Patents by Inventor Minoo N. Dastoor

Minoo N. Dastoor 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: 4363188
    Abstract: Stimulation the in vitro propagation of Guayule from a nutrient medium containing Guayule tissue by adding a substituted trialkyl amine bioinducing agent to the nutrient medium. Selective or differentiated propagation of shoots or callus is obtained by varing the amounts of substituted trialkyl amine present in the nutrient medium. The luxuriant growth provided may be processed for its poly isoprene content or may be transferred to a rooting medium for production of whole plants as identical clones of the original tissue. Provides method for producing large numbers of Guayule plants having identical desirable properties such as high polyisoprene levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1982
    Inventors: Alan M. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with respect to an invention of Lovelace, Minoo N. Dastoor, Wayne W. Schubert, Gene R. Petersen