Patents by Inventor Bert Demey

Bert Demey 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).

  • Publication number: 20140057334
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent that modulates physiological condition of pests, wherein the agent has an ability to modulate the activity of an insect choline acetyltransferase; a method for assaying pesticidal activity of a test substance, which comprises measuring the activity of a choline acetyltransferase in a reaction system in which the choline acetyltransferase contacts with a test substance, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Junko OTSUKI, Marc Van De Craen, Annelies Roobrouck, Guy Nys, Bert Demey
  • Patent number: 8476035
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent that modulates physiological condition of pests, wherein the agent has an ability to modulate the activity of an insect choline acetyltransferase; a method for assaying pesticidal activity of a test substance, which comprises measuring the activity of a choline acetyltransferase in a reaction system in which the choline acetyltransferase contacts with a test substance, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Junko Otsuki, Marc Van De Craen, Annelies Roobrouck, Guy Nys, Bert Demey
  • Publication number: 20110207775
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent that modulates physiological condition of pests, wherein the agent has an ability to modulate the activity of an insect vesicle-fusing ATPase; a method for assaying pesticidal activity of a test substance, which comprises measuring the activity of a vesicle-fusing ATPase in a reaction system in which the vesicle-fusing ATPase contacts with a test substance, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasutaka Shimokawatoko, Marc Van De Craen, Irene Nooren, Bert Oosthuyse, Bert Demey, Wendy Maddelein, Geraldine Drevon
  • Publication number: 20110028423
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent that modulates physiological condition of pests, wherein the agent has an ability to modulate the activity of an insect choline acetyltransferase; a method for assaying pesticidal activity of a test substance, which comprises measuring the activity of a choline acetyltransferase in a reaction system in which the choline acetyltransferase contacts with a test substance, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Junko Otsuki, Marc Van De Craen, Annelies Roobrouck, Guy Nys, Bert Demey