Patents by Inventor Sandra Anne Allan

Sandra Anne Allan 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).

  • Tick pheromones and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6331297
    Abstract: The subject invention provides materials and methods useful for tick control. The tick control methods of the subject invention are particularly advantageous because they utilize natural chemical signals (phermones) in combination with an acaricide. The use of environmentally friendly phermones makes it possible to use acaricides in a highly selective and efficient manner thereby reducing exposure of the environment to acaricides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignees: University of Florida, Old Dominion University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Sandra Anne Allan, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Michael John Burridge
  • Materials and methods for applying a treatment to animals
    Patent number: 6216639
    Abstract: A self-medicating applicator device that can be used to apply a treatment to animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: William Clayton Simmons, Michael John Burridge, Sandra Anne Allan, Leigh Anne Simmons