Patents Issued in April 24, 2018
  • Patent number: 9949451
    Abstract: The disclosure features a bioreactor for the growth of macroalgae and methods for using the bioreactor to maintain optimal nutrient levels for the organisms in an aquarium or aquaculture system. The devices and methods of the disclosure provide for the bioremediation of excess nutrients in order to maintain nutrient balance in an aquarium or aquaculture system that facilitates growth and/or health of one or more of the organisms that reside therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: Tristan Victor Wilson
  • Patent number: 9949452
    Abstract: Disclosed are alfalfa varieties with low or reduced lignin content, including an alfalfa seed designated CW 096043 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122473, an alfalfa seed designated CW 103009 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122475, an alfalfa seed designated CW 099079 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122474, an alfalfa seed designated CW 090075 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122471, an alfalfa seed designated CW 054004 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122470, an alfalfa seed designated CW 093009 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122472, and an alfalfa seed designated CW 104015 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122476.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Alforex Seeds LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Reich, David W. Johnson, Mark E. Darling, Tracy A. Engh
  • Patent number: 9949453
    Abstract: A hybrid begonia designated ‘1630-13T1’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid begonia ‘1630-13T1’ to the plants of hybrid begonia ‘1630-13T1’ and to methods for producing a hybrid plant, and to methods for producing other begonia lines, cultivars or hybrids derived from the hybrid begonia ‘1630-13T1’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Ernst Benary Samenzucht GmbH
    Inventor: Sabine Kratzenberg
  • Patent number: 9949454
    Abstract: A hybrid begonia designated ‘1620-8T1’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid begonia ‘1620-8T1’ to the plants of hybrid begonia ‘1620-8T1’ and to methods for producing a hybrid plant, and to methods for producing other begonia lines, cultivars or hybrids derived from the hybrid begonia ‘1620-8T1’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Ernst Benary Samenzucht GmbH
    Inventor: Sabine Kratzenberg
  • Patent number: 9949455
    Abstract: Hybrid tomato variety ‘H1293” is described. The ‘H1293’ tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid tomato variety suitable for machine harvest, and is adaptable to the climactic conditions of regions such as California, USA, and Italy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC
    Inventor: David Esplin
  • Patent number: 9949456
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH752064. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH752064, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH752064 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH752064.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christian J. Buffard, Gregory J. Holland, Gary R. Stangland
  • Patent number: 9949457
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH716546. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH716546, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH716546 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH716546.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Richard G. Stelpflug, Rafael A. Mateo
  • Patent number: 9949458
    Abstract: A waste disposal apparatus having outwardly-canted sidewalls and a base wall forming a basin. A liner is centrally disposed on an interior of the basin. At least one litter sieve is centrally arranged on the liner. A securing flange is located on a top portion of the sidewalls and is operable between a closed position and an open position and includes at least one handle protrusion. The litter sieves and the liner are held securely in place by the securing flange when the securing flange is in the closed position. A litter sieve can include opposing handle ribbons removably disposed in corresponding envelopes on opposite sides of the sieve. The envelopes can include frangible elements that selectively secure the handle ribbons, but that fail upon application of a force so that the ribbons can at least partially exit the envelopes and thereafter used to lift a loaded sieve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Grotown VI, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Kuiper, Stephen J. Timyan
  • Patent number: 9949459
    Abstract: An improved restraining device may include a retractable strap lead, a housing in which the retractable strap lead is at least partially housed, and a twister for changing the orientation of the retractable strap so that, in use, the orientation of the strap is changed as it is deployed from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventors: Sally Pattie, Simon Collings
  • Patent number: 9949460
    Abstract: A storage garment stores a liquid in an interior bladder providing facilitated access to the liquid while it is carried inside the storage garment. A jacket is configured to be worn by a user, such as a dog. The jacket forms a substantially contoured fit over the user and has a harness portion that fastens around the user. At least one pocket portion in the jacket holds at least one bladder portion. The bladder portion holds liquid, such as water, to hydrate or clean. A pocket fastener regulates access to the bladder. A tube portion carries liquid to the user and a valve portion regulates the liquid flow. A pump portion forces the liquid out of the bladder through an outlet. A secondary pocket holds a container that folds for stowage and expands into a bowl shape for holding liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: William L. Austin
  • Patent number: 9949461
