Patents by Inventor Aurelio Serrao

Aurelio Serrao 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).

  • Natural mosquito repellant
    Patent number: 10306894
    Abstract: An essential oil blend diluted in soybean oil against the bites of Anopheles stephensi, An. gambiae (the main malaria vectors in Asia and Africa, respectively); Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus (the main vectors of arboviruses listed above). Repellency tests, appraising the protection time for each species, were performed under laboratory conditions using human volunteers and nulliparous female mosquitoes. The results show that the natural repellent was extraordinarily effective against both Anopheles and Aedes genera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: BIOVECBLOK s.r.l.
    Inventors: Matteo Valzano, Aurelio Serrao, Claudia Damiani
  • NATURAL MOSQUITO REPELLANT
    Publication number: 20190159466
    Abstract: An essential oil blend diluted in soybean oil against the bites of Anopheles stephensi, An. gambiae (the main malaria vectors in Asia and Africa, respectively); Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus (the main vectors of arboviruses listed above). Repellency tests, appraising the protection time for each species, were performed under laboratory conditions using human volunteers and nulliparous female mosquitoes. The results show that the natural repellent was extraordinarily effective against both Anopheles and Aedes genera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Matteo VALZANO, Aurelio SERRAO, Claudia DAMIANI
  • Natural mosquito larvicide
    Patent number: 10264787
    Abstract: Larvicide and pupicide formulation and methods of administration thereof, harmless for humans and other animals, able to kill all the instars larval stages and pupae in about two hours and fifteen minutes, respectively, with no impact on the environment. Larvicide/pupicide formulation and methods of administration thereof for killing larvae and pupae of Anopheles gambiae and An. stephensi, main vectors of malaria, and Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus, main vectors of dengue, Zika virus, chikungunya and yellow fever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: BIOVECBLOK s.r.l.
    Inventors: Claudia Damiani, Aurelio Serrao, Matteo Valzano, Vincenzo Cuteri, Riccardo Arigoni