Patents by Inventor William Mitchell Molyneux

William Mitchell Molyneux 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: 6337071
    Abstract: A plant of the species Leptospermum liversidgei which is able to block the carbon dioxide message to mosquitoes and/or fleas within the vicinity of its locus. The present invention also provides a crude or refined essential oil extract from the said plant. Another aspect of the invention provides a method for repelling mosquitoes and/or fleas comprising the cultivation of the said plant. A further aspect of the invention provides another method for repelling mosquitoes and/or fleas comprising the use of the said essential oil extract from the said plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: William Mitchell Molyneux
  • Patent number: PP12168
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Leptospermum plant named ‘BY11’ characterized by its compact and mostly upright plant habit with terminals occasionally weeping; closely-spaced small leaves, densely foliated; numerous light pink flowers; and relatively high concentrations of citronellal and/or its analogs, pulegol and isopulegol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventor: William Mitchell Molyneux