Patents by Inventor Thomas Pattinson Palmer

Thomas Pattinson Palmer 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).

  • Hybrid seed production
    Patent number: 5959173
    Abstract: The invention relates to improved methods of hybrid seed production. More particularly it relates to the use of one (or two) phytotoxic chemical resistant genes in the male (and female) parent in a hybridization process, followed by uncontrolled pollination and dosing the resultant hybrids with the one (or two) phytotoxic chemicals to eliminate plants arising from unwanted contaminating seeds and thus producing pure F.sub.1 hybrids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Her Majesty The Queen in Right of New Zealand, c/o Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research, etc.
    Inventors: Thomas Pattinson Palmer, Anthony John Conner