Patents Issued in May 7, 2020
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Publication number: 20200137989Abstract: This disclosure provides a nested raceway system configured to be used with two or more nested vessels. More specifically, a nested raceway system includes a first vessel and a second vessel. In an embodiment, there may be more than two vessels. In another embodiment, the first vessel has a base with a head-end bulkhead, a tail-end bulkhead. The second vessel has a second base with a plurality of apertures thereon, a second head-end bulkhead, and a second tail-end bulkhead. The second vessel is nested (i.e., suspended) within the first vessel and creates at least two habitats within the first vessel. The plurality of apertures allows for small marine life, algae, or other valuable minerals to sink to the bottom to be removed or grown. In an embodiment, the first and second vessels are constructed of a floatable, durable, and flexible material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Bonnie Jean Warecki
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Publication number: 20200137990Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel deterrent barrier based on the phenomenon of fluid cavitation. A drive unit comprising a motor and a propeller are configured for inducing cavitation in water. The cavitation takes the form of a rotationally confined vertical column of cavitation bubbles extending from the propeller, and a one-dimensional series of drive units spanning the width of a waterway may provide an effective, environmentally friendly and non-lethal barrier against entry of target fish species.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Edem TSIKATA
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Publication number: 20200137991Abstract: The present invention has found that chimeric animals suffer from noticeable inflammation after birth, though neither immune response nor inflammation in the fetal period of these animals has been reported hitherto. This is an unexpected finding since chimeric animals in the fetal period were exclusively analyzed in prior studies and thus it is deemed that immunotolerance has been theoretically established therein. The present invention provides a composition for suppressing immune response or inflammation in the fetal period of a born chimeric animal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Hiromitsu NAKAUCHI, Tomoyuki YAMAGUCHI, Sanae HAMANAKA, Hideyuki SATO, Hideki MASAKI, Naoaki MIZUNO, Motoo WATANABE
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Publication number: 20200137992Abstract: The present invention generally relates to genetically modified swine wherein at least one allele of a SIGLEC1 gene has been inactivated and/or at least one allele of a CD163 gene has been inactivated. Genetically modified swine having both alleles of the SIGLEC1 gene and/or both alleles CD163 gene inactivated are resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). Methods for producing such transgenic swine are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Randall S. Prather, Kevin D. Wells, Kristin M. Whitworth
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Publication number: 20200137993Abstract: An illuminating marine fish attractor includes a bait reservoir, an insulated container, a floating deck, at least one illuminating device, a power source, a power switch, and a floating line. The bait reservoir is attached to the floating deck and attract fishes towards the floating deck. The illuminating device is connected onto the floating deck so that the bait reservoir can be illuminated. To illuminate the bait reservoir, the illuminating device is electrically connected to the power source through the power switch and oriented toward the bait reservoir. The floating deck and the insulated container are tethered to each other by the floating line so that the floating deck can be utilized within a body of water while the insulated cooler functions as a base for the floating line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Jesse Turner Staley, II
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Publication number: 20200137994Abstract: A fishing lure is constructed of a rigid plate of carbon fiber configured to simulate bait (e. g. fish, worm, insect, or cephalopod) for fish; at least one hook assembly attached to the carbon fiber plate; and a mechanism that allows connection of the plate to a fishing line. The carbon fiber of the plate may have a bi-directional/double weave. the carbon fibers forming the plate may have a thickness between about 4 and 12 ?m, and the plate may have a thickness of between about 1.5-5 mm. The mechanism that allows connection of the plate to a fishing line may have a construction containing an adjustable lip and link assembly for attaching a fishing line including a V-shaped opening in the front of the plate, and slots in both the upper and lower surfaces defining the opening, the slots dimensioned and configured to hold a lip.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Robert T. Honiball
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Publication number: 20200137995Abstract: A casting evaluation device includes a frequency derivator and a casting evaluator. Thee frequency derivator derives a frequency of sound or vibration based on an output of a sensor that detects the vibration or the sound that accompanies the release of a fishing line from a spool of a fishing reel. The casting evaluator evaluates prescribed evaluation items related to casting based on the frequency derived by the frequency derivator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Satoshi IKEBUKURO
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Publication number: 20200137996Abstract: Provided is a fishing reel. The fishing reel includes a frame having a nut mounting part, a tension nut screwed to the nut mounting part to adjust a distance in an axial direction of a spool shaft and having a tension adjusting part therein to press a first end of the spool shaft and thereby adjust rotating force of the spool, a first adjustment means configured to make a moving distance per rotation of the tension nut larger or smaller than a predetermined distance, and a second adjustment means configured to make the moving distance per rotation of the tension nut smaller or larger than the predetermined distance, in opposition to the moving distance per rotation of the tension nut by the first adjustment means.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Kang Ho HYUN
