Patents by Inventor Kent Woods

Kent Woods 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).

  • Publication number: 20230194169
    Abstract: An aeration system for aerating particulate material disposed in a storage bin. The aeration system includes an aerator forming an elongated hollow body for being placed inside the storage bin such that a longitudinal axis thereof is oriented substantially vertical and an air supply duct connected to the aerator for providing the airflow thereto. The aerator enables an airflow therein along the longitudinal axis and provides the same to the particulate material. The aerator is made of a plurality of modular sections adapted for being stacked upon each other along the longitudinal axis. Each modular section has a bottom connecting element and a top connecting element placed at a bottom end and a top end thereof, respectively, with the top connecting element being mated with the respective bottom connecting element of an adjacent modular section. Each modular section has a conduit enabling the airflow along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Bob SONNTAG, Kent WOODS, James BRAUN, Al MARQUES
  • Publication number: 20230175959
    Abstract: Systems for plant culture include a chamber featuring one or more walls enclosing a spatial volume internal to the chamber, where the one or more walls include a surface for supporting a plant within the enclosed spatial volume, a gas delivery apparatus with at least one gas source, a nutrient delivery apparatus with a reservoir, a sampling apparatus connected to a port formed in the one or more walls, and a controller configured so that during operation of the system, the controller activates the nutrient delivery apparatus to deliver an aqueous growth medium to the plant, and activates the gas delivery apparatus to deliver into the enclosed spatial volume a mixture of isotopically-substituted gases. Also provided are methods of use of the system for measuring nitrogen in a plant and for identifying microbes capable of providing fixed nitrogen to a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Pivot Bio, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent Wood, Russell Brown, Jeremy Gage, Rikke Rasmussen, Paul Raine, Sarah Bloch, Alvin Tamsir, Karsten Temme, Bilge Ozaydin Eskiyenenturk
  • Publication number: 20220132860
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated plant growth promoting microbes (PGPMs), isolated cultures of these PGPMs and compositions comprising same, including compositions comprising plants or parts thereof, particularly seeds. The present invention further relates to methods of using these isolated PGPMs, isolated cultures and compositions comprising same for enhancing plant health, plant growth and/or plant yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Michal Shoresh, Christine Clarke, Crystal Lynn Emery, Caroline Kostecki, Victor Kunin, Honor Renee Lafitte, Ulrika Lidstrom, Gregory Linshiz, Jessica Schaffer, Natalia Shestakova, Lawrence Kent Wood
  • Publication number: 20210400985
    Abstract: The present application relates to plant growth promoting microbes (PGPMs), compositions comprising these PGPMs and methods of using these PGPMs and a plant or plant seed, wherein the plant or plant seed comprises at least one grain yield enhancing trait, for enhancing plant health, plant growth and/or plant yield, and/or for preventing, inhibiting, or treating the development of plant pathogens or the development of phytopathogenic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: RICHARD M BROGLIE, CAROLINE KOSTECKI, HONOR RENEE LAFITTE, ULRIKA LIDSTROM, STEVEN R PASZKIEWICZ, JEFFREY R SCHUSSLER, LAWRENCE KENT WOOD
  • Publication number: 20200138038
    Abstract: The present application relates to plant growth promoting microbes (PGPMs), compositions comprising these PGPMs and methods of using these PGPMs and/or compositions for enhancing plant health, plant growth and/or plant yield, and/or for preventing, inhibiting, or treating the development of plant pathogens or the development of phytopathogenic diseases. This application also provides non-naturally occurring plant varieties that are artificially infected with a PGPM descried herein, as well as seed, reproductive tissue, vegetative tissue, regenerative tissues, plant parts, or progeny thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew N. ASHBY, Tsotne JAVAHISHVILI, Caroline KOSTECKI, Victor KUNIN, Honor Renee LAFITTE, Ulrika LIDSTROM, Natalia SHESTAKOVA, Lawrence Kent WOOD
  • Publication number: 20150299718
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides related to urea uptake. The disclosure provides genomic sequences for urea transporter, urease and glutamine synthetase genes. Urea transporters, urease and glutamine synthetase are responsible for controlling nitrogen utilization efficiency in plants. Urea transporter, urease or glutamine synthetase sequences are provided for improving grain yield and plant growth. The disclosure further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells and transgenic plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Rajeev Gupta, Zhenglin Hou, Dale F. Loussaert, Bo Shen, Lawrence Kent Wood
  • Publication number: 20140351998
    Abstract: The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides related to urea uptake. The invention provides genomic sequences for urea transporter, urease and glutamine synthetase genes. Urea transporters, urease and glutamine synthetase are responsible for controlling nitrogen utilization efficiency in plants. Urea transporter, urease or glutamine synthetase sequences are provided for improving grain yield and plant growth. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells and transgenic plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: RAJEEV GUPTA, Zhenglin Hou, Dale F. Loussaert, Bo Shen, Lawrence Kent Wood
  • Publication number: 20120121399
    Abstract: A blower for a particulate loader and transfer apparatus, comprising, at least one blade having a proximal and distal end, means for rotating the at least one blade in a direction about an axis of rotation wherein the proximal end of the blade is nearer to the axis of rotation than the distal end of the blade is to the axis of rotation and wherein the blade is angled so that as the blade rotates about the axis, the proximal end of the blade precedes the distal end of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: REM ENTERPRISES INC.
