Patents by Inventor Rebeca C. Rufty

Rebeca C. Rufty 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).

  • Tobacco cultivar NC 2000
    Patent number: 6965062
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel tobacco cultivar designated NC 2000, which is resistant to blue mold caused by the fungus Peronospora tabacina Adam. The invention provides seeds of the cultivar NC 2000, plants and parts thereof of the cultivar NC 2000, a tissue culture derived from the cultivar NC 2000, hybrids produced from cultivar NC 2000 and lines derived from cultivar NC 2000, as well as genetically modified forms of the foregoing plants and tissue culture. Also provided are methods of producing cultivar NC 2000 plants, cultivar NC 2000 hybrid plants, and tobacco lines derived from cultivar NC 2000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventor: Rebeca C. Rufty
  • Tobacco cultivar NC 2000
    Publication number: 20030115642
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel tobacco cultivar designated NC 2000, which is resistant to blue mold caused by the fungus Peronospora tabacina Adam. The invention provides seeds of the cultivar NC 2000, plants and parts thereof of the cultivar NC 2000, a tissue culture derived from the cultivar NC 2000, hybrids produced from cultivar NC 2000 and lines derived from cultivar NC 2000, as well as genetically modified forms of the foregoing plants and tissue culture. Also provided are methods of producing cultivar NC 2000 plants, cultivar NC 2000 hybrid plants, and tobacco lines derived from cultivar NC 2000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventor: Rebeca C. Rufty