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Publication number: 20200137997Abstract: A live bait pen having a porous housing having top end and a bottom end and an interior defined therein, a fence framework to contain live bait therein, a central axial member fixed centrally within the porous housing; a movable container surface disposed within the housing and mounted to a central collar, the collar extending upward from the movable container surface and slidably receiving the same wherein the container surface moves with the collar and limits travel of the container surface a sufficient predetermined distance to be maintained in a predetermined retention zone, a line extending into the pen a sufficient length to permit the movable container surface to extend to the bottom end, and an openable lid operably disposed on the top end of the side framework portion to provide easy insertion and removal of bait to and from the pen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Theodore W. Beach
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Publication number: 20200137998Abstract: A minnow capturing system includes a tubular member that has an open first end, an open second end and a perimeter wall having a plurality of elongated slits. The slits expose portions of a minnow held within the tubular member such that a hook can extend through the slits and through the minnow. A housing for holding minnows and water has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall includes a front wall, a rear wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. A juncture is defined where the bottom wall meets the first side wall. The interior surface of the first side wall is concavel arcuate from the front wall to the rear wall. The tubular member is positionable against the juncture such that a minnow in the housing swims into the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Michael Hopp
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Publication number: 20200137999Abstract: A rod caddy comprising a first tube having a first end and a second end, a second tube having a third end and a fourth end, a resilient connector having a first tube end and a second tube end, a first attachment means for connecting the first tube end to the first end; and, a second attachment means for connecting the second tube end to the third end. The first tube is hollow. The first end is open. The second end is closed. The second tube is hollow. The third end is open. The fourth end is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: David Bruce Smith
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Publication number: 20200138000Abstract: An improved fishing rod holder (10) includes a cradle (20) loosely suspended from an arm (20) attached to a leg (14) secured to a foot (16) of base (15). Second (30) and third (50) embodiments are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Thomas Dwight Kurz, II
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Publication number: 20200138001Abstract: A horseshoe for horses, in particular for racehorses when taking part in competitions. The horseshoe is produced from thermoplastic polymer material or from fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polymer material. The thermoplastic polymer material is selected from thermoplastic polycarbonates or fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polycarbonates. The horseshoe may be constructed from a core of fiber-reinforced plastic material, which is sheathed in a functional layer made of plastic. The core may also be formed from a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polymer material, such as a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic, and the functional layer may be formed from a thermoplastic polycarbonate material or a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polycarbonate material, such as a thermoplastic or a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic. The horseshoe may be produced by thermoplastic injection molding methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Martin Zindel, Christian Lampert
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Publication number: 20200138002Abstract: An insect killing system has a blower drawing air entraining insects from below a vacuum machine, impelling the air upward, a flange oriented horizontally at an outlet to the blower, and a killing assembly affixed to the flange. The system is characterized in that the killing assembly comprises a plurality of panels of a common width, having an upper edge, a lower edge, and opposite side edges defining an area for each panel, the area closed by a relatively thin perforated sheet material exhibiting a matrix of through holes, individual panels affixed by the bottom edge to the flange on opposite sides, with each panel oriented by a steep angle from vertical, with each panel in the plurality parallel to and spaced apart from one or more adjacent panels, such that the area defined by an inside diameter of the flange is covered by the plurality of adjacent parallel panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Buck Tugel
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Publication number: 20200138003Abstract: An improved fly trap in the form of a sign that can attract and trap flies before they enter an establishment or once the flies are inside of an establishment. The fly trap uses an attractive element in the form of a plurality of LED lights, preferably blue LED lights, to coax flies to enter the sign. Adjacent the LED lights is a roller on which adhesive paper, or fly paper, is mounted. Flies that land on the fly paper are captured, and when the paper is full or need to be changed, the roller is actuated to present fresh fly paper.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Stephen P. Shoemaker, JR.
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Publication number: 20200138004Abstract: An insect trap device and methods of using the device are described herein. In some embodiments, an insect trap includes a light source, a removable enclosure with at least one opening, an adhesive surface at least partially within the enclosure, and optics to redirect light from the light source onto an adhesive trapping surface. The light source may include at least one light emitting diode (LED). The optics may be attached to the removable enclosure, and may be located at least partially within the enclosure. The optics may include optical enhancers such as a reflector, a lens and/or a diffuser. The insect trap may further include an insect attractant that emits sound or scent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Andrew Sandford, Daniel Lazarchik, Lars Lieberwirth, Hans Peter Schaefer
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Publication number: 20200138005Abstract: An insect trap is provided. The insect trap includes a trap portion and a base portion. The trap portion includes an enclosure with an adhesive surface and a first opening, wherein the adhesive surface is at least partially contained within the enclosure and is configured to adhere to an insect. The base portion includes a lighting element and a mounting portion, wherein the lighting element is configured to provide light to the trap portion and wherein the mounting portion is configured to communicate with and receive power from a power source. The trap portion is configured to removably engage the base portion and receive light from the base portion when engaged therewith. The base portion includes a snap protrusion and the trap portion includes a snap recess for receiving the snap protrusion, wherein when the snap protrusion is received by the trap portion, the base portion and trap portion are engaged in a snap fit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Andrew F Sandford, Daniel B Lazarchik, Lars R Lieberwirth, Hans-Peter Schafer
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Publication number: 20200138006Abstract: In an embodiment, as insect trap is disclosed including: a trap portion including an enclosure having an adhesive surface and a first opening, wherein the adhesive surface is at least partially contained within the enclosure and is configured to adhere to an insect; and a base portion including a lighting element and a mounting portion, wherein the lighting element is configured to provide light to the trap portion, and wherein the mounting portion is configured to communicate with and receive power from a power source; and a first heating element in communication with the power source, wherein the trap portion is configured to removably engage with the base portion and receive light from the base portion when engaged therewith, and wherein the first heating element provides heat to at least a portion of the trap when the trap is engaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Andrew F. Sandford, Daniel B. Lazarchik, Lars R. Lieberwirth
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Publication number: 20200138007Abstract: A method of controlling the growth of a plant is provided, the method including the steps of: (a) inserting a capsule containing an agent into an opening formed in a plant; and (b) closing the opening formed in the plant into which the capsule is inserted. The agent may be a chemical agent. The plant may be a woody plant, such as a woody weed or a woody cultivated plant. Also provided is a capsule containing an agent for insertion into a plant, and an apparatus for insertion of a capsule into a plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Peter Riikonen, Kenneth Clifford Goulter
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Publication number: 20200138008Abstract: An animal trap is configured to enclose the entrance to a burrow and appear to the animal as an extension of the burrow. As a result, the animal will be likely to enter the animal trap under the mistaken belief that it is exiting the burrow. The animal trap may include a main body and a cage floor that define a capture area. The main body is designed to form a pathway into the capture area which is downwardly oriented so that the trap can be placed directly overtop the burrow opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Thomas Alfred Brown
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Publication number: 20200138009Abstract: The present application is directed to a tree stand lift system for elevating a person into a tree or other structure. The tree stand lift system includes, in an embodiment, a hunting platform assembly for supporting a person; a hoist assembly positioned above the platform; a hoist cable secured to the hoist assembly and positioned to lift a person from the ground up to the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Joel Schultheiss, Christopher Schultheiss
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Publication number: 20200138010Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a chamber for transplantation which has a high durability, and in which an enclosed biological constituent can be maintained for a long period of time because an interior space thereof is efficiently secured; and a method for manufacturing the chamber for transplantation. The chamber for transplantation includes one or more membranes for immunoisolation at a boundary between an inside and an outside of the chamber for transplantation, in which all of the membranes for immunoisolation include a porous membrane containing a polymer, and a joint portion at which the porous membranes are directly fusion welded to each other is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yusuke MOCHIZUKI, Kuniyuki KAMINAGA, Kazuhiro HASEGAWA, Ryuta TAKEGAMI
