Patents by Inventor George G. Kennedy

George G. Kennedy 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).

  • Insecticide resistance assay
    Patent number: 6517856
    Abstract: Methods of assaying insects for pesticide resistance and to identify insect species are based on feeding disruption caused by insecticide such as the biopesticide Bacillius thuringiensis toxin (Bt). Further provided are methods for monitoring insecticide resistance in a population of insects, as well as methods of screening compounds for insecticidal activity. Insecticide resistance can be assessed at the level of an individual insect or at population levels. Apparatus and dehydrated insect meal pads useful in such assays are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignees: Agdia Incorporated, North Carolina State University
    Inventors: R. Michael Roe, Woodward D. Bailey, Fred Gould, George G. Kennedy, Chester L. Sutula
  • Insecticide resistance assay
    Patent number: 6060039
    Abstract: Methods of assaying insects for pesticide resistance and to identify insect species are based on feeding disruption caused by pesticides such as the biopesticide Bacillus thuringiensis toxin (Bt). The assay end-point is feeding disruption, measured by the fecal production of insects exposed to a diagnostic dose of pesticide in a test diet. Pesticide resistance can be assessed at the level of an individual insect or at population levels. Apparatus useful in such assays are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: R. Michael Roe, Woodward D. Bailey, Fred Gould, George G. Kennedy
  • Method of controlling plant feeding mites with the fungus Neozygites floridana
    Patent number: 4752468
    Abstract: A method of selectively controlling plant feeding mites in the family Tetranychidae, such as the Twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae), is disclosed. The method comprises innoculating an agricultural field containing crop plants with a Neozygites fungus which selectively infects plant feeding mites without infecting other insects. The population of plant feeding mites is thereby reduced to a level at which they cannot substantially damage the crop plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1988
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: George G. Kennedy, David R. Smitley