Capsule Or Pelleted Or Tablet Patents (Class 424/408)
  • Publication number: 20020081325
    Abstract: A regenerative water treatment composition and a process of making a regenerative water treatment composition by adhesively coating a first bacteria killing material such as a zinc carrier with a second bacterial killing material such as silver chloride for insitu killing of bacteria and a second bacteria killing material for killing and carrying away the dead bacteria on the silver chloride to allow the silver chloride to continue to kill or damage bacteria that comes into contact with the silver chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventor: Joseph A. King
  • Patent number: 6410042
    Abstract: Crop protection granules based on the active substance tetrahydro-3,5-dimethyl-1,3,5-thiadiazine-2-thione and comprising an outer shell having a proportion by weight of from 0.1 to 50% by weight, based on the granules, of which at least 50% by weight consists of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Schroeder, Reiner Kober, Reinhold Stadler, Jörn Tidow, Norbert Sendhoff, Erich Probeck
  • Publication number: 20020076428
    Abstract: Compositions for mole control comprise an active ingredient capable of repelling moles prepared such that it can be distributed in a solid form over the mole-invaded areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventor: Steven P. Wharton
  • Patent number: 6403576
    Abstract: Novel antiparasitic and antifungal compositions are disclosed. The antiparasitic and antifungal compositions are useful for human and veterinary therapy for the treatment and/or prevention of parasitic infection. Also disclosed are novel mechanisms of identifying antifungal and antiparasitic compositions by their biochemical action on lipid synthesis and/or metabolism and/or excretion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Joan E. Jackson, Maurice M. Iwu, Christopher O. Okunji, Cyrus Bacchi, John D. Talley, Jr., Johnson F. Ayafor
  • Patent number: 6403759
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel polymers derivatized with at least one —SNO group per 1200 atomic mass unit of the polymer. In one embodiment, the S-nitrosylated polymer has stabilized-S-nitrosyl groups. In another embodiment the S-nitrosylated polymer prepared by polymerizing a compound represented by the following structural formula: R is an organic radical. Each X′ is an independently chosen aliphatic group or substituted aliphatic group. Preferably, each X′ is the same and is a C2-C6 alkylene group, more preferably—CH2—, —CH2CH2—, —CH2CH2CH2— or —CH2CH2CH2CH2—. p and m are independently a positive integer such that p+m is greater than two. The polymers of the present invention can be used to coat medical devices to deliver nitric oxide in vivo to treatment sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Stamler, Eric J. Toone, Richard S. Stack
  • Publication number: 20020068078
    Abstract: An antifungal product is comprised of at least three dosages forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antifungal product being reached in less than about twelve hours. In one embodiment, there is an immediate release dosage form, as well as two or more delayed release dosage forms, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Edward M. Rudnic, James D. Isbister, Donald J. Treacy, Sandra E. Wassink
  • Patent number: 6395290
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for repelling an animal from an area or object are described. The compositions include an animal repellent dissolved or dispersed in a polymer where the repellent is released from the polymer over a period of time in an amount effective to repel an animal from the area. Capture of the repellent in the polymeric matrix allows for concentration of the repellent in an easily movable or removable device. Moreover, the repellent is not diluted by contact with water. The composition is provided in a usable form as a film, a sheet, a shaped article, pellets, or microparticles. The method for repelling an animal from an area or object includes preparing a device incorporating the above compositions and placing the device in an area or near or on an object desired to be protected. The devices can be manufactured by solvent evaporation, solvent removal, coextrusion, spray drying, and hot melt encapsulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Inventor: Larry R. Brown
  • Publication number: 20020061325
    Abstract: A projectile which can be a paint ball, capsule or the like can be used to administer pesticides such as one or more from the group consisting of 4-allylanisole, anisole, allylbenzene, 4-isopropylanisole, p-anisaldehyde, ethylbenzene, cumene, 4-methoxyacetophenone, 4-methylstyrene, 2-propylphenol, phenetole, and toluene, for scolytid infestation or a pheromone or a mixture of the foregroup. Conifers, which are a target for scolytids, are protected by the application of the pesticides and attractants by use of a projectile containing the compounds which explodes or sufficiently disintegrates upon contact with the conifer thereby emitting the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Leonard L. Ingram, Edgar R. Butts
