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...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5180873 | Transformation of plants to introduce closely linked markers A novel method of producing a plant with a marker closely linked to a target locus, in particular a nuclear male sterile target locus, is described. The method involves transformation of a group of plants in order to introduce a marker into each plant, an... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5158879 | Hybrid rice production utilizing perennial male sterile rice plants An improved process for the economical production of F1 hybrid Oryza sativa plants (i.e., hybrid rice plants of the first filial generation) is provided. Novel female fertile male sterile rice plants which are perennial and capable of retaining... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5038518 | Process for the economical production of seeds capable of growing F1 hybrid cotton An improved overall process is provided which makes possible the reliable production of seeds capable of growing F1 hybrid cotton plants on an economically advantageous basis. A cotton planting area is selected which is suitable for habitation ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4999945 | Route to hybrid rice production An improved procedure for forming F1 hybrid Oryza sativa plants (i.e., hybrid rice plants of the first filial generation) is provided which is capable of being economically implemented on a commercial scale. Plants of the seed and pollen parent... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4764643 | Route to hybrid rice production An improved procedure for forming F1 hybrid Oryza sativa plants (i.e., hybrid rice plants of the first filial generation) is provided which is capable of being economically implemented on a commercial scale. Plants of the seed and pollen parent... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4763441 | Process for forming substantially uniform seed assemblages capable of growing F1 hybrid and restorer soybean plants An efficient process employing cytoplasmic male sterility is provided wherein seeds capable of forming F1 hybrid Glycine max plants and restorer plants for the same simultaneously are formed in bulk in a single planting area and the seed harves... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4751347 | Process for transferring cytoplasmic elements in Brassica, and products thereof Pollen-mediated transferral of cytoplasmic genetic elements can be exploited in a breeding program, for example, to produce cybrids, that employs Brassica plants.... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4727219 | Genic male-sterile maize using a linked marker gene A method is disclosed for efficiently using genic male-sterile maize in hybrid seed production which allows economical maintenance of male-sterile stocks. This method enhances a natural linkage between a selected male-sterile gene and a marker gene condit... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4680888 | Hybrid seed production in common wheat using cytoplasmic male sterility Commercial hybrid wheat is produced by growing under a condition of, for example, not less than 14 hours day length (condition A) common wheat variety in which D2 -type cytoplasma from Aegilops species has been introduced until cytoplasmic male... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4658085 | Hybridization using cytoplasmic male sterility, cytoplasmic herbicide tolerance, and herbicide tolerance from nuclear genes The process of the present invention provides a convenient route for producing a predetermined hybrid variety of a crop which is capable of undergoing both self-pollination and cross-pollination. Cytoplasmic male sterile plants which also exhibit cytoplas... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4658084 | Hybridization using cytoplasmic male sterility and herbicide tolerance from nuclear genes The process of the present invention provides a convenient route for producing a predetermined hybrid variety of a crop which is capable of undergoing both self-pollination and cross-pollination. Cytoplasmic male sterile plants which also exhibit herbicid... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4654465 | Genic male-sterile maize A method is disclosed for creating and utilizing genic male-sterile maize for hybrid maize production. The method makes use of the Spm transposable element system and involves creation of a mutated male fertile allele, mutated by the presence of the Spm s... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4648204 | Process for forming seeds capable of growing hybrid soybean plants An improved process is provided for forming seeds capable of yielding F1 hybrid soybean plants (i.e., hybrid soybean plants of the first filial generation) or maintaining male sterile soybean plants useful in the production of male fertile F | 03/10/1987 |
| 4627192 | Sunflower products and methods for their production A sunflower seed is disclosed which has both a high oleic acid content and a low linoleic acid content. Also disclosed is a sunflower seed which has a white or gray seed coat and which contains approximately 80% or greater by weight of olkeic acid. Also d... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4570380 | Route to hybrid cotton production An improved procedure utilizing a cytoplasmic-genetic male sterile system for forming F1 hybrid cottonseeds (i.e., seeds capable of forming hybrid cotton plants of the first filial generation) is provided which is readily amenable to the determ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4569152 | LBN Cytoplasm Most of the corn in the United States is grown from hybrid seed. The production of hybrid seeds necessitates the emasculation of the desired female parent plant. If this emasculation is carried out by hand, then it becomes a major cost factor. One method ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4545146 | Route to hybrid soybean production An improved procedure for forming F1 hybrid soybean plants (i.e., hybrid soybean plants of the first filial generation) is provided which is capable of being readily implemented on a commercial scale. Unlike processes proposed in the prior art ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4517763 | Hybridization process utilizing a combination of cytoplasmic male sterility and herbicide tolerance The process of the present invention provides a convenient route for producing a predetermined hybrid variety of a crop which is capable of undergoing both self-pollination and cross-pollination. Cytoplasmic male sterile plants which also exhibit cytoplas... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4254580 | Production of sunflower seeds in increased yields The production of sunflower seeds (i.e. Helianthus annus seeds) is an important industry in the United States as well as in many other parts of the world. Such seeds are useful in the production of sunflower oil or may serve as a food source for man and o... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4143486 | Hybrid wheat Seeds of alloplasmic wheat, which contain at least one specific nuclear gene (Ms) and a cytoplasm which interacts with the specific nuclear gene (Ms) or genes (Ms Ms) to maintain the plant fertile, are treated by a mutagenic agent and, if necessary selfed... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4045912 | Production of alfalfa seeds Using controlled pollination a cytoplasmic male sterile alfalfa plant is crossed with a maintainer line to give cytoplasmic male sterile hybrid alfalfa seed which is recovered. Male sterile hybrid alfalfa plants derived from the said seed are then crossed... | 09/06/1977 |
