Patents Issued in October 20, 2020
  • Patent number: 10806102
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive for feed rollers of a head of a complete timber harvester includes two radial piston motors coupled for conjoint rotation to the feed rollers. One radial piston motor has only one displacement volume and the other radial piston motor has two displacement volumes, between which it is possible to switch. A tree trunk clamped between the feed rollers can thus be moved at two speeds. At the higher speed, pressure medium circulates under a control pressure in the second displacement volume of the switchable radial piston motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Iain Edward
  • Patent number: 10806103
    Abstract: A log processing head with a top knife and moveable feed means and delimbing and/or debarking means pushing a log against the top knife by means of actuators. In order to allow the top knife to follow the contour of the log without damaging a pin holding the knife, a pivot joint is used between the knife and the connection of the pin on the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Arto Alfthan, Lauri Palmroth
  • Patent number: 10806104
    Abstract: This emitter is constituted from an emitter body, a film, and a cover. The emitter has a water intake part, a discharge part, a first flow path, a second flow path, a flow reduction part, a flow path opening/closing part, a pressure-reducing flow path, and a bypass flow path. When the pressure of an irrigation liquid flowing through a tube is less than a first pressure, the irrigation liquid passes through the pressure-reducing flow path and the bypass flow path and is guided to the discharge part. When the pressure of the irrigation liquid flowing through the tube is equal to or greater than the first pressure, the second flow path is closed by the flow path opening/closing part, and the irrigation liquid taken in from the water intake part passes through the pressure-reducing flow path and is guided to the discharge part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Kidachi
  • Patent number: 10806105
    Abstract: A spray boom includes a body having a length defined a first end and a second end thereof. The body is formed by a plurality of layers of composite material adapted to be molded together to form an inner surface and an outer surface. A hollow cavity is defined in the body internally of the inner surface, and a channel is formed in the body between the inner surface and the outer surface. The channel extends along the length and is defined between the first end and the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Patrick M. Murphy
  • Patent number: 10806106
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pull-out force compensating gearbox mount for an irrigation machine. According to an exemplary preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a system to counteract pull-out forces by inducing camber into the wheel gearbox and thus the tire. According to a further preferred embodiment, the tire of the present invention preferably begins to camber as a result of excessive pull-out force, with the bottom of the tire moving outwards relative to the top of the tire. This camber action is preferably applied to mitigate the pull-out forces. According to a further preferred embodiment, when excessive pull-out forces are reduced, the tire is then returned to its original position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Valmont Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew T. Olson
  • Patent number: 10806107
    Abstract: The described technology relates to a water culture block, which can be stacked in multiple stages along a wall surface, and a water culture device having the same. The water culture block can include a block body including side plates each having an opening, and a bottom plate connected to the side plates to form a receiving space, and at least one overflow tube having a hollow portion and configured to pass through the bottom plate to communicate an inside of the block body with an outside thereof. The water culture block can also include a water tray body formed at an upper portion of the block body and having a through hole for providing a fluid to the receiving space, and a pipe in communication with the through hole and coupled to the water tray body to support the water tray body on the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventors: Hyochan Jun, Jonghyun Jun
  • Patent number: 10806108
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for identifying the SCN resistant phenotype in soybean. In some embodiments, the disclosure concerns methods for performing marker-assisted breeding and selection of plants carrying one or more determinants of SCN resistance in soybean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yonghe Bai, Fang Lu, Thomas W. Greene, Robert E. Moore, Bradley Hedges, Siva P. Kumpatla, Raghav Ram
  • Patent number: 10806109
    Abstract: The invention relates to a diploid watermelon having fruit with approximately ? lower sugar content than common watermelons found in the market place, and plant characteristics favorable for use as a pollenizer for commercial production of seedless watermelons. In addition to reduced sugar, fruit characteristics of the invention include a tough rind, firm flesh, distinct rind color, and small fruit. The watermelon plant of the invention has the characteristics of extended flowering duration, thin leaves, long sprawling vines, and resistance to Fusarium Wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum race 1. The invention combining the above mentioned fruit and plant characteristics can serve the dual purpose of producing reduced sugar watermelon fruit, and pollinating seedless watermelons. This will, in effect, produce reduced sugar watermelons which are beneficial for consumers with type 2 diabetes, as a byproduct of commercial seedless watermelon production making the product more economically feasible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: A.G.R. Seeds Ltd.
