Patents by Inventor Robert E. Page, Jr.

Robert E. Page, 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).

  • Synthetic bee pollen foraging pheromone and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6595828
    Abstract: A method for increasing pollen foraging activity in colonies of bees by application of a synthetic brood pheromone to the colony. The synthetic brood pheromone may comprise methyl palmitate, ethyl palmitate, methyl stearate, ethyl stearate, methyl oleate, ethyl oleate, methyl linoleate, ethyl linoleate, methyl linolenate and ethyl linolenate; or an active mixture comprising one or more of the enumerated esters. Exposure of bees to the synthetic brood pheromone increases the proportion of pollen foragers in the colony. The invention also provides a pollination unit comprising a collection of bees and the synthetic brood pheromone, and a device capable of releasing the brood pheromone in a controlled fashion within the colony.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Robert E. Page, Jr., Tanya Pankiw