Patents by Inventor Ring T. Carde

Ring T. Carde 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).

  • Sex pheromone for potato tubeworm moth, Phthorimea operculella
    Patent number: 4010255
    Abstract: A compound was isolated from female Phthorimea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) extracts and identified as trans-4, cis-7-tridecadienyl acetate. The compound was then synthesized. This compound elicits good male P. operculella responses in laboratory and field assays. The corresponding alcohol also appeared to be present in the female glands, but was not found to increase male responses in the laboratory or the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1977
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ring T. Carde, Jan P. Kochansky, Wendell L. Roelofs
  • Novel attractant components for males of the tobacco budworm moth
    Patent number: 3952093
    Abstract: Cis- 9-tetradecenal and cis-11-hexadecenal have been synthesized and found to be, in combination, sex attractants for males of the species Heliothis virescens (Tobacco Budworm Moth) and major economic pest. Methods of preparing said compounds and methods of utilizing said compounds as attracting agent are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Inventors: Wendell L. Roelofs, Ada S. Hill, Thomas C. Baker, Ring T. Carde