Patents by Inventor Gayland F. Spencer

Gayland F. Spencer 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).

  • Inhibition of postharvest fruit decay by 2-nonanone
    Patent number: 5334619
    Abstract: The compound 2-nonanone is useful as an antifungal agent against decay organism of berries and other small fruit, particularly those which are susceptible to microbial attact under storage conditions by Alternaria alternata, Botrytis cinerea and Colletotrichum spp. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, an effective antifungal amount of volatilized 2-nonanone is delivered to the headspace of fruit packaged for market and the vapor is maintained until the package is opened by the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Steven F. Vaughn, Gayland F. Spencer
  • Inhibition of potato spouting using volatile monoterpenes
    Patent number: 5139562
    Abstract: A method for inhibiting sprouting of tubers including the step of exposing tubers to the oxygenated monoterpenes: cineole, fenchone, menthol, or mixtures thereof. Preferably, the tubers are exposed to a composition having an oxygenated monoterpene fraction, and wherein cineole, fenchone, menthol, or a mixture thereof form the major portion of the oxygenated monoterpene fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Steven F. Vaughn, Gayland F. Spencer, Richard G. Powell
  • Aromatic aldehydes and alcohols as potato tuber sprout inhibitors
    Patent number: 5129951
    Abstract: A method for inhibiting sprouting of tubers including the step of exposing tubers to the aromatic aldehydes or alcohols: benzaldehyde, salicylaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde, hydrocinnamaldehyde, cuminaldehyde, thymol, or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Steven F. Vaughn, Gayland F. Spencer