Patents Issued in December 22, 2020
  • Patent number: 10869427
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method for increasing the harvesting effectiveness of a combine harvester using a removable cover plate assembly, which may be quickly attached, detached and adjusted to the exterior of a concave grate of a combine harvester in order to adjust the flow characteristics of the concave or separator grate assemblies. The method for using the cover plate assembly increases the threshing capability of the rasp bar threshing cylinder while simultaneously capturing additional threshed grain. Moreover, the cover plate assembly of the present invention enables a single set of concave grate assemblies to better harvest a wider variety of crop types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Brian Robertson
  • Patent number: 10869428
    Abstract: Baling apparatus and method including a baling chamber having one or more splitting knives for dividing crop material picked up from a field to discharge divided bales simultaneously from the baling chamber to be received by an ejection chute structure which ejects the divided bales in spaced relation to each other as the baling apparatus is moved along the field. The spaced relation can be longitudinal by ejecting the divided bales at staggered times and/or can be laterally spaced by turning the bales in the ejection chute structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Jason Grady
  • Patent number: 10869429
    Abstract: An illumination device, which may include a plurality of housing members, a plurality of light emitting elements arranged on each of the housing members, a motor coupled to the housing members to rotate them about a central axis, a sensor system for providing a signal in response to a condition of an area of interest, and control system for controlling the rotational speed of the motor, and selectively energizing the light emitting elements in response to the signal from the sensor, to provide the desired target area with a desired illumination output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Mold Metis, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Wilmering, Brian Curry, Friso Schlottau
  • Patent number: 10869430
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for using photosynthetic biomass to purify water, reduce indoor air pollution, remove greenhouse gases including CO2 from outdoor atmospheric air, and produce biofuel, food products, and fertilizer are provided herein. Also provided herein are systems and methods for enhancing growth of a photosynthetic biomass in a greenhouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: CARBON SINK, INC.
    Inventor: Frank O'Keefe
  • Patent number: 10869431
    Abstract: A lamp for growing plants in a greenhouse, having an elongated shape with a longitudinal axis, includes one or more LEDs and connectors, configured to connect two adjacent lamps in series, wherein the longitudinal axis of the connector providing a connection between two adjacent lamps is oriented orthogonally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Alessandro Pasini, Enzo Cuoghi, Paolo Versari, Mirco Berti
  • Patent number: 10869432
    Abstract: Some example embodiments may provide a capability for intelligent control or management of a number of assets in connection with yard maintenance with the assistance or inclusion of a management unit having distributed properties. Thus, for example, sensor equipment and task performance equipment operation may be coordinated between local management and remote management entities for efficient monitoring and maintaining of lawn wellness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Tomas Wykman, Fredrik Edholm, Eric Lennings, Pär Christensson, Stefan Grufman, Björn Mannefred, Patrik Jägenstedt, Magnus Öhrlund, Olle Markusson
  • Patent number: 10869433
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing the tops of trees, the apparatus including a rotatable first boom configured for coupling to and extending vertically downward from an aircraft and a cutting assembly hingedly coupled to a bottom end portion of the first boom. The cutting assembly includes a housing containing a motor, the housing having an upper portion coupled to the bottom end portion of the first boom. A second boom extends from a lower portion of the housing and supports thereon a singular circular saw which is operatively coupled to the motor. The second boom is arranged at an angle of about 30° to about 55° relative to the first boom. This accomplished by including bend within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Ashley Clayton Haddock, Layne Edwin Leoffler, III
  • Patent number: 10869434
    Abstract: An in-line button drip emitter may include a core fitting into a cover. For example, the core may include a cylindrical section with an elliptical cross section. For example the cover may close over a pressure reducing labyrinth formed in the outer cylindrical sides of the core. Optionally the cover has a long axis which is parallel to the long axis of the cross section of the core. In some embodiments, the bonding surface has an arched profile. Optionally, the arched profile fits an inner wall of an irrigation tube. For example, an axis of the arched profile may be parallel to the long axis of the elliptical cross section of the core and/or the arched profile may be parallel to the axis of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Amirim Products Development & Patents Ltd.
