Patents Represented by Attorney John D. Fado

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  • Selection procedure for identifying transgenic cells, embryos, and plants without the use of antibiotics
    Patent number: 6939676
    Abstract: Transgenic cells may be selected using temperature sensitive marker proteins. In this method, a population of host cells are transformed with a foreign DNA construct which includes at least one first nucleic acid coding sequence and a second nucleic acid sequence encoding a temperature sensitive marker protein, wherein each of the first and second nucleic acid coding sequences are operatively linked to gene expression control sequences. Suitable temperature sensitive marker proteins which may be used herein include heat shock proteins, heat shock transcription factors, cold regulated proteins (COR), or cold regulated protein transcription factors. Following transformation, the population of cells are cultured under temperature conditions wherein growth of non-transformed cells is suppressed or prevented while growth of cells transformed with the DNA construct is supported or promoted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Argriculture
    Inventors: John J. Burke, Patrick J. O'Mahony, Jeffrey P. Velten, Melvin J. Oliver
  • Diamond row pattern planter
    Patent number: 6928941
    Abstract: A device for planting seeds in a uniform, staggered, diamond-shaped manner promotes thicker faster spreading canopies that help keep the soil bed cool, moist and better protected from erosion, improved weed control, and improved yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: Donald Sternitzke
  • Utilization of invertebrate learning for flexible and sensitive monitoring and identification of chemicals
    Patent number: 6919202
    Abstract: A Chemical Detector, a training method and a method for detecting a chemical or chemicals has been developed that uses invertebrate organisms trained to respond to targeted chemical odors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Wallace J. Lewis, James H. Tumlinson, Dawn M. Olson, Glen C. Rains, Keiji Takasu, Torsten Meiners, Veronique Kerguelen, Felix Waeckers, Claire Bonifay
  • Gellable ant bait matrix
    Patent number: 6916469
    Abstract: Ant foods mixed together in a matrix suitable to be used as baits for ants are provided. This ant matrix is preferred by ants over naturally-occurring foods such as other known ant matrices. It comprises protein, carbohydrate, fat and sterol as ant-preferred nutrients and uric acid as a bait enhancing agent is carried in a unique gel system that is specifically attractive to insects. Methods of controlling ants using such matrices to deliver ant toxins are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Waterbury Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Guadalupe Rojas, Juan A. Morales-Ramos, Ligia M. Hernandez, Jonathan D. Peters
  • Reduction of odor gases from waste using plant-derived oils
    Patent number: 6902726
    Abstract: Plant-derived oils, carvacrol and thymol, when added to human or animal waste reduce the production of gas and short-chain volatile fatty acids, and the viability of total anaerobic bacteria and fecal coliforms. In an embodiment, carvacrol or thymol are combined with eugenol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: Vincent H. Varel
  • Processes for recovery of corn germ and optionally corn coarse fiber (pericarp)
    Patent number: 6899910
    Abstract: A process for recovering corn germ and corn coarse fiber from corn in a dry grind process, involving soaking corn kernels in water to produce soaked corn kernels, grinding the soaked corn kernels to produce a ground corn slurry, and incubating the ground corn slurry with at least one enzyme (amylase(s), protease(s), cell wall degrading enzyme(s), or mixtures thereof, and optionally other enzyme(s)) to increase the specific gravity of the slurry to about 10-about 16 Baume so that the corn germ and corn coarse fiber floats to the top of the slurry, recovering the corn germ and the corn coarse fiber, and optionally producing ethanol from the slurry no longer containing the corn germ and corn coarse fiber. The process does not involve the addition of starch, a salt, a sugar syrup, or mixtures thereof to the slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: David B. Johnston, Vijay Singh
  • Nanocomposites of cellulose and clay
    Patent number: 6893492
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process of forming a nanocomposite of cellulose with a clay material that is used as the nanofiller material. The nanocomposites show significant improvements in thermal properties when compared to unbleached cotton and cotton processed under conditions for nanocomposite preparation. The degradation temperature of these nanocomposites is significantly increased over that of unbleached cotton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Leslie A. White, Christopher D. Delhom
