Patents by Inventor Mohammadreza Ghaffarzadeh

Mohammadreza Ghaffarzadeh 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).

  • Device and method for screening a plant population for wind damage resistance traits
    Patent number: 7412880
    Abstract: A device and method for applying a wind force to a plurality of plants in an agricultural environment is provided to screen for selected wind-resistance traits in the plurality of plants. In one embodiment of the present invention, a device is provided including a generating device for creating a moving fluid stream to provide the wind force, a directing device, such as a duct and/or movable vane, for precisely and selectively directing the wind force towards a portion of at least one plant, and a controller for adjusting one or more parameters of the fluid stream. The device and/or method embodiments of the present invention may thus be used to selectively apply the wind force to one or more plants (or portions thereof) such that the plants may be evaluated with respect to one or more wind-resistant physical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Barreiro, Lori Carrigan, Mohammadreza Ghaffarzadeh, Daniel M. Goldman, Michael E. Hartman, David L. Johnson, Loren Steenhoek
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SCREENING A PLANT POPULATION FOR WIND DAMAGE RESISTANCE TRAITS
    Publication number: 20070125155
    Abstract: A device and method for applying a wind force to a plurality of plants in an agricultural environment is provided to screen for selected wind-resistance traits in the plurality of plants. In one embodiment of the present invention, a device is provided including a generating device for creating a moving fluid stream to provide the wind force, a directing device, such as a duct and/or movable vane, for precisely and selectively directing the wind force towards a portion of at least one plant, and a controller for adjusting one or more parameters of the fluid stream. The device and/or method embodiments of the present invention may thus be used to selectively apply the wind force to one or more plants (or portions thereof) such that the plants may be evaluated with respect to one or more wind-resistant physical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Barreiro, Lori Carrigan, Mohammadreza Ghaffarzadeh, Daniel Goldman, Michael Hartman, David Johnson, Loren Steenhoek