    Inventor: Amir Cohen
  • Patent number: 10869435
    Abstract: This emitter has an emitter body, a film, and a cover. A sealed space is formed between the cover and a portion of the film. A flow channel in the emitter include: a first through-hole that is opened in a first surface and a second surface of the emitter body; and a second through-hole that is disposed downstream of the first through-hole. The film is disposed so as to block first surface-side openings of the first through-hole and the second through-hole. The film becomes distorted toward the side of the sealed space due to deformation caused in the film when the temperature of the film exceeds a preset value and when the pressure of irrigation liquid circulating within the flow channel exceeds a preset value, thereby creating a gap between the emitter body and the film, through which the first through-hole and the second through-hole are enabled to be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Morikoshi
  • Patent number: 10869436
    Abstract: A hydroponic growing system having multiple growing units, wherein each growing unit includes a container for a plant. The growing units are linked through a water recirculation system. The water recirculation system includes a sprayer located on an upper, inner portion of the growing unit above a water level. Water is sprayed downward onto the water surface and plants creating increased levels of oxygen for optimal growth. Each growing unit is connected to a water return channel that directs water to a water pump to circulate water throughout the system via a pressurized manifold system. Sprayers are connected to the manifold for introducing water into the growing unit. The system delivers limitless oxygen to roots and can produce healthy plants with fewer nutrients than conventional systems. The system provides increased oxygen levels such that plant life can thrive, even in less than optimal conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Harold Warrick
  • Patent number: 10869437
    Abstract: The invention is in the field of Brassica carinata breeding (i.e. Ethiopian mustard breeding), specifically relating to Brassica carinata variety AGR044-312E. The present invention relates to seeds, plants or parts thereof, cells, methods of making, and uses of this variety and its progeny.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: NUSEED GLOBAL INNOVATION LTD.
    Inventor: Rick Bennett
  • Patent number: 10869438
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH474B and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH474B with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH474B through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH474B or a locus conversion of PH474B with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Bruno Albrecht, Dario Prada
  • Patent number: 10869439
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 84080909 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 84080909, to the plants of soybean cultivar 84080909, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 84080909, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 84080909. 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 84080909. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 84080909, 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 84080909 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 10869440
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 1DLAA1074 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1DLAA1074 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1DLAA1074 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1DLAA1074 or a locus conversion of 1DLAA1074 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Christian Flachenecker
  • Patent number: 10869441
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95R276 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 X95R276 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95R276 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95R276, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95R276 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95R276 and methods of using maize variety X95R276 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Ken Alan Mayberry
  • Patent number: 10869442
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH945175. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH945175, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH945175 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 CH945175.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Fufa H. Birru, Christian J. Buffard, Richard G. Stelpflug
  • Patent number: 10869443
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X03N360 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 X03N360 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03N360 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X03N360, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03N360 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03N360 and methods of using maize variety X03N360 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Edwin Michael Grote, Eric Scott Riedeman
  • Patent number: 10869444
    Abstract: Described are compositions and methods for inhibiting polymerization of a monomer (e.g., styrene) composition a quinone methide polymerization retarder and an oxygen-containing amine compound that is a tertiary amine or hydroxylamine. In a mixture, the oxygen-containing amine compound improves the efficacy of the quinone methide polymerization retarder and provides greater antipolymerant activity. In turn, the mixture reduces or prevents apparatus fouling and improves the purity of monomer streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Masere, Lisheng Xu, Anahita Khanlari
  • Patent number: 10869445
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH47NN and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH47NN with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH47NN through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH47NN or a locus conversion of PH47NN with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Jacob Gadlage, Sara Johanna Elisabeth Larsson
  • Patent number: 10869446
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 89458876 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 89458876 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 89458876 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety 89458876, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 89458876 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 89458876 and methods of using maize variety 89458876 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Nathan Joel VanOpdorp
  • Patent number: 10869447
