Patents by Inventor Bruno de la Sauzay

Bruno de la Sauzay 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).

  • Method for collecting products secreted by trees, collecting bag and activating product for implementing said method
    Patent number: 6453604
    Abstract: A method of collecting secretions from trees including making a predetermined shaped incision through the bark to the surface of the wood and applying a secretion flow activation agent to the incision. The method further includes placing a receptacle in the incision, wherein the receptacle comprises a lower outer part and a flow tube portion located at the lower outer part, and wherein a portion of the receptacle has the same shape as the predetermined shape of the incision. The method further includes fixing a collecting apparatus to the flow tube and subsequently removing the collecting apparatus from the flow tube when the collecting apparatus contains secretions from the trees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Les Derives Resiniques et Terpeniques
    Inventors: Alain Barranx, Vincent de Laporterie, Bruno de la Sauzay, Jean-Paul Lauilhe, Alain Vidal