Patents by Inventor Wesley G. Taylor

Wesley G. Taylor 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).

  • Plant compositions enriched in dehydrosoyasaponin I (D-I) and methods of producing such compositions
    Patent number: 8247541
    Abstract: There is provided a method of producing a plant composition comprising dehydrosoyasaponin I (D-I), the method comprising the steps of extracting a plant flour with a solvent capable of extracting soyasaponins to produce an extract, and treating the extract with light. Also provided are compositions produced according to the method of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
    Inventors: Wesley G Taylor, Ken W Richards
  • Insecticidal extract from legume plants and method of preparing the same
    Patent number: 8101408
    Abstract: The invention may be summarized as follows. The present invention provides insecticides comprised of naturally-occurring compounds, such as, for example, PA1b-related peptides and terpenoid saponins. The present invention also provides for identification and characterization of a synergistic insecticidal effect between peptides and saponins extracted from plants. Furthermore, simplified extraction procedures are provided that avoid the use of a chloroform defatting step or a column chromatography step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
    Inventors: Wesley G. Taylor, Paul G. Fields, Daniel H. Sutherland
  • PLANT COMPOSITIONS ENRICHED IN DEHYDROSOYASAPONIN I (D-I) AND METHODS OF PRODUCING SUCH COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20100056470
    Abstract: There is provided a method of producing a plant composition comprising dehydrosoyasaponin I (D-I), the method comprising the steps of extracting a plant flour with a solvent capable of extracting soyasaponins to produce an extract, and treating the extract with light. Also provided are compositions produced according to the method of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Wesley G. Taylor, Ken W. Richards
  • INSECTICIDAL EXTRACT FROM LEGUME PLANTS AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100009912
    Abstract: The invention may be summarized as follows. The present invention provides insecticides comprised of naturally-occurring compounds, such as, for example, PA1b-related peptides and terpenoid saponins. The present invention also provides for identification and characterization of a synergistic insecticidal effect between peptides and saponins extracted from plants. Furthermore, simplified extraction procedures are provided that avoid the use of a chloroform defatting step or a column chromatography step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicants: AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD
    Inventors: Wesley G. Taylor, Paul G. Fields, Daniel H. Sutherland