Patents by Inventor Michel Dujardin

Michel Dujardin 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).

  • Apomixis for producing true-breeding plant progenies
    Patent number: 5811636
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to cultivated plants that contain the gene(s) from Pennisetum squamulatum which express apomixis. More specifically, it relates to apomictic backcross hybrids (BC) that closely resemble pearl millet in morphology and their progeny. These apomictic pearl millets are useful as forage or grain cultivars or used as male pollinators on sexual germplasm to produce new apomictic forage and grain hybrids. The plants can also be used as a source of the gene(s) for controlling apomixis in order to transfer the apomictic mechanism into other cultivated plants to develop true-breeding hybrids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Wayne W. Hanna, Peggy Ozias-Akins, Michel Dujardin