Patents by Inventor Thomas G. Kempe

Thomas G. Kempe 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 controlling female moths using a peptide
    Patent number: 5032576
    Abstract: A pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (Hez-PBAN) hormone, controlling sex pheromone production in moths and controlling melanizing in larvae, was isolated from the brain-suboesophageal ganglion complexes of adult corn earworm Heliothis zea. Hez-PBAN has 33 amino acide residues and a molecular weight of 3900; its amino acid sequence is unique among the fully characterized peptide hormones. Synthetic PBAN and related structures induced production of sex pheromone in ligated H. zea females and other moth species and melanization in larvae that resulted in morphological changes or death.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Ashok K. Raina, Howard Jaffe, Thomas G. Kempe