Patents by Inventor Richard Hassell

Richard Hassell 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).

  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE INHIBITION OF MERISTEMATIC GROWTH ON CUCURBIT ROOTSTOCK
    Publication number: 20190313593
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of inhibiting the growth of a shoot apical meristem of a cucurbit rootstock plant, comprising contacting a shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant with an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more fatty alcohols, thereby inhibiting the growth of the shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant. The present invention further provides methods for preparing and producing cucurbit rootstock plants for grafting and methods for grafting. Additionally provided are cucurbit rootstock plants and plant parts and grafted cucurbit plants produced by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicants: Syngenta Participations AG, Clemson University
    Inventors: Richard Hassell, James Brusca, Xingping Zhang, Shawna Daley
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE INHIBITION OF MERISTEMATIC GROWTH ON CUCURBIT ROOTSTOCK
    Publication number: 20170208762
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of inhibiting the growth of a shoot apical meristem of a cucurbit rootstock plant, comprising contacting a shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant with an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more fatty alcohols, thereby inhibiting the growth of the shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant. The present invention further provides methods for preparing and producing cucurbit rootstock plants for grafting and methods for grafting. Additionally provided are cucurbit rootstock plants and plant parts and grafted cucurbit plants produced by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: RICHARD HASSELL, JAMES BRUSCA, XINGPING ZHANG, SHAWNA DALEY
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE INHIBITION OF MERISTEMATIC GROWTH ON CUCURBIT ROOTSTOCK
    Publication number: 20140096292
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of inhibiting the growth of a shoot apical meristem of a cucurbit rootstock plant, comprising contacting a shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant with an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more fatty alcohols, thereby inhibiting the growth of the shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant. The present invention further provides methods for preparing and producing cucurbit rootstock plants for grafting and methods for grafting. Additionally provided are cucurbit rootstock plants and plant parts and grafted cucurbit plants produced by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: Clemson University, Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Richard Hassell, James Brusca, Xingping Zhang, Shawna Daley
  • Methods and compositions for the inhibition of meristematic growth on cucurbit rootstock
    Patent number: 8629330
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of inhibiting the growth of a shoot apical meristem of a cucurbit rootstock plant, comprising contacting a shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant with an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more fatty alcohols, thereby inhibiting the growth of the shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant. The present invention further provides methods for preparing and producing cucurbit rootstock plants for grafting and methods for grafting. Additionally provided are cucurbit rootstock plants and plant parts and grafted cucurbit plants produced by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignees: Syngenta Participations AG, Clemson University
    Inventors: Richard Hassell, James Brusca, Xingping Zhang, Shawna Daley
  • Methods and Compositions for the Inhibition of Meristematic Growth on Cucurbit Rootstock
    Publication number: 20130312139
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of inhibiting the growth of a shoot apical meristem of a cucurbit rootstock plant, comprising contacting a shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant with an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more fatty alcohols, thereby inhibiting the growth of the shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant. The present invention further provides methods for preparing and producing cucurbit rootstock plants for grafting and methods for grafting. Additionally provided are cucurbit rootstock plants and plant parts and grafted cucurbit plants produced by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicants: Clemson University, Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Richard Hassell, James Brusca, Xingping Zhang, Shawna Daley