Patents by Inventor Magdalena Szechynska-Hebda

Magdalena Szechynska-Hebda 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).

  • Method and apparatus for improving growth and/or pathogen resistance of a plant using transient high-intensity illumination
    Patent number: 9131645
    Abstract: A method of improving the growth and/or pathogen resistance of a plant, comprising the step of exposing at least part of the plant to a transient period of high intensity illumination providing a photon flux at the plant surface having at least one of the following characteristics: (a) a red photon flux comprising at least 100 micromoles photons per square meter per second, and having a wavelength of between 600 and 700 nm; (b) a blue photon flux comprising at least 100 micromoles photons per square meter per second, having a wavelength of between 420 and 480 nm. The Invention also provides apparatus for providing such conditions to growing plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Inventors: Stanislaw Karpinski, Magdalena Szechynska-Hebda
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLANT PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20130255150
    Abstract: A method of improving the growth and/or pathogen resistance of a plant, comprising the step of exposing at least part of the plant to a transient period of high intensity illumination providing a photon flux at the plant surface having at least one of the following characteristics: (a) a red photon flux comprising at least 100 micromoles photons per square metre per second, and having a wavelength of between 600 and 700 nm; (b) a blue photon flux comprising at least 100 micromoles photons per square metre per second, having a wavelength of between 420 and 480 nm. The Invention also provides apparatus for providing such conditions to growing plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Stanislaw Karpinski, Magdalena Szechynska-Hebda