Patents by Inventor Varghese P. THOMAS

Varghese P. THOMAS 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).

  • A BACILLUS STRAIN AND METHODS OF ITS USE FOR PLANT GROWTH PROMOTION
    Publication number: 20220312773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a biologically pure culture of Bacillus spp. strain NRRL B-67746 and mutants of that strain having all the identifying characteristics of the strain. The present invention also provides a method of promoting plant growth, wherein the method comprises applying such strain or mutants to the plant, to a part of the plant and/or to a locus of the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph W. KLOEPPER, John A. McInroy, Dilara ALLY, Joshua Bernard, Lorena FERNANDEZ, Magalie GUILHABERT, Kate NANGLE, Varghese P. THOMAS, Lakshmi Praba MANAVALAN
  • FUSION PROTEINS, RECOMBINANT BACTERIA, AND EXOSPORIUM FRAGEMENTS FOR PLANT HEALTH
    Publication number: 20220169999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fusion protein having a targeting sequence, exosporium protein, or exosporium protein fragment that targets the fusion protein to the exosporium of a recombinant Bacillus cereus family member and a pectinase enzyme, wherein the pectinase is a pectate lyase from Bacillus spp. having any of SEQ ID NOs: 213-217 and 222-226 or a polygalaturonase from Aspergillus niger or certain Bacillus species that can have any of SEQ ID NOs: 210-212, 218-221, and 227. The present invention also provides a recombinant Bacillus cereus family member that expresses such fusion protein and exosporium fragments derived from such recombinant Bacillus cereus family member. Methods of using such recombinant Bacillus cereus family members or exosporium fragments derived therefrom for plant growth promotion are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Jörg AUGUSTIN, Damian CURTIS, Elizabeth M. HENRY, Sara K. HOTTON, Anne LAMSA, Lakshmi Praba MANAVALAN, Varghese P. THOMAS, Brian THOMPSON
  • MICROBES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220064590
    Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to methods for screening, identifying, and producing microorganisms capable of imparting beneficial properties to plants. In some aspects, improved plant-associated soil microorganisms are generated by experimental evolution using a plant root exudate or root exudate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Varghese P. THOMAS, Benjamin L. GOLOMB, Damian CURTIS
  • METHOD OF PROMOTING BACILLUS SPORE GERMINATION
    Publication number: 20200024207
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of promoting spore germination and/or vegetative growth of a plant growth-promoting Bacillus or Paenibacillus isolate, the method comprising simultaneously or sequentially applying inorganic phosphate and the plant growth-promoting Bacillus or Paenibacillus isolate to a plant, a plant part, a plant propagule, a seed of a plant and/or a locus
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Albert SCHIRRING, Varghese P. THOMAS, Angelynn Fung-Ling CHOW
  • MICROBES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190209636
    Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to methods for screening, identifying, and producing microorganisms capable of imparting beneficial properties to plants. In some aspects, improved plant-associated soil microorganisms are generated by experimental evolution using a plant root exudate or root exudate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Varghese P. THOMAS, Benjamin L. GOLOMB, Damian CURTIS