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Publication number: 20200138011Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a chamber for transplantation, including a membrane for immunoisolation including a porous membrane at at least part of a boundary between an inside and an outside of the chamber for transplantation, in which the porous membrane contains a polymer and has a layered compact portion where a pore diameter is the smallest within the membrane, a pore diameter continuously increases in a thickness direction from the compact portion toward both one surface A and the other surface B of the porous membrane, a porosity in a vicinity of the surface B is 65% or more, an average pore diameter of the surface B is larger than an average pore diameter of the surface A, the surface B is disposed on the inside of the chamber for transplantation, and a joint portion at which the porous membranes are joined to each other while the surface B's face each other is provided; and a device for transplantation including the chamber for transplantation enclosing a biological constitType: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro HASEGAWA, Ryuta TAKEGAMI, Kuniyuki KAMINAGA, Yusuke MOCHIZUKI
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Publication number: 20200138012Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for collecting and processing autografts, processed autografts, kits for collecting and transporting autografts, and tools for preparing autografts. It is also directed to autologous bone grafts, and methods of preparing them.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Roberto BRACONE, Jingsong CHEN, Marilyn GATIN, Silvia CHEN, James A. CLAGETT, Daniel OSBORNE
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Publication number: 20200138013Abstract: Provided are transplant preservation solutions comprising a polyglycerol wherein the polyglycerol is of a molecular weight between about 0.15 kDa and about 3.99 kDa, methods and uses thereof as well as kits providing said transplant preservation solutions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Jayachandran KIZHAKKEDATHU, Caigan DU, Donald BROOKS, Christopher NGUAN
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Publication number: 20200138014Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a chamber for transplantation, as a planar chamber for transplantation which has a structure in which membranes for immunoisolation face each other, and which is capable of stably enclosing a biological constituent, including a membrane for immunoisolation at a boundary between an inside and an outside of the chamber for transplantation, in which the membranes for immunoisolation which face each other have joint portions that are joined to each other, an interior space includes a point at a distance of 10 mm or longer from any position of the joint portion, and the membrane for immunoisolation has flexibility that allows a distance of 1 mm to 13 mm as the following distance: in a case where a portion of 10 mm from a side surface of one short side of a 10 mm×30 mm rectangular test piece of the membrane for immunoisolation is vertically sandwiched between flat plates, and the flat plates are placed horizontally, a distance between a horizontal plane includiType: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kuniyuki KAMINAGA, Ryuta TAKEGAMI, Kazuhiro HASEGAWA, Yusuke MOCHIZUKI
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Publication number: 20200138015Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for irradiating a perfusate. The apparatus includes a tank which defines a first chamber. A separator is located inside the first chamber. The separator defines a second chamber. The first chamber and the second chamber are concentric and have substantially annular cross sections, each having at least one diameter and a substantially common longitudinal axis. A perfusate is introduced into the first chamber by an inlet. A UV radiation-emitting device is disposed inside the second chamber for providing irradiation to the perfusate. Irradiated perfusate is removed from the tank by an outlet. Other apparatuses and systems are described and methods for inactivating micro organisms by performing EVP and irradiating the perfusate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato, Marcelo Cypel, Shafique Keshavjee, Thomas Kenneth Waddell, Marcos Theophilo Galasso
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Publication number: 20200138016Abstract: A plant growth promoting agent which contains cellulose nanofibers and which is directly or indirectly applied to, sprinkled on, or sprayed on a plant. By using cellulose nanofibers having a specific average fiber diameter and a specific average fiber length, agglomeration of the cellulose fibers is thereby suppressed. This enables efficient insecticidal effect to be realized, wherein the insecticidally active ingredient is a non-chemosynthetic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Hiroyuki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20200138017Abstract: The present invention relates to a pesticide nano-emulsion comprising: (a) a horticultural oil as an active ingredient; (b) a mixture of inert ingredients comprising: (i) an emulsifier; (ii) a stabilizer; and (iii) a surfactant; and (c) a solvent, wherein the horticultural oil is dispersed as droplets in the solvent to form the nano-emulsion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Crop Protection Technology Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Eng Soon Teo, Brook C. Murphy
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Publication number: 20200138018Abstract: The present disclosure provides formulations of pyrethroid compounds comprising nanoparticles of polymer-associated pyrethroid compounds along with various formulating agents. The present disclosure also provides methods for producing and using these formulations. The disclosure describes various formulations and formulating agents that can be included in the formulations. Additionally, the disclosures describes application to various plants and pests as well as advantages of the disclosed formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Danielle Norton, Nikolai Loukine, Rachel Gong, Henry Galas, Jose Amado Dinglasan, Anjan Kumar Das, Darren J. Anderson
