Patents by Inventor Maria Guadalupe Rojas

Maria Guadalupe Rojas 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).

  • Apparatus for packaging arthropods infected with entomopathogenic nematodes
    Patent number: 8505236
    Abstract: Disclosed is a taping apparatus for packaging arthropods having been infected with entomopathogenic nematodes wherein the tape forms a continuous line of packaged arthropods. In one embodiment of the invention, the tape formulation has the arthropods Tenebrio molitor, Aethina tumida, or Diaprepes abbreviatus infected with the nematodes of Heterorhabditis indica or Steinernema carpocapsae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Juan A. Morales-Ramos, W. Louis Tedders, Carl Brian Dean, David I. Shapiro-Ilan, Maria Guadalupe Rojas
  • Gellable ant bait matrix
    Patent number: 7914777
    Abstract: Ant foods mixed together in a matrix suitable to be used as baits for ants are provided. This ant matrix is preferred by ants over naturally-occurring foods such as other known ant matrices. It comprises protein, carbohydrate, fat and sterol as ant-preferred nutrients and uric acid as a bait enhancing agent is carried in a unique gel system that is specifically attractive to insects. Methods of controlling ants using such matrices to deliver ant toxins are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: FMC Corporation, The United States of America Dept. of Agriculture
    Inventors: Maria Guadalupe Rojas, Juan A. Morales-Ramos, Ligia M. Hernandez, Jonathan D. Peters
  • Gellable ant bait matrix
    Patent number: 6916469
    Abstract: Ant foods mixed together in a matrix suitable to be used as baits for ants are provided. This ant matrix is preferred by ants over naturally-occurring foods such as other known ant matrices. It comprises protein, carbohydrate, fat and sterol as ant-preferred nutrients and uric acid as a bait enhancing agent is carried in a unique gel system that is specifically attractive to insects. Methods of controlling ants using such matrices to deliver ant toxins are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Waterbury Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Guadalupe Rojas, Juan A. Morales-Ramos, Ligia M. Hernandez, Jonathan D. Peters
  • Gellable ant bait matrix
    Publication number: 20040166138
    Abstract: Ant foods mixed together in a matrix suitable to be used as baits for ants are provided. This ant matrix is preferred by ants over naturally-occurring foods such as other known ant matrices. It comprises protein, carbohydrate, fat and sterol as ant-preferred nutrients and uric acid as a bait enhancing agent is carried in a unique gel system that is specifically attractive to insects. Methods of controlling ants using such matrices to deliver ant toxins are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Maria Guadalupe Rojas, Juan A. Morales-Ramos, Ligia M. Hernandez, Jonathan D. Peters
  • Naphthalenic compounds as termite bait toxicants
    Patent number: 6691453
    Abstract: Termite foods mixed together in a matrix suitable to be used as baits and attractants for termites are provided. They comprise cellulose, naphthalenic compounds, water and potentially other termite-preferred nutrients. Methods of monitoring the presence of termites using such matrices and methods of controlling termites using such matrices to deliver termite toxins are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Maria Guadalupe Rojas, Juan A. Morales-Ramos, Frederick Green, III
  • Naphthalenic compounds as termite bait toxicants
    Patent number: RE44543
    Abstract: Termite foods mixed together in a matrix suitable to be used as baits and attractants for termites are provided. They comprise cellulose, naphthalenic compounds, water and potentially other termite-preferred nutrients. Methods of monitoring the presence of termites using such matrices and methods of controlling termites using such matrices to deliver termite toxins are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Maria Guadalupe Rojas, Juan A. Morales-Ramos, Frederick Green, III, Thomas A. Kuster