Patents by Inventor Hans T. Alborn

Hans T. Alborn 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).

  • Technique for thermal desorption analyses of thermo labile volatile compounds
    Patent number: 10078071
    Abstract: Herein is described an apparatus for adaptation to existing GC/MS systems, utilizing a splitless injector as the desorption oven with a liquid CO2 cooled low thermal mass cryo trap that eliminates the need for flash heating of volatile compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Hans T. Alborn, Steven D. Willms
  • TECHNIQUE FOR THERMAL DESORPTION ANALYSES OF THERMO LABILE VOLATILE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20160103102
    Abstract: Herein is described an apparatus for adaptation to existing GC/MS systems, utilizing a splitless injector as the desorption oven with a liquid CO2 cooled low thermal mass cryo trap that eliminates the need for flash heating of volatile compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Hans T. Alborn, Steven D. Willms
  • METHYL SALICYLATE-BASED ATTRACTANTS FOR VECTORS OF CITRUS GREENING DISEASE
    Publication number: 20130266535
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an insect attractant having an amount of methyl salicylate effective to attract a plurality of vectors of citrus greening disease and an agriculturally acceptable carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Lukasz L. Stelinski, Jared G. Ali, Hans T. Alborn, Rajinder Mann, Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski
  • 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
  • Plant volatile elicitor from insects
    Patent number: 6207712
    Abstract: The invention relates to fatty acids conjugated to amino acids and their derivatives that elicit the production and/or release of plant volatiles compounds which attract and/or retain beneficial insects and deter herbivorous insect feeding. These conjugates also induce plants to increase production of pharmacologically important compounds such as taxol, increase fragrance of flowers, and increase production of plant essential oil. The invention also relates to methods for isolating the compounds from herbivorous insect oral secretions and to chemically synthesizing the compounds and their active derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: James H. Tumlinson, III, Hans T. Alborn, John H. Loughrin, Theodoor C. J. Turlings, Tappey H. Jones
  • Plant volatile elicitor from insects
    Patent number: 6054483
    Abstract: The invention relates to fatty acids conjugated to amino acids and their derivatives that elicit the production and/or release of plant volatiles compounds which attract and/or retain beneficial insects and deter herbivorous insect feeding. These conjugates also induce plants to increase production of pharmacologically important compounds such as taxol, increase fragrance of flowers, and increase production of plant essential oil. The invention also relates to methods for isolating the compounds from herbivorous insect oral secretions and to chemically synthesizing the compounds and their active derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Virginia Military Institute Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Tumlinson, III, Hans T. Alborn, John H. Loughrin, Theodoor C. J. Turlings, Tappey H. Jones