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Publication number: 20200138019Abstract: Herbicidal mixtures comprising an auxin herbicide and an adjuvant comprising a salt having a quaternary ammonium cation and/or a phosphonium cation are described. The adjuvant reduces the volatility of the auxin herbicide and/or counteracts the negative impact on the volatility of the auxin herbicide caused by the addition of a co-herbicide. Methods of preparing the herbicidal mixtures are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Daniel R. Wright, Junhua Zhang
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Publication number: 20200138020Abstract: A synergistic microbicidal composition comprising lactic acid and phenethyl alcohol.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Megan Diehl, Kiran Pareek, Hiteshkumar Dave
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Publication number: 20200138021Abstract: The present disclosed subject matter relates to an aqueous cleaning composition consisting essentially of malic acid, citric acid, and water, wherein the ratio of the weight ratio of malic acid to citric acid in the antimicrobial composition is between 1/1 and 50/1, and wherein the concentration of the malic and citric acids mixture in the aqueous cleaning composition is between 1% and 20%. The aqueous cleaning composition provides a minimum 3 log kill of microbes, bacteria, or viruses. The aqueous cleaning composition may optionally further include a pH indicator that provides a visual indication to the user of the effectiveness of the composition. The aqueous cleaning composition may be used to deodorize, clean, sanitize, or disinfect porous or hard surface articles and hard surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Spongebath LLCInventors: Matthew Flannery, Cordelia Ryan, Jessica Kate Tyler
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Publication number: 20200138022Abstract: Self-indicating chemistries are provided for visual detection by a user of efficacious levels of peroxycarboxylic acid concentrations in a solution produced in situ. The self-indicating chemistries include a combination of dyes providing a visual color indication, such as a tri-color indicator system, such as a yellow, green, and red color system indicating in situ threshold levels of peroxycarboxylic acid concentrations in a solution employing the self-indicating chemistry. Systems, kits and compositions for a quantitative assessment of an in situ perhydrolysis reaction to generate peroxycarboxylic acids are provided. Methods of use are further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: David D. McSherry, Junzhong Li, Richard Staub
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Publication number: 20200138023Abstract: A synergistic microbicidal composition comprising lactic acid and caprylic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Megan Diehl, Kiran Pareek, Hiteshkumar Dave
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Publication number: 20200138024Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for dispersing biofilm using mannose and its analogs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Bei Yin, Thomas Wood, Venkata Giridhar Poosarla
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Publication number: 20200138025Abstract: The present invention relates to combinations of a diamide insecticidal compound selected from broflanilide, chlorantraniliprole, cyantraniliprole, cyclaniliprole, cyhalodiamide, flubendiamide or tetraniliprole in combination with at least one multi-site fungicidally active compound and at least another insecticidal compound. The said combinations demonstrate excellent efficacy in the control of unwanted pests.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Carlos Eduardo FABRI, Rajju Devidas SHROFF, Jaidev Rajnikant SHROFF, Vikram Rajnikant SHROFF
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Publication number: 20200138026Abstract: The present invention relates to novel mixtures, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these mixtures, and to the use thereof as biologically active compounds, especially for control of harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials and for enhancing plant health.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Peter DAHMEN, Heiko RIECK, Christophe DUBOST
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Publication number: 20200138027Abstract: Compounds of Formula (IA) or Formula (IB): (IA/IB) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, useful as pesticides, especially as fungicides.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Thomas James HOFFMAN, Daniel STIERLI, Farhan BOU HAMDAN
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Publication number: 20200138028Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, useful as a pesticides, especially as fungicides.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2017Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Thomas James HOFFMAN, Daniel STIERLI, Renaud BEAUDEGNIES, Martin POULIOT
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Publication number: 20200138029Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, tautomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1, Z1, W, Z2 and J are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Robert James PASTERIS
