Patents by Inventor Raymond O. Flagg

Raymond O. Flagg 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).

  • Method and means for anesthetizing insects
    Patent number: 4224898
    Abstract: Insects, such as fruit flies, are quickly anesthetized while contained in a culture vessel of the type having a mouth closed by a flexible porous plug by immersing one end portion of an elongate slender applicator wand in a volatile liquid anesthetic and then inserting the applicator wand between the wall of the culture vessel and the porous plug without removal of the plug and without creating an opening therebetween to allow the insects to escape and positioning the end portion of the applicator wand inside the culture vessel to thereby quickly expose the insects in the culture vessel to the anesthetic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1980
    Assignee: Carolina Biological Supply Company
    Inventors: Raymond O. Flagg, Richard L. Franks