Patents by Inventor Vern A. Welch

Vern A. Welch 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).

  • Semi-dwarf maize and method
    Patent number: 4368592
    Abstract: Methods for use of genic dominant semi-dwarfism in the production of commercial hybrid maize including producing and maintaining seed stocks substantially of a homozygous semi-dwarf genotype and stocks substantially of a heterozygous, semi-dwarf allele and a non-semi-dwarf allele, genotype, which provide a semi-dwarf phenotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Assignee: DeKalb AgResearch, Inc.
    Inventor: Vern A. Welch