  • Patent number: 6391295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial bait for marine animals, comprising cell-free hemolymph of a horseshoe crab. The cell-free hemolymph of the horseshoe crab, which is the byproduct from the manufacture of Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL), is an excellent attractant to be used in artificial baits for marine animals. The baits according to the invention attract the target marine animals better than the horseshoe crab itself. Further, the baits of the invention seem to attract non-target game less than the target game. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing a bait comprising cell-free hemolymph of a horseshoe crab, and a method of attracting marine animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Associates of Cape Cod, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Novitsky, Michael E. Dawson, Erik J. Paus
  • Patent number: 6391328
    Abstract: Controlled release compositions of matter are disclosed comprising complexes for treating a population of ore or more aquatic organisms in a column of water. The complexes comprise a least one system wherein the system comprises at least one bioactive agent as a component selected for treating a population of aquatic organisms, at least one carrier component, and at least one coating component for regulating the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water or at least one bioactive agent and one joint-function component that can serve as both a carrier and coating to regulate the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water, with or without optional binder components and/or additional formulation materials. The components are selected to sink or float so that the complexes will permeate and/or remain in any planar or volumetric segment of a water column for a period of time that is sufficient to effectively treat a population of aquatic organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Publication number: 20020058069
    Abstract: Use of microparticles having a protein and an antibody adsorbed thereon for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for intranasal administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: AZIENDE CHIMICHE RIUNITE ANGELINI FRANCE
    Inventors: Dario Cremaschi, Cristina Porta
  • Patent number: 6387386
    Abstract: Controlled release compositions of matter are disclosed comprising complexes for treating a population of one or more aquatic organisms in a column of water. The complexes comprise at least one system wherein the system comprises at least one bioactive agent as a component selected for treating a population of aquatic organisms, at least one carrier component, and at least one coating component for regulating the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water or at least one bioactive agent and one joint-function component that can serve as both a carrier and coating to regulate the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water, with or without optional binder components and/or additional formulation materials. The components are selected to sink or float so that the complexes will permeate and/or remain in any planar or volumetric segment of a water column for a period of time that is sufficient to effectively treat a population of aquatic organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Patent number: 6387385
    Abstract: Provided is a method of encapsulating a chemical agent comprising: (a) combining particles of a chemical agent and an encapsulation effective amount of a first encapsulating agent in an aqueous solvent and (b), converting the first encapsulating agent to a polymer to form encapsulated particles of the chemical agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Wenhua W. Wang
  • Patent number: 6383500
    Abstract: Provided are particles comprising amphiphilic copolymers, having a crosslinked shell domain and an interior core domain. Also provided are compositions comprising such particles, including pharmaceutical compositions, methods of making the present particles, and methods of using such particles, for example for delivery of pharmaceutically active agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: Karen L. Wooley, K. Bruce Thurmond, II, Haiyong Huang
  • Patent number: 6383507
    Abstract: A regenerative water treatment composition and a process of making a regenerative water treatment composition by adhesively coating a first bacteria killing material such as a zinc carrier with a second bacterial killing material such as silver chloride for insitu killing of bacteria and a second bacteria killing material for killing and carrying away the dead bacteria on the silver chloride to allow the silver chloride to continue to kill or damage bacteria that comes into contact with the silver chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Inventor: Joseph A. King
  • Patent number: 6383506
    Abstract: A composition for the treatment of natural bodies of water comprising A) beneficial aerobic microorganisms, B) an effective quantity of at least one water-soluble colorant; and, optionally, C) a growth accelerator for component A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Organica, Inc.
