Patents by Inventor HECTOR ACOSTA-SALMON

HECTOR ACOSTA-SALMON 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).

  • METHODS FOR PRODUCING CULTURED PEARLS IN CONCH AND OTHER GASTROPODS
    Publication number: 20140174373
    Abstract: The subject invention provides methods for producing cultured pearls in gastropods, such as the queen conch, Strombus gigas, and other gastropod species (e.g., families Strombidae, Haliotididae and Volutidae), with high success rates. The subject invention also provides cultured pearls produced by the methods as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: HECTOR ACOSTA-SALMON, MEGAN DAVIS
  • Methods for producing cultured pearls in conch and other gastropods
    Patent number: 8707902
    Abstract: The subject invention provides methods for producing cultured pearls in gastropods, such as the queen conch, Strombus gigas, and other gastropod species (e.g., families Strombidae, Haliotididae and Volutidae), with high success rates. The subject invention also provides cultured pearls produced by the methods as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Florida Atlantic University Research Corporation
    Inventors: Héctor Acosta-Salmón, Megan Davis
  • Methods for Producing Cultured Pearls in Conch and Other Gastropods
    Publication number: 20100251968
    Abstract: The subject invention provides methods for producing cultured pearls in gastropods, such as the queen conch, Strombus gigas, and other gastropod species (e.g., families Strombidae, Haliotididae and Volutidae), with high success rates. The subject invention also provides cultured pearls produced by the methods as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Héctor Acosta-Salmón, Megan Davis