Patents by Inventor Steven A. Rogers

Steven A. Rogers 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).

  • Patent number: 9918473
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for methods of preventing, removing or inhibiting microbial biofilm formation or microbial infection in a plant or plant part thereof, including applying thereto a treatment effective amount of an aryl carbamate as described herein, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. Methods of enhancing a microbicide (e.g., including a copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or plant defense activator are also provided, including applying an active compound as described herein. Compositions comprising an aryl carbamate compound as described herein in an agriculturally acceptable carrier are also provided, and in some embodiments the compositions further include a microbicide (e.g., including copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or a plant defense activator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: North Carolian State University
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers
  • Publication number: 20160353739
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for methods of preventing, removing or inhibiting microbial biofilm formation or microbial infection in a plant or plant part thereof, including applying thereto a treatment effective amount of an aryl carbamate as described herein, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. Methods of enhancing a microbicide (e.g., including a copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or plant defense activator are also provided, including applying an active compound as described herein. Compositions comprising an aryl carbamate compound as described herein in an agriculturally acceptable carrier are also provided, and in some embodiments the compositions further include a microbicide (e.g., including copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or a plant defense activator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers
  • Patent number: 9439436
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for methods of preventing, removing or inhibiting microbial biofilm formation or microbial infection in a plant or plant part thereof, including applying thereto a treatment effective amount of an aryl carbamate as described herein, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. Methods of enhancing a microbicide (e.g., including a copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or plant defense activator are also provided, including applying an active compound as described herein. Compositions comprising an aryl carbamate compound as described herein in an agriculturally acceptable carrier are also provided, and in some embodiments the compositions further include a microbicide (e.g., including copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or a plant defense activator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers
  • Patent number: 9351491
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for methods of preventing, removing or inhibiting microbial biofilm formation or microbial infection in a plant or plant part thereof, including applying thereto a treatment effective amount of an active compound as described herein, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. Methods of enhancing a microbicide (e.g., including a copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or plant defense activator are also provided, including applying an active compound as described herein. Compositions comprising an active compound as described herein in an agriculturally acceptable carrier are also provided, and in some embodiments the compositions further include a microbicide (e.g., including copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or plant defense activator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Christian Melander, John Cavanagh, David F. Ritchie, Steven A. Rogers, Robert W. Huigens, III, Catherine S. Reed
  • Patent number: 9221765
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for benzimidazole derivative compounds that prevent, remove and/or inhibit the formation of biofilms, compositions including these compounds, devices including these compounds, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers, Robert W. Huigens, III
  • Publication number: 20150327552
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for methods of preventing, removing or inhibiting microbial biofilm formation or microbial infection in a plant or plant part thereof, including applying thereto a treatment effective amount of an aryl carbamate as described herein, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. Methods of enhancing a microbicide (e.g., including a copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or plant defense activator are also provided, including applying an active compound as described herein. Compositions comprising an aryl carbamate compound as described herein in an agriculturally acceptable carrier are also provided, and in some embodiments the compositions further include a microbicide (e.g., including copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or a plant defense activator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers
  • Patent number: 9145395
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for imidazole-triazole derivative compounds that prevent, remove and/or inhibit the formation of biofilms, compositions comprising these compounds, devices comprising these compounds, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers, Robert W. Huigens, III, Catherine S. Reed
  • Patent number: 9125408
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for methods of preventing, removing or inhibiting microbial biofilm formation or microbial infection in a plant or plant part thereof, including applying thereto a treatment effective amount of an aryl carbamate as described herein, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. Methods of enhancing a microbicide (e.g., including a copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or plant defense activator are also provided, including applying an active compound as described herein. Compositions comprising an aryl carbamate compound as described herein in an agriculturally acceptable carrier are also provided, and in some embodiments the compositions further include a microbicide (e.g., including copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or a plant defense activator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers
  • Patent number: 8884022
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for carbamate compounds that prevent, remove and/or inhibit the formation of biofilms, compositions including these compounds, devices including these compounds, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers
  • Publication number: 20130315874
