Patents by Inventor Robert Wayne Harnish

Robert Wayne Harnish 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRY EMBRYO EXPLANT PURIFICATION
    Publication number: 20250360511
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel apparatuses, systems, and methods for purifying dry embryo explants from a preparation of dry plant embryo explants for use in methods of genetic modification. The methods provided by the present disclosure may include one or more steps of sanitizing, drying, milling, coarse width sizing, length sizing aspiration, width and thickness separation, aspiration-classification, or separation using a friction table. The present disclosure further provides a population of purified embryo explants produced using the disclosed apparatuses, systems, and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Whitney R. Adams, Juan Manuel Alvarez, Erik Dersch, John Patrick Dibb, Robert Wayne Harnish, David D. Kelm, Brian J. Martinell, Louis J. Meyer, Anatoly Rivlin, Amanda Marie Rohrer, Mark Eugene Thompson
  • Efficient plant transformation method
    Patent number: 11266086
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for the production of value added explants from the seeds of dicotyledonous cultivars of interest. Also described are methods of transformation using the value added explants produced by the methods disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Michael William Petersen, Brian Joseph Martinell, Edward James Williams, Amy Jo Miyamoto, Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Heidi F. Kaeppler, Robert Wayne Harnish
  • EFFICIENT LEGUME TRANSFORMATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20190208723
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for the production of value added explants from the seeds of dicotyledonous cultivars of interest. Also described are methods of transformation using the value added explants produced by the methods disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Michael William Petersen, Brian Joseph Martinell, Edward James Williams, Amy Jo Miyamoto, Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Heidi F. Kaeppler, Robert Wayne Harnish