Patents by Inventor Serge Yelle

Serge Yelle 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).

  • Sucrose accumulating tomato cultivar
    Patent number: 6072106
    Abstract: A new tomato cultivar is provided which is homozygous for a genetically fixable recessive genetic factor which confers the ability to bear fruit that accumulate sucrose. The increased sucrose content, in turn, leads to a higher total soluble solids content in the mature fruit. Higher total soluble solids in tomato fruit are of particular importance to the tomato processing industry. A method for producing the claimed cultivar is also provided.The claimed genetic factor can be derived from any Lycopersicon species which accumulates sucrose in the mature fruit. Once genetically fixed in a tomato cultivar, the factor can be transmitted to other plants in a predictable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Alan B. Bennett, Serge Yelle
  • Sucrose accumulating tomato technology
    Patent number: 5434344
    Abstract: A new tomato cultivar is provided which is homozygous for a genetically fixable recessive genetic factor which confers the ability to bear fruit that accumulate sucrose. The increased sucrose content, in turn, leads to a higher total soluble solids content in the mature fruit. Higher total soluble solids in tomato fruit are of particular importance to the tomato processing industry. A method for producing the claimed cultivar is also provided.The claimed genetic factor can be derived from any Lycopersicon species which accumulates sucrose in the mature fruit. Once genetically fixed in a tomato cultivar, the factor can be transmitted to other plants in a predictable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Alan B. Bennett, Serge Yelle