Patents by Inventor Alfredo Benavente Martinez

Alfredo Benavente Martinez 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).

  • MITE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR REARING MITES
    Publication number: 20230000065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the mass rearing of predatory mites, mite compositions and the use thereof for biological control. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of prey mites from the genus Czenspinskia for the mass rearing of predatory mites and for controlling a pest in a crop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Dominiek VANGANSBEKE, Marcus Vinicius Alfenas DUARTE, Alfredo BENAVENTE MARTINEZ, Jonas Andree Jozef MERCKX, Manon Helene Lionella GUILBAUD, Keith George OAKLEY, Karel Jozef Florent Bolckmans BOLCKMANS, Felix WACKERS
  • MITE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR REARING MITES
    Publication number: 20210386041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the mass rearing of predatory mites, mite compositions and the use thereof for biological control. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of tarsonemid prey mites for the mass rearing of predatory mites and for controlling a pest in a crop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Dominiek VANGANSBEKE, Marcus Vinicius Alfenas DUARTE, Manon Hélène Lionella GUILBAUD, Alfredo BENAVENTE MARTINEZ, Apostolos PEKAS, Karel Jozef Florent BOLCKMANS, Felix Leopold WÄCKERS
  • BENEFICIAL YEASTS FOR ARTHROPODS
    Publication number: 20190373870
    Abstract: Methods for rearing arthropods, particularly pollinating insects, comprising providing said arthropods with a Wickerhamiella yeast, preferably Wickerhamiella bombiphila yeast, also known as Candida bombiphila, or substances produced thereby, particularly comprised within a food composition, are provided herein. Advantageously, said yeast, particularly food compositions comprising said yeast, when provided to an arthropod, particularly a pollinating insect, improves the fitness, health, behaviour and activity of the arthropod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicants: BIOBEST GROUP N.V., KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: Maria Isabel Pozo Romero, Alfredo Benavente Martinez, Annette Van Oystaeyen, Hans Jacquemyn, Jacek Bartlewicz, Felix Wäckers