Capsule Or Pelleted Or Tablet Patents (Class 424/408)
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Patent number: 7435715Abstract: Microcapsules for use in liquid detergents having a core and a polyelectrolyte complex shell in the form of a semipermeable membrane capable of withstanding a force before bursting of from about 20 mN to about 20,00 N and having a density of from about 900 Kg/m3 to about 1,300 Kg/m3 at 25° C. The invention also relates to a process for making the microcapsules and liquid detergents comprising said microcapsules.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2004Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Walter August Maria Broeckx, Roger Jeffrey Jones
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Publication number: 20080234129Abstract: A method of producing lignin-based matrix microparticles for the controlled release of an agricultural active includes forming an emulsion of an organic solution in an aqueous solution, wherein the organic solution contains a lignin derivative and an agricultural active in a volatile organic solvent and the aqueous solution contains an emulsifier; and removing the organic solvent, thereby producing microparticles having a matrix comprising the lignin derivative within which the agricultural active is distributed. Small, spherical lignin-based matrix microparticles that release an agricultural active at a controlled rate are described, as are plants and plant propagation materials that are treated with such microparticles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Jawed Asrar, Yiwei Ding
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Patent number: 7427413Abstract: The present invention provides storage stable, shaped particles of allotropic organic compounds. The particles of the present invention can be shaped according to the desired application. Preferred shapes of such particles are microspheres, particularly those having diameters of about 1 to about 1,000 microns. The stable shaped particles of the present invention are particularly well-suited to the fabrication of pharmaceutical formulations, particularly where sustained release and uniform bioavailability are desired. The storage stable particles are formed by a solid state crystallization of allotropic organic compounds. The solid state crystallization process of the present invention affords a means for achieving a storage stable crystalline form of said allotropic compound without loss or deterioration of the original particle dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2003Date of Patent: September 23, 2008Assignee: Skendi Finance Ltd.Inventors: John-Claude Savoir, Juan Angeles, Aurelio De Gyves, Abraham Gomez
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Publication number: 20080227646Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous dispersions comprising a nanoparticulate formulation of crop protection agents in which the nanoparticles have core-shell structures having a mean particle diameter of 0.05 to 2.0 ?m and the crop protection agent is present in the core X-ray amorphous together with one or more polymers and the shell consists of a stabilizing coating matrix, preparable by a process which comprises (a) preparing a solution of the crop protection agent in a water-miscible organic solvent, (b) mixing the solution obtained in step (a) with the core polymer or a solution of the core polymer in a water-miscible organic solvent, where the polymer is not or only partially soluble in water or aqueous solutions or water/solvent mixtures, and (c) bringing the mixture resulting from (b) into contact with an aqueous solution comprising components of the coating matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2006Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Ingrid Martin, Helmut Auweter, Sebastian Koltzenburg, Ansgar Schafer, Peter Pