Patents by Inventor Dawn M. Olson

Dawn M. Olson 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).

  • Method to condition an invertebrate to detect a concentration range of a chemical compound
    Patent number: 8884097
    Abstract: Described is a method of conditioning an invertebrate to detect a compound at and beyond a threshold range. In one embodiment the conditioned invertebrate is Microplitis croceipes. Compounds the invertebrate can detect include skatole and androstenone. An additional step includes selecting a compound and negatively conditioning the invertebrate at a concentration wherein the invertebrate will not respond to negatively conditioned compound concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Dawn M. Olson, Felix Wackers, John-Erik Haugen
  • Utilization of invertebrate learning for flexible and sensitive monitoring and identification of chemicals
    Patent number: 6919202
    Abstract: A Chemical Detector, a training method and a method for detecting a chemical or chemicals has been developed that uses invertebrate organisms trained to respond to targeted chemical odors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Wallace J. Lewis, James H. Tumlinson, Dawn M. Olson, Glen C. Rains, Keiji Takasu, Torsten Meiners, Veronique Kerguelen, Felix Waeckers, Claire Bonifay
  • Utilization of invertebrate learning for flexible and sensitive monitoring and identification of chemicals
    Publication number: 20030148529
    Abstract: A Chemical Detector, a training method and a method for detecting a chemical or chemicals has been developed that uses invertebrate organisms trained to respond to targeted chemical odors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Wallace J. Lewis, James H. Tumlinson, Dawn M. Olson, Glen C. Rains, Keiji Takasu, Torsten Meiners, Veronique Kerguelen, Felix Waeckers, Claire Bonifay