Patents by Inventor Kimberly Funk

Kimberly Funk 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).

  • Developed seed and methods for making the same
    Publication number: 20020026659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to developed seed that is singulated and free-flowing, and comprises a modified root structure whose root development is interrupted and altered, but that root development is capable of resuming when the developed seed is sown in a suitable environment. The developed seed can exhibit an emerged hypocotyl or lack an emerged hypocotyl. The developed seed is prepared as desiccation-intolerant seed and can be converted to be desiccation-tolerant. The present invention also relates to methods of making the developed seed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Alan D. Blowers, Robert D. Conrad, Kimberly A. Funk, Zubin Khambatta, Audrey Charles
  • Medallion
    Patent number: D693727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Inventor: Kimberly Funk
  • Medallion
    Patent number: D711769
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventor: Kimberly Funk
  • Medallion
    Patent number: D712781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: Kimberly Funk
  • Medallion
    Patent number: D846428
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventor: Kimberly Funk
  • Medallion
    Patent number: D883851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventor: Kimberly Funk
  • Medallion
    Patent number: D961448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Kimberly Funk