  • Wastewater treatment system
    Patent number: 6893567
    Abstract: Wastewater treatment systems and processes for: removal of solids, pathogens, nitrogen, and phosphorus from municipal and agricultural wastewater include nitrification of wastewater and increasing the pH of the nitrified wastewater by adding a metallic-containing salt and hydroxide to precipitate phosphorus to form a useable effluent having a specified nitrogen:phosphorus ratio that is useful as a fertilizer or spray for remediation of contaminated soils. The presence of infectious microorganism such as enteropathogenic bacteria and picarnoviruses will be reduced in the useable effluent. The precipitated phosphorus is recovered and used to form useable phosphorus products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Matias B. Vanotti, Ariel A. Szogi, Patrick G. Hunt
  • Sensor output analog processing-A microcontroller-based insect monitoring system
    Patent number: 6882279
    Abstract: A system for automated monitoring of pest insects in stored products to help identify insect species and improve reliability across adverse external conditions, including environmental, biological and aging. The system includes sensor units having a microcontroller which collects, analyzes, and stores data from at least one signal pulse created by an insect falling through the sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Dennis Shuman, R. David Crompton
  • Modified live Flavobacterium columnare against columnaris disease in fish
    Patent number: 6881412
    Abstract: Safe and effective live vaccines against Flavobacterium columnare of fish were created through the induction of rifampicin resistance in a native Flavobacterium columnare isolate; these including rifampicin-resistant mutants NRRL B-30303 and B-30304. Single immersion exposure of fish stimulated acquired immunity against virulent F. columnare infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Agriculture
    Inventors: Craig A. Shoemaker, Phillip H. Klesius, Joyce J. Evans
  • Degradation of cercosporin by laccase
    Patent number: 6872388
    Abstract: Disease in plants caused by infection with cercosporin producing strains of Cercospora may be controlled by application of laccase. When applied to the locus of the plant, or parts or seed thereof, the cercosporin toxin produced by this pathogen is degraded by the enzyme, thereby preventing or minimizing damage to the plant. The laccase may be applied alone, or in combination with one or more laccase-producing microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Robert T. Lartey, TheCan Caesar
  • Genes coding for tomato ?-galactosidase polypeptides
    Patent number: 6872813
    Abstract: Novel DNA sequences derived from a family of genes encoding ?-galactosidases in tomato are disclosed. ?-Galactosidase II has demonstrated enzyme activity in cell wall disassembly, leading to loss of tissue integrity and fruit softening. Modification of ?-galactosidase II gene expression in plants transformed for expression in the antisense direction results in improvement of the quality of fruit texture and firmness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Gross, David L. Smith
  • Method for making mannitol with Lactobacillus intermedius
    Patent number: 6855526
    Abstract: Mannitol is produced in a highly efficient fermentative method using Lactobacillus intermedius NRRL B-30560, or in a biochemical method using mannitol dehydrogenase isolated from this strain. Fructose serves as the primary carbon substrate in both the fermentative and biochemical conversions, but important secondary carbon sources include glucose, maltose, mannose and galactose. Mannitol is useful in the food, pharmaceutical, and medicine industries as a sweet-tasting bodying and texturing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: Badal C. Saha
  • Lipid rich compositions, production of lipid rich compositions, production of fatty acid alkyl esters from heterogeneous lipid mixtures
    Patent number: 6855838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid alkyl esters, involving esterifying a material containing free fatty acids (FFA) with an alcohol and an inorganic acid catalyst to form a product containing fatty acid alkyl esters, wherein (i) the material contains at least about 40% FFA and is produced by reacting a feedstock with steam and sulfuric acid at a pH of about 1-about 2 or (ii) the material contains at least about 80% FFA and is produced by reacting a feedstock with steam and alkali at a pH of about 11-about 13 and further reacting the feedstock with steam and sulfuric acid at a pH of about 1-about 2. The feedstock may be selected from the oils or soapstocks of soy, coconut, corn, cotton, flax, palm, rapeseed/canola, safflower, sunflower; animal fats; waste greases; and mixtures thereof; or other fully or partially hydrolyzed preparations of such feedstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Michael J. Haas, Karen M. Scott, Paul J. Michalski, Stan Runyon