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 3AAXI2080 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 3AAXI2080 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 3AAXI2080 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 3AAXI2080 or a locus conversion of 3AAXI2080 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: AGRIGENETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yanxin Star Gao, Ken Alan Mayberry, Bruce Allen Nagel
  • Patent number: 10869448
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH101353. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH101353, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH101353 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 CH101353.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Richard G. Stelpflug, Rafael A. Mateo
  • Patent number: 10869449
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13N230 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 X13N230 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13N230 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13N230, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13N230 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13N230 and methods of using maize variety X13N230 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10869450
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 86372839 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 86372839, to the plants of soybean cultivar 86372839, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 86372839, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 86372839. 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 86372839. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 86372839, 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 86372839 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 10869451
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 89081933 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 89081933, to the plants of soybean cultivar 89081933, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 89081933, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 89081933. 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 89081933. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 89081933, 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 89081933 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 10869452
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072767. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072767. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072767 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072767 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Carrin Carlson
  • Patent number: 10869453
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072813. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072813. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072813 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072813 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Roger L. Lussenden
  • Patent number: 10869454
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073329. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073329. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073329 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073329 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: David L Price, Jeffrey M. Tyler
  • Patent number: 10869455
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 16R345B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 16R345B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 16R345B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 16R345B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Dawn E. Fraser
  • Patent number: 10869456
    Abstract: A pet stroller includes a supporting frame and a foldable access ramp assembly, wherein the supporting frame includes a supporting platform for a pet lying thereon. The foldable access ramp assembly, which is provided at the supporting frame, includes a ramp member slidably coupled at the supporting frame and being moved in a storage position that the ramp member is supported underneath the supporting platform, and an extension position that the ramp member is slid out frontwardly to extend from the supporting platform for the pet easily accessing in-and-out from the supporting platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Brandon Cheung
  • Patent number: 10869457
    Abstract: A ratcheted “Pipe and Strap Operating Drive System” (PSODS) is disclosed which efficiently and accurately positions a blocker, or door mechanism, over an opening which is of similar profile and dimensions as the door mechanism. In the preferred embodiment, PSODS is used to vary the position of a poultry house ventilation blocker or door mechanism from a tightly-closed position against the opening, or when required, within a certain range of door mechanism open positions, as dictated by weather conditions or internal air quality. At least two ratcheted reels are co-axially connected to the exterior of a tubular “pipe drive.” Each reel is connected, at its core, to the first end of a strap, with the second end of the strap being connected to the door mechanism. Upon axial rotation of the pipe drive in either direction, the reels simultaneously rotate, straps move correspondingly so as to position the entire door mechanism within a desired range relative to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Ari M. Brandley, J. Theodore Brandley
  • Patent number: 10869458
    Abstract: An animal litter box apparatus includes a main body having a base and vertical sides. A main body front side has a dual-walled construction including an exterior wall, a spaced-apart interior wall, and an upper edge adjoining upper ends of the interior and exterior walls to define an interior storage space. A compound opening is defined by respective cut-out portions of the interior wall, exterior wall, and the upper edge. A magnetic coupling element within the interior storage space cooperates with a corresponding magnet on a litter-sifting basket of a litter scoop to selectively retain the litter scoop basket therein. A recessed portion of the exterior surface of the exterior wall accommodates a proximal end portion of the litter scoop handle. An inverted U-shaped cover member disposed about the front side is slidable from an open position to a closed position to discreetly house the entire litter scoop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Margaret Ligon Kiser
  • Patent number: 10869459
