Patents by Inventor Oliver D. Dailey, Jr.

Oliver D. Dailey, Jr. 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 seed germinating stimulants
    Patent number: 4723038
    Abstract: Processes for preparing compounds which exhibit seed germinating activity are disclosed. An ester of acetoacetic acid is condensed with a ketone to produce a substituted cyclohexenone which is reacted with a thiol to get a dithioketal which is then desulfurized to produce an ester of a substituted cyclohex-2-ene-1-carboxylic acid which exhibits seed germinating activity. The same compound can be produced by a different process which reacts the substituted cyclohexenone with a reducing agent. An exemplary reducing agent would be an organosilane and a Lewis acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: Oliver D. Dailey, Jr.