    Inventors: Raj J Mehta, Ashok J Mehta, Sunil Talati
  • Patent number: 6375968
    Abstract: A microbead comprising a hydrophilic matrix having active-filled microcapsules entrained therein. Compositions comprising the microbeads suspended in solution are useful for delivering active material. The microbeads of the invention may be controllable by exposing the microbeads to high or low humidity or moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Douglas Quong
  • Patent number: 6372251
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a semi-solid formulation comprising a lipid-regulating agent. Said formulation is prepared by solubilizing said lipid-regulating agent in one or more liquid components to form a clear liquid solution, then solidifying said solution by adding one or more solid or semi-solid components to said solution to form a semi-solid formulation. Said formulation can melt or dissolve upon mixing with a bulk aqueous medium. The resulting formulation results in an increase in drug solubility and oral bioavailability, and an improved dissolution rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Rong Ron Liu, Qinghai Pan, Pawan Hansrani
  • Publication number: 20020042439
    Abstract: A method for controlling a population of social insects such as ants, wasps or cockroaches by administering to a minor fraction of the population an effective amount of a composition that includes a bait and a 1-phenylpyrazole-type compound, particularly 5-amino-3-cyano-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl)sulphinyl]-1H-pyrazole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 1998
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventor: LOUIS ZANGIACOMI
  • Publication number: 20020041867
    Abstract: A microparticle contains DNA coding for a polypeptide and oral administration of the microparticle leads to its expression. DNA coding for an immunogen is for stimulating antibody formation in a recipient and DNA coding for a non-immunogenic polypeptide is for gene therapy applications. DNA is incorporated into the microparticle without destruction of its function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: DAVID HUGH JONES, GRAHAM HENRY FARRAR, JAMES CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN CLEGG
  • Patent number: 6365066
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions comprising (a) film formers and (b) microencapsulated biocides that are free of heavy metals and to methods for making such compositions. This invention further relates to antifouling compositions and antifouling coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Podszun, Markus Mechtel, Karl-Heinz Kaesler
  • Patent number: 6365209
    Abstract: A novel encapsulated product is provided and includes: at least one active ingredient; at least one compressible material; and at least one tableting material; wherein the encapsulated product is in the form of a caplet having a diameter of from about 1 millimeter to about 7 millimeters and a length from about 1 millimeter to about 7 millimeters. A method for preparing the encapsulated product is also provided. The encapsulated product may be incorporated into a food item, a soft confectionery product, a hard confectionery product, a jelly gum confectionery product, and a dry beverage or chewing gum product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Capricorn Pharma, Inc.
    Inventor: Subraman Rao Cherukuri
  • Publication number: 20020037306
    Abstract: Microcapsules formed from an aminoplast shell wall and an encapsulated ingredient or ingredients enclosed within the wall in which the wall contains a base-cleavable ester moiety. These capsules have been found to be sensitive to the presence of base such that in the presence of base, the capsule walls are relatively quickly disintegrated or degraded so as to produce a relatively quick release of the encapsulated materials. Microcapsules of this invention are particularly suitable for use in controlling insects having an alkaline gut such as certain lepidoptera in that the capsule shell wall may be designed so as to quickly disintegrate under the alkaline conditions present in the gut of the insect thus providing a microcapsule which is safe to handle but which is selectively effective against certain undesirable insects while not harmful to beneficial insects or insects which do not feed on the capsule materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Juanita E. Van Koppenhagen, Herbert Benson Scher, Kuo-Shin Lee, Chi Chang Lee, Ian Malcolm Shirley, Philip Wade, Richard Follows
  • Patent number: 6359031
    Abstract: Particles have a hydrophilic core, for instance including an enzyme and a polymer, surrounded by a shell formed by interfacial condensation polymerisation in the presence of a polymeric stabilizer. Preferably the polymeric stabilizer is a random copolymer which will concentrate at the interface between oil and water and association by ionic interaction, condensation or otherwise is achieved between the stabilizer and one of the reactants before reaction with the other reactant. Dispersions of aqueous capsules in an aqueous medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments Limited
    Inventors: Mads Lykke, Kishor Kumar Mistry, Ole Simonsen, Kenneth Charles Symes
  • Patent number: 6358520
    Abstract: Solid water-dispersible compositions containing microencapsulated pesticides are produced by spray-drying an aqueous suspension of said pesticides in the presence of a water-soluble polymer, preferably polyvinyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Ray J. Lo, Jin L. Chen, Herbert B. Scher
  • Patent number: 6352705
    Abstract: A fabric protectant comprising a cellulosic material having a bulk density of 0.2 to 0.7 g/cm3 and a thickness of 0.1 to 4 mm and a composition containing as an active ingredient 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzyl (+)-1R,trans-2,2-dimethyl-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)cyclo-propanecarboxylate, said cellulosic material having the composition supported thereon or being impregnated with the composition, which maintains a stable attack-preventing effect over a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoko Hayashi, Takaaki Itoh
  • Patent number: 6350304
    Abstract: The construction material comprises a construction base material and microcapsules inside of which liquid containing hinokitiol is incorporated and a plurality of which are to be mixed into the construction base material and the liquid in the microcapsules transudes into the construction base material because the microcapsules collapse due to at least change with time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Topics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eisaku Tozaka
  • Patent number: 6350461
    Abstract: Controlled release compositions of matter are disclosed comprising complexes for treating a population of one or more aquatic organisms in a column of water. The complexes comprise at least one system wherein the system comprises at least one bioactive agent as a component selected for treating a population of aquatic organisms, at least one carrier component, and at least one coating component for regulating the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water or at least one bioactive agent and one joint-function component that can serve as both a carrier and coating to regulate the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water, with or without optional binder components and/or additional formulation materials. The components are selected to sink or float so that the complexes will permeate and/or remain in any planar or volumetric segment of a water column for a period of time that is sufficient to effectively treat a population of aquatic organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Patent number: 6348207
    Abstract: Methods for transporting a biologically active agent across a cellular membrane or a lipid bilayer. A first method includes the steps of: (a) providing a biologically active agent which can exist in a native conformational state, a denatured conformational state, and an intermediate conformational state which is reversible to the native state and which is conformationally between the native and denatured states; (b) exposing the biologically active agent to a complexing perturbant to reversibly transform the biologically active agent to the intermediate state and to form a transportable supramolecular complex; and (c) exposing the membrane or bilayer to the supramolecular complex, to transport the biologically active agent across the membrane or bilayer. The perturbant has a molecular weight between about 150 and about 600 daltons, and contains at least one hydrophilic moiety and at least one hydrophobic moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Emisiphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam J. Milstein, Evgueni Barantsevitch, Andrea Leone-Bay, Nai Fang Wang, Donald J. Sarubbi, Noemi B Santiago
  • Patent number: 6346262
    Abstract: Controlled release compositions of matter are disclosed comprising complexes for treating a population of one or more aquatic organisms in a column of water. The complexes comprise at least one system wherein the system comprises at least one bioactive agent as a component selected for treating a population of aquatic organisms, at least one carrier component, and at least one coating component for regulating the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water or at least one bioactive agent and one joint-function component that can serve as both a carrier and coating to regulate the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water, with or without optional binder components and/or additional formulation materials. The components are selected to sink or float so that the complexes will permeate and/or remain in any planar or volumetric segment of a water column for a period of time that is sufficient to effectively treat a population of aquatic organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Patent number: 6342240
    Abstract: A disinfectant and odorizing system for an evaporation cooler for disinfecting and odorizing water within a reservoir of an evaporation cooler. The disinfectant and odorizing system for an evaporation cooler includes a mixture. The mixture comprises a disinfectant and an aromatic oil. A water soluble tablet is hollow and is filled with the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Inventor: John S. Holman
  • Publication number: 20020010156
    Abstract: A composition including a bait and a borate is used to mitigate a population of target insects and/or mollusca. The composition may include attractive by-products of agriculture and manufacturing with or without semiochemicals or biopesticides prepared as point source units (such as pellets or microcapsules). The by-products attract insects and/or mollusca to a food source for the purpose of mitigating the target organism. The bait is combined with borates and is pelletized and/or encapsulated into micron size particles. The pelletized and/or encapsulated particles are broadcast (spread) over areas infested with the target insect. The insects ingest the composition and regurgitate the composition to the remainder of the insect population. Significant mitigation of the population of the target insects results with little to no effect on the environment. The composition is also passed on to the next generation due to cannibalism of the target insects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: John Wayne Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20020006426
    Abstract: A stomach-action molluscicide including a metal complexone as an active ingredient The term “complexone” as used herein refers to an organic ligand containing at least one iminodiacetic group —N(CH2CO2H2)2 or two aminoacetic groups —NHCH2CO2H which form stable complexes with most cations. Preferably, the complexone is a derivative of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventor: Colin Leslie Young
  • Publication number: 20020004059
