Patents by Inventor Shivcharan S. Maan

Shivcharan S. Maan 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).

  • Patent number: 4143486
    Abstract: Seeds of alloplasmic wheat, which contain at least one specific nuclear gene (Ms) and a cytoplasm which interacts with the specific nuclear gene (Ms) or genes (Ms Ms) to maintain the plant fertile, are treated by a mutagenic agent and, if necessary selfed to obtain seeds having embryos that contain only mutated nuclear genes (ms ms). The seeds having embryos without at least one specific nuclear gene (Ms), produce plants which are male sterile (A-line). The A-line plants are pollinated with pollen from euplasmic or alloplasmic wheat (R-line), having chromosomes including specific nuclear genes (Ms Ms), to produce hybrid wheat seeds. The available A-line seeds may be multiplied by crossing the A-line plants with B-line plants to produce A-line seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Assignee: Research Corporation
    Inventor: Shivcharan S. Maan