Patents by Inventor Kermit Berge

Kermit Berge 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).

  • Patent number: 7411117
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated BE9515, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line BE9515, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line BE9515 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line BE9515 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line BE9515, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line BE9515 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Dow AgroScience LLC
    Inventor: Kermit Berg Bohning
  • Patent number: 4305601
    Abstract: A shopping cart for the handicapped. The shopping cart includes a wheeled frame which mounts a basket and wheelchair hitch assembly. The hitch assembly includes a releasable latch which can be manipulated by the handicapped person in the wheelchair for coupling and uncoupling of the wheelchair to the cart. A latch on the proximal end of the draw bar provides for attachment to the frame at positions within a vertical range as required for coupling with individual wheelchairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1981
    Inventor: Kermit Berge