Patents by Inventor Roy Teranishi

Roy Teranishi 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).

  • Cooked tomato flavor composition
    Patent number: 5064673
    Abstract: A composition containing the compounds dimethyl sulfide, beta-damascenone, 3-methylbutanal, and 3-methylbutyric acid in particular proportions is used to impart or enhance the cooked tomato flavor of food products. In a preferred embodiment, the composition also contains 1-nitro-2-phenylethane, eugenol, and methional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Ronald G. Buttery, Roy Teranishi, Louisa C. Ling, Jean G. Turnbaugh
  • Method and composition for luring coyotes
    Patent number: 4472377
    Abstract: The method and composition of the invention comprises one or more synthetically prepared, substantially pure compounds effective as odor attractants to lure coyotes having the structure-- ##STR1## where R is hydrogen or methyl and R' is hydrogen, secondary butyl or alkyl containing 1 to 17 carbon atoms placed on a solid substrate in an amount sufficient to attract coyotes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Roy Teranishi, Walter E. Howard
  • Bait post
    Patent number: 4446648
    Abstract: A bait post for coyotes has a vertical pole tapered at one end for facile insertion into the ground, a side arm attached at or near the end of the pole opposite the so-tapered end, a holder attached to the side arm, and a solid substrate held by the holder for holding agents to control coyotes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1984
    Assignee: The United States of America as rperesented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Roy Teranishi, Edwin L. Murphy, Donald S. Balser, Walter E. Howard
  • Process for recovering usable olive-processing liquor from olive-processing waste solution
    Patent number: 3975270
    Abstract: Useful olive-processing liquor is recovered from olive-processing waste solution by a process wherein lime, charcoal, and calcium carbonate are successively added to the olive-processing waste solution to form a mixture and the mixture is allowed to settle. The treated liquor is separated from the settled contaminants and is then immediately recyclable to process fresh olives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Roy Teranishi, Donald J. Stern
  • Process for the production of bicyclo decenone derivatives
    Patent number: 3962339
    Abstract: Limonene is epoxidized and the product reacted with BF.sub.3 -etherate to produce dihydrocarvone which is condensed with 3-peten-2-one to give a mixture of the 5,6-dimethyl-9-isopropenyl and 5,10-dimethyl-7-isopropenyl derivatives of bicyclo [4,4,0] dec-1-en-3-one. The mixture is useful as an odorant to provide a woody aroma in soaps, cosmetics, toiletries, etc. Individual isomers may be separated from the mixture by such techniques as preparative glc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1973
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Theodore J. Leitereg, Dante G. Guadagni, Roy Teranishi