Patents by Inventor Stuart Douglas CARD

Stuart Douglas CARD 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).

  • Fungal Biocontrol
    Publication number: 20240315185
    Abstract: Disclosed is a strain of Beauveria spp. fungi which may be in a symbiotic association with a host plant, particularly a Brassicaceae host plant. Also disclosed are methods of using the disclosed Beauveria strain to confer resistance to at least one fungal pathogen to the host plant, as well as to combinations comprising the endophyte and a host plant or part thereof, including seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Stuart Douglas Card, Richard David Johnson, Davood Roodi
  • Fungal endophytes
    Patent number: 10251365
    Abstract: The present invention relates to at least one epichloae fungal endophyte strain combined with at least one species of Secale spp., which confers at least some level of pest protection on the Secale spp. plant. In particular, the invention relates to an isolated strain of epichloae fungal endophyte selected from the group consisting of AR3039 (NRRL# 50716), AR3046 (NRRL# 50576), AR3049 (NRRL#50577), AR3050 (NRRL# 50578), AR3064 (NRRL# 50718), AR3067 (NRRL# 50719), AR3068 (NRRL# 50720), AR3073 (NRRL# 50721), AR3074 (NRRL# 50722), AR3076 (NRRL# 50723), and AR3078 (NRRL# 50724), and combinations thereof; a Secale spp. plant infected with a fungal endophyte wherein Secale spp. is not a natural host of the endophyte; a method of making a stable host plant/epichloae fungal endophyte combination; a method of conferring at least some level of pest protection on a host Secale spp. plant; and a Secale spp. seed infected with an epichloae fungal endophyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: THE GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, GRASSLANZ TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: David Edward Hume, Richard David Johnson, Wayne Roydon Simpson, Stuart Douglas Card
  • IMPROVED FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES
    Publication number: 20160262335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to at least one epichloae fungal endophyte strain combined with at least one species of Secale spp., which confers at least some level of pest protection on the Secale spp. plant. In particular, the invention relates to an isolated strain of epichloae fungal endophyte selected from the group consisting of AR3039 (NRRL #50716), AR3046 (NRRL #50576), AR3049 (NRRL #50577), AR3050 (NRRL #50578), AR3064 (NRRL #50718), AR3067 (NRRL #50719), AR3068 (NRRL #50720), AR3073 (NRRL #50721), AR3074 (NRRL #50722), AR3076 (NRRL #50723), and AR3078 (NRRL #50724), and combinations thereof; a Secale spp. plant infected with a fungal endophyte wherein Secale spp. is not a natural host of the endophyte; a method of making a stable host plant/epichloae fungal endophyte combination; a method of conferring at least some level of pest protection on a host Secale spp. plant; and a Secale spp. seed infected with an epichloae fungal endophyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: David Edward HUME, Richard David JOHNSON, Wayne Roydon SIMPSON, Stuart Douglas CARD