    Inventor: Eliezer Zuckerbraun
  • Patent number: 10806110
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH101720. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH101720, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH101720 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 CH101720.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Holland, James R. Larkins, David W. Peters
  • Patent number: 10806111
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH100469. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH100469, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH100469 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 CH100469.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel J. Page, Jon Popi
  • Patent number: 10806112
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95N829 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95N829 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95N829 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95N829, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95N829 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95N829 and methods of using maize variety X95N829 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Gustavo Marcelo Garcia, Edwin Michael Grote, Jay Robert Hotchkiss, Gerhard P Weber
  • Patent number: 10806113
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to new lettuce variety NUN 09117 LTL as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Johan Van Zee
  • Patent number: 10806114
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH100067. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH100067, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH100067 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 CH100067.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Fufa H. Birru, Richard G. Stelpflug, Rafael A. Mateo
  • Patent number: 10806115
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV792456. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV792456, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV792456 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV792456 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV792456.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Mark J. Brinkman, Peter Guzman
  • Patent number: 10806116
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH969845. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH969845, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH969845 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 CH969845.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Fufa H. Birru, Christian J. Buffard, Jeffrey M. Sernett
  • Patent number: 10806117
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH100147. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH100147, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH100147 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 CH100147.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MOnsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Marvin L. Boerboom, Bradley A. Sockness
  • Patent number: 10806118
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 80342127 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 80342127, to the plants of soybean cultivar 80342127, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 80342127, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 80342127. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 80342127. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 80342127, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 80342127 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Mertec, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Joseph Arthur Grams
  • Patent number: 10806119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to key genes in the biosynthesis of steroidal alkaloids and saponins, including regulatory genes and enzyme-encoding genes, and to use thereof for altering the content of steroidal (glyco)alkaloids or phytosterols in plants. The present invention provides genetically modified plants or gene edited plants with altered content of steroidal (glyco)alkaloids, particularly to Solanaceous crop plants with reduced content of antinutritional steroidal glycoalkaloids and to the increase in phytosterols, including cholesterol or cholestanol in these plants. The present invention also provides methods of altering gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Asaph Aharoni, Prashant Sonawane, Maxim Itkin
  • Patent number: 10806120
    Abstract: A kneading channel is provided with an inlet end which is open to receive curd to be kneaded and an outlet end which is open to dispense the curd; a pair of counter-rotating mutually opposite motorized augers, arranged side by side in the kneading channel, move the curd toward outlet end; steam injector elements are opened in the kneading channel; a kneading chamber, which receives the curd from the outlet of the kneading channel, accommodates a motorized spindle with a vertical axis which has rotating arms that cooperate with the fixed arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: CMT COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE E TECNOLOGIA SPA
    Inventor: Stefano Tomatis
  • Patent number: 10806121
    Abstract: An animal litter composition comprising 2-methylbut-2-enal is described for the modification and reduction of dominant behaviors in household animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Sergeant's Pet Care Products, LLC
    Inventors: John McGlone, Mark Levin
  • Patent number: 10806122
    Abstract: An automated horse feeder includes a housing having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and an interior feed chamber. The rear wall includes a pair of L-shaped hangers for suspending the housing from a stall board or other suitable support surface. At predefined, programmable intervals, a controller opens a release hatch on the bottom wall of the housing and rotates an internal auger to gradually dispense feed from the chamber into an underlying nosebag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventors: Tio Torres, Christopher Torres
  • Patent number: 10806123
    Abstract: The present invention builds and conveys to users in need thereof a Grass Growth Index (GGI) and a Nematode Suitability Index (NSI), to assist the determination of whether and when to administer parasiticides to grazing livestock, such as bovine, ovine and caprine animals. In particular, the invention relates to a computer-implemented method whereby GGI and NSI are calculated based upon both user-supplied information (e.g. grass/forage type and location data) and user-independent information (e.g. weather and environmental condition data associated with the location over time, and grass and nematode growth parameters). Importantly, the disclosed methods provide users with information as to when and where their herds of grazing animals may be at the greatest risk of parasite infestation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM ANIMAL HEALTH USA INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Mario Imperiale-Hagerman
  • Patent number: 10806124
    Abstract: A first system for determining the relative health of a chick having a first moving platform to support a chick, a first image capture device, a first database having a library of digital images relating to healthy and unhealthy chicks and a computer processor in communication with the image capture device and database. A second system for determining the gender of a chick includes a second moving platform, a second image capture device, stimuli directed at the chick to cause the chick to open its wings. The second system also includes a second database having wing patterns of male and female chicks of the breed of the chick on the second moving platform and a second computer processor in communication with the second image capture device and the second database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Applied LifeSciences and Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Ramin Karimpour
  • Patent number: 10806125
    Abstract: The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may create a user profile based on user data associated with a user and animal data associated with the user's service animal. The computing device may receive a destination input and determine one or more routes to the input destination, the one or more routes each being associated with a set of route commands. The computing device may receive a route selection and translate the set of route commands associated with the selected route into a set of service animal command signals. The computing device may transmit a first service animal command signal from the set of service animal command signals to a signal device, the signal device being attached to the user's service animal and generate an output by the signal device corresponding with the first service animal command signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jiawei Wu, Shunguo Yan, Brent Shiver, Thomas Andrew Brunet, Ali Ishaq Unwala, Alberto Fung
  • Patent number: 10806126
    Abstract: A dog bark detection and deterrent method and system including a collar configured to be affixed to a pet, the collar having an audio transmitter configured to provide an audio stimulus; and a power source provided within collar operable to provide power to the audio transmitter, and an audio sensor. The collar is configured to determine when a dog is barking and provide stimulus to deter the dog from continuing to bark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: WAGZ, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Loewke, Terry Anderton, Samuel Stoddard
  • Patent number: 10806127
    Abstract: A pet toy, in combination, including a containment structure having a longitudinal axis and cross section defining an interior volume. The containment structure, which is preferably collapsible, includes a plurality of containment openings along its longitudinal axis exposing the interior volume to a pet during use of the pet toy, and an electronic component in the form of a hollow shell having a shell opening configured therein. A motor having a rotatable shaft extends toward the opening. A power supply for powering the motor and optional microprocessor, the motor, microprocessor and power supply being supported within the interior of the hollow shell. An attractant is affixed to the rotatable shaft and extends through the shell opening, the microprocessor being programmed to control operation of the motor to cause the attractant to rotate intermittently, the electronic component and attractant being visible to a pet during use of the pet toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Worldwise, Inc.
    Inventors: Hannah Rosenberg, Victoria Davila, Charles Floyd
  • Patent number: 10806128
    Abstract: A dog harness is provided with a leash-holding element with controlled displacement for search dogs performing special work, comprising a back strap, a belly strap with a quick release buckle, and a chest strap running between the chest bone and the throat area. The leash-holding element with controlled displacement has an elastic design, stretching along the axis line, in line with the spine of the dog to a given extent, reducing the load on the dog when led on a leash, primarily during special mantrailing—search work, when the dog is sniffing the ground with an outstretched neck. The leash-holding element with controlled displacement moves on the axis line as a function of the forces acting on the leash-holding end element. The leash-holding element follows the mechanism of movement characteristic of search work, and allows smooth working for the search dog led on a leash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: JULIUS-K9 LLC, JULIUS-K9 ZRT.
    Inventor: Gyula Sebö
  • Patent number: 10806129
    Abstract: The field of this invention is classifying animal behaviors. In particular the fields of this invention include using animals in vivariums, such as rodents, particularly mice. Animal behaviors are classified according to behaviors consistent with healthy or unhealthy organs or locations within organs, such as the brain. Injected neoplastic cells may be used to create an unhealthy organ or location within an organ. Classifications also include responses to different therapies. The behavior of the animals is observed using fully automatic, continuous monitoring using per-cage ultrasonic and video sensors, where behavior recording is free of human, manual actions. Observed behavior is consistent with healthy or unhealthy behaviors specific to the injection site. Both positive and negative baseline behaviors are collected, typically using the same system or method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Vium, Inc.a
    Inventors: Jonathan Betts-Lacroix, Laura Schaevitz
  • Patent number: 10806130
    Abstract: A method and system for managing livestock health in real-time is provided. The method and system analyze and detect anomalies in various livestock health-related parameters and provide a health management plan that includes nutritional recommendations for curing the anomalies. A method for manufacturing a livestock feed is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Premex, Inc.
    Inventors: Andres Felipe Posada Moreno, Daniel Jimenez Mejia
  • Patent number: 10806131
    Abstract: An aquaponics system including a rearing tank of a rearing system and cultivation beds of a cultivation system, wherein the cultivation beds are arranged vertically in two or more stages. The system includes a rearing and cultivation circulating system in which liquid in the rearing tank is supplied to each of the cultivation beds, and the liquid in each bed is returned to the tank, to thereby circulate through the tank, beds, and tank. Fish and shellfish can be reared in the rearing tank and a plant can be cultivated in the cultivation beds, with the liquid circulating through the circulating path. Both a cultivation circulating system in which the liquid circulates through the water storage tank, the cultivation beds, and the water storage tank, and a rearing circulating system in which the liquid circulates through the rearing tank, the water storage tank, and the rearing tank may be arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: HORIMASA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaharu Hori
  • Patent number: 10806132
    Abstract: Some examples include a fishing lure including a tubular body extending between a trailing end and a leading end, the leading and trailing ends each include a pair of notches radially spaced from one another, and a fishhook coupled to the trailing end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventor: Richard George Bjorklund, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10806133
    Abstract: A rotor of a spinning reel for fishing has a cylindrical portion, a first rotor arm, a first bail support, a first coupling member, and a first cover. The cylindrical portion is mounted rotatably on a reel body. The first rotor arm extends forward radially outside the cylindrical portion. The first bail support is pivotably rotatable coupled to a tip of the first rotor arm. The first coupling member couples the first bail support to the first rotor arm and has an engaged portion. The first cover covers at least partially the first rotor arm and the first bail support and has an engaging portion that comes into engagement with the engaged portion of the first coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Kei Saito, Takuji Takamatsu, Satoshi Ikebukuro, Tomoya Deguchi
  • Patent number: 10806134
    Abstract: An adjustable bracket that clamps onto a first axis includes a rod defining a second, orthogonal axis upon which a pivot block is mounted. The pivot block includes two perpendicular splined apertures which may receive a fishing rod holder that has a splined shaft to fix the azimuth orientation of the rod holder in the pivot block. The fishing rod holder has a clevis which receives a perforated ear of a rod retaining tube. A fastener clamps the retaining tube in the clevis at a desired elevation angle. The retaining tube has other features which may coddle a reel mounted on a fishing rod. The azimuth options of the spline interface and the elevation adjustment of the clevis joint provide second and third adjustable axes for orienting a fishing pole from an attachment point on any railing or stanchion or post on a vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventors: James Robert McMenamy, James Bruce McMenamy
  • Patent number: 10806135
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fumigation vaporizer capable of quickly vaporizing a fumigant, which is widely used in agriculture or quarantine to control insects or weeds, thereby safely and effectively carrying out fumigation, as compared to a conventional process. The fumigation vaporizer includes a housing, a fumigant supply pipe, a heater, a non-explosive gas supply member, a gas supply pipe, a vessel-type heater, a gas discharge pipe, and a controller. The housing is provided with a heating hollow portion at the lower portion of the inner cavity, in which the non-explosive gas heated and supplied by the vessel-type heater heats a bottom surface of the inner cavity while passing through the heating hollow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SAFEFUME Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hoe-geun Kim
  • Patent number: 10806136
    Abstract: A pesticide strip assembly for easy application and monitoring levels of pesticide including a flexible panel, an adhesive layer and an insecticide impregnated gel. The flexible panel is elongated and has a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The adhesive layer is attached to the bottom side of the flexible panel. The adhesive layer comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive that is positioned on a flexible strip. The adhesive layer is covering and is adhesively secured to the bottom side of the flexible panel. The gel is infused with an insecticide and is positioned on the flexible panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Pradines, Melissa Pradines
  • Patent number: 10806137
    Abstract: A bait station including a first bait station subassembly and a second bait station subassembly removably-secured to the first bait station subassembly. The first bait station subassembly includes a housing, at least one panel-engaging member and a lid member. The housing has a body defining an axial passage and at least one radial passage in fluid communication with the axial passage. The lid member is hingedly-connected to the housing. The lid member defines a passage. The second bait station subassembly includes a bait spike and a bait spike retainer. The bait spike retainer defines an axial bait spike passage. The bait spike is movably-disposed within the axial bait spike passage of the bait spike retainer and the passage of the lid member. A portion of a bait station is also disclosed. A bait spike assembly is also disclosed. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: NEOGEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: James B. Holland, Michael Benton, Mitchell Rivenbark
  • Patent number: 10806138
    Abstract: A coupling apparatus for connecting an accessory to a rear of an ATV. The coupling apparatus includes a first support member configured to connect to the rear of the ATV, a second support member configured to connect to the accessory, and a coupling member configured to connect the first support member to the second support member. Finally, a shock is connected between the coupling member and the second support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventors: Phillip R. C. Latham, Michael Clark
  • Patent number: 10806139
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for recovering living cells highly efficiently from cryopreserved cells by thawing and a system designed for such a method. The method for recovering living cells from cryopreserved cells includes thawing cryopreserved cells and diluting the thawed cell suspension with a diluent, wherein the dilution is performed in such a way that the maximum load of osmotic pressure at the time of dilution is equal to or less than 250 mOsm/second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouichirou Yori, Ryohei Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10806140
    Abstract: An antimicrobial composition including low molecular weight dendrimers of formula (1): Q is an antimicrobial moiety in monomer or dendritic form, N is a nitrogen atom, L2 is a linker linking each Y1 molecular spacer to the nitrogen atom, Y1 is a molecular spacer spacing each antimicrobial moiety Q from the L2 linker, there are two or more chains of antimicrobial moieties and molecular spacers, X is a linker configured to covalently bond to surface functionalities of the substrate, and Y2 is a molecular spacer between the linker X and the nitrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Physical Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Dorin V. Preda, Aaron R. Rathmell, Colin M. Hessel, John D. Lennhoff, Mitchell T. Antalek
  • Patent number: 10806141
    Abstract: Provided is a plant disease control composition having a broad spectrum against various plant pathogens, and shows excellent controlling effects (synergistic controlling effects) which cannot be expected from a single component alone. The plant disease control composition comprises (Group a) at least one quinoline compound represented by the formula: (wherein R1, R2: an alkyl which may be substituted, an aryl which may be substituted, etc.; R3, R4: H, an alkyl which may be substituted, etc.; X: halogen, an alkyl which may be substituted, etc.; Y: halogen, alkyl, etc.; n: 0 to 4; m: 0 to 6) or a salt thereof, and at least one of fungicidal compounds selected from the group consisting of a Strobilurin series compound, a triazole series compound, etc., as effective ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS AGRO, INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tamagawa, Hiroshi Ishimoto, Mayumi Takagi, Toshiaki Ohara, Harukazu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10806142
    Abstract: What are described are compounds of the general formula (I) and agrochemically acceptable salts (I) thereof and the use thereof in the crop protection sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Klemens Minn, Estella Buscato Arsequell, Harald Jakobi, Hansjörg Dietrich, Elmar Gatzweiler, Christopher Hugh Rosinger
  • Patent number: 10806143
    Abstract: The present invention provides light weight, water dispersible, granular compositions containing a first herbicide and a second herbicide in which the first herbicide and the second herbicide have different physical characteristics. In particular, the present invention relates to granular herbicidal compositions comprising a low melting point herbicide, carfentrazone-ethyl, and a high melting point herbicide, sulfosulfuron, having excellent dispersibility in water and chemical and physical stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Hong Liu
  • Patent number: 10806144
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising benzyl alcohol, one or more cationic antimicrobial agent, and one or more emollient, the combination of which results in persistent antimicrobial activity after application to the skin. The compositions optionally further comprise an organic acid and/or a zinc salt, such as zinc gluconate, as an anti-irritant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Shanta M. Modak, Santoshkumar Hanmantrao Dongre
  • Patent number: 10806145
