Patents by Inventor David A. McCrery

David A. McCrery 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).

  • PROCESS FOR INCREASING THE COALESCENCE RATE FOR AMINE-INITIATED POLYETHERS
    Publication number: 20110112332
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improvement to a polyether preparation process that includes a coalescing step. Amine-initiated polyethers prepared using a mixed alkylene oxide feed tend to coalesce significantly more slowly than glycerin-initiated polyethers, particularly in processes that include a holding step and/or elevated temperature following an initial alkoxylation to form a pre-polymer. This improvement is to perform a remedial end-capping of the pre-polymer, which may include amine degradation products, using an alkylene oxide which contains at least (3) carbons, prior to the molecular weight-building alkoxylation with the mixed alkylene oxide feed. The rate and performance of coalescing thereafter may be substantially enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil K. Chaudhary, Jean P. Chauvel, Christopher P. Christenson, Istvan Lengyel, James P. Cosman, John W. Weston, Katie Fischer, David A. McCrery
  • Nucleic acid compositions conferring altered metabolic characteristics
    Patent number: 7635798
    Abstract: This invention encompasses the identification and isolation genes and gene fragments that confer altered metabolic characteristics in Nicotiana benthamiana plants, when expressed using GENEWARE™ viral vectors. These genes are derived from a variety of sources. Expression of these genes resulted in alterations of the levels of at least one of the following metabolites: acids, fatty acids, amino acids and related compounds, branched fatty acids, carbohydrates, hydrocarbons, alkaloids and other bases, esters, glycerides, phenols and related compounds, alcohols, alkenes and alkynes, sterols, oxygenated terpenes, and other isoprenoids, and ketones and quinones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Dow Agrosciences, LLC
    Inventors: Thaddeus Weglarz, Daniel Gachotte, Beth Blakeslee, Ignacio Larrinua, David A. McCrery, Randy J. Pell, J. Vincent B. Oriedo, Barbara A. Miller, Avutu S. Reddy, Vipula Shukla, Rodney Crosley
  • Nucleic acids compositions conferring dwarfing phenotype
    Patent number: 7291767
    Abstract: This invention relates to putative known and unknown deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and amino acid sequences identified in one or more metabolic pathways that lead to dwarfism and stunting in plants and the use of these sequences in agriculture to create dwarf varieties of any plant species. This invention also relates to nucleic acids sequences and polypeptides that produce altered metabolism phenotypes in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: J. Vincent B. Oriedo, David McCrery, Philip Savickas, Barbara A. Miller, Randy Pell, Ignacio M. Larrinua, Ted Weglarz, Daniel Gachotte, Avutu S. Reddy, Max Ruegger, Beth Blakeslee, Gregory P. Pogue, Rodney Crosley, Wenjin Zheng, Guy R. Della-Cioppa, Gerson Wolfe
  • Nucleic acid compositions conferring altered metabolic characteristics
    Publication number: 20050091708
    Abstract: This invention encompasses the identification and isolation genes and gene fragments that confer altered metabolic characteristics in Nicotiana benthamiana plants, when expressed using GENEWARE™ viral vectors. These genes are derived from a variety of sources. Expression of these genes resulted in alterations of the levels of at least one of the following metabolites: acids, fatty acids, amino acids and related compounds, branched fatty acids, carbohydrates, hydrocarbons, alkaloids and other bases, esters, glycerides, phenols and related compounds, alcohols, alkenes and alkynes, sterols, oxygenated terpenes, and other isoprenoids, and ketones and quinones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Thaddeus Weglarz, Daniel Gachotte, Beth Blakeslee, Ignacio Larrinua, David McCrery, Randy Pell, J. Oriedo, Barbara Miller, Avutu Reddy, Vipula Shukia, Rodney Crosley
  • Nucleic acids compositions conferring dwarfing phenotype
    Publication number: 20040088762
    Abstract: This invention relates to putative known and unknown deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and amino acid sequences identified in one or more metabolic pathways that lead to dwarfism and stunting in plants and the use of these sequences in agriculture to create dwarf varieties of any plant species. This invention also relates to nucleic acids sequences and polypeptides that produce altered metabolism phenotypes in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: J. Vincent B. Oriedo, David McCrery, Philip Savickas, Barbara A. Miller, Randy Pell, Ignacio M. Larrinua, Ted Weglarz, Daniel Gachotte, Avutu S. Reddy, Max Ruegger, Beth Blakeslee, Gregory P. Pogue, Rodney Crosley, Wenjin Zheng, Guy R. Della-Cioppa, Wolfe D.W. Gershon
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    Patent number: D727589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Michael John Amato, Marc David McCrery, William Albert Tartal, Donald Eugene Irwin, Kelly Ann Strong