Patents by Inventor Christopher James Byrne

Christopher James Byrne 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).

  • Patent number: 8067213
    Abstract: There is disclosed an improved poppy straw of a stably reproducing Papaver somniferum for the extraction of thebaine and/or oripavine, the threshed straw having thebaine and oripavine constituting about 50% by weight or greater of the alkaloid combination consisting of morphine, codeine, thebaine and oripavine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Tasmanian Alkaloids Pty., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anthony John Fist, Christopher James Byrne, Wayne Lyle Gerlach
  • Publication number: 20040197428
    Abstract: There is disclosed an improved poppy straw of a stably reproducing Papaver somniferum for the extraction of thebaine and/or oripavine, the threshed straw having thebaine and oripavine constituting about 50% by weight or greater of the alkaloid combination consisting of morphine, codeine, thebaine and oripavine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Anthony John Fist, Christopher James Byrne, Wayne Lyle Gerlach
  • Patent number: 6723894
    Abstract: There is disclosed an improved poppy straw of a stably reproducing Papaver somniferum for the extraction of thebaine and/or oripavine, the threshed straw having thebaine and oripavine constituting about 50% by weight or greater of the alkaloid combination consisting of morphine, codeine, thebaine and oripavine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Tasmanian Alkaloids PTY. Ltd.
    Inventors: Anthony John Fist, Christopher James Byrne, Wayne Lyle Gerlach
  • Publication number: 20020106761
    Abstract: There is disclosed an improved poppy straw of a stably reproducing Papaver somniferum for the extraction of thebaine and/or oripavine, the threshed straw having thebaine and oripavine constituting about 50% by weight or greater of the alkaloid combination consisting of morphine, codeine, thebaine and oripavine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Anthony John Fist, Christopher James Byrne, Wayne Lyle Gerlach
  • Patent number: 6376221
    Abstract: There is disclosed an improved poppy straw of a stably reproducing Papaver somniferum for the extraction of thebaine and/or oripavine, the threshed straw having thebaine and oripavine constituting about 50% by weight or greater of the alkaloid combination consisting of morphine, codeine, thebaine and oripavine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Tasmanian Alkaloids Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Anthony John Fist, Christopher James Byrne, Wayne Lyle Gerlach
  • Patent number: 6067749
    Abstract: There is disclosed an improved poppy straw of a stably reproducing Papaver somniferum for the extraction of thebaine and/or oripavine, the threshed straw having thebaine and oripavine constituting about 50% by weight or greater of the alkaloid combination consisting of morphine, codeine, thebaine and oripavine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Tasmanian Alkaloids Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Anthony John Fist, Christopher James Byrne, Wayne Lyle Gerlach