Patents by Inventor Ruth D. Turner

Ruth D. Turner 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).

  • Bacteria for cellulose digestion
    Patent number: 4861721
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the microbial degradation of cellulosic material. More specifically, this invention relates to a process for the digestion of cellulose by a microbe capable of carrying out the cellulolytic combined nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Research Corporation
    Inventors: John B. Waterbury, Charles B. Calloway, Ruth D. Turner
  • Control of marine borer attack on wood
    Patent number: 4012529
    Abstract: Substances, particularly wood, which are normally subject to deterioration due to marine borers are preserved by applying to the substance certain 4-(3-phenylpropenylidene)-2,5-cyclohexadieneones substituted at position 5 with substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, and hydrogen, and at position 2 with substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl and lower alkoxyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: John Dale Bultman, Leonard Jurd, Ruth D. Turner