Patents Issued in July 17, 2018
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Patent number: 10021850Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-66 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) races Bl:1-31 and Ca-I to Ca-VIII, resistance to currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri), very intensely red colored, deeply incised, and very glossy leaves, and loose to moderate head firmness. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-66 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-66 RZ.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.Inventors: Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits, Clément Michel Bernard Morice
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Patent number: 10021851Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid Swiss chard seed designated 69-600 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Swiss chard plant produced by growing the 69-600 RZ seed, which plant exhibits a combination of traits including having green leaves with white petioles and leaf midribs, resistance to downy mildew (Peronospora farinosa f. sp. betae), field resistance to Cercospora leaf spot, strong blistering of the leaf blade and a dark to very dark green leaf coloring. The invention further relates to methods for producing the Swiss chard cultivar, represented by hybrid Swiss chard variety 69-600 RZ.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.Inventor: Franciscus Hermanus Carree
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Patent number: 10021852Abstract: The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Claudita and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventor: Miguel Roca
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Patent number: 10021853Abstract: A novel alfalfa variety designated 54VR10 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing an alfalfa plant that comprise crossing alfalfa variety 54VR10 with another alfalfa plant. Methods for producing an alfalfa plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 54VR10 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the alfalfa seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Alfalfa seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing alfalfa variety 54VR10 or a trait conversion of 54VR10 with another alfalfa plant or population. Alfalfa populations derived from alfalfa variety 54VR10, methods for producing other alfalfa populations derived from alfalfa variety 54VR10 and the alfalfa populations and their parts derived by the use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: David R Mickelson, David J Miller, Debra Kleinheinz Sharpee, Mark A Smith, Lonnie Joseph Voelz
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Patent number: 10021854Abstract: An animal enclosure including a plurality of members defining an interior of the enclosure. One of the plurality of members includes a first member having a frame structure and door assembly formed by a plurality of interconnected horizontal and vertical wires. At least two of the horizontal wires of the frame structure form a hook positioned inside the defined opening. The door assembly is coupled to the frame and moves between an open and close positions. The door assembly includes a first door and a second door removably coupled to one another. The enclosure also includes a latch assembly for releasing the door assembly from the frame structure. In the close position, at least one horizontal wire of the first door and at least one horizontal wire of the second door are coupled to the hooks formed by the at least two horizontal wires of the frame structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: MID-WEST METAL PRODUCTS CO., INC.Inventors: Brad Cantwell, Stew Kerr, Michael E. Greene, Terrance L. Jones
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Patent number: 10021855Abstract: An animal toilet has a front-rear direction, a right-left direction and an up-down direction that intersect each other. The animal toilet is provided with an upper container that is provided with a plurality of holes through which urine passes below, a lower container that is positioned below the upper container and has formed an insert hole on a front face, and a tray that is housed from the insert hole into the lower container in a manner being allowed to be pulled out forward, and made to receive and store the urine that falls through the holes of the upper container. A front part of the tray is not protruding in front of the front face of the lower container when seen from the right-left direction. The front part of the tray has an exposed portion. An upside and a downside of the exposed portion are exposed to an outside space. An upper part and a lower part of the exposed portion are respectively provided with a geometrically deformed portion having a shape changed from a surrounding portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Chiyo Takagi, Shinya Kaneko
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Patent number: 10021856Abstract: A flooring system includes a flooring panel and a support element. The flooring panel has an outer periphery and defines an upper panel plane and a lower panel plane that is offset from the upper panel plane. The flooring panel includes a plurality of openings formed therethrough within the outer periphery. The support element extends lengthwise between opposing ends and includes an upper edge and a lower edge. The support element extends through and operatively connects with the flooring panel such that the upper edge is disposed in approximate alignment with the upper panel plane and the lower edge is disposed in offset relation to the lower panel plane in a direction opposite the upper panel plane. Methods of assembly are also included.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: J&L Wire Cloth, LLCInventor: James A. Duppong
