Patents by Inventor Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake

Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake 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).

  • Publication number: 20240008434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel endophytes of plants of the Cannabaceae family, particularly biofertilizer Enterobacter sp. endophytes, and also to plants and parts thereof infected therewith, and related methods, including methods for conferring biofertilization to plants and for selecting a biofertilizer endophyte of a plant of the Cannabaceae family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Dilani De Silva, Jatinder Kaur, Tongda Li, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Publication number: 20240000032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel endophytes of plants of the Cannabaceae family, particularly bioprotective Pseudomonas sp. endophytes, and also to plants and parts thereof infected therewith, and related methods, including methods for conferring bioprotection to plants and for selecting a bioprotectant endophyte of a plant of the Cannabaceae family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Dilani De Silva, Jatinder Kaur, Tongda Li, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Patent number: 11818994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to endophytes, in particular endophytes associated with plants of the Brachiaria-Urochloa species complex, plants infected with the endophytes, products produced by the endophytes, and related methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Inoka Kumari Hettiarachchige, Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Natasha Denise Brohier, Simone Jane Rochfort, Jacqueline Edwards
  • Publication number: 20220125003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to endophytes, in particular endophytes associated with plants of the Brachiaria-Urochloa species complex, plants infected with the endophytes, products produced by the endophytes, and related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Michaela Kathryn Guthridge, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Inoka Kumari Hettiarachchige, Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Natasha Denise Brohier, Simone Jane Rochfort, Jacqueline Edwards
  • Patent number: 11191249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to endophytes, in particular endophytes associated with plants of the Brachiaria-Urochloa species complex, plants infected with the endophytes, products produced by the endophytes, and related methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Inoka Kumari Hettiarachchige, Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Natasha Denise Brohier, Simone Jane Rochfort, Jacqueline Edwards
  • Publication number: 20180213797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to endophytes, in particular endophytes associated with plants of the Brachiaria-Urochloa species complex, plants infected with the endophytes, products produced by the endophytes, and related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Inoka Kumari Hettiarachchige, Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Natasha Denise Brohier, Simone Jane Rochfort, Jacqueline Edwards