Patents by Inventor Janet A. Klein

Janet A. Klein 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).

  • Biological control of insects using pseudomonas strains transformed with Bacillus thuringiensis insect toxingene
    Patent number: 5229292
    Abstract: Methods of biological control of agricultural insect pests are disclosed. These methods utilize biological control agents which are genetically altered strains of root-colonizing strains of members of the species P. cepacia. These strains are genetically altered by introduction of genes encoding insect toxic crystal proteins, and are thereby rendered insect toxic. Genetically altered insect toxic bacterial strains are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventors: Carolyn A. Stock, Thomas J. McLoughlin, Janet A. Klein, Michael J. Adang
  • Synthetic pheromone 5-hydroxy-4-methyl-3-heptanone and its use in controlling grain weevils
    Patent number: 4584193
    Abstract: The compound 5-hydroxy-4-methyl-3-heptanone (sitophilure) having the structural formula ##STR1## has been identified as an aggregation pheromone for both males and females of grain weevils belonging to the genus Sitophilus. The compound and compositions containing the same are useful tools for the monitoring and control of these major agricultural pests of stored grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Wendell E. Burkholder, Joel K. Phillips, Catherine A. Walgenbach, Janet A. Klein