    Abstract: A method to identify morbid animals housed in a feedyard having a feed bunk, where the method includes providing a plurality of animal beacons and at least one beacon reader, placing the beacon reader adjacent the feed bunk, transmitting by a first animal beacon a first signal comprising a first unique identifier for a first animal wearing the first animal beacon, wherein the first animal is housed in the feedyard, receiving by the beacon reader the first signal, and based upon the first signal, determining a proximity of the first animal to the feed bunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: TRAX RIGHT, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Frazier, Peter J. Kuzma, Stephen E. Bachman
  • Patent number: 9949462
    Abstract: A blower apparatus is supported on a frame detachably mounted on the implement mounting plate for a skid steer loader. The blower is powered by a hydraulic motor operatively connected to the auxiliary hydraulic system of the skid steer loader. The blower is mounted on the frame in a manner that orients the discharge spout upwardly to be directed at elevated structure within the chicken house. Re-orientation of the air stream from the blower can be affected by manipulating the tilt position of the implement mounting plate and by raising the boom arms of the skid steer loader to elevate the blower apparatus. By properly positioning and orienting the discharged air stream from the blower apparatus, the dirt and debris in elevated structure of the chicken house can be dislodged and removed from the chicken house to improve the health and environment for a subsequent flock of birds installed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: H. Lamar Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 9949463
    Abstract: An automatic washing apparatus (1) includes: an electrolyzed water generation unit (8) that electrolyzes raw water to which an electrolyte is added to thereby generate electrolyzed water; a bubble generation unit (9) that allows fine bubbles to be contained in the electrolyzed water with use of a generated gas generated in the electrolyzed water generation unit (8) to thereby generate bubble electrolyzed water; a washing unit (4) that discharges the bubble electrolyzed water to a washing object to wash the washing object; and a control unit (2) that controls a discharge timing and discharge amount of the bubble electrolyzed water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: TECH CORPORATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 9949464
    Abstract: The invention provides systems to control gene expression or activity using target molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Chung Yiu Jonathan Tang, Constance L. Cepko
  • Patent number: 9949465
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transgenic non-human mammal retaining, in a specifically expressible state, a DNA encoding IL-33 in the skin, and having one or more features selected from the group consisting of (1) spontaneous onset of dermatitis, (2) increase in the number of inflammatory cells, (3) increase in total IgE concentration, histamine concentration, cytokine concentration and/or chemokine concentration, and (4) increase in scratching time, under SPF (specific pathogen free) breeding conditions, as compared to a corresponding non-transgenic non-human mammal, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: Hyogo College of Medicine, Mie University
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Yamanishi, Hitoshi Mizutani, Yasutomo Imai, Tomohiro Yoshimoto, Kenji Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 9949466
    Abstract: To provide a fishing rod having a flexible tip rod less prone to breakage, and desired degrees of the flexibility and strength can be obtained at a required portion of the tip rod. A fishing rod includes a tip rod made of a fiber-reinforced resin material. The tip rod is formed of a short-fiber reinforced resin material in which short fibers are dispersed in a matrix resin material, the average fiber diameter of the short fibers is 3 to 15 ?m, the average fiber length of the short fibers is 0.5 to 10 mm, and the content of the short fibers is 3 to 50 wt %, and a periphery of the short-fiber reinforced resin material is at least partially covered with a prepreg sheet in which reinforced fibers are aligned and extended in one direction and impregnated with a synthetic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, INC.
    Inventor: Takahito Noda
  • Patent number: 9949467
    Abstract: Provided is a fishing line guide that can be manufactured in a simple manner. The fishing line guide according to an embodiment is a fishing line guide mounted on a tip portion of a fishing rod, the fishing line guide including a tubular member where a through-hole extending along an extension direction is formed, a plurality of slits extending while facing each other along the extension direction on an end surface of one end being formed in the tubular member, and a frame member where a through-hole allowing a fishing line to be inserted and guided is formed, a supporting portion engaged with the through-hole and the plurality of slits of the tubular member being formed in the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Takuji Kawamura, Takuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9949468
    Abstract: One object is to provide a fishing line guide that allows a line snagged in a loop to be released readily. The line guide 5 according to the present invention include a frame including a fixing portion fixed on the outer surface of the rod, a ring retainer retaining a guide ring that admits the line, and a connecting portion connecting the ring retainer and the fixing portion. For a width Wa of the frame at the inflection point between the connecting portion and the ring retainer and a maximum width Wb of the ring retainer, the frame 5A is formed such that the width Wa is equal to or greater than 70% of the maximum width Wb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, INC.
    Inventor: Masaru Akiba
  • Patent number: 9949469
    Abstract: A line reel apparatus includes an apparatus housing having a fixed housing portion and a rotating housing portion adjacent to the fixed housing portion. A pin magnet is provided on the rotating housing portion. A drive mechanism drivingly engages the rotating housing portion for rotation. A catch pin housing is disposed for rotation in the rotating housing portion. A line annulus is formed between the catch pin housing and the rotating housing portion. A catch pin cavity is provided in the catch pin housing. The catch pin cavity is disposed in aligned or registering relationship to the pin magnet along a longitudinal axis of the rotating housing portion. A magnetic catch pin is disposed in the catch pin cavity and positional between a retracted position clearing the line annulus and an extended position spanning the line annulus upon alignment of the pin magnet with the catch pin cavity responsive to rotation of the rotating housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: William J. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 9949470
    Abstract: A combination ice fishing rod useful as a vertical tip-up over an ice fishing hole, a hybrid angled tip-up mode resting on the ice next to the hole, and as a jigging rod. The rod includes a rod tube with an outer end removably holding a conventional rod tip, an enclosed reel housing, and a hollow grip handle aligned with the the rod tube. Three or more folding legs are secured flat against the rod tube, and can be extended radially perpendicular to the rod body to span an ice fishing hole and support the rod vertically over the hole, or at an angle relative to the hole using two legs as a bipod. The grip handle contains an axial signal post selectively latched to the spool in the reel housing, the post released when a fish strikes the line. The rod can be immediately engaged as a reel-operated jigging rod from either the vertical or hybrid tip-up modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: Timothy J. Paczesny
  • Patent number: 9949471
    Abstract: A vented combustion chamber for an insect attractant engine is provided for a flying insect trapping device of the type that relies upon combustion of a fuel to generate a flow of carbon dioxide to attract flying insects. The combustion chamber, which is generally tubular and horizontally oriented in operation, is vented through a hole formed in one side of the chamber wall that extends from the outer surface of the chamber into the interior thereof. During operation of the device, this through-hole allows gas inside the chamber to be vented to the outside, changing the effective length of the combustion chamber for the purposes of wave generation is changed so that creation of a resonance cycle or standing wave, and the resulting acoustic phenomenon of howling, is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: WOODSTREAM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert T. Cruz, Richard L. Eyer, Marko Konstantin Lubic, Christopher Kamery
  • Patent number: 9949472
    Abstract: A trap for catching insects may include a back housing, a plurality of lights and a cover. The trap may be adapted for ease of servicing and jet cleaning via a plurality of shields. Each of the plurality of shields may sealably protect, from water ingress, the plurality of lights at a position where the plurality of lights connect to a plurality of electrical fittings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Brandenburg Limited
    Inventors: John C. Willcox, Mathew V. Kaye
  • Patent number: 9949473
    Abstract: A device and kit and method for controlling coagulation in a blood sample. The coagulation controlling agent is at least one of citrate, a protamine salt, its homologs and derivatives, benzamidine, or para-aminobenzamidine. Additives such as water soluble polymers and sugars are also contemplated. The device and kit comprise a container that contains an effective amount of thrombin and a coagulation controlling agent. The method combines thrombin and a coagulation controlling agent to stabilize thrombin or accelerate its activity in a blood sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Dougald Monroe, Shabazz Novarra, Randal Alan Hoke, Paul F. Holmes, Justyna Dudaronek
  • Patent number: 9949474
    Abstract: A composition and method for generating reagents and the composition of these reagents for the stabilization and preservation of viability of cancer tissue which has been surgically excised and the suspension and/or termination of apoptosis (cell death) by significant modulation of cell metabolism by low molar concentrations of synergistic chemistries and hormonal growth enhancers while maintaining normal gene expression patterns of the surgically excised tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: TRUCKEE APPLIED GENOMICS, LLC
    Inventor: Tony K. Baker
  • Patent number: 9949475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising A) an organic active ingredient which is sparingly water-soluble and sparingly oil-soluble, in dissolved form, B) an oil which is soluble in water at 20° C. to at most 20 g/l, and C) an ionic liquid comprising a cation and an anion as described below. Also provided is a process for the preparation of the liquid composition, where the active ingredient, the oil and the ionic liquid are brought into contact; and also the use of the ionic liquid for increasing the solubility of the active ingredient in an oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventors: Vandana Kurkal-Siebert, Ann-Kathrin Marguerre, Daher Michael Badine, Ulrike Troppmann, Ansgar Schäfer, Sebastian Koltzenburg, Karolin Geyer, Murat Cetinkaya, Eduard Schreiner, Nikolaus Nestle, Andreas Hopf, Ingolf Hennig, Karsten Seidel, Jürgen Mertes
  • Patent number: 9949476
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of additives in the preparation of crop protection composition spray mixtures, in particular as additives for tank mixtures of specific pesticides according to formula (I), pesticide mixtures and crop protection compositions comprising these pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Christian Popp, Anke Buchholz, Fabienne Hatt
  • Patent number: 9949477
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions having durable antimicrobial activity. The compositions include a carbonate/bicarbonate salt of a quaternary ammonium cation, an organic acid, hydrogen peroxide and a polymer. The polymer is selected from cationic amine polymer-epichlorohydrin adduct, cationic amine polymer-epichlorohydrin resin, poly(methacrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium) chloride, poly(bis(2-chloroethyl)ether-alt-1,3-bis(dimethylamino)propyl)urea, poly(diallyldimethylammonium) chloride, poly(t-butyl acrylate co-ethyl acrylate co-methacrylic acid), polyethylene oxide, polyquaternium-16, polyquaternium-22, polyquaternium-67 and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Corey T. Cunningham, Rebecca Ann Vongsa, Stacy A. Mundschau, David W. Koenig, Douglas R. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 9949478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicide combination comprising at least two ?-monocarboxyl fatty acids having, independently of one another, a hydrocarbon chain having 8 to 10 carbon atoms, and at least one ALS inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Michael Kilian, Christian Marienhagen
  • Patent number: 9949479
    Abstract: It relates to a pesticide composition for preventing and controlling fusarium head blight, which contains 1 to 150 parts by weight of jinggangmycin and 1 to 20 parts by weight of metconazole per mu. The pesticide composition of the present invention has an obvious synergistic effect when used for preventing and controlling fusarium head blight, and can remarkably enhance the effect of preventing and controlling head blight, increasing the ability of the human being in preventing and controlling head blight of triticeae crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mingguo Zhou, Yabing Duan, Jianxin Wang
  • Patent number: 9949480
    Abstract: The present invention provides N-alkylthio ?-lactams and disulfide compounds (e.g., alkyl-coenzyme A asymmetric disulfides or aryl-alkyl disulfides), compositions containing such compounds, and methods of their use as anti-bacterial agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventors: Edward Turos, Kevin D. Revell
  • Patent number: 9949481
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an insecticidal water based suspension concentrate formulation comprising a water-soluble insecticide selected from the group consisting of N-cyanomethyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)nicotinamide and (EZ)-1-(6-chloro-3-pyridylmethyl)-N-nitroimidazolidin-2-ylidineamine and at least one water-soluble salt selected from the group consisting of magnesium sulfate (hydrated and anhydrous forms) and sodium sulfate, wherein the water-soluble insecticide is present in an insecticidally effective amount and methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Liu, Robin W. Dexter
  • Patent number: 9949482
    Abstract: The invention relates to fungicidal compositions comprising as active ingredient a combination of components A) and B) as defined in the patent claims, to a method of controlling phytopathogenic diseases on crop plants using such a composition and to a method of protecting natural substances of vegetable and/or animal origin and/or their processed forms using such a composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Urs Neuenschwander, Ronald Zeun, Josef Ehrenfreund, Hans Tobler, Camilla Corsi, Clemens Lamberth
  • Patent number: 9949483
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I, wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, can be used as insecticides and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Roger Graham Hall, Tibor Goegh, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Andrew Edmunds, Andre Jeanguenat, Michel Muehlebach, Andre Stoller
  • Patent number: 9949484
    Abstract: Antimicrobial quaternized polyurethane materials and methods of forming and using the materials are disclosed. The quaternized polyurethane antimicrobial materials may be synthesized from one or more diisocyanates and one or more diols or triols. The quaternized polyurethane materials may be stand alone or coated onto other surfaces, such as medical devices, table tops, air/water filters, or the like to provided desired antimicrobial devices and surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventor: Daewon Park
  • Patent number: 9949485
    Abstract: Compounds (A) can be used for increasing the yield of useful plants or crop plants with respect to their harvested plant organs, wherein the Compound (A) is selected from compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof, wherein the symbols are defined as in claim 1, preferably N-(2-methoxybenzoyl)-4-[(methylaminocarbonyl)-amino]benzenesulfonamide [Compound (A1)].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Udo Bickers, Stefan Lehr, Klaus Trabold, Mathias Schmidt, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Juan Pedro Ruiz-Santaella Moreno, Erwin Hacker
  • Patent number: 9949486
    Abstract: The invention relates to an agrochemical composition containing a compound of formula (1), a glutamic acid compound, and a source of magnesium and/or a source of iron. The composition applied e.g. foliarly has demonstrated synergistic benefits that improve crop yields and quality characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Crop Intellect Ltd.
    Inventor: Apostolos Papadopoulos
  • Patent number: 9949487
    Abstract: A method of and a composition for treating a parasitic infestation in an animal and/or its environment is provided. The method includes providing an ectoparasitcidal formulation which comprises two or more IGRs, in which the IGRs may be selected from the same IGR class or from different IGR classes (excluding two or more juvenile hormone mimic IGRs selected from S-methoprene, hydroprene and pyriproxyfen) and regardless of whether each IGR is mobile or non-mobile or is capable or incapable of translocation in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: THE HARTZ MOUNTAIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: W. Lance Hemsarth, Kimberly Cassar
  • Patent number: 9949488
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for modulating flowering, sugar metabolism and stress response in plants are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
    Inventors: Joachim Messing, Martin Calvino
  • Patent number: 9949489
    Abstract: Compositions having at least one compound which inhibits the formation of Hemipteran stylet sheaths and/or degrades hemipteran style sheaths that have already been formed, and thus deters or blocks hemipteran insects from feeding on plants, especially agriculturally important plants and methods of use of such compositions are described. Such compositions can be applied onto plants by spraying, dripping, or other methods and/or can be applied to the soil for uptake by the roots. These compositions and methods prevent and/or reduce the transmission of vascular associated diseases (caused by hemipteran vector-borne pathogens) to plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Robert G. Shatters, Gary A. Luzio, John K. Morgan
  • Patent number: 9949490
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the present invention provide seed, soil, and plant treatment compositions, and methods of making and using such products and compositions. The use of these products and compositions can act as a plant protectant and increase the growth, health, and yield of various seeds and plants such as crops and grasses, and further provide similar benefit to soils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: RALCO NUTRITION, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Dale Lamb, Michael David Johnson
  • Patent number: 9949491
    Abstract: Baking tray having a supporting area and a rim surrounding said supporting area on all sides, which in relation to a top face of the supporting area has a downward extending trough-shaped profile, comprising a first, downward extending trough wall, directly adjoining the supporting area, a trough base and a second, upward extending trough wall opposite the first trough wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: ACS Coating Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Christoph Stecher
  • Patent number: 9949492
    Abstract: An apparatus for making patties with a ground food product includes a housing including an inlet for receiving the ground food product. A mold plate is positioned at least partially within the housing and includes first and second mold cavities. The mold plate is rotatable about an axis to first and second mold positions. In the first mold position, the first mold cavity is positioned within the housing for receiving the ground food product and the second mold cavity is positioned outside the housing for removing a patty formed therein. In the second mold position, the second mold cavity is positioned within the housing for receiving the ground food product and the first mold cavity is positioned outside the housing for removing a patty formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Blue Sky Innovation Group
    Inventor: Jeffrey W. Palese
  • Patent number: 9949493
    Abstract: A system for forming a product. The system includes a hopper with a rotating feeder; a mold drum with cavities; and a feed pump with a moving member. The feed pump is configured to pump food mass from the hopper into the cavities. The system has means configured to determine: a position and a motion of the mold drum relative to a frame of the system; a position and a motion of the moving member of the feed pump relative to a housing of the feed pump; and a position and a motion of the rotating feeder relative to the hopper to synchronize the motion of the mold drum and the motion of the moving member of the feed pump and to synchronize the motion of the rotating feeder with the motion of the moving member of the feed pump. The system has at least two pressure sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL B.V.
    Inventor: Hendrikus Petrus Gerardus Van Gerwen
  • Patent number: 9949494
    Abstract: A method for separating fat from lean. The method includes grinding chilled beef comprising fat and lean into a size resulting in particles that comprise predominantly fat and particles that comprise predominantly lean; combining the particles with a fluid to produce a mixture, wherein the fluid comprises water; and centrifuging the mixture to separate the fluid, and the particles comprising predominantly lean from the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: Anthony J. M. Garwood
  • Patent number: 9949495
    Abstract: A sliced jumbo tender of a meat tender or poultry breast resulting in strips having a desired weight and thickness with minimal losses. The sliced tender includes two diagonal cuts across and through the tender to yield three strips which are substantially the same in weight and thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: MAS MARKETING HOLDING COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Mike Ensley, Andres Garcia, Gordon Tatro, Michael Sheets, Mark Sosebee
  • Patent number: 9949496
    Abstract: A crab cracking tool. The crab cracking tool includes a first member having a first handle connected to a first head portion and a second member having a second handle connected to a second head portion. The first head portion includes a first recess, a second recess, and a first gripping portion and the second head portion includes a third recess, a fourth recess, and a second gripping portion. A cutting tool disposed on the second member extends outwardly from a first end of the second head portion. The cutting tool includes an inner edge having a blade thereon. The inner edge is oriented inwardly toward an outer side of the second member defining an opening therebetween. The first member is pivotally secured to the second member, such that the first second members are configured to pivot between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: Theodore Anderson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9949497
    Abstract: There is a process which can pasteurize in-shell chicken eggs to inactivate pathogens when present which includes all strains of salmonella and all strains of viruses that historically have been known to exist within chicken eggs and currently are known to be evolving into new and separate strains which may cause large quantities of human illnesses unless countermeasures are developed and employed. One such countermeasure is provided through pasteurization of the subject in-shell eggs through pasteurization involving concurrently a secured environment together with a protocol which enables total inactivation of the targeted pathogens whether bacterial or viral without risk of recontamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: L. John Davidson
  • Patent number: 9949498
    Abstract: The invention relates to a Heat stable chocolate comprising a fat phase, said fat phase of said heat stable chocolate comprising: 0.1-15% by weight of crystalline seed, 0.01-5% by weight of an emulsifier not being lecithin, said fat phase of said heat stable chocolate further comprising 25-94.9% by weight of a cocoa butter, a cocoa butter equivalent or combinations thereof, and at least 5% by weight of a cocoa butter improver, wherein said crystalline seed comprises SatOSat-triglycerides in an amount of between 40-95% by weight of said crystalline seed and StOSt-triglycerides in an amount of 30-85% by weight of said crystalline seed, wherein the main endotherm melt peak position of said crystalline seed is about 40° C. or higher when measured by Differential Scanning Calorimetry by heating samples of 10±1 mg of crystalline seed from 20° C. to 50° C. at a rate of 3° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: AAK AB (PUBL)
    Inventor: Morten Daugaard Andersen
  • Patent number: 9949499
    Abstract: A handheld concealed pill morsel former enables a user to easily conceal a pill within a morsel of malleable food product without excessive handling of the malleable food product. A first arm and a second arm are configured to rotated toward a top and bottom opening of a mold body cavity, respectively. A press extends from the first arm and is configured to extend into the mold cavity to compress the malleable food product. A plunger is coupled with the first arm and is configured to slide with respect to the first arm and press. The plunger has a plunger face that is configured to be extended down into the malleable food product to from a pill recess. A pill can then be placed into the pill recess and the press can be rotated back down into mold cavity to form a concealed pill morsel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Pet Pill Pal LLC
    Inventors: James Timothy Herzer, David D McClanahan
  • Patent number: 9949500
    Abstract: A consumption-regulated feed block for controlled consumption of animal feed, comprises a mass of controlled feed material, the consumption of which is to be controlled, in compressed block, chemical block or hybrid block form; and an intake control matrix of low moisture block material positioned in the controlled feed material and forming consumption control pockets to regulate consumption of the controlled feed material by requiring an animal to consume by licking portions of low moisture block material in order to consume controlled feed material in an adjacent consumption control pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Ridley USA Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Dhuyvetter, Chunjiang Fu, Mark Allen Robbins