Patents by Inventor Peter A. Bonucci

Peter A. Bonucci 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).

  • Production of hybrid "improved supersweet" sweet corn
    Patent number: 4630393
    Abstract: A new method of combining the genetic mutants su.sub.1 and sh.sub.2 to produce sweet corn having an unusually high sugar content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1986
    Assignee: UF Genetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter A. Bonucci
  • Production of hybrid sweet corn
    Patent number: 3971161
    Abstract: The sugar content of sweet corn can be increased without seriously reducing the water soluble polysaccharide (WSP) by using the shrunken.sub.2 (sh.sub.2) gene. Combining a sweet corn which is a homozygous sugary.sub.1 (su.sub.1) inbred with a sweet corn (homozygous su.sub.1 sh.sub.2) inbred will result in heterozygous hybrid that has approximately 50% more sucrose, 33% more total sugars and a WSP (water soluble polysaccharide) level near that of sweet corn) homozygous su.sub.1). The high WSP and sucrose levels are particularly desirable in food processing industries such as the canning and freezing industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Assignee: Northrup, King & Co.
    Inventor: Peter A. Bonucci