Patents by Inventor Ross E. Byers

Ross E. Byers 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).

  • Method of producing vole-resistant apple trees and trees produced thereby
    Patent number: 4516353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel propagated apple trees having increased vole resistance and to methods for propagating such trees; and relates in one aspect to an apple tree having a vole-resistant rootstock and having growing thereon a desired apple bearing scion. In a preferred embodiment, the vole-resistant rootstock has a characteristic modifying distinct interstem interposed between the apple bearing scion and the rootstock. In another embodiment of the invention, the stocksystem is a composite stocksystem wherein a portion of the stocksystem is of a variety (seedling or other rootstock) distinct from the vole-resistant stock and wherein the portion of the rootstock above ground and to which the scion or interstem is grafted, comprises the novel vole-resistant stock. The nature of the companion rootstock is not critical and any compatible rootstock such as those already known in the art, for example, from "Delicious seedlings" can be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: James N. Cummins, Herb S. Aldwinckle, Ross E. Byers
  • Apple tree
    Patent number: PP5333
    Abstract: An apple tree which is vole-resistant and useful for rootstocks and trunkstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: James N. Cummins, Herb S. Aldwinckle, Ross E. Byers