Patents by Inventor Michael John Burridge

Michael John Burridge 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).

  • Materials and methods for applying a treatment to animals
    Patent number: 6899058
    Abstract: A self-medicating applicator device that can be used to apply a treatment to animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Burridge, Leigh Anne Simmons, William Clayton Simmons
  • Materials and methods for applying a treatment to animals
    Publication number: 20030226519
    Abstract: The device of the subject invention is a self-medicating applicator device that can be used to apply a treatment to animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: Michael John Burridge, Leigh Anne Simmons, William Clayton Simmons
  • Materials and methods for applying a treatment to animals
    Patent number: 6513458
    Abstract: A self-medicating applicator device that can be used to apply a treatment to animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: Michael John Burridge, Leigh Anne Simmons, William Clayton Simmons
  • Tick pheromones and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6331297
    Abstract: The subject invention provides materials and methods useful for tick control. The tick control methods of the subject invention are particularly advantageous because they utilize natural chemical signals (phermones) in combination with an acaricide. The use of environmentally friendly phermones makes it possible to use acaricides in a highly selective and efficient manner thereby reducing exposure of the environment to acaricides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignees: University of Florida, Old Dominion University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Sandra Anne Allan, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Michael John Burridge
  • Materials and methods for applying a treatment to animals
    Patent number: 6216639
    Abstract: A self-medicating applicator device that can be used to apply a treatment to animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: William Clayton Simmons, Michael John Burridge, Sandra Anne Allan, Leigh Anne Simmons
  • Materials and methods for applying a treatment to animals
    Patent number: 6152082
    Abstract: A self-medicating applicator device that can be used to apply a treatment to animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: William Clayton Simmons, Michael John Burridge, Leigh Anne Simmons
  • Materials and methods for applying pest control materials to animals
    Patent number: 5911196
    Abstract: A portable self-medicating applicator that can be used for the treatment of animals with a pesticide for the control of pests, e.g., ticks and flies. The applicator device holds a liquid container from which pesticide or other medicament can flow to an absorbent material at the periphery of the device such that animals which come in contact with the device have the liquid transferred to them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: William Clayton Simmons, Michael John Burridge, Sandra Anne Allen, Leigh Anne Simmons