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Patent number: 10021857Abstract: It describes an ear tag for livestock including: a plastic substrate including means to apply the ear tag to an ear of an animal; an UHF inlay coupled to a flexible flat portion of the plastic substrate, the UHF inlay including a substrate, an antenna on the substrate and a microchip connected to the antenna. The ear tag includes a plastic film; a predetermined portion of the plastic film is laminated on the plastic substrate and forms a closed pocket; the UHF inlay is enclosed in the pocket and is at least in part movable independently from the plastic substrate and the plastic film in the pocket.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: DATAMARS SAInventors: Robert Douglas Bailey, Damien Pachoud
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Patent number: 10021858Abstract: An animal warming enclosure which is suitable for enclosing large animals, such as newborn calves, and protecting them during inclimate weather. The enclosure can be mounted on a vehicle, such as a truck, and the animal will be transported while other chores are completed. The animal will remain warm and can be returned to an appropriate location, such as a barn, when the chores are completed. The enclosure is fluidically connected to the exhaust system of the vehicle so that warm exhaust is used to provide heat for the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Marvin L. Packard
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Patent number: 10021859Abstract: A fish weight capture system accurately captures and records the number and weight of each fish caught by fishermen through a geographic area. The system uses a series of dispersed kiosks such that each kiosk weighs each fish processed by the kiosk and captures and image and other information about the fish. The data about each fish is recorded within the kiosk and is transmitted to a central computer and stored within a database. The data received from each kiosk allow a regulatory agency to determine the number and weight of each fish type taken and set appropriate rules and regulations based on this data.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Adam Miller
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Patent number: 10021860Abstract: A kit for an aquarium aquaponic assembly is disclosed. The kit comprises generally an aquarium module, a garden module, a reservoir module, drain conduits fluidly connecting the modules and a pump. The reservoir module has a top opening adapted to receive and maintained both the aquarium module and at least one garden module. Each garden module supports terrestrial plants and is located directly adjacent to one side of the aquarium module and located below a predetermined operating water level of the aquarium module. The aquarium module comprises a transparent tank adapted to be partially supported by the reservoir module. The system is designed such that the waste water from the aquarium module flows to the garden module for irrigating and feeding the plants. The waste water flowing from the garden module is filtered and directed to the reservoir module then pumped back to the aquarium module.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Robin Plante
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Patent number: 10021861Abstract: Described herein are immunodeficient non-human animals lacking expression of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) by endogenous autogeneic innate immune cells, as well as methods and compositions for engraftment of xenogeneic hematopoietic stem cells in the immunodeficient non-human animal lacking expression of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), thereby creating an innate immune system in the animal derived from the xenogeneic hematopoietic stem cells. Further described are immunodeficient mice lacking expression of toll-like receptor 4 by endogenous autogeneic innate immune cells, as well as methods and compositions for engraftment of xenogeneic hematopoietic stem cells in the immunodeficient mouse lacking expression of toll-like receptor 4, thereby creating an innate immune system in the animal derived from the xenogeneic hematopoietic stem cells.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignees: The Jackson Laboratory, University of MassachusettsInventors: Leonard D. Shultz, Dale L. Greiner, Michael A. Brehm
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Patent number: 10021862Abstract: An angling has a rigid head with a rear face, a flexible body having a front end and a second end adapted to contact the rear face, a hook having an eyelet and a point, and an attachment rod having a first end fastened to the rigid head and a free second end. The attachment rod has a fixing portion onto which the eyelet is retained and a vertical retaining portion exerting a force compressing the rigid body so as to retain the rigid body against the rear face of the rigid head. The head and the body have a shape corresponding to a shape of bait.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2011Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: FIIISHInventor: Matthieu Guennal
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Patent number: 10021863Abstract: A fishing lure for use in water includes a lure body, a mover assembly and a selector assembly. The mover assembly is coupled to the lure body. The mover assembly includes a mover that selectively moves the lure body through the water. The selector assembly is electrically connected to the mover assembly. The selector assembly includes a plurality of preset speed settings that activate the mover assembly to move the lure body through the water. The plurality of preset speed settings can include (i) a first preset speed setting for moving the mover at a first preset speed, and (ii) a second preset speed setting for moving the mover at a second preset speed that is different than the first preset speed.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Bryan Friedman
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Patent number: 10021864Abstract: A fishing reel that includes a reel body, a housing part that defines an opening part, a driving member that includes a pinion that is supported by the reel body and extends through the opening part of the housing part, and a magnetic seal device affixed to the housing part that includes a central opening through which the pinion extends. The magnetic seal device includes first and second magnetic plates that maintain a magnet therebetween and a magnetic fluid that is maintained at a gap between the driving member and at least one of the first and second magnetic plates.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Hirokazu Hirayama, Daiki Sumikawa, Hirokazu Hiraoka
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Patent number: 10021865Abstract: A trolling weight is designed to sink while minimizing drag. The trolling weight has a forward bulb arranged as a paraboloid configured to reduce the drag while the trolling weight is moving. The forward bulb truncates to a rearward portion. A first stabilizing fin is attached to the forward bulb and further comprising a first smooth parabolic planar portion which convex from a first apex that connects the forward bulb and the rearward portion. An internal spine is attached to the first stabilizing fin, and further comprising a plurality of upper attachment holes configured to connect cables to pull the trolling weight forward. A tail fin is attached to the internal spine by a plurality of connectors embedded within the forward bulb and arranged rearward of the rearward portion of the forward bulb and further comprising a plurality of rear attachment holes for attaching accessories.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventors: Charles D. Osterholm, Charles Lonnie Osterholm
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Patent number: 10021866Abstract: A mobile fishing rod transportation and storage system includes two longitudinal and two horizontal rods. Four corners connect the longitudinal rods to the horizontal rods to form a frame. A first of the horizontal rods is horizontally and rotationally fixed to the longitudinal rods. A second of the horizontal rods is horizontally fixed to the longitudinal rods and is rotationally free with respect to the longitudinal rods to permit rotation of the second horizontal rod. At least one rod holder is rotationally connected with respect to one of the first and second horizontal rods between the longitudinal rods to both rotationally pivot along with the one horizontal rod when in a rod-holder locked state and rotationally move independently of the one horizontal rod when in a rod-holder unlocked state. A set of wheels is connected to the frame to permit the frame to roll upon a surface of the environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Roll-A-Rod, L.L.C.Inventors: Louis Phillip Arrazola, Jorge Amels Perez, Peter Kratsch
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Patent number: 10021867Abstract: A bag for conveniently holding fish in water safely and for weighing the fish during a fishing tournament. The bag comprises a polymeric material which is water tight but allows oxygen to pass into the bag and carbon dioxide to pass out of the bag. The bag is fold-able but when filled with water, the bag has no right angle corners where fish tend to congregate and crowd one another. An optional hoop is provided which integrates with the side wall of the bag and will force the shape of the bag to remain in a preferred more rounded configuration. One embodiment includes a sealable closure at the top to fixedly contain the water and fish.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Judy L. Tipton
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Patent number: 10021868Abstract: A novel horse hoof boot is provided with a method of forming the same. The boot includes two separate elements, the first configured in part to support the horse's hoof inside the boundary of the hoof wall and the second wrapping around the outside of the hoof to provide stability. The method enables custom forming of a boot to a particular horse's hoof by forming a three-dimensional rigid hoof model which guides formation of the boot components.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Michael Edwards
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Patent number: 10021869Abstract: A moving assembly has a base with a base bottom, a side wall, a rectangular conduit formed in the base bottom, and a fan with a motor mounted on the base bottom, and a collector box for collecting mosquitos. The fan functions to create a vacuum for drawing in mosquitos. A killing assembly has an upper dish and a lower dish. The upper dish has electrically charged wires. A pool in the lower dish constitutes a container for standing water. Air tubes are laterally spaced and vertically oriented. The air tubes have upper ends disposed above the pool to draw in mosquitos entering the vicinity of the upper ends and lower ends received in the rectangular conduit.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Thomas Paul Cogley
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Patent number: 10021870Abstract: A real-time counting insecticidal lamp includes a rainproof cover, a LED lamp body, an insect receiver, and a high-voltage grid; the rainproof cover is arranged above the lamp body, the insect receiver is arranged below the lamp body, and the high-voltage grid is arranged at the periphery of the lamp body; the high-voltage grid includes a high-voltage direct current power supply and N-1 wires, and the N-1 wires are arranged in parallel in each interval to form a circle, wherein, N is no less than 10; top ends of the wires are all connected to the power supply end of the power supply, but one of two adjacent wires is electrically connected to the positive end of the power supply while the other is electrically connected to the negative end; the real-time counting insecticidal lamp also includes a counting unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Nanjing Agricultural UniversityInventors: Xiaochan Wang, Tingting Yan, Guoxiang Sun, Guyue Hu
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Patent number: 10021871Abstract: A base assembly has an upward plate, a downward plate, a side wall, a front, a back, and laterally spaced sides. A drive assembly has drive wheels which extend downwardly from the downward plate and has a caster wheel. The drive assembly also has proximity sensors. A vacuum assembly has a vacuum slit formed in the downward plate between the laterally spaced sides. A source of vacuum pulls a vacuum through the vacuum slit. A tower assembly attracts and kills insects while the base assembly and tower assembly are driven by the drive assembly and the vacuum assembly vacuums up insects.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Thomas Paul Cogley
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Patent number: 10021872Abstract: A combination duster and sprayer device for both cleaning and spraying insecticide includes a housing that is tubular and has a bottom. The housing has a top that is open defining a rim, such that the housing is configured for insertion of an aerosol can. A coupler is coupled to the bottom, such that the coupler is configured to engage a complimentary connector of an extension device. A casing that has an open end is complimentary to the housing, such that the housing is insertable into the casing. The housing is frictionally couplable to the casing. A plurality of bristles is coupled to and extends outwardly from the casing. The bristles are pliable. An opening is positioned in a closed end of the casing. An actuator is insertable into the opening and configured to engage the nozzle of an aerosol can to direct spray to the area selected by the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Ashok Biyani
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Patent number: 10021873Abstract: An animal trap having an enclosure body, a restraint, and a latching and triggering mechanism is provided. A method of using this animal trap is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: QSR OUTDOOR PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Quade A. Kimball, Shawn W. Inglis, Ralph W. Inglis
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Patent number: 10021874Abstract: A mole trap includes a molded housing with first and second portions. One of the portions includes two molded posts. A trigger and release plate are each pivotally mounted on one of the two posts, and are substantially encased within the housing. The trap may include a first shaft connected to a trigger pad, and a spring loaded second shaft. The first shaft is slideable with respect to the second shaft, which is connected to a plurality of tines. A release is operative to hold a trigger in a set position, and thereby hold the spring loaded second shaft in the set position. The first shaft is operable to displace the release in response to an upward force applied to the trigger pad, wherein the release is operable to release the trigger in response to the displacement, wherein the trigger is operable to release the spring loaded outer shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: SENORET CHEMICAL COMPANYInventors: Stewart Clark, Leonard A. Ficken
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Patent number: 10021875Abstract: Some embodiments provide an illumination system with an outer housing including a base, a central housing pivotably coupled to the base including a fluid inlet, and an upper housing including a fluid outlet. The inner housing defines a chamber and is coupled to the base, and includes a fluid aperture adjacent to the base, and a fluid aperture adjacent to the upper housing and a viewing aperture. The chamber houses an evaporator system not visible through the outer housing, and an illumination device. Some embodiments include a repellent system with a base including a fluid inlet pivotably coupled to a main housing enclosing an inner region, and including an upper portion with at least one fluid outlet. In some embodiments, an evaporator system within the inner region is not visible through the main housing. Some embodiments include an evaporator assembly that includes a lockable evaporator support to render the system non-refillable.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLCInventors: Karen Formico, Jeffery Emmerich
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Patent number: 10021876Abstract: A composition that can solvate biofilms and disrupt bacterial cell walls acts to both kill the bacteria by cell lysis and remove the biofilm. This solvent-containing composition is effective against a broad spectrum of microbes and can be used on a variety of surfaces, both living and inanimate. The polarity of the solvent component of the composition is lower than that of pure water so that the composition exhibits increased efficacy in solvating the macromolecular matrix of a biofilm and in penetrating bacterial cell walls.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Next Science IP Holdings Pty LtdInventor: Matthew Franco Myntti
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Patent number: 10021877Abstract: Primarily, the present invention relates to the use of substances of the formula (I) as herbicides, in particular for controlling broad-leaved weeds and/or weed grasses in crops of useful plants and/or as plant growth regulators for influencing the growth of crops of useful plants. The invention furthermore relates to the novel herbicidal substances of the formulae (Ib) and (Ia). The present invention also relates to corresponding compositions comprising one or more of the herbicides of the formula (I) and further agrochemically active substances, and also to plant growth-regulating or herbicidal compositions comprising one or more of these compounds. Moreover, the present invention relates to processes for preparing the compounds of the formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Marc Mosrin, Harald Jakobi, Hansjoerg Dietrich, Elmar Gatzweiler, Christopher Rosinger, Dirk Schmutzler
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Patent number: 10021878Abstract: The use of sugar beet extract, particularly sugar beet molasses, when applied to produce as a fertilizer or fertilizer supplement after flowering produces produce having improved sweetness and taste.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Greatest Garden Produce LLCInventor: Raymond E. Kacirek
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Patent number: 10021879Abstract: Fumigant compositions including hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO) and methods of preparing such compositions are provided. The fumigant compositions may be suitable for use as soil fumigant compositions and structural fumigant compositions against a variety of undesirable species such as weeds, nematodes, pathogens, animals and insects. The fumigant compositions also have low toxicity and low Global Warming Potential (GWP).Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: David Nalewajek, Andrew J. Poss, Cheryl L. Cantlon
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Patent number: 10021880Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (I) or salt thereof (in the formula, A1 and A2 each independently represents a nitrogen atom or the like, B1, B2, B3 and B4 each independently represents a carbon atom or nitrogen atom, X1 represents an unsubstituted or substituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like, n represents a number of X1 and represents an integer of 0-4, R1 represents a halogeno group or the like, R2 represents an unsubstituted or substituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like, m represents a number of the oxide group bonding with the nitrogen atom which does not bond with R2 on the imidazole ring, and represents 0 or 1, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, Ar represents an unsubstituted or substituted C6-10 aryl group.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hikaru Aoyama, Maki Matsui, Takao Iwasa, Kazushige Fujii, Tomomi Kobayashi, Keita Sakanishi
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Patent number: 10021881Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for administering vaporized pyrimethanil as an antimicrobial to inhibit pathogens of agricultural crops.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: AGROFRESH INC.Inventors: Richard M. Jacobson, Daniel MacLean, Timothy Malefyt, Esther Gachango
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Patent number: 10021882Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing value added products from small grains, methods of making and uses thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, one value added product is used to prepare an aquaculture feed.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of AgricultureInventors: Keshun Liu, Frederic T. Barrows
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Patent number: 10021883Abstract: The present disclosure includes various method, and apparatus embodiments for high speed rinsing solution application. One such apparatus embodiment includes a substructure having an elliptical track, a catheter delivery system including a plurality of carriages coupled to the track, wherein each of the carriages includes a respective catheter delivery mechanism, a carousel drive system configured to drive the carriages such that the carriages circulate about the substructure on the track, a rotary timing valve positioned above a central portion of the substructure, the rotary timing valve including a plurality of outlets each positioned at a respective radial position on the rotary timing valve, wherein each of the plurality of outlets is connected to a respective catheter delivery mechanism by a hose, and a hose table positioned between the rotary timing valve and the substructure and configured to support the hoses.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: MPSC, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Michael Leiner, Earnest DeWayne Tooley, Ulises Pardo Arche
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Patent number: 10021884Abstract: Vent cutter including a rotatable cutter with forward cutting edge for cutting tissue around a vent of poultry. A centering pin can be inside the cutter with a thickened end portion for insertion into the vent prior to cutting. A clamping sleeve can be inside of the cutter and surround the centering pin. The centering pin and the clamping sleeve can be movable with respect to each other and arranged to cooperate for clamping tissue of the poultry. The clamping sleeve can be movable with respect to the cutter.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY B.V.Inventor: Cornelis Busch
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Patent number: 10021885Abstract: The present disclosure includes improved apparatuses and methods related to meat processing. One example method includes performing a first cut in association with a rinsing process performed on an animal, wherein performing the first cut includes severing at least one jugular vein of the animal; and subsequent to performing the first cut, performing a second cut that includes one of: making an incision in a vena cava of the animal that provides an exit location for treatment solution introduced into a circulatory system of the animal; and severing the vena cava of the animal such that the severed vena cava provides an exit location for treatment solution introduced into the circulatory system of the animal.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: MPSC, Inc.Inventors: Justin T. Johnsen, William J. Martin, Bradley J. Wilesmith
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Patent number: 10021886Abstract: A method and apparatus for deshelling shellfish, particularly lobsters. An automated processing line conveys shellfish through a plurality of stations that sanitize, butcher, cut, and extract the meat, and then packages and prepares the package for sale. Vision systems with multi-axis robots guide and manipulate the shellfish through the processing line. Customized breaking blocks are used to sever parts of the shellfish, for example, the tail, knuckles and claws of a lobster, and a customized gripping device is provided for securing the severed parts in position on a conveyor. A water knife is then used to precisely cut the shell of the severed part.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Eric Carlson
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Patent number: 10021887Abstract: A stand-alone gas-fired smoker constitutes a cabinet for holding food products to be cooked. A gas burner in the bottom of the cabinet is connected to a source of flammable gas by means of a variable gas valve. The gas burner heats the cabinet and thereby cooks the food products. An oil filled temperature sensing bulb is connected by means of a capillary tube to the variable gas valve in order to modulate the gas delivered through the variable gas valve to the gas burner and thereby modulate the temperature within the cabinet. A safety/ignition valve is connected between of the gas source and the variable gas valve. The safety/ignition valve is connected to a flame sensor, and the safety/ignition valve closes if the flame sensor senses that the gas burner has been extinguished.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Masterbuilt Manufacturing, LLCInventors: John D. McLemore, Joseph L. Turner, Adam Carter, Robert Terrell, Daniel Mercer
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Patent number: 10021888Abstract: Implementations of a vertical smoker and cooker for food are provided. In some implementations, the vertical smoker and cooker may be configured to cook and smoke food using charcoal briquettes and wood chips while maintaining a constant cooking temperature within the cooking chamber. In some implementations, the vertical smoker and cooker may be configured to protect the contents of the cooking chamber from direct exposure to the radiant heat coming from the fire box and prevent meat drippings from falling into the fire box. In some implementations, the vertical smoker and cooker may comprise a housing having an interior cooking chamber accessible through a first door, and a fire box chamber accessible through a second door, and an array of drip guides positioned between the cooking chamber and the fire box chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Curtis Glenn McLamb
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Patent number: 10021889Abstract: A grill smoker apparatus provides a container and a cover. A carrier is disposed in the container. The carrier is configured to store smoke producing material such as wood chips. The carrier may be removable from the container for filling the container, for emptying the container, for replacing the container or for cleaning the smoker apparatus. The carrier includes an outer dimension smaller than the inner dimension of the container. As such, a carrier gap is defined between the inner container wall and the outer region of the carrier. The carrier gap may form a uniform, annular gap in some embodiments. Alternatively, the carrier gap has a non-uniform radial dimension around the perimeter of the container. The carrier gap provides enhanced airflow to the smoke producing material in the carrier for improving smoker performance. A heat concentrator also focuses heat to the smoker apparatus for igniting the smoke producing material.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Kevin Vinett
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Patent number: 10021890Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating animal skim milk and sweet whey and/or acid whey, having: (a) ultrafiltration (UF1) of a first liquid composition including animal skim milk with 70-90 wt % casein and 10-30 wt % whey proteins, based on total protein, over a first ultrafiltration membrane having a molecular weight cut-off of 2.5-25 kDa using a volume concentration factor of 1.5-6 to obtain a retentate (UFR1) and a permeate (UFP1); (b) ultrafiltration (UF2) of a second liquid composition including sweet whey and/or acid whey over a second ultrafiltration membrane having a molecular weight cut-off of 2.5-25 kDa using a volume concentration factor of 2-15 to obtain a retentate (UFR2) and a permeate (UFP2); and (c) mixing the UF retentate originating from step (a) with the UF retentate originating from step (b) to obtain a mixture of UF retentates.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: N.V. NutriciaInventors: John Tobin, Jitti Chiaranaipanich, Rudolph Eduardus Maria Verdurmen, Antonius Hendricus Janssen, Olivier Bertrand Rabartin, Raoul Charles Johan Moonen, Martijn Johannes Van Der Hoeven
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Patent number: 10021891Abstract: An apparatus for making cheese including a whey conduit, a milk conduit, and a heat exchange device between the whey conduit and the milk conduit. Preferably, the heat exchange device includes a heat transfer circuit including a heat transfer conduit, heat transfer medium in the heat transfer conduit, a whey heat exchanger between the whey conduit and the heat transfer conduit, and a milk heat exchanger between the heat transfer conduit and the milk conduit. A thermal storage device can be in thermal contact with the heat exchange device to allow heat energy from the whey to be accumulated and stored for future use in heating incoming milk. The thermal storage device includes a thermal storage conduit, a thermal storage heat exchanger between the heat exchange device and the thermal storage conduit, thermal storage medium in the thermal storage conduit, and a thermal storage tank.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Rohde Brothers, Inc.Inventor: Michael E. Rohde