    Inventors: Paul Kerr, Kent Woods
  • Publication number: 20120121343
    Abstract: A nozzle for providing particulate materials to a suction intake hose connected to a bulk transfer apparatus is provided. A body structure of the nozzle comprises comprising a connecting mechanism for connecting to an end portion of the suction intake hose. A support mechanism is mechanically connected to the body structure for movably supporting the body structure. A particulate materials transport mechanism is placed in front of the body structure. The particulate materials transport mechanism comprises a movable mechanical structure for mechanically transporting the particulate materials into an airstream generated by suction through the suction intake hose. A hood is mounted to a front portion of the body structure for guiding the airstream towards and opening in fluid communication with the connecting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: REM ENTERPRISES INC.
    Inventors: Paul Kerr, Kent Woods
  • Publication number: 20110016664
    Abstract: A nozzle for providing particulate materials to a suction intake hose connected to a bulk transfer apparatus is provided. A body structure of the nozzle comprises comprising a connecting mechanism for connecting to an end portion of the suction intake hose. A support mechanism is mechanically connected to the body structure for movably supporting the body structure. A particulate materials transport mechanism is placed in front of the body structure. The particulate materials transport mechanism comprises a movable mechanical structure for mechanically transporting the particulate materials into an airstream generated by suction through the suction intake hose. A hood is mounted to a front portion of the body structure for guiding the airstream towards an opening in fluid communication with the connecting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: REM ENTERPRISES INC.
    Inventors: Paul Kerr, Kent Woods
  • Publication number: 20050192719
    Abstract: A system and method for navigation utilizing sources of pulsed celestial radiation are provided. A spacecraft, satellite, or other vehicle (12) has a pulse sensor (22) mounted thereto for detecting signal pulses (14) generated by a plurality of pulsars or other celestial objects (16). The detected signal pulses (14) are synchronously averaged at the known period of the pulsar or other celestial object (16) with respect to a timer (24). Timer (24) measures the pulse time of arrival at the pulse sensor (22) by comparing the pulse signal (14) with a pulse shape template (52), and a processing means (30) calculates the offset time between the measured pulse time of arrival at sensor (22) with a calculated pulse time of arrival at the solar system barycenter (SSBC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Suneel Ismail Sheikh, Darryll John Pines, Kent Wood, Paul Shelton Ray, Michael Lovellette
  • Patent number: 6807430
    Abstract: A mobile communication device, and a method of reading key presses and backlighting a mobile communication device, are disclosed. The method of reading key presses and backlighting a mobile communication device includes providing a mobile communication device including a plurality of marked keys resident on a flip module separate from a main module, and switching, by the mobile communication device, between a first positive voltage to the flip module when the plurality of marked keys are backlit, and a first negative voltage when the plurality of marked keys are not backlit, according to a switch command from the main module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Qualcomm Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Kent Woods, George Alan Wiley
  • Publication number: 20030144023
    Abstract: A mobile communication device, and a method of reading key presses and backlighting a mobile communication device, are disclosed. The method of reading key presses and backlighting a mobile communication device includes providing a mobile communication device including a plurality of marked keys resident on a flip module separate from a main module, and switching, by the mobile communication device, between a first positive voltage to the flip module when the plurality of marked keys are backlit, and a first negative voltage when the plurality of marked keys are not backlit, according to a switch command from the main module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Gregory Kent Woods, George Alan Wiley