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Publication number: 20200138030Abstract: The present invention relates to novel oxadiazoles of the formula I or an N-oxide and/or their agriculturally useful salts and to their use for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, or to a method for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, which process comprises treating the fungi or the materials, plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack, with an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula I, or an N-oxide, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof; and to mixtures comprising at least one such compound and at least one further pesticidally active substance selected from the group consisting of herbicides, safeners, fungicides, insecticides, and plant growth regulators; and to agrochemical compositions comprising at least one such compound and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Christine Wiebe, Manuel Kretschmer, Wassilios Grammenos, Ana Escribano Cuesta, Maria Angelica Quintero Palomar, Ian Robert Craig, Erica Cambeis, Thomas Grote, Marcus Fehr, Tobias Mentzel, Bernd Mueller, Christian Harald Winter, Violeta Terteryan-Seiser, Jan Klaas Lohmann
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Publication number: 20200138031Abstract: The present invention is directed to pesticidal mixtures comprising sabadilla alkaloids and N-octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide and methods of controlling pests including insects and mites by application of pesticidal mixtures comprising sabadilla alkaloids and N-octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Robert A. Suranyi, Donald L. Sundquist
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Publication number: 20200138032Abstract: The invention relates, in part, to methods to identify compounds to treat a phytoparasitic nematode infection and/or reduce phytoparasitic nematode contamination, and to methods and compositions to treat phytoparasitic nematode infections and to reduce phytoparasitic nematode contamination of a substrate such as, but not limited to: a plant, agricultural medium, or soil.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIREInventors: Richard H. Cote, Karyn B. Cahill, Kevin D. Schuster
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Publication number: 20200138033Abstract: Compositions and methods, including novel homogeneous microparticulate suspensions, are described for treating natural and artificial surfaces that contain bacterial biofilm, including unexpected synergy or enhancing effects between bismuth-thiol (BT) compounds and certain antibiotics, to provide formulations including antiseptic formulations. Previously unpredicted antibacterial properties and anti-biofilm properties of disclosed BT compounds and BT compound-plus-antibiotic combinations are also described, including preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating certain gram-positive bacterial infections, and distinct preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating certain gram-negative bacterial infections.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Brett Hugh James BAKER
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Publication number: 20200138034Abstract: Sanitizing and disinfecting compositions with relatively low levels of free available chlorine, with good effectiveness against microbes. The composition may include less than 0.5% by weight hypochlorite or other free available chlorine level, at least one nonionic or zwitterionic surfactant, with a pH from 8 to 12.5. The composition is characterized by an R value of greater than 0 (e.g., greater than 0.5, or equal to 1), where R is defined as the sum of the concentration of any nonionic, zwitterionic, and cationic surfactants divided by the total surfactant concentration (and total surfactant concentration may include any surfactant aids). The compositions may exhibit at least a 3-log reduction in M. bovis or C. diff population within 10 minutes (e.g., 4-6 minutes).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Marisa Macnaughtan, Nipa Modi, Thomas Fahlen, Wenyu Zhang, Ashley Joseph, Timothy Mui
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Publication number: 20200138035Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a biocide from a hypochlorite oxidant and an ammonium salt are provided. The method includes monitoring a control parameter to optimize the ratio between the hypochlorite oxidant and the ammonium salt. The control parameter may be oxidation-reduction potential, conductivity, induction or oxygen saturation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Ayala Barak
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Publication number: 20200138036Abstract: The invention relates to a fumigant formulation comprising a mixture of ethyl formate dissolved in supercritical carbon dioxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Linde AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ernst MIKLOS, Wilhelm BAYERL, Silvia HENKE, Laura GARCIA ALBA, Saskia HUBER
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Publication number: 20200138037Abstract: The present specification discloses plant agent compositions, articles of manufacture, containers or kits comprising such compositions, and methods and uses to control a causal agent of a plant disease or increasing plant growth and/or fruit production.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Neozyme International, Inc.Inventors: Parker Dale, Parker David Dale
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Publication number: 20200138038Abstract: The present application relates to plant growth promoting microbes (PGPMs), compositions comprising these PGPMs and methods of using these PGPMs and/or compositions for enhancing plant health, plant growth and/or plant yield, and/or for preventing, inhibiting, or treating the development of plant pathogens or the development of phytopathogenic diseases. This application also provides non-naturally occurring plant varieties that are artificially infected with a PGPM descried herein, as well as seed, reproductive tissue, vegetative tissue, regenerative tissues, plant parts, or progeny thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Matthew N. ASHBY, Tsotne JAVAHISHVILI, Caroline KOSTECKI, Victor KUNIN, Honor Renee LAFITTE, Ulrika LIDSTROM, Natalia SHESTAKOVA, Lawrence Kent WOOD