Patents by Inventor Harvey C. Neese

Harvey C. Neese 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).

  • Method of killing larvae in infested fruit
    Patent number: 5002786
    Abstract: A method of killing insect larvae in larvae-infected fruit is disclosed, which comprises shrinkwrapping individual fruit from a geographical area infested with an insect known to infect the fruit for a time sufficient to kill larvae of the insect, wherein no treatment of the fruit to kill the insect or the insect larvae occurs between picking and shrinkwrapping the fruit. Shrinkwrapped fruit prepared by the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Assignee: Idaho Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Harvey C. Neese