  • Epoxidation of carbon-carbon double bond with membrane bound peroxygenase
    Patent number: 6852315
    Abstract: A method has been discovered for the epoxidation of a compound having at least one carbon-carbon double bond, the method involves reacting a compound having at least one carbon-carbon double bond, a solvent, an oxidant, and membrane bound peroxygenase. Also discovered is a method for preparing the membrane bound peroxygenase involving grinding seeds containing peroxygenase to produce ground seeds, homogenizing the ground seeds in a buffer to form a slurry, centrifuging the slurry to produce a first supernatant, centrifuging the first supernatant to produce a second supernatant, and filtering said second supernatant through a protein-binding membrane filter to produce membrane bound peroxygenase; optionally the second supernatant is filtered through a hydrophilic membrane filter prior to filtering the second supernatant through a protein-binding membrane filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: George J. Piazza, Thomas A. Foglia, Alberto Nunez
  • Fungicidal properties of sampangine and its analogs to agriculturally important fungal plant pathogens
    Patent number: 6844353
    Abstract: It has been found that sampangine and related analogs such as benzo[4,5]sampangine, 4-bromosampangine and 4-methoxysampangine may be used as effective fungicidal agents for plants. Fungicidal plant compositions and methods of using the materials for such a purpose are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, The University of Mississippi
    Inventors: David E. Wedge, Dale G. Nagle
  • Urea and nitrogen based compounds as feeding stimulants/aggregants and masking agents of unpalatable chemicals for subterranean termites
    Patent number: 6824787
    Abstract: Nitrogen containing compounds are effective as subterranean termite feeding stimulants/aggregants and as masking agents for concealing the presence of other compounds which are repellents to termites, when they are used in low concentrations, less than or equal to about 1000 ppm (0.1%, by weight). The nitrogen containing compounds may be formulated alone, or optionally in a bait or in combination with other compounds effective for controlling or marking subterranean termites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Guadalupe M. Rojas, Juan A. Morales-Ramos, David R. Nimocks, III
  • Flexible and absorbent alginate wound dressing
    Patent number: 6809231
    Abstract: A wound dressing containing cellulose-containing material and alginate, wherein the alginate is crosslinked through a polycarboxylic acid ester bond to the celluose of the cellulose-containing material. A method for preparing a wound dressing is disclosed wherein alginate is crosslinked to cellulose through a polycarboxylic acid ester bond, comprising introducing cellulose-containing material into an aqueous solution wherein the aqueous solution contains water, alginate, a crosslinker, optionally an acid catalyst, and optionally polyethylene glycol to form cellulose-containing material wherein alginate is crosslinked to cellulose through a polycarboxylic acid ester bond, drying, and curing. A wound dressing wherein the wound dressing is prepared by the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: Judson V. Edwards
  • Chemical composition that attract arthropods
    Patent number: 6800279
    Abstract: Compositions and methods employing the compositions for attracting arthropods. The compositions comprise at least one compound of formula I and at least one compound from group II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Agriculture, University of Florida
    Inventors: Ulrich R. Bernier, Donald R. Barnard, Matthew M. Booth, Daniel L. Kline, Kenneth H. Posey, Richard A. Yost
  • Peach tree named ‘Crimson Rocket’
    Patent number: PP15216
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of peach called ‘Crimson Rocket’ is characterized by a narrow, columnar growth form suitable for high-density plantings, home gardens and ornamental purposes. Fruit is yellow, melting-flesh of excellent dessert-quality flavor, and of medium to large size with approximately 80% red blush over a yellow ground color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: Ralph Scorza