Patents by Inventor KUMUDINI M. Meepagala

KUMUDINI M. Meepagala 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).

  • Compositions and methods for repelling blood-sucking and biting insects, ticks and mites
    Patent number: 9763444
    Abstract: Chromene derivatives based on a chromene amide isolated from Amyris texana. Also disclosed are compositions containing chromene derivatives (synthetic or natural) based on a chromene amide isolated from Amyris texana. Also methods for repelling blood-sucking and biting insects, ticks and mites involving treating (or exposing) an object (e.g., mammals such as humans) or area (e.g., a surface such as human skin) with a blood-sucking and biting insects, ticks and mites repelling effective amount of at least one compound selected from chromene derivatives (synthetic or natural) based on a chromene amide isolated from Amyris texana.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Kumudini M. Meepagala, Ulrich R. Bernier
  • Compositions and Methods For Repelling Blood-Sucking and Biting Insects, Ticks and Mites
    Publication number: 20160165886
    Abstract: Chromene derivatives based on a chromene amide isolated from Amyris texana. Also disclosed are compositions containing chromene derivatives (synthetic or natural) based on a chromene amide isolated from Amyris texana. Also methods for repelling blood-sucking and biting insects, ticks and mites involving treating (or exposing) an object (e.g., mammals such as humans) or area (e.g., a surface such as human skin) with a blood-sucking and biting insects, ticks and mites repelling effective amount of at least one compound selected from chromene derivatives (synthetic or natural) based on a chromene amide isolated from Amyris texana.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: KUMUDINI M. Meepagala, ULRICH R. BERNIER