Patents by Inventor Ron Schafer

Ron Schafer 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).

  • Carbonate ester tuber treatment composition
    Patent number: 9271489
    Abstract: A carbonate ester composition containing at least one carbonate ester, preferably an alkylene carbonate, and a sprout inhibitor. A tuber having, on at least a part of a surface thereof, the disclosed carbonate ester composition. A method of applying the carbonate ester composition onto the surface of a tuber. A method of applying a carbonate ester composition onto the surface of a potato tuber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: ACETO AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ron Schafer, Terry Kippley
  • CARBONATE ESTER TUBER TREATMENT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20150264919
    Abstract: A carbonate ester composition containing at least one carbonate ester, preferably an alkylene carbonate, and a sprout inhibitor. A tuber having, on at least a part of a surface thereof, the disclosed carbonate ester composition. A method of applying the carbonate ester composition onto the surface of a tuber. A method of applying a carbonate ester composition onto the surface of a potato tuber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: ACETO AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ron SCHAFER, Terry Kippley
  • Tuber treatment composition
    Patent number: 8329618
    Abstract: A composition containing at least one essential oil, especially clove oil, and at least one of lactic acid ethyl ester and lactic acid n-butyl ester. A tuber having, on at least a part of a surface thereof, the disclosed composition. A method of applying the invention composition onto the surface of a tuber. A method of contacting a potato tuber “on the line” with at least one essential oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Aceto Agricultural Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Ron Schafer, Terry Kippley