Celebrity Inventors
Lawrence Welk, the bandleader who entertained millions of Americans over a generation of broadcasting his TV show, once received a patent: for a music-themed design of an ashtray.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7913453 | Potato quality Potato quality is improved by applying to the plant or to the locus of the plant a composition comprising (a) a compound capable of forming a chelate with iron or (b) a chelate of iron with a chelate-forming compound. Specific quality improvements include increasing... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7565768 | Controlled environment system and method for rapid propagation of seed potato stocks A computer controlled environment system and method are used to provide the optimum environmental and nutritional conditions for the growth and development of seed potato cuttings for the initiation and development of tubers that can be used as the seed source for f... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7565767 | Potato drip irrigation system An arrangement is provided for improving the yield of potato crops. The arrangement includes a bed, a plurality of pairs of parallel rows of potato plants, and a drip irrigation tape. The bed is provided for multiple rows of potato plants. The plurality of pairs of ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7472513 | Controlled environment system and method for rapid propagation of seed potato stocks A computer controlled environment system and method are used to provide the optimum environmental and nutritional conditions for the growth and development of seed potato cuttings for the initiation and development of tubers that can be used as the seed source for f... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7237358 | Promoting early establishment of potato crops by ethylene inhibitors This invention is directed to a method for promoting early establishment of potato crops, and is particularly directed to promotion of potato sprout number and length, and reduction of sprout tip necrosis. In one aspect of the invention, a method is provided for inc... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7168207 | Potato drip irrigation system and method An arrangement is provided for improving the yield of potato crops. The arrangement includes a bed, a plurality of pairs of parallel rows of potato plants, and a drip irrigation tape. The bed is provided for multiple rows of potato plants. The plurality of pairs of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 5606823 | Cover crop system The present invention provides cover crop systems which employ hybrid lethal plant varieties. Hybrid lethal cover crops such as hybrid lethal wheat varieties are useful, for example, in reducing soil erosion and inhibiting weed growth during the winter se... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5419079 | Method of producing virus free potato minitubers This invention discloses a method of producing virus-free potato minitubers, which includes the steps of selecting virus-free test-tube plantlets and stem sections cut from seedlings grown 30 days after cuttage of such virus-free test-tube plantlets as cu... | 05/30/1995 |
| 4764371 | Postharvest biological control of stone fruit brown rot by bacillus subtilis A method for treating postharvest stone fruit to prevent or inhibit brown rot of stone fruit with effective amounts of any of the following active ingredients in a carrier is disclosed: Bacillus subtilis B-3; Bacillus subtilis B-3 in combination with 2,6-... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4726272 | Aseptic tuber cutter A tuber to be cut for reproduction purposes is supported on a carrier and moved toward a knife blade assembly that cuts the tuber. Throughout operation, the blade is maintained at a temperature sufficiently elevated to destroy pathogens. That temperature ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4351437 | Method and apparatus for examining objects Potatoes carried on a roller table conveyor are presented in transverse rows at an inspection area illuminated by a lamp from a first direction and observed by a line imaging camera along a second direction arranged by a mirror to be approximately at righ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4253273 | Productive use of cedar hog waste Remnants of cedar timers, including bark, sawdust, wood chips and the like are spread in a layer upon soil to enhance the growth of vegetables, especially tuberous vegetables, such as potatoes. The cedar remnants provide nutrients for vegetables, retard t... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4243154 | Seed planting machines A potato seed planter in which seeds are loaded into cups on an endless conveyor from a hopper of a seed receptacle. The conveyor is driven on upper and lower sprockets and arranged on the receptacle with the cups in two parallel rows in staggered constan... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4221305 | Seed planting machines A potato seed planter in which seeds are loaded into cups on an endless conveyor from a hopper of a seed receptacle. The conveyor is driven on upper and lower sprockets and arranged on the receptacle with the cups in two parallel rows in staggered constan... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4193357 | Seed planting machine having specific seed guiding structure A potato seed platner in which seeds are loaded into cups on an endless conveyor from a hopper of a seed receptacle. The conveyor is driven on upper and lower sprockets and arranged on the receptacle with the cups in two parallel rows in staggered constan... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4154174 | Productive use of cedar hog waste Remnants of cedar timbers, including bark, sawdust, wood chips and the like are spread in a layer upon soil to enhance the growth of vegetables, especially tuberous vegetables, such as potatoes. The cedar remnants provide nutrients for vegetables, retard ... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4115950 | Method of increasing the yield in the cultivation of tuber-producing plants and a device for carrying out the method A method and apparatus for increasing the production of tuber-producing plants per unit area is disclosed. In accordance with this invention, a seed-tuber is planted in soil that is contained in a first box or frame unit. As the plant grows it develops ne... | 09/26/1978 |