    Abstract: A method for producing a mixed salt of sodium and aluminum includes providing a solution comprising water, sodium chloride and sulfuric acid, heating the solution to a temperature between 180° F. and 300° F. so that the sodium chloride reacts with the sulfuric acid to form sodium bisulfate and hydrochloric acid and then continue heating until the solution is essentially free of the hydrochloric acid, adding aluminum or an aluminum compound to the solution to form the mixed salt comprising a sodium aluminum sulfate compound and solidifying the mixed salt to form the sodium aluminum sulfate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: USALCO, LLC
    Inventors: James M. Dulko, Bruce Wonder
  • Patent number: 10869460
    Abstract: An electrified feeder assembly includes a hopper, an actuator assembly, a motor, and at least one power supply. The hopper is configured to hold a quantity of feed wherein the feed is gravity fed downward through a feed tube. The actuator assembly is coupled to the hopper and is configured to selectively disperse feed when powered by the power supply. The motor receives power from the power supply and selectively spins the actuator assembly at a selected speed to open and close the feed tube. The speed of rotation induces a centrifugal force which opens the feed tube by translating the position of a portion of the actuator assembly. The feed exits the hopper through the feed tube and is dispersed through contact with the rotating actuator assembly. The actuator assembly is partially and temporarily electrified when manipulated in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Glenn Byrum
  • Patent number: 10869461
    Abstract: A pet toy is provided for the pet toy having an elongated housing with a flat lower surface secured to a bottom of said elongated housing and adapted to allow the elongated housing to sit flat and securely on a planar surface. A reciprocating mechanism contained within said center section and comprising a motor that physically communicates a linear reciprocating motion of a rack and pinion gear to a pair of opposed targets aligned along the centerline and extend outward from said first egress orifice. The target appendages are each comprised of a flexible, conformable and compressible member adapted to be withdrawn into the respective egress orifice and alternately extend outward from the respective egress orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: COSMIC PET LLC
    Inventors: Brian Kreischer, Steven Tsengas
  • Patent number: 10869462
    Abstract: A reversibly-dismantlable pet toy comprising a hollow body and head, arm, and leg appendages. The body has openings admitting corresponding appendages, each opening having a fastening means corresponding to a complementary fastening means on an associated appendage. Each appendage comprises said complementary fastening means and a strap extending from it which is stuffed into the body during setup and extends from the body during dismantlement. The appendages are inserted and fastened, after which they can be repeatedly removed and re-attached without damaging the toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Stephen Glenn
  • Patent number: 10869463
    Abstract: A method for the separable joining and fastening of two circularly cylindrical pipe ends (2, 2A) with the same outside and inside diameters, in mutual non-rotatable extension of each other with coinciding central axes (3) is provided in which the pipe ends (2, 2A) are brought axially against each other and fastened radially, wherein a toothing (7) in the axial direction at one pipe end (2) engages with a corresponding toothing (7) in the axial direction at the other pipe end (2A) in a last section of the axial assembly for joining two pipe ends. Similarly, a system is provided with a joint sleeve and corresponding detent for keeping the pipe ends joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Karsten Egelund Andersen
  • Patent number: 10869464
    Abstract: A hive for housing honey bees, including a substantially hollow hexagonal shaped structure including a three-side base forming one-half of the hexagon and a three-sided exterior roof forming the other half of a hexagon, the base and the roof configured to fit together with a front plate and an end plate to form the substantially hollow hexagonal structure to house the hive; and at least one interior bar in the shape of one-half of a hexagon configured to rest on top of the base and under the roof such that the half hexagonal shape of the interior bar approximately matches the half hexagonal shape of the roof, the interior bar having a plurality of openings extending through its cross-section for bees to travel through, the interior bar being configured to retain a honeycomb hanging therefrom, the honeycomb being able to hang down into the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Corwin Bell
  • Patent number: 10869465
    Abstract: Provided are a non-human model animal of a retinal vascular disease that can favorably show symptoms similar to those of human retinal vascular diseases such as human diabetic retinopathy, and a method for producing the non-human model animal. In particular, provided are a non-human model animal that is suitable for establishing a method for treating, preventing, or diagnosing retinal edema, which causes highly impaired vision, and a method for producing the non-human model animal. A method for screening a drug for treating and preventing a retinal vascular disease, the method using a non-human model animal, is provided. Provided are a non-human model animal of a retinal vascular disease in which constitutively active Akt is expressed, a method for producing a non-human model animal of a retinal vascular disease in which constitutively active Akt is expressed, and a method for screening a drug for treating or preventing a retinal vascular disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoko Fukushima, Kohji Nishida, Toru Nakano
  • Patent number: 10869466
    Abstract: The invention provides genetically modified non-human animals that express chimeric human/non-human MHC I polypeptide and/or human or humanized ?2 microglobulin polypeptide, as well as embryos, cells, and tissues comprising the same. Also provided are constructs for making said genetically modified animals and methods of making the same. Methods of using the genetically modified animals to study various aspects of the human immune system are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Regeneran Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynn Macdonald, Andrew J. Murphy, Cagan Gurer, John McWhirter, Vera Voronina, Faith Harris, Sean Stevens
  • Patent number: 10869467
