Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5536700 | Herbicidal compositions comprising aryl-5-haloalkylpyrazoles and glyphosate, it's salts, diquat or paraquat Herbicidal compositions of glyphosate, its salts, diquat, or paraquat in combination with a compound of the following formula ##STR1## wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and n are as defined. Preferred are combination... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5516671 | Method of controlling plant pathogens Plants can be transformed to express glucose oxidase from Aspergillus sp. and be made resistant to bacterial and fungal pathogens. Optionally, the plants may also express invertase to increase the available glucose as a substrate for enzymatic activity.... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5512466 | Control of fruit ripening and senescence in plants A method for controlling the ripening of fruits and vegetables as well as a method for controlling senescence of plant tissue is described. The method generally embraces the expression of an ACC metabolizing enzyme in the fruit or other desired plant tiss... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5510253 | Plants resistant to infection by PLRV An isolated DNA sequence which codes for a PLRV replicase gene is disclosed herein. A method for providing resistance to infection by a virus by expressing a replicase gene in plants is also disclosed, as are transgenic potato plants and tubers containing... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5503999 | Virus resistant plants An isolated DNA sequence which codes for a potyvirus replicase gene is disclosed herein. A method for providing resistance to infection by a virus by expressing a replicase gene in plants is also disclosed. Transgenic potato plants and tubers containing t... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5498830 | Decreased oil content in plant seeds Promoters for enhanced expression of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase in potato tubers and fruits such as tomato; methods of using them; DNA molecules, plant cells and plants containing them. A method of decreasing the oil content of seeds by expression of AD... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5424200 | Method for enhanced expression of a DNA sequence of interest Novel transcription initiation regions that provide for enhanced transcription of a DNA sequence, particularly a plant sequence, are provided.... | 06/13/1995 |
