Patents by Inventor Sean P. Walters

Sean P. Walters 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).

  • Inbred corn plants WKBC5, and seeds thereof
    Patent number: 5977455
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided inbred corn plant WKBC5. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the fore-mentioned inbred corn plants and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing one of the inbred plants with itself or with another corn plant, such as another inbred. This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing any of the inbred plants WKBC5, WQCD10, 01CSI2, O1DFA3, FBPL, or 3DHA9 with another corn plant, such as another inbred, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of the inbred corn plant WKBC5, and also to the RFLP and genetic isozyme typing profiles of such inbred corn plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: DeKalb Genetics Corporation
    Inventors: Donn P. Cummings, Michael A. Hall, Sean P. Walters, Dale S. Wickersham