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for methods of preventing, removing or inhibiting microbial biofilm formation or microbial infection in a plant or plant part thereof, including applying thereto a treatment effective amount of an active compound as described herein, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. Methods of enhancing a microbicide (e.g., including a copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or plant defense activator are also provided, including applying an active compound as described herein. Compositions comprising an active compound as described herein in an agriculturally acceptable carrier are also provided, and in some embodiments the compositions further include a microbicide (e.g., including copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or plant defense activator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Christian Melander, John Cavanagh, David F. Ritchie, Steven A. Rogers, Robert W. Huigens, III, Catherine S. Reed
  • Patent number: 8428056
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating and using multiple redundant paths between endpoints in a scheduled communication network, and for sending copies of data down each path. A path calculation is made for one or more redundant paths between designated branch and merge points in a network using scheduled switch/routers, and duplicate packets are transmitted along each path to the merge point. The first packet received among the configured paths at the merge point is forwarded to a resulting data stream and the later (duplicate) copies from other paths are discarded. Path itineraries are configured to maintain temporal packet sequence in the resulting stream. Path status is monitored and additional paths can be substituted if a path has an outage. Alternatively, multiple divergent paths can be configured, and duplicate packets transmitted along each path, where at least one path delivers data between end points, and a monitoring path also transmits copies of the data to an alternate location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Avaya, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Rogers, Howard C. Reith, Dale J. Wisler
  • Patent number: 8367713
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for imidazole-triazole derivative compounds such as those given in Formulas (I)-(VI) that prevent, remove and/or inhibit the formation of biofilms, compositions comprising these compounds, devices comprising these compounds, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers, Robert W. Huigens, III, Catherine S. Reed
  • Publication number: 20120171129
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for benzimidazole derivative compounds that prevent, remove and/or inhibit the formation of biofilms, compositions including these compounds, devices including these compounds, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers, Robert W. Huigens, III
  • Publication number: 20110294668
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for methods of preventing, removing or inhibiting microbial biofilm formation or microbial infection in a plant or plant part thereof, including applying thereto a treatment effective amount of an active compound as described herein, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. Methods of enhancing a microbicide (e.g., including a copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or plant defense activator are also provided, including applying an active compound as described herein. Compositions comprising an active compound as described herein in an agriculturally acceptable carrier are also provided, and in some embodiments the compositions further include a microbicide (e.g., including copper, antibiotic, bacteriophage, etc.) and/or plant defense activator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Christian Melander, John Cavanagh, David F. Ritchie, Steven A. Rogers, Robert W. Huigens, III
  • Publication number: 20110117158
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for imidazole-triazole derivative compounds that prevent, remove and/or inhibit the formation of biofilms, compositions comprising these compounds, devices comprising these compounds, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers, Robert W. Huigens, III, Catherine S. Reed
  • Patent number: 7911963
    Abstract: A method of transmitting packets over a network includes steps of partitioning a packet delivery schedule into discrete time slots; transmitting a plurality of test packets from a first endpoint on the network to an intended recipient in the network using different time slots; evaluating the reliability of the network to transmit the plurality of test packets in each time slot; and selecting one or more time slots in the delivery schedule according to the evaluation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: NDS Imaging Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Steven A Rogers
  • Patent number: 7897631
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for imidazole-triazole derivative compounds such as those given in Formulas (I)-(VI) that prevent, remove and/or inhibit the formation of biofilms, compositions comprising these compounds, devices comprising these compounds, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers, Robert W. Huigens, III, Catherine S. Reed
  • Patent number: 7876692
    Abstract: A method of transmitting packets over a network includes steps of transmitting a first plurality of test packets during a first plurality of time locations that are coarsely spaced apart in time; determining which of the first plurality of time locations corresponds to favorable network traffic conditions; transmitting a second plurality of test packets over the network during a second plurality of time locations that are finely spaced apart in time, wherein the second plurality of time locations are selected on the basis of favorable network traffic conditions; determining which of the second plurality of time locations corresponds to favorable network traffic conditions; and transmitting data packets over the network using one or more favorable time locations determined by the finely spaced test packets. The method can be used to “zero in” on congested network periods by detecting differences in packet latencies among test packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: NDS Imaging Holdings, LLC.
    Inventor: Steven A. Rogers
  • Patent number: 7764665
    Abstract: A system for guaranteeing bandwidth for transmitting data in a network. A path generation engine determines a data paths across a network according to preselected criteria. A scheduling engine determines schedule appointments for data packets to traverse each link in the network including compensation for transmission delays and switch latencies. Scheduling data is communicated to schedule-aware switches and endpoints so that appointment times are reserved for transmission of the scheduled data packets. Real-time transmission of data can be guaranteed in both directions along the transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Rogers, Scott Ball, Joseph Greenwald
  • Publication number: 20090263438
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for imidazole-triazole derivative compounds that prevent, remove and/or inhibit the formation of biofilms, compositions comprising these compounds, devices comprising these compounds, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers, Robert W. Huigens, III, Catherine S. Reed