Patents by Inventor Kenneth E. Ballinger

Kenneth E. Ballinger 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 deterring birds from plant and structural surfaces
    Patent number: 6328986
    Abstract: A method for deterring birds from perching, roosting or loafing on plant and structural surfaces by applying to the surfaces a non-toxic composition. The non-toxic composition is one that triggers a physiological aversion mechanism in birds by a visual cue and a post-ingestinal response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Arkion Life Sciences
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Ballinger, Jr.
  • Method for reducing hydrogen sulfide level in water containing sulfate-reducing bacteria and hydrogen sulfide-metabolizing bacteria
    Patent number: 6309597
    Abstract: A method for reducing the level of hydrogen sulfide in water containing sulfur-reducing bacteria and hydrogen sulfide-metabolizing bacteria by addition of an aqueous solution of metallic nitrogen oxides and small particles of water-insoluble polycyclic quinones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Arkion Life Sciences
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Ballinger, Jr., Edward D. Burger, Robert F. Knauer
  • Method for protecting seeds from birds
    Patent number: 5885604
    Abstract: A method for deterring birds from damaging planted seeds by applying to the seeds before planting or to the surface of the ground overlying the planted seeds a non-toxic solid coating material which (1) is repellent to the taste of birds and (2) absorbs light having a wave length within the range of 300-400 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: DuPont Conagra
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Ballinger, Jr.