    Abstract: A fishing spinning reel that eliminates problems associated with line twist by providing a rotor adapted for both forward and reverse rotation wherein a drag assembly applies drag to the rotor using an adjustable cam mechanism to prevent the rotor from imparting twist on the line when in the winding mode. By enabling the rotor to rotate in a reverse direction with the application of drag the present invention prevents line twist when fighting a fish by allowing the rotor to rotate in a reverse direction to let out line and/or to remain stationary as the handle is cranked thereby preventing the rotor from imparting twist on the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Sandstrom
  • Patent number: 10869468
    Abstract: A variable speed motor driven fishing reel is powered by a brushless DC motor and adapted for remote control operation by adapting a salt water bait-casting reel with a motorized drive assembly including an end plate having an environmentally sealed cover removably connected thereto, and mounted on the opposite side of the reel from the manual crank, the drive assembly including a brushless DC out-runner motor having an output shaft connected to a planetary gear system configured to power rotation of the fishing reel spool axel for driving the spool. A power cable provides 12.0 volt DC power from a suitable on-board vessel power source. An electronic motor control system allows for variation of DC motor speed via a manually actuated speed control knob. A remote control device is adapted for wireless communication with the electronic motor control system to allow for remote activation of the DC motor in low and high speed modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Sandstrom
  • Patent number: 10869469
    Abstract: A drag knob includes an operating member and a sounding member. The operating tuber has a cover, an insert, and a bolt serving as a fixing member for fixing the cover to the insert. The operating member is rotatably attached to a reel body. The sounding member produces a percussive sound by rotation of the operating member. The operating member has a knob that extends in a radial direction. The bolt and the sounding member are disposed so as to overlap with the knob when viewed in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Kei Saito, Tomoya Deguchi
  • Patent number: 10869470
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding bait for rodents that includes a housing that can be inserted into a manhole, the housing having one or more bait platform, a passage through the housing for rodents to access the bait platform, and optionally a mechanism to prohibit exposure of bait on the bait platform to the environment containing the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bittlinger, Jürgen Buchstaller
  • Patent number: 10869471
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing a cryogenic storage device and system that can be regulated at a constant temperature for cryopreservation of biological materials. A cryogenic storage system for cryopreservation of biological materials is provided that may include a storage beaker having at least one storage chamber formed therein, a cooling source, and a cold finger that may be configured to thermally couple the storage beaker to the cooling source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Lee L. Nemeth
  • Patent number: 10869472
    Abstract: A culture container transporting set A1 includes: a culture container 1 having a vessel 13 made of a bottom wall 11 and a tubular side wall 12 raised from the bottom wall 11; a flexible cover 2 that covers an upper end 121 of the side wall 12; a presser member 3 that is relatively hard and placed on the cover 2; and a holder 5 that holds the culture container 1, the cover 2 and the presser member 3 integral as stacked into an assembled state, by applying pressure from top and bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SANPLATEC CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Katou, Junichi Kuwabara, Yuki Iwamoto, Hidenori Nakajima, Yoshifumi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10869473
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for solvent-free delivery of volatile compounds, where an energy source is used to release the volatile compounds. The systems and methods provided herein have at least one advantage of (1) no solvent (for example water) is required; (2) immediate release of volatile compounds (for example 1-MCP can be released from HAIP within milliseconds or seconds instead of minutes or hours of the existing method using water); and/or (3) instantly starting and stopping the delivery of the volatile compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: AgroFresh Inc.
    Inventor: Tirthankar Ghosh
  • Patent number: 10869474
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a composition as a fungicide, wherein said composition comprises at least one compound of formula (I) or formula (II) wherein wherein R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independently of each other H, OH or OCH3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITÄT BASEL, FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FÜR BIOLOGISCHEN LANDBAU (FIBL)
    Inventors: Matthias Hamburger, Olivier Potterat, Justine Ramseyer, Hans-Jakob Schärer, Barbara Thürig, Lucius Tamm, Thomas Oberhänsli
  • Patent number: 10869476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the novel use of the pyrazole carboxylic acid amide derivative Pydiflumetofen, compositions comprising this compound and its use in methods for the reduction of mycotoxin contamination in plants. Pydiflumetofen is also useful in increasing yield, in particular in cereals eg. wheat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Dahmen, Pierre-Yves Coqueron, Ingo Wetcholowsky
  • Patent number: 10869477
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein A1, A2, A3 and A4 are independently of one another C—H, C—R5, or nitrogen; B1-B2-B3-B4 is —CH2—C?N—CH2—, —CH2—N—CH2—CH2—, —CH2—C?CH—O— or —CH?C—CH2—O—; G1 is oxygen or sulfur; L is a single bond or C1-C8alkylene; R1 is hydrogen, C1-C8alkyl, C1-C8alkylcarbonyl-, C1-C8alkoxy, C2-C8alkenyl, C2-C8alkynyl, C1-C8alkoxy-C1-C8alkyl, aryl or aryl substituted by one to three R6, or R1 is heterocyclyl or heterocyclyl substituted by one to three R6 or C1-C8alkoxycarbonyl-; R2 is hydrogen, C1-C8haloalkyl or C1-C8alkyl; R3 is C1-C8haloalkyl; R4 is aryl or aryl substituted by one to three R6, or R4 is heterocyclyl or heterocyclyl substituted by one to three R6; Y1 is CR7R8, C—O or C?S; Y2, Y3 and Y4 are independently CR7R8, C?O, C?S, N—R9, O, S, SO or SO2; wherein at least two adjacent ring atoms in the ring formed by Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 are heteroatoms; each R7 and R8 is independently hydrogen, halogen, C1-C8alkyl, or C1-C8haloalkyl; and R5, R6
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Jerome Yves Cassayre, Peter Renold, Myriem El Qacemi, Thomas Pitterna, Julie Clementine Toueg