    Abstract: Microcapsules formed from an aminoplast shell wall and an encapsulated ingredient or ingredients enclosed within the wall in which the wall contains a base-cleavable ester moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 1999
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: JUANITA ELENA VAN KOPPENHAGEN, HERBERT BENSEN SCHER, KUO-SHIN LEE, IAN MALCOLM SHIRLEY, PHILIP WADE, RICHARD FOLLOWS
  • Patent number: 6337323
    Abstract: Chemically stable, insecticidally active pellets having a low moisture content and at least about 95% active ingredient are described, as well as a method for manufacturing them. The active ingredient is selected from a class of N-hydrocarboyl phosphoroamidothioate and phosphoroamidodithioate compounds as described in the specification. The pellets generally have a moisture content of about 0.5% by weight or less, preferably less than about 0.3% by weight. The pellets can be produced by one of two types of processes as described in detail, including a high pressure axial extrusion process and a low pressure basket extrusion process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignees: Valent U.S.A. Corporation, Tomen Agro, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Cummings, Young-Jin Lee, James L. Platt, Jr., Matthew Hikade, Vernell Stornes
  • Patent number: 6337078
    Abstract: Controlled release compositions of matter are disclosed comprising complexes for treating a population of one or more aquatic organisms in a column of water. The complexes comprise at least one system wherein the system comprises at least one bioactive agent as a component selected for treating a population of aquatic organisms, at least one carrier component, and at least one coating component for regulating the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water or at least one bioactive agent and one joint-function component that can serve as both a carrier and coating to regulate the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water, with or without optional binder components and/or additional formulation materials. The components are selected to sink or float so that the complexes will permeate and/or remain in any planar or volumetric segment of a water column for a period of time that is sufficient to effectively treat a population of aquatic organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Patent number: 6337079
    Abstract: The invention relates to a termicidal product to prevent the presence of and/or to destroy termites in a suitable surrounding medium. This product is characterized in that it has the form of an elongated solid body constituted a) of an extruded core constituting a solid degradable macroscopic matrix based on at least a polymeric binder and a substance active against termites, b) of an envelope of the core containing at least one substance active against termites, this active substance of the envelope being releasable in the surrounding medium, at least under the influence of moisture in the surrounding medium, such that, when the product is exposed to the surrounding medium, the quantity of active material freed per unit time within the surrounding medium by the envelope decreases with time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Georges Maindron
  • Patent number: 6335027
    Abstract: Controlled release compositions of matter are disclosed comprising complexes for treating a population of one or more aquatic organisms in a column of water. The complexes comprise at least one system wherein the system comprises at least one bioactive agent as a component selected for treating a population of aquatic organisms, at least one carrier component, and at least one coating component for regulating the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water or at least one bioactive agent and one joint-function component that can serve as both a carrier and coating to regulate the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water, with or without optional binder components and/or additional formulation materials. The components are selected to sink or float so that the complexes will permeate and/or remain in any planar or volumetric segment of a water column for a period of time that is sufficient to effectively treat a population of aquatic organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Patent number: 6335026
    Abstract: A solid pesticidal composition containing acephate is stabilized by adding thereto at least one stabilizer selected from the group consisting of boron oxide, metaboric acid, aluminum oxide and the calcined product of synthetic silicon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Katayama, Toshiro Ohtsubo, Daniel C. Heffernan
  • Patent number: 6333052
    Abstract: There are disclosed therapeutic microcapsules for beneficial insects having a non-toxic matrix with a medicament for treating a beneficial insect disorder substantially uniformly distributed therethrough and therapeutic compositions in which the microcapsules are in a carrier. Also disclosed is the method of treating beneficial insect disorders with such microcapsules and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Enviroquest, Ltd
    Inventors: Sherrene D. Kevan, Peter G. Kevan, Jack D. Trevino
  • Publication number: 20010051176
    Abstract: The invention concerns a conditioned composition comprising at least a liquid absorbed on a support containing a precipitated silica, said silica being in the form of substantially spherical beads and having: a mean pellet size greater than 150 &mgr;m; a filling density in compact state (DRT) greater than 0.29; an oversize rate for a grid with mesh aperture size of 75 &mgr;m of at least 92% by weight. The invention also concerns the use of such a silica as a support for liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Viot
  • Patent number: 6322803
