Patents by Inventor Viswanathan Venkata Krishnan

Viswanathan Venkata Krishnan 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).

  • Nematicide composition comprising CED-4 peptide
    Patent number: 9125413
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nematicides, which are compositions that kill nematodes when placed in physical contact with nematodes. Nematodes do not decompose organic matter, but, instead, are parasitic and free-living organisms that feed on living material. M. incognita is a root knot nematode that has the ability to cause infection in more than 2,000 species of plants. Specifically, the present invention relates to CED-4 peptides that effectively kill nematodes. These CED-4 peptides are segments of the CED-4 protein. This invention is directed to a nematicide composition comprising an effective amount of a CED-4 peptide consisting of no more than 50 amino acids. In one aspect of the invention, the nematicide composition consists of no more than 30 amino acids. In another aspect of the invention, the nematicide consists of no more than 20 amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: California State University, Fresno
    Inventors: Alejandro Calderon-Urrea, Harinder Singh, Viswanathan Venkata Krishnan