    Abstract: Provided are applications of protein VdAL in improving the output, product quality and drought resistance of a plant and in improving fruit coloring of the plant. The protein VdAL is selected from one of A1) to A3): A1), protein having an amino acid sequence that is 1; A2) protein that is derived from A), that has same functions and that is obtained by substituting and/or deleting and/or adding one or several amino acid residues for, from or to the sequence 1; and A3) fusion protein obtained by connecting labels to an N end and/or a C end of A1) or A2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PHEROBIO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Junsheng Qi, Zhizhong Gong, Xuhui Hong, Dingpeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10806146
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions for use to enhance weed control. Specifically, the present invention provides for methods and compositions that modulate glutamine synthetase in weed species. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that enhance weed control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Ader, John J. Finnessy, Zhaolong Li, James D. Masucci, Ronak Hasmukh Shah, Nengbing Tao, Jennifer Chou Taylor
  • Patent number: 10806147
    Abstract: A method for reducing the effects of biological contamination in a hydrocarbon-containing system comprising the steps of continuously adding a formulation comprising tris(hydroxymethyl)phosphine or a tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium salt to the system for one day or more; monitoring the efficacy of the continuous treatment by an assessment of the extent to which there is any effect on the environment that is attributable to metabolic activity of active microbes present in the system; wherein the tris(hydroxymethyl)phosphine or tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium salt is added at a concentration of from 1 to 30 ppm based on the total volume of aqueous fluid added to the system, and wherein the formulation is added to the system at a stage to minimize incompatibility with any other chemicals that are added to the aqueous fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Chris Jones, Stephanie Edmunds, Gareth Collins
  • Patent number: 10806148
    Abstract: Aqueous compositions are provided which consist of i) one or more of glufosinate, glufosinate salts, fertilizer, and mixtures thereof, ii) an alkyl amidoamine, and iii) a quaternary ammonium compound. Furthermore the such compositions in the preparation of agricultural formulations and the use of such formulations to treat a field, plants, or seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Rupak, HongBin He
  • Patent number: 10806149
    Abstract: A method for producing silver-ion antibacterial liquid using a type A or type X silver zeolite includes a process to weigh silver zeolite for obtain its blending quantity in a range of 0.1 to 20.0 percent by weight and to weigh citric acid for obtaining its blending quantity such that its blending ratio to the silver zeolite becomes 1.2 or greater, followed by blending of the two into purified water; a process to mix under agitation the silver zeolite and citric acid blended in the purified water to prepare a mixture liquid containing at least a citric acid-silver complex and silica hydrate; and a process to remove the silica hydrate produced in the mixture liquid. The production method can produce at low cost a silver-ion antibacterial liquid offering immediate bactericidal effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Taiki Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakamura, Koji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10806150
    Abstract: The invention describes recombinant DNA sequences transcribed into RNA constructs capable of forming Virus Like Particles (VLPs) suitable for insect control applications. Specifically, the disclosure provides a method for controlling target insects comprising, transforming a microbial host with a first DNA sequence comprising a gene encoding a bacteriophage capsid protein and a second DNA sequence encoding an RNA transcript comprising at least one bacteriophage pac sequence coupled to an RNAi precursor sequence, inducing the microbial host to express the first and second DNA sequences, isolating virus-like-particles (VLPs) comprising the capsid protein and RNAi precursor from the microbial host, and contacting the isolated VLPs with the target insects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: APSE, INC.
    Inventors: John L. Killmer, Juan Pedro Humberto Arhancet, Patrick D. McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 10806151
    Abstract: A device and method for shaping baked goods that includes a container and a shaping rack engaging a semi-solid consumable substance within the container to enable creative and decorative shaping and decoration of the semi-solid consumable substance. The shaping rack comprises a perimeter frame section that encloses a framed shaping section. The framed shaping section forms multiple framed sub-sections having geometric shapes. The shaping rack is superimposed over the semi-solid consumable substance. The shaping rack translates, with a sharp edge, toward a bottom surface of the semi-solid consumable substance. In translation, the shaping rack penetrates the semi-solid consumable substance to a determined depth. This allows formation of consumable substance units corresponding in shape, respectively, to the geometric shapes of the framed sub-sections. Blocks on opposite ends of the semi-solid consumable substance restrict penetration by the shaping rack past a predetermined depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventor: Eve Horne