Patents by Inventor Sharon Inch

Sharon Inch 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 of protecting a plant from a fungal pest
    Patent number: 12642273
    Abstract: A method of controlling or preventing pathogenic damage and/or pest damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, part of a plant and/or plant organ, comprising applying on the plant, part of the plant, plant organ, plant propagation material or a surrounding area thereof a phytoprotective agent comprising an enzyme and a fungicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S
    Inventors: Brian R. Scott, John William Rice, Jarrod Leland, Dave Greenshields, Sharon Inch
  • Compositions and Methods for Preventing, Treating, Suppressing and/or Eliminatting Phytopathogenic Infestations and Infections
    Publication number: 20250311734
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides proteins useful for preventing, treating, suppressing and/or eliminating infestations and infections of plants by various phytopathogenic pests, as well as formulations comprising such proteins, polynucleotides encoding such proteins, organisms expressing such proteins, and methods of using such proteins, formulations, polynucleotides and organisms in agriculture and other fields of endeavor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVONESIS PLANT BIOSOLUTIONS A/S
    Inventors: Kate Sarah BRANDON SUTTON, Svend Gunnar KAASGAARD, Ines Marques NUNES, Gregory Stephen MALONEY, Casey RUARK-SEWARD, Jason QUINLAN, Mary Ann STRINGER, Sharon INCH, Calum RUSSELL, Louisa LIBERMAN, Jennifer PETITTE, Birgitte Gjerde BENNEDSEN, Adam GINN, Cari MCGREGOR, Meaghan THOMPSON
  • METHODS OF PROTECTING A PLANT FROM A FUNGAL PEST
    Publication number: 20240365791
    Abstract: A method of controlling or preventing pathogenic damage and/or pest damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, part of a plant and/or plant organ, comprising applying on the plant, part of the plant, plant organ, plant propagation material or a surrounding area thereof a phytoprotective agent comprising an enzyme and a fungicide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S
    Inventors: Brian R. SCOTT, John William RICE, Jarrod LELAND, Dave GREENSHIELDS, Sharon INCH
  • Methods of protecting a plant from a fungal pest
    Patent number: 12070038
    Abstract: A method of controlling or preventing pathogenic damage and/or pest damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, part of a plant and/or plant organ, comprising applying on the plant, part of the plant, plant organ, plant propagation material or a surrounding area thereof a phytoprotective agent comprising an enzyme and a fungicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S
    Inventors: Brian R. Scott, John William Rice, Jarrod Leland, Dave Greenshields, Sharon Inch
  • Compositions and Methods for Improving the Rainfastness of Proteins on Plant Surfaces
    Publication number: 20240276987
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for improving the rainfastness of proteins, such as enzymes and cell-signaling peptides, on plants and other surfaces that may be susceptible to infestation and/or infection by bacteria, fungi, etc. Particularly useful are rain fasteners selected from the group consisting of organo-modified siloxanes, such as polyether trisiloxanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S
    Inventors: Callum Russell, Asbjoern Toftgaard Pedersen, Kenneth Edmund Kellar, Alexander Findelsen, Kate Sarah Brandon Sutton, Svend Gunna Kaasgaard, Ines Marques Nunes, Gregory Stephen Maloney, Casey Ruark-Seward, Mary Ann Stringer, Jason Quinlan, Sharon Inch
  • METHODS OF PROTECTING A PLANT FROM FUNGAL PESTS
    Publication number: 20240032537
    Abstract: Phytoprotective compositions comprising one or more polypeptides having proteolytic activity in an agriculturally acceptable carrier, as well as methods of preparing such compositions and methods of using such compositions for preventing and/or treating phytopathogenic pests to reduce damage in plant propagation materials, plants and plant parts and increase crop yields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S
    Inventors: Sharon Inch, Tine Hoff, Michael Frodyma, Michelle Maranta, Barbara Cherry
  • Methods of protecting a plant from fungal pests
    Patent number: 11812747
    Abstract: A method of controlling or preventing pathogenic damage and/or pest damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, part of a plant and/or plant organ, comprising applying on the plant, part of the plant, plant organ, plant propagation material or a surrounding area thereof a phytoprotective agent comprising a protease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S
    Inventors: Sharon Inch, Tine Hoff, Michael Frodyma, Michelle Maranta, Barbara Cherry
  • METHODS OF PROTECTING A PLANT FROM A FUNGAL PEST
    Publication number: 20210251239
    Abstract: A method of controlling or preventing pathogenic damage and/or pest damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, part of a plant and/or plant organ, comprising applying on the plant, part of the plant, plant organ, plant propagation material or a surrounding area thereof a phytoprotective agent comprising an enzyme and a fungicide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S
    Inventors: Brian R. Scott, John William Rice, Jarrod Leland, Dave Greenshields, Sharon Inch
  • METHODS OF PROTECTING A PLANT FROM FUNGAL PESTS
    Publication number: 20210106013
    Abstract: A method of controlling or preventing pathogenic damage and/or pest damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, part of a plant and/or plant organ, comprising applying on the plant, part of the plant, plant organ, plant propagation material or a surrounding area thereof a phytoprotective agent comprising a protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S
    Inventors: Sharon Inch, Tine Hoff, Michael Frodyma, Michelle Maranta, Barbara Cherry