Patents by Inventor Philippe Guerche

Philippe Guerche 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).

  • Automaton for Plant Phenotyping
    Publication number: 20120186154
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automaton useful in cultivating or phenotyping a plurality of plants in a controlled environment, including a plate on which a plurality of movable cultivation substrate holders is placed, said movable holders being capable of consecutively taking every possible position on the surface of said plate. The invention also relates to a facility useful in cultivating or phenotyping a plurality of plants in a controlled environment, particularly including said automaton, and further to a method useful in cultivating or phenotyping a plurality of plants in a controlled environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Philippe Guerche, Christine Camilleri, David Bouchez, Hervé Balasse
  • Microspore-specific promoter and method for producing hybrid plants
    Publication number: 20050183167
    Abstract: The invention concerns a microspore-specific promoter and its use for obtaining plants with gametophytic male sterility with inducible fertility. It also concerns a method for obtaining hybrid plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Jan Drouaud, Agnes Fourgoux, Georges Pelletier, Philippe Guerche
  • Microspore-specific promoter and method for obtaining hybrid plants
    Patent number: 6861576
    Abstract: The invention concerns a microspore-specific promoter and its use for obtaining plants with gametophytic male sterility with inducible fertility. It also concerns a method for obtaining hybrid plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique
    Inventors: Jan Drouaud, Agnès Fourgoux, Georges Pelletier, Philippe Guerche