    Abstract: A method for creating an wood destroying organism resistant coating is disclosed. The method involves spraying a structure with a mixture of a quick setting liquid monomer and a pesticide. The monomer, when cured, forms a bonded polyurethane coating upon the surface a structure which slowly releases pesticide over long periods of time. The method may be practiced as a two part system utilizing monomers and catalytic curing agents, and a one part system utilizing masked isocyanates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Bioguard Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Van Voris, Dominic A. Cataldo, Edward S. Lipinsky
  • Publication number: 20010043938
    Abstract: An inorganic antimicrobial composition has the formula AB2 O4, wherein A and B are low temperature far infrared irradiating metals, A is Mg, Zn, Mn, Ni, Co, or Fe(II), B is Al, Cr(III), Mn(III) or Fe(III), and O is oxygen. An antimicrobial article is made by coating said composition on a porous honeycomb-shaped substrate. An organic antimicrobial article is made from a quaternary ammonium salt coated on a porous honeycomb-shaped substrate. Processes of making the antimicrobial articles are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Yen-Kuen Shiau, Chung-Hsun Wu
  • Patent number: 6312930
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for the detection of a specific target bacteria in a complex sample mixture. The sample mixture may contain a variety of components including non-target or background microorganisms as well as other organic contaminants such as food debris. The method proceeds by first culturing the complex sample mixture in a non-selective growth medium, followed by isolation and detection of target bacteria DNA. Target DNA is detected via a DNA amplification protocol with a primer pair selected to amplify a specific, identifying portion of the target bacteria DNA. A control DNA is amplified concurrently with the target bacteria target DNA. The control DNA is specifically designed to be amplified with a single primer that is identical to one of the primers used in the amplification of the target genomic DNA. Use of this control validates the amplification reaction. Detection of the amplified target DNA and the control is accomplished by gel electrophoresis or by fluorescent means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: George Tice, Jr., William Mark Barbour
  • Publication number: 20010033855
    Abstract: A method of preparing a rapid acting bait composition which is water based and contains a water-sensitive insecticide as an active ingredient is described. The composition is easily applied into cracks and crevices and voids or other pest harborage areas to rapidly kill insect pests, particularly cockroaches. A kit is also described for preparation of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Applicant: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: S. John Barcay, Douglas G. Anderson, Thomas D. Nelson
  • Patent number: 6306913
    Abstract: A projectile can be used to administer pesticides such as one or more from the group consisting of 4-allylanisole, anisole, allylbenzene, 4-isopropylanisole, p-anisaldehyde, ethylbenzene, cumene, 4-methoxyacetophenone, 4-methylstyrene, 2-propylphenol, phenetole, and toluene, for scolytid infestation. Conifers, which are a target for scolytids, are protected by the application of the pesticides by use of a projectile containing the compound which explodes upon contact with the conifer thereby emitting the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Jane L. Hayes, Brian L. Strom, Lawrence M. Roton, Leonard L. Ingram, Jr., Edgar R. Butts
  • Patent number: 6306403
    Abstract: Methods for treating a movement disorder by intracranial administration to a human patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin type A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Allergan Sales, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Donovan
  • Patent number: 6306416
    Abstract: The present invention describes a composition which includes a binder, a pigment, an insect toxicant, an insect feeding stimulant or a toxicant regeneration enhancer, and an ingredient which is both a filler and a thickener. The composition may be applied to a solid substrate to reproduce an article of manufacture which is both attractive and toxic to insect pests and therefore useful for insect control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Gerald Hopkins McKibben, James Winfred Smith, William Lawrence McGovern
  • Patent number: 6303125
    Abstract: A non-food anti-microbial-adhesion and aggregation composition comprising a suitable carrier and an effective amount of an adhesion inhibitory fraction isolated from juice from berries of the Vaccinium plant genus. In an embodiment the anti-aggregation and adhesion fraction is isolated from cranberry juice. It is characterized as being polymeric and having a molecular weight ≧14,000; an elemental analysis of carbon 43-51%, hydrogen 4-5%, no nitrogen, no sulfur and no chlorine; a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) line spectrum as set forth in FIGS. 2A and 2B; and an ultraviolet spectrum with an absorption peak at 280 nm in neutral or acidic pH solution which is absent in alkali solutions. This fraction exhibits adhesion inhibitory activity against P fimbriated bacteria, oral bacteria and Helicobacter pylori.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: RAMOT-University Authority for Applied Research and Industrial Development Ltd.
    Inventors: Itzhak Ofek, Ervin Weiss, Yoel Kashman, Janina Goldhar, Nathan Sharon
  • Patent number: 6290980
    Abstract: A method and packaging for vaccinating or medicating an animal by implanting a solid dose medicament in an animal. The solid dose medicament, or plurality of such medicaments, are each color-coded to identify a particular active ingredient, then packaged in a pellet magazine through which the doses are visible, and thereafter the pellets are implanted, usually subcutaneously, into the base of the ear or in the neck of an animal. The same system can be used for colored ballistic implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Solidose, LLC
    Inventor: Richard D. Hansen