Patents by Inventor Peter van Weel

Peter van Weel 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).

  • Method, device and warehouse for cultivating crop plants and grafts thereof
    Patent number: 6804912
    Abstract: A method for cultivating crop plants having a shoot-root plant body, wherein during growing, part of the stem adjacent the roots is prepared such that new roots grow on the stem part of the plant. The new roots are brought into contact with a growth medium, such that during production of a crop, the length of the stem between the shoot furthest from the roots and the roots in contact with the grow medium closest to the shoot is maintained at a relatively short length as compared to a normal length of the plant of substantially the same age.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Agrifirm B.V.
    Inventor: Peter van Weel
  • Method, device and warehouse for cultivating crop plants and grafts thereof
    Publication number: 20030121205
    Abstract: A method for cultivating crop plants having a shoot-root plant body, wherein during growing, part of the stem adjacent the roots is prepared such that new roots grow on the stem part of the plant. The new roots are brought into contact with a growth medium, such that during production of a crop, the length of the stem between the shoot furthest from the roots and the roots in contact with the grow medium closest to the shoot is maintained at a relatively short length as compared to a normal length of the plant of substantially the same age.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventor: Peter van Weel