Patents Examined by John D. Pak
  • Patent number: 5532273
    Abstract: A control composition which comprises Z,Z/Z,E-7,11-hexadecadienyl acetate and Z,Z/Z,E-7,11-hexadecadienyl alcohol is released into a cotton field in a weight ratio of Z,Z/Z,E-7,11-hexadecadienyl acetate to Z,Z/Z,E-7,11-hexadecadienyl alcohol ranging from 99.2:0.8 to 90:10. The control composition is preferably released in the weight ratio defined above and in a rate ranging from 4 to 80 mg/hr/hectare of field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinya Ogawa, Tetsuo Kitagaki, Akira Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5521165
    Abstract: Described is a method of repelling Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscidae), Aedes aegypti, Culex nigripalpus, Aedes atlanticus, Culex salinarius, Aedes vexans, Culex spp., Simulium spp., Psoroferia ferox, Aedes infirmatus, Drosophila melanogaster, Coccinellidae, Anopheles crucians, Psoroferia columbiae, Culicoides spp., and Aedes spp. for a finite period of time from a three-dimensional space inhabitable by these insects consisting essentially of exposing a three-dimensional space to an effective concentration and quantity of geraniol or a geraniol precursor-containing composition consisting essentially of 50-100% geraniol or a geraniol precursor (e.g., geranyloxy-1,3,2-dioxaborinane, digeranyloxydimethylsilane and geranyl glycosides, for example, geranyl 6-O-(alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside) with the remainder of the composition (if indeed the composition is not 100% geraniol) being a compound selected from the group consisting of citronellol and nerol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignees: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., The University of Florida
    Inventors: Craig B. Warren, Jerry F. Butler, Richard A. Wilson, Braja D. Mookherjee, Leslie C. Smith, Anna B. Marin, Anubhav P. S. Narula, Richard M. Boden
  • Patent number: 5518986
    Abstract: The present invention provides an effective method for controlling foliage and root fungus infection in cultivated crops. A fungicide composition in the form of an aqueous formulation which is applied to pre-harvest crops contains ingredients such as pentachloronitrobenzene, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, potassium oleate, potassium octanoate and xanthan gum. The combination of potassium oleate, potassium octanoate and xanthan gum functions as an effective spreader-sticker medium for forming an adherent coating on plant foliage surfaces, and for saturating ground soil. The coating exhibits both immediate and long duration fungicidal activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony E. Winston
  • Patent number: 5518987
    Abstract: The present invention provides an effective method for controlling foliage and root fungus infection in cultivated crops. A fungicide composition in the form of an aqueous formulation which is applied to pre-harvest crops contains ingredients such as etridiazole, potassium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, potassium oleate, potassium caprylate and xanthan gum. The combination of potassium oleate, potassium caprylate and xanthan gum functions as an effective spreader-sticker medium for forming an adherent coating on plant foliage surfaces, and for saturating ground soil. The coating exhibits both immediate and long duration fungicidal activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony E. Winston
  • Patent number: 5496568
    Abstract: The present invention provides an effective method for controlling foliage and root fungus infection in cultivated crops. A fungicide composition in the form of an aqueous formulation which is applied to pre-harvest crops contains ingredients such as propiconazole, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, sodium oleate, sodium caprylate and xanthan gum. The combination of sodium oleate, sodium caprylate and xanthan gum functions as an effective spreader-sticker medium for forming an adherent coating on plant foliage surfaces, and for saturating ground soil. The coating exhibits both immediate and long duration fungicidal activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony E. Winston
  • Patent number: 5496566
    Abstract: A method of installing in a building a suspension containing paramagnetic susceptible elements consisting essentially of:(A) providing in a non-metallic container 5-12 pounds of a composition consisting essentially of (i) 30-99 wt % of a carbonate or a mixture of two or more carbonates selected from the group consisting of magnesium carbonate, calcium carbonate, strontium carbonate, barium carbonate and mixtures thereof, wherein the carbonate or mixture of carbonates are in powder form, (ii) 1-70 wt % of activated carbon in powder form, (iii) 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Inventors: Raymond C. Crippen, Carleton T. Miller
  • Patent number: 5490992
    Abstract: The present invention is generally related to a product and a process to reduce the microbial contamination of processed meat and is particularly related to a product and a process to disinfect poultry carcasses using a disinfectant composition containing a fatty acid monoester, an acid or chelating agent, and a food grade surfactant. These components may be combined in either an aqueous or nonaqueous vehicle as desired. The present combination is effective against pathogenic and undesired bacteria. Advantageously, the present composition does not detrimentally alter the taste, texture, color, odor or appearance of the processed meat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey F. Andrews, Janet F. Munson
  • Patent number: 5482922
    Abstract: A herbicidal composition which comprises as the active ingredients (a) 2-[7-floro-3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-4-(2-propynyl) -2H-1,4-benzooxazin-6-yl]-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-isoindol-1,3 (2H)-dione and (b) N-methoxymethyl-2',6'-diethyl-2-chloroacetanilide or 2-chloro-'6-ethyl-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)Acet-O-toluidide and an inert carrier or diluent, which exerts a synergistically enhanced herbicidal potency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Ryo Sato, Masako Kataoka
  • Patent number: 5478795
    Abstract: Synergistic herbicidal imidazolinone compositions, and methods for their use in selective postemergence control of undesirable plant species in the presence of crops; particularly for the selective control of undesirable plant species of the genera: Ipomoea, Sorghum and Euphorbia, in the presence of leguminous crops, by the postemergence application to the foliage of said plants of a novel synergistic combination of an imidazolinyl nicotinic acid, ester or salt with (1) a different imidazolinyl nicotinic acid, ester or salt, (2) an imidazolinyl-3-quino-linecarboxylic acid, ester or salt, or (3) an N-(heterocyclicaminocarbonyl)arylsulfonamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventor: Robert M. Watkins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5470586
