Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Hignight

Kenneth W. Hignight 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).

  • Composite coating for seed having plurality of coating layers extending around the seed
    Patent number: 12172938
    Abstract: In an agricultural product, a seed is contained within a composite coating. The composite coating has successive layers, and one or more of the layers can include fertilizer, a binder, and/or lime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Central Garden & Pet Company
    Inventors: Joseph Karl Wipff, III, Kenneth W. Hignight, Debra L. Hignight
  • Composite coating for seed
    Patent number: 11447431
    Abstract: In an agricultural product, a seed is contained within a composite coating. The composite coating has successive layers, and one or more of the layers can include fertilizer, a binder, and/or lime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Central Garden & Pet Company
    Inventors: Joseph Karl Wipff, III, Kenneth W. Hignight, Debra L. Hignight
  • Composite coating for seed
    Patent number: 11324160
    Abstract: In an agricultural product, a seed is contained within a composite coating. The composite coating has successive layers, and one or more of the layers can include fertilizer, a binder, and/or lime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Central Garden & Pet Company
    Inventors: Joseph Karl Wipff, III, Kenneth W. Hignight, Debra L. Hignight
  • Enhancing endophyte in grass
    Patent number: 6815591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants that are stably infected with an endophyte fungus. The purpose in providing to plants unique fungal endophytes is to import desired traits. These traits include insect resistance and drought tolerance and improved persistence to the plants. The plants specifically grass without inoculation with the endophyte would not evidence these traits as strongly. Endophyte inoculated grass can be used as turfgrass or foraging material depending on the grass type selected. In the present invention an endophyte that has a native host of meadow fescue was discovered. This endophyte did not provide animal toxicity's. This endophyte was transferred to a non-native host, Lolium perenne L. The transfer of Neotyphodium siegelii to Lolium perenne L. as a host was unique. The endophyte when in the non-native host evidenced stable inheritance and lacked the herbivore toxic effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Advanta Seeds B.V.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Hignight, Debra L. Rush