Patents by Inventor Alan Devonshire

Alan Devonshire 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).

  • Degradation of Hydrophobic Ester Pesticides and Toxins
    Publication number: 20110065167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for degrading hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of insect esterases, and mutants thereof, in the bioremediation of hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins residues, such as pyrethroid residues, contaminating the environment and horticultural commodities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Robyn Joyce Russell, Rama Heidari, Alan Devonshire, Susan Jane Dorrian, John Graham Oakeshott
  • Degradation of hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins
    Patent number: 7858334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for degrading hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of insect esterases, and mutants thereof, in the bioremediation of hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins residues, such as pyrethroid residues, contaminating the environment and horticultural commodities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Robyn Joyce Russell, Rama Heidari, Alan Devonshire, Susan Jane Dorrian, John Graham Oakeshott
  • DEGRADATION OF HYDROPHOBIC ESTER PESTICIDES AND TOXINS
    Publication number: 20090269833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for degrading hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of insect esterases, and mutants thereof, in the bioremediation of hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins residues, such as pyrethroid residues, contaminating the environment and horticultural commodities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Robyn Joyce Russell, Rama Heidari, Alan Devonshire, Susan Jane Dorrian, John Graham Oakeshott
  • Degradation of hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins
    Patent number: 7524494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and enzymes for degrading hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of insect esterases, and mutants thereof, in the bioremediation of hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins residues, such as pyrethroid residues, contaminating the environment and horticultural commodities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Robyn Joyce Russell, Rama Heidari, Alan Devonshire, Susan Jane Dorrian, John Graham Oakeshott
  • Esterases with lipase activity
    Publication number: 20050176118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of insect esterases or lipases, or mutants thereof, as catalysts in biotransformation processes. The present invention may have application in any process involving hydrolysis, esterification, transesterification, interesterification or acylation reactions. The invention also has application in the enzymatic resolution of compounds to produce optically active compounds and has particular, but not exclusive, application to substrates having a hydrophobic moiety such as pyrethroids and fatty acid esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: John Oakeshott, Alan Devonshire, Christopher Coppin, Rama Heidari, Susan Dorrian, Robyn Russell
  • Degradation of hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins
    Publication number: 20050176117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and enzymes for degrading hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of insect esterases, and mutants thereof, in the bioremediation of hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins residues, such as pyrethroid residues, contaminating the environment and horticultural commodities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Robyn Russell, Rama Heidari, Alan Devonshire, Susan Dorrian, John Oakeshott