Patents by Inventor Robert Spooner

Robert Spooner 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).

  • Publication number: 20230345940
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ?-pyrone compound for use as an insecticide. The ?-pyrone is of the general Formula (1): wherein: R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently selected from an optionally substituted C1-C12 alkyl, preferably C1-C6 alkyl, more preferably C1-C2 alkyl; H; —COOH; —OH; —OCH3 or —R5(CH2)nR6R7CH3; R5, R6, and R7 are each independently selected from an optionally substituted C1-C12 alkyl, preferably C1-C6 alkyl, more preferably C1-C2 alkyl; —C?O; —COO—, N, S or O; and n is 1 to 18, a salt, solvate, dimer or isomer thereof. Other embodiments of the invention define use of the ?-pyrone compounds, insecticidal composition comprising the compound thereof and commercial embodiments include kits for on-the-shelf sale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: Western Sydney University, Cotton Research and Development Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Spooner-Hart, Karren Deanne Beattie, Albert Habib Basta, Michelle Yvette Mak, Zhonghua Chen
  • Publication number: 20060187968
    Abstract: In order to enable high speed, high bandwidth data transfer between two ASIC devices, for example in a backplane, a wide parallel input data word is divided into a smaller number of words, and each smaller word is converted to serial form and then transmitted over a respective sub-link at a high clock rate relative to the system clock. At the receiving side, the clock is recovered from the serial words, and the serial words are converted back to parallel form. An alignment process is then carried out, firstly involving detecting the positions of the bits of the words and then storing the words in a buffer FIFO register. The words are clocked out of the FIFO register in synchronism under control of the system clock once it is detected that valid words are received in the FIFO registers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: Agere Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Spooner
  • Publication number: 20060008491
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to methods and compositions for controlling pests. More particularly, the invention relates to pest-controlling compositions, comprising as active ingredients, compounds of formula (I) where X, Y, R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein, and to the use of these compositions inter alia for preventing, eradicating, destroying, repelling or mitigating pests. The present invention also relates to processes of preparing compounds of formula (I) by synthesis or obtaining compounds of formula (I) from natural sources such as volatile oil-bearing plants of the Myoporaceae family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: David Leach, Robert Spooner-Hart, Greg Eaton
  • Publication number: 20050070576
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pest-controlling compositions comprising as active ingredients one or more ?-diones, particularly ?-diketones and ?-triketones, and to the use of these compositions inter alia for preventing, eradicating, destroying, repelling or mitigating harmful, annoying or undesired pests including insects, arachnids, helminths, molluscs, protozoa and viruses. The present invention is further directed to processes of preparing ?-diones by de novo synthesis or from natural sources such as volatile oil-bearing plants from families including Alliaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Cannabinaceae, Lamiaceae, Pteridaceae, Myrtaceae, Myoporaceae, Proteaceae, Rutaceae and Zingiberaceae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Spooner-Hart, Albert Basta
  • Publication number: 20040014187
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bacterial carboxypeptidases for use in gene directed prodrug therapy, in particular for use in the treatment of disease, including tumors. Specifically, the invention relates to modified bacterial carboxypeptidases which have enhanced catalytic activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Caroline Joy Springer, Richard Malcolm Marais, Robert Spooner