Patents by Inventor Gregg A. Vandesteeg

Gregg A. Vandesteeg 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).

  • Insect control device
    Patent number: 4765982
    Abstract: Compositions, devices, and methods are disclosed for controlling insect activity wherein an insect control agent is self-adhered to a rough-surfaced fiber. Preferably the fiber is a graft polymer of cellulose and an ethylenically unsaturated material copolymerizable with cellulose. The invention provides extended control of insect activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Patricia M. Ronning, Gregg A. Vandesteeg
  • Compositions, devices, and methods for extended control of insect activity
    Patent number: 4683132
    Abstract: Compositions, devices, and methods are disclosed for controlling insect activity wherein an insect control agent is self-adhered to a rough-surfaced fiber. Preferably the fiber is a graft polymer of cellulose and an ethylenically unsaturated material copolymerizable with cellulose. The invention provides extended control of insect activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Patricia M. Ronning, Gregg A. Vandesteeg
  • Compositions containing surfactant and broadleaf foliar herbicide
    Patent number: 4557751
    Abstract: Herbicidal compositions containing broadleaf foliar herbicide and condensate of about 2 to 40 moles of ethylene oxide with one mole of a C.sub.12-18 unsaturated fatty acid, C.sub.12-18 unsaturated fatty amine, C.sub.12-18 unsaturated fatty amide, or C.sub.12-18 unsaturated fatty alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Patricia M. Ronning, Gregg A. Vandesteeg
  • Compositions for tobacco sucker growth control
    Patent number: 4556410
    Abstract: Tobacco desuckering compositions containing mefluidide or maleic hydrazide, and condensate of about 2 to 40 moles of ethylene oxide with one mole of a C.sub.12-18 unsaturated fatty acid, C.sub.12-18 unsaturated fatty amine, C.sub.12-18 unsaturated fatty amide, or C.sub.12-18 unsaturated fatty alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1985
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Patricia M. Ronning, Gregg A. Vandesteeg