Patents by Inventor Nicholas BIRD

Nicholas BIRD 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).

  • METHODS FOR CEREAL CROP HYBRID TEST CROSS EVALUATION
    Publication number: 20230389497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plant hybrid cross testing, such as in cereal crops such as Triticum, preferably Triticum aestivum. The invention in particular relates to methods for evaluating test crosses, in particular for evaluating heterosis and/or (general and/or specific) combining ability by using male sterile plants, which allows the use of small scale planting schemes comprising a limited number of parallel rows of tester and breeding lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Jacob LAGE, Carus JOHN-BEJAI, Nicholas BIRD
  • BLUE ALEURONE AND OTHER SEGREGATION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230383309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to materials and methods for creating and maintaining a cereal plant line for the production of a hybrid cereal plant, that include for example, and not limitation, using the BLue Aleurone (BLA) system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: KWS SAAT SE & Co., KGaA, The University of Sydney, Global Crop Innovations Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Norman DARVEY, Peng Zhang, Richard Trethowan, Chong Mei Dong, Jacob Lage, Nicholas Bird, Christopher Tapsell, Aaron Hummel
  • Blue aleurone and other segregation systems
    Patent number: 11697822
    Abstract: The present invention relates to materials and methods for creating and maintaining a cereal plant line for the production of a hybrid cereal plant, that include for example, and not limitation, using the BLue Aleurone (BLA) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA, THE UNIVERSIYY OF SYDNEY, GLOBAL CROP INNOVATIONS PTY. LTD.
    Inventors: Norman Darvey, Peng Zhang, Richard Trethowan, Chong Mei Dong, Jacob Lage, Nicholas Bird, Christopher Tapsell, Aaron Hummel
  • IMPROVED BLUE ALEURONE AND OTHER SEGREGATION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200255856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to materials and methods for creating and maintaining a cereal plant line for the production of a hybrid cereal plant, that include for example, and not limitation, using the BLue Aleurone (BLA) system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicants: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, GLOBAL CROP INNOVATIONS PTY. LTD.
    Inventors: Norman DARVEY, Peng ZHANG, Richard TRETHOWAN, Chong Mei DONG, Jacob LAGE, Nicholas BIRD, Christopher TAPSELL, Aaron HUMMEL