Patents by Inventor Mariann Wikstrom

Mariann Wikstrom 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: 8796179
    Abstract: The invention describes an isolate of a fluorescent pseudomonad of the species Pseudomonas azotoformans, strain F30A, which has been deposited at Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen and Zellkulturen GmbH and has been assigned accession number DSM 22077, which is capable of enhancing seed germination, seedling establishment, plant emergence, plant growth and/or the yields of crops treated with the isolate. Accordingly the invention further comprises the use of this pseudomonad for enhancement of plant emergence and growth and agricultural compositions comprising the pseudomonad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Lantmannen Bioagri AB
    Inventors: Jolanta Levenfors, Christopher Folkeson Welch, Jamshid Fatehi, Mariann Wikstrom, Sara Rasmussen, Margareta Hökeberg
  • Publication number: 20130005572
    Abstract: The invention describes an isolate of a fluorescent pseudomonad of the species Pseudomonas azotoformans, strain F30A, which has been deposited at Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen and Zellkulturen GmbH and has been assigned accession number DSM 22077, which is capable of enhancing seed germination, seedling establishment, plant emergence, plant growth and/or the yields of crops treated with the isolate. Accordingly the invention further comprises the use of this pseudomonad for enhancement of plant emergence and growth and agricultural compositions comprising the pseudomonad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Jolanta Levenfors, Christopher Folkeson Welch, Jamshid Fatehi, Mariann Wikstrom, Sara Rasmussen, Margareta Hökeberg