Patents by Inventor Steve McArtney

Steve McArtney 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).

  • 1-AMINO-1-CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID AND JASMONIC ACID MIXTURES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240108009
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an agricultural mixture comprising 1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, a hydrate thereof, a polymorph thereof or a salt thereof and jasmonic acid. The present invention is further directed to a method of enhancing apple coloration comprising applying a mixture of the present invention to apples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kimberly Ann Falco, Steve McArtney, Peter D. Petracek, Franklin Paul Silverman, Marci Ann Surpin, Derek D Woolard
  • 1-AMINO-1-CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID AND PROHYDROJASMON MIXTURES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240108002
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an agricultural mixture comprising 1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, a hydrate thereof, a polymorph thereof or a salt thereof and prohydrojasmon. The present invention is further directed to a method of enhancing apple coloration comprising applying a mixture of the present invention to apples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kimberly Ann Falco, Steve McArtney, Peter D. Petracek, Franklin Paul Silverman, Marci Ann Surpin, Derek D. Woolard
  • 1-AMINO-1-CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID AND METHYL JASMONATE MIXTURES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240108010
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an agricultural mixture comprising 1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, a hydrate thereof, a polymorph thereof or a salt thereof and methyl jasmonate. The present invention is further directed to a method of enhancing apple coloration comprising applying a mixture of the present invention to apples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kimberly Ann Falco, Steve McArtney, Peter D. Petracek, Franklin Paul Silverman, Marci Ann Surpin, Derek D. Woolard
  • 1-AMINO-1-CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID FOR THINNING OF FRUITS
    Publication number: 20230079714
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of reducing crop load of woody perennial plants comprising applying 1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid to the plants prior to bloom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Steve McArtney, Derek D Woolard, Michael Schröeder, Antonieta Isabel Verdugo Matamala
  • 1-AMINO-1-CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID SOLID COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20220240512
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a water-soluble granule compositions comprising 1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (“ACC”), a filler selected from the group consisting of lactose, dextrose, sucrose or a mixture thereof, one or more wetting agents selected from the group consisting of a non-ionic ethoxylated sorbitan, a polyoxyethylene glycol alkyl ether and an anionic dioctyl sulfosuccinate, one or more binders selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone and a lignosulfonate and one or more organosilicon surfactants selected from the group consisting of a polyalkyleneoxide modified heptamethyltrisiloxane and a polyether trisiloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Parvesh Sharma, Yueqian Zhen, Benjamin A. Belkind, Zhengyu Huang, Steve McArtney, Peter D. Petracek, Mitsuhiro Sasakawa
  • Forchlorfenuron mixtures and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11317626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to forchlorfenuron mixtures. The present invention further relates to methods of promoting or synchronizing bud break in woody perennial plants by applying forchlorfenuron mixtures of the present invention. The present invention further relates to methods of promoting plant growth in woody perennial plants by applying forchlorfenuron mixtures of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: VALENT BIOSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Franklin Paul Silverman, Robert Erwin Fritts, Jr., Derek D. Woolard, Marci Ann Surpin, Steve McArtney
  • FORCHLORFENURON MIXTURES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190261629
    Abstract: The present invention relates to forchlorfenuron mixtures. The present invention further relates to methods of promoting or synchronizing bud break in woody perennial plants by applying forchlorfenuron mixtures of the present invention. The present invention further relates to methods of promoting plant growth in woody perennial plants by applying forchlorfenuron mixtures of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Franklin Paul Silverman, Robert Erwin Fritts, JR., Derek D. Woolard, Marci Ann Surpin, Steve McArtney