repeat (PPR) motif. Methods for marker assisted selection of restorer and non-restorer sorghum lines are provided. The markers can be used to facilitate development of the maintainer, restorer and cms sorghum lines used to make hybrids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kumuda Kushalappa, Valerio Primomo, Lomas Tulsieram, Zenglu Li, Kay Porter, Yilma Kebede, Roger Monk, Rex DeLong
  • SORGHUM FERTILITY RESTORER GENOTYPES AND METHODS OF MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION
    Publication number: 20110162100
    Abstract: Markers tightly associated with the sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) cms fertility restorer gene are identified, as well as genes containing the pentatrico peptide repeat (PPR) motif. Methods for marker assisted selection of restorer and non-restorer sorghum lines are provided. The markers can be used to facilitate development of the maintainer, restorer and cms sorghum lines used to make hybrids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Kumuda Kushalappa, Valerio Primomo, Lomas Tulsieram, Zenglu Li, Kay Porter, Yilma Kebede, Roger Monk, Rex DeLong