Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Stasz

Thomas E. Stasz 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).

  • Method of increasing the percentage of viable dried spores of a fungus
    Patent number: 5288634
    Abstract: This invention relates in part to the use of osmoticants to provide desiccation tolerance to growth producing cells of microorganisms upon drying and reconstitution.This invention also relates in part to the discovery of liquid fermentation media permitting production of high levels of conidia of Trichoderma harzianum in liquid fermentation, and modifications to these media that produce conidia that are resistant to desiccation and that provide enhanced biocontrol efficacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary E. Harman, Xixuan Jin, Thomas E. Stasz, George P. Peruzzotti, A. Carl Leopold, Alan G. Taylor
  • Fused biocontrol agents
    Patent number: 5260213
    Abstract: Fused strains of Trichoderma spp described herein are useful as biocontrol agents to protect seeds, especially when used in conjunction with solid matrix priming or osmoconditioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary E. Harman, Thomas E. Stasz, Norman F. Weeden