Patents by Inventor William R. Sharp

William R. Sharp 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).

  • Patent number: 6938579
    Abstract: A pet toilet suitable for use indoors, including a housing having electronic sensors built within the walls of the housing, which in operation, the electronic sensors are adapted to determine the ingress and egress of a pet, after which the sensors automatically relay a signal to flush the housing via conventional household drains. The drain of the housing is covered by a moveable drain cover or plate controllable by the sensors. The pet toilet further includes water and electricity supply lines and feeds such water and electricity through suitable water distribution and electronic distribution lines which are within the walls of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Inventor: William R. Sharpe
  • Patent number: 4827079
    Abstract: A method is presented which permits the induction and screening of variant plants which display a Non-Mendelian mode of inheritance. The process involves maintaining plant tissue in culture for a limited period of time in the presence of unusually high levels of growth regulators and screening regenerated plants recovered therefrom. Novel varities resulting from the process of the invention are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Evans, Christopher E. Flick, William R. Sharp
  • Patent number: 4818699
    Abstract: A method is presented which permits the induction and screening of variant plants which display a Non-Mendelian mode of inheritance. The process involves maintaining plant tissue in culture for a limited period of time in the presence of unusually high levels of growth regulators and screening regenerated plants recovered therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Evans, Christopher E. Flick, William R. Sharp
  • Patent number: 4734369
    Abstract: A method is provided of producing variant plant varieties of Lycopersicon spp. by tissue culture techniques employing 6-benzyladenine at high concentrations. The technique produces phenotypic variants that are the result of heritable nuclear genetic changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1988
    Assignee: Campbell Soup Company
    Inventors: David A. Evans, William R. Sharp