Patents by Inventor Michelangelo Pascale

Michelangelo Pascale 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).

  • Patent number: 7678575
    Abstract: A method is described for the total phosphine detection in cereal caryopses, comprising the steps of inserting a sample of cereal caryopses inside a container (1) equipped with hermetic closure (2); adding to the sample an aqueous solution of H2SO4 with a v/v concentration in the range of 5-20%, with obtainment of an aqueous dispersion, and hermetically closing the first container (1); subjecting the aqueous dispersion contained in the first container (1) to the action of microwaves for a time not greater than 3 minutes; drawing a predetermined volume of gas overlying the aqueous dispersion and detecting the phosphine possibly present by means of colorimetric and/or spectrophotometric methods, preferably by bringing it into contact with a predetermined volume of an aqueous solution of AgNO3 of known molarity, inside a second container (3) with hermetic closure and visually analysing the obtained color and/or spectrophotometrically measuring the absorbance at 400 nm of the aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignees: Barilla G.e R. Fratelli S.p.A., Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
    Inventors: Roberto Ranieri, Marco Silvestri, Angelo Visconti, Michelangelo Pascale, Francesco Longobardi
  • Publication number: 20080026469
    Abstract: A method is described for the total phosphine detection in cereal caryopses, comprising the steps of inserting a sample of cereal caryopses inside a container (1) equipped with hermetic closure (2); adding to the sample an aqueous solution of H2SO4 with a v/v concentration in the range of 5-20%, with obtainment of an aqueous dispersion, and hermetically closing the first container (1); subjecting the aqueous dispersion contained in the first container (1) to the action of microwaves for a time not greater than 3 minutes; drawing a predetermined volume of gas overlying the aqueous dispersion and detecting the phosphine possibly present by means of colorimetric and/or spectrophotometric methods, preferably by bringing it into contact with a predetermined volume of an aqueous solution of AgNO3 of known molarity, inside a second container (3) with hermetic closure and visually analysing the obtained colour and/or spectrophotometrically measuring the absorbance at 400 nm of the aqueous solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicants: Barilla G. e R. Fratelli S.p.A., Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
    Inventors: Roberto Ranieri, Marco Silvestri, Angelo Visconti, Michelangelo Pascale, Francesco Longobardi