Patents by Inventor Douglas Bruce Kitchen

Douglas Bruce Kitchen 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: 10791682
    Abstract: A vegetation clearing device relating to the clearing of small-caliper vegetation, the vegetation clearing device having a grapple configured to releasably grapple the small-caliper vegetation, a cutter configured to cut the small-caliper vegetation engaged within the grapple, a support frame configured to support the grapple and the cutter, a coupler configured to removably couple the support frame to a working arm of a tractor, the coupler having a first pivot enabling pivoting of the support frame about a first rotational axis and a second pivot enabling pivoting of the support frame about a second rotational axis, the second rotational axis being non-parallel with the first rotational axis, a power-driven grapple actuator configured to actuate the releasable grappling by the grapple, and a power-driven rotator configured to rotate the support frame about the second rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventor: Douglas Bruce Kitchen
  • Publication number: 20180220599
    Abstract: A vegetation clearing device relating to the clearing of small-caliper vegetation, the vegetation clearing device having a grapple configured to releasably grapple the small-caliper vegetation, a cutter configured to cut the small-caliper vegetation engaged within the grapple, a support frame configured to support the grapple and the cutter, a coupler configured to removably couple the support frame to a working arm of a tractor, the coupler having a first pivot enabling pivoting of the support frame about a first rotational axis and a second pivot enabling pivoting of the support frame about a second rotational axis, the second rotational axis being non-parallel with the first rotational axis, a power-driven grapple actuator configured to actuate the releasable grappling by the grapple, and a power-driven rotator configured to rotate the support frame about the second rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Douglas Bruce Kitchen
  • Patent number: 6403581
    Abstract: The invention is a method of treating, inhibiting or controlling a ras-associated disease by inhibiting farnesyl-protein transferase(FPTase) enzyme, treating ras oncogene-dependent tumors, which include cancers of pancreas, breast, lung, colon, epidermis, prostate, bladder, thyroid, myelodysplastic tumors and myeloid leukemia; controlling metastasis, suppressing angiogenesis, inducing apoptosis, and in treating Ras-associated proliferative diseases other than cancer, such as restenosis, neuro-fibromatosis, endometriosis, and psoriasis, in a mammal in need thereof, which comprises administering to said mammal an effective amount of a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Q, a, and b are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Semiramis Ayral-Kaloustian, Douglas Bruce Kitchen, Andrei Shavnya