    Abstract: A method of controlling the attachment of organisms to an underwater surface is disclosed. The method comprises contacting the organisms with a compound of Formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxy, halogen, or hydroxyl. Antifouling coatings and cementitious compositions containing a compound of Formula I are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventor: Donald J. Gerhart
  • Patent number: 5470585
    Abstract: A medicinal substance for topical application is disclosed. The substance comprises a water-soluble glass containing silver or a silver compound. Typically, the glass comprises phosphorus pentoxide and contains silver oxide. The substance may be used for the treatment of wounds, catheter and tubing entry points, stoma sites and body passage entrances where bacterial growth and migration are rife. The glass may be in the form of a powder, granules, woven into a dressing form, a sinter shaped in a particular way or used as filler in polymers for surface release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Giltech Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Gilchrist
  • Patent number: 5468715
    Abstract: This invention provides a novel fungicide composition which has bicarbonate-containing inorganic salt ingredients which enhance the efficacy of a fungicide ingredient for the treatment of cultivated crops. The fungicide composition contains nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer elements, and the inorganic salt ingredients contain at least two different alkali metal or ammonium cations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Amy L. Joseph, Keith A. Jones, Anthony E. Winston, M. Stephen Lajoie
  • Patent number: 5468738
    Abstract: A fungicide containing, as an active ingredient, a metal complex of the formula (I),[M{W--Si(OA.sup.1).sub.k A.sub.3-k.sup.2 }.sub.g ]Z.sub.f (I)wherein M, W, A.sup.1, A.sup.2, k, f, g and Z are as defined in the bore formula (I) of claim 1; and use thereof for various fungicidal substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Minahiro Okabayashi, Zhi-ping Bai
  • Patent number: 5468770
    Abstract: A composition for preventing or limiting the attack and infestation of trees by pine bark beetles, by inhibiting the response of the beetles to their aggregation pheromones. The composition comprises a green leaf volatile selected from six carbon alcohols, aldehydes, their derivatives such as acetates, and mixtures thereof. The green leaf volatile may be employed alone or in combination with an additional, known inhibitor of the pheromone response of the beetle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Joseph C. Dickens, Ronald F. Billings, Thomas L. Payne
  • Patent number: 5468716
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fungicide composition which contains ingredients which are biocompatible for purposes of agricultural applications, and which are harmless to animals and humans. An invention fungicide composition in the form of a dry blend formulation remains non-caking and free-flowing under storage conditions. Illustrative of an invention fungicide composition is a formulation which has a content of sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, xanthan gum, dialkylsulfosuccinate salt and alkyl sulfate salt surfactants, and magnesium silicate anti-caking ingredient. The xanthan gum and surfactants function as an effective spreader-sticker and film-forming medium when the composition is diluted with water for agricultural applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony E. Winston
  • Patent number: 5466470
    Abstract: This invention provides a co-micronized bicarbonate salt composition which is a blend of ingredients having a particle size between about 0.01-1.0 micron. The composition is produced by mill co-micronization of a crystalline bicarbonate ingredient and a crystalline inorganic compound ingredient having a Mohs hardness value between about 3-7. A co-micronized blend such as sodium bicarbonate and zinc oxide is free-flowing and essentially free of agglomerated particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventor: M. Stephen Lajoie
  • Patent number: 5464805
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling mildew in cultivated crops. The aqueous fungicide formulation which is applied to pre-harvest and post-harvest crops contains ingredients which are biocompatible for purposes of agricultural and horticultural applications. Illustrative of a formulation which is harmless to animals and humans is an aqueous solution having a content of potassium bicarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium oleate and xanthan gum. The combination of potassium oleate and xanthan gum functions as an effective spreader-sticker medium for forming a solid coating on plant surfaces. The solid coating exhibits both immediate and long duration fungicidal activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony E. Winston
  • Patent number: 5464613
    Abstract: Novel fat-based, substantially water-free, insecticidal compositions are described which are particularly effective against insect pests such as cockroaches, ants, termites, flies, etc. The compositions may be used in various forms depending on the targeted pests. As an example, the composition in the form of a paste can be applied into cracks and crevices for control of such pests and have the advantage of superior durability and prolonged attractiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Ecolab, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Barcay, Douglas G. Anderson
  • Patent number: 5460833
    Abstract: The present invention is generally related to a product and a process to reduce the microbial contamination of processed meat and is particularly related to a product and a process to disinfect poultry carcasses using a disinfectant composition containing a fatty acid monoester, an acid or chelating agent, and a food grade surfactant. These components may be combined in either an aqueous or nonaqueous vehicle as desired. The present combination is effective against pathogenic and undesired bacteria. Advantageously, the present composition does not detrimentally alter the taste, texture, color, odor or appearance of the processed meat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey F. Andrews, Janet F. Munson
  • Patent number: 5449695
    Abstract: Described is the Aedes aegyptae repelling use of aldehydes and ketones having the following structures:(i) mixture of aldehydes defined according to the structure: ##STR1## containing from 60-40 mole percent of the compound having the structure: ##STR2## and from 40-60 mole percent of the compound having the structure: ##STR3## (ii) ketone having the structure: ##STR4##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignees: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., The University of Florida
    Inventors: Anna B. Marin, Craig B. Warren, Jerry F. Butler