Patents by Inventor Stephen L. Lapointe

Stephen L. Lapointe 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).

  • Attractants and repellents for the tropical root weevil
    Patent number: 8066979
    Abstract: A composition for attracting female tropical root weevils (and/or repelling male tropical root weevils), containing (±)-linalool, cis-3-hexen-1-ol, and carvacrol, and optionally a carrier or carrier material known in the art. A method for attracting female tropical root weevils to an object or area, involving treating the object or area with a composition containing a female tropical root weevil attracting effective amount of (±)-linalool, cis-3-hexen-1-ol, and carvacrol, and optionally a carrier or carrier material. A method for repelling male tropical root weevils from an object or area, involving treating the object or area with a composition containing a male tropical root weevil repelling effective amount of (±)-linalool, cis-3-hexen-1-ol, and carvacrol, and optionally a carrier or carrier material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Joseph C. Dickens, Fernando Otalora-Luna, Jennifer A. Hammock, Stephen L. Lapointe, Rocco T. Alessandro