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Patent number: 10021892Abstract: The present invention relates to a snack-type dry cheese or dairy foodstuff and to its process of manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Bongrain SAInventors: Claude Oustric, Didier Beudon
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Patent number: 10021893Abstract: A chocolate food product that is low in fat, dairy free, soy and lecithin free, free of added sugar or ingredients that increase sugar content, substantially starch-free, Isomaltooligosaccharide-free, oligosaccharide-free, maltitol-free, sorbitol-free, xylitol-free, erythritol-free, and isomalt-free. The chocolate food product may comprise: a cocoa butter, an unsweetened cocoa powder, a glycerin, a coconut cream, an almond milk, a pectin, a salt, a monk fruit blend, and a coconut flour.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: URL IP Holdings, LLCInventor: Jonathan Heine
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Patent number: 10021894Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a baked chocolate by shaping a chocolate to a prescribed shape and baking, wherein the inherent softness of chocolate can be maintained in the interior of the baked chocolate obtained thereby, and sagging during baking and uneven baking can be prevented. During baking of the shaped chocolate in an oven, characterized in that an ambient temperature during a first half of baking is set to 170-350° C., an ambient temperature during a second half of baking is set to 150-330° C., and the temperature during the first half of baking is set to at least 20° C. higher than the temperature during the second half of baking. The baked chocolate is preferably aerated to a specific gravity of 0.3-1.1.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: MORINAGA & CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Iemoto, Yasuyoshi Kinta
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Patent number: 10021895Abstract: A method of coating a wide variety of foodstuffs with tasty marshmallow material simply by enclosing foodstuffs with marshmallows in the same container that permits gaseous venting, but otherwise secures the enclosed foodstuffs. Microwaving the container for one minute or less causes the marshmallow, responding to the microwaves, to radically expand many times its original size. The expanding marshmallow quickly and conveniently coats the secured foodstuffs in the container with a layer of marshmallow material to produce a tasty food treat. The addition of a stick or other handling means is highly desirable, as is a means of easily extracting the food treat from the enclosure and aids in keeping hands clean while eating the food treat.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Donald Lee Darnell
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Patent number: 10021896Abstract: Pulse proteins of reduced astringency are obtained by fractionating pulse protein products which are completely soluble and heat stable in aqueous media at acid pH value of less than about 4.4 into lower molecular weight, less astringent proteins and higher molecular weight, more astringent proteins.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: BURCON NUTRASCIENCE (MB) CORP.Inventors: Martin Schweizer, Sarah Medina, Kevin I. Segall
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Patent number: 10021897Abstract: Protein feed compositions and methods of making the protein feed compositions are disclosed herein. The protein feed compositions may comprise zein and are derived from a starch-based feedstock-to-ethanol fermentation conversion process such as a corn-to-ethanol conversion process. Methods of making the compositions include performing a starch-based feedstock-to-ethanol fermentation process in a manner that reduces the total heat exposure of the components of the protein composition as compared to a similar process which uses a cooking process to saccharify starch and/or a distillation process to separate the fermentation beer into ethanol and whole stillage. The process may include centrifugation of the fermentation beer resulting in a bulk solids mixture, extraction of a protein composition from the resulting bulk solids mixture, and desolventizing the extracted protein composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: POET Research, Inc.Inventor: Steven G Redford
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Patent number: 10021898Abstract: Smokers can enclose smoking subjects for production of trapped smoke with limited airflow. Optimal airflow rates and resulting smoking effects can be achieved through smokers. If a smoker has approximately 60 cubic inches volume, four 2-millimeter holes at an air inlet point achieves desired airflow and oxygen consumption in typical fills and cooking temperatures. Smokers may include a lid or other seal or access point to permit placement and enclosure of smoking materials. Smokers are useable with conventional grills and may be shaped to sit on grill racks without blocking desired airflow by grill components or smoking materials. Smokers may include a detachable handle for safer handling and heating.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Inventor: Masoud Mafi
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Patent number: 10021899Abstract: Stevia compositions are prepared from steviol glycosides of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. The compositions are able to provide a superior taste profile and can be used as sweetness enhancers, flavor enhancers and sweeteners in foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: PureCircle Sdn BhdInventor: Avetik Markosyan