Patents by Inventor Lee A. Wymore

Lee A. Wymore 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).

  • Sclerotinia minor for broad spectrum broadleaf weed control
    Patent number: 5994267
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a novel bioherbicide, and composition thereof for the control of broadleaf weeds in lawns, golf courses, parks, sports fields, other turfed areas, and grass crops such as corn and cereal grains. More specifically, the invention is concerned with a novel isolate Sclerotinia minor IMI 344141, agricultural formulations thereof, and its use as a bioherbicide to control troublesome broadleaf weed species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning (McGill University)
    Inventors: Alan K. Watson, Lee A. Wymore
  • Composition for biocontrol of wild buckwheat
    Patent number: 5082489
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a novel bioherbicide and its use alone or in compositions, to control the growth of Polygonum convolvulus in agricultural crops such as cereals and other cultivated crops. The present invention is also concerned with a synergistic composition of the novel bioherbicide and a chemical herbicide. Specifically, the new fungus is Phoma sp. ATCC 20982.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning (McGill University)
    Inventors: Alan K. Watson, Lee A. Wymore
  • Fungal herbicide for control of lamb's quarters and other chenopodium weeds
    Patent number: 4915724
    Abstract: A method for controlling growth of plants of Chenopodium weed species in agricultural crops. This method comprises applying to the plants or to the locus of the plants an effective amount of the fungus Ascochyta hyalospora to effect and produce typical lesions so as to inhibit the growth of or kill the plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning
    Inventors: Alan Watson, William Allan, Lee Wymore