Patents by Inventor Frank C. Schroeder

Frank C. Schroeder 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).

  • Small Molecule Compounds That Control Plant- and Insect-Pathogenic Nematodes
    Publication number: 20140364386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of modifying nematode behavior using certain isolated modulator compounds. Also disclosed are methods of promoting or inhibiting reproduction in a nematode population, methods of promoting or inhibiting nematode aggregation at a first location, and methods of treating or preventing parasite infection of a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: California Institute of Technology, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
    Inventors: Andrea Choe, Paul W. Sternberg, Frank C. Schroeder, Stephan H. Von Reuss, Fatma Kaplan, Peter A. Teal, Hans Alborn
  • Small Molecule Compounds that Control Mammal-Pathogenic Nematodes
    Publication number: 20140303102
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of modifying nematode behavior using certain isolated modulator compounds. Also disclosed are methods of promoting or inhibiting reproduction in a nematode population, methods of promoting or inhibiting nematode aggregation at a mammal, and methods of treating or preventing parasite infection of a mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicants: California Institute of Technology, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Andrea Choe, Paul W. Sternberg, Frank C. Schroeder, Stephan H. Von Reuss, Raffi V. Aroian
  • Small Molecule Compounds for the Control of Nematodes
    Publication number: 20140303360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds involved in nematode signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicants: California Institute of Technology, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
    Inventors: Frank C. Schroeder, Stephan H. Von Reuss, Andrea Choe, Paul W. Stemberg
  • Ascarosides as nematode sex pheromones
    Patent number: 8318146
    Abstract: A pheromonal compound produced by Caenorhabditis elegans has been identified as 5R-(3?-O-[?-D-glucosyl]-tetrahydro-3?R,5?R-dihydroxy-6?S-methyl-2H-pyran-2?R-yloxy)-2-hexanone. The novel compound, in combination with other ascarosides, elicit a synergistic signaling response from various adult male Caenorhabditis spp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Peter E. A. Teal, Hans T. Alborn, Paul W. Sternberg, Jagan Srinivasan, Arthur S. Edison, Fatma Kaplan, Frank C. Schroeder
  • Polymeric Bioplastics
    Publication number: 20110009593
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a polymeric material. The invention also relates to a method of making the aforementioned polymer comprising extracting a fungus, wherein the fungus is, for example, an endophytic fungus, such as CR873. The invention further relates to a bioplastic composition comprising the aforementioned polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Jon C. Clardy, Katherine N. Maloney, Frank C. Schroeder
  • Macrocyclic polyamine lactones and derivatives thereof and their use as arthropod repellents
    Patent number: 6384026
    Abstract: The present invention describes an isolated macrocycle having the formula: where d is an integer from 0 to about 100; A, B, and each D are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of each R1 is the same or different and is a bivalent alkylene moiety; each R2 is the same or different and is a bivalent alkylene moiety; and each R3 is the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and an alkyl moiety. Methods for producing these macrocycles are also described. The macrocycles of the present invention can be used as arthropod repellents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank C. Schroeder, Jay J. Farmer, Thomas Eisner, Scott R. Smedley