Patents by Inventor Stephen C. Cary

Stephen C. Cary 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).

  • Methods and compositions for inhibiting cellulolytic symbionts
    Patent number: 7361477
    Abstract: Shipworms are important destroyers of wood in the marine environment. Wood users have long sought methods for preventing or limiting their attack. The invention is directed to compositions and methods for preventing or limiting cellulolytic degradation by inhibiting cellulolytic organisms, in particular symbiont organisms. The invention discloses methods and compositions to inhibit the growth of a shipworm symbiont responsible for wood degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: University of Delaware
    Inventors: Stephen C. Cary, Alison R. Sipe McDonald
  • Rapid high-throughput screen for detecting biological species in ballast water
    Publication number: 20040259095
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods to identify and enumerate invasive biological species present in ship ballast water. The present invention relates particularly, but not by way of limitation, to real-time, quantitative PCT methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen C Cary, Kathryn j Coyne
  • Methods and compositions for inhibiting cellulollytic symbionts
    Publication number: 20040241091
    Abstract: Shipworms are important destroyers of wood in the marine environment. Wood users have long sought methods for preventing or limiting their attack. The invention is directed to compositions and methods for preventing or limiting cellulolytic degradation by inhibiting cellulolytic organisms, in particular symbiont organisms. The invention discloses methods and compositions to inhibit the growth of a shipworm symbiont responsible for wood degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen C. Cary, Alison R. Sipe McDonald