Patents by Inventor Gabriela Gurau

Gabriela Gurau 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).

  • HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20130109572
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods of preparing compositions of active herbicidal ingredients. Also disclosed are methods of using the compositions described herein to improve herbicide delivery and efficacy, enhance herbicidal penetration, reduce herbicide volatility and drift, diminish environmental damage from herbicides, decrease water solubility and volatility of herbicides, and introduce additional biological function to herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
    Inventors: Juliusz Pernak, Julia Shamshina, Praczyk Tadeusz, Anna Syguda, Dominika Janiszewska, Marcin Smiglak, Gabriela Gurau, Daniel T. Daly, Robin D. Rogers
  • METHODS FOR DISSOLVING POLYMERS USING MIXTURES OF DIFFERENT IONIC LIQUIDS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE MIXTURES
    Publication number: 20120216705
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for dissolving biopolymers and synthetic polymers using mixtures of different ionic liquids and compositions comprising the mixture. The methods involve contacting a polymer with a mixture of ionic liquids to provide a composition of polymer and the mixture; the mixture of ionic liquids is prepared by either mixing ionic liquids or by a process comprising reacting ionic liquid precursors in one-pot to form the ionic liquids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
    Inventors: Robin D. Rogers, Daniel T. Daly, Gabriela Gurau
  • DUAL FUNCTIONING IONIC LIQUIDS AND SALTS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120046244
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ionic liquid compositions comprising active pharmaceutical, biological, and nutritional compounds, and methods of use. Further disclosed are compositions of matter including liquid ion pairs alone or in solution and their use; compositions of ionic liquids that are ‘solvated,’ for example, ‘hydrated’ and their uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicants: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST, MONASH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Robin D. Rogers, Daniel T. Daly, Douglas MacFarlane, Janet L. Scott, Kenneth R. Seddon, Gabriela Gurau, Katharina Bica, Jelena Turanjanin, Pamela M. Dean