Patents by Inventor Margaret M. Garvey

Margaret M. Garvey 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).

  • Process for preparing cultch for mollusca
    Patent number: 4996943
    Abstract: This application describes a process for the production of a growth medium or cultch for mollusca, particularly oysters, comprising contacting preformed cultch made from coal ash wastes with larvae of the mollusca and permitting the larvae to settle thereupon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: University of Delaware
    Inventor: Margaret M. Garvey
  • Artificial oyster cultch
    Patent number: 4844015
    Abstract: Described is an oyster cultch made from coal-ash wastes substantially as effective as the natural oyster-shell cultch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: University of Delaware
    Inventors: Margaret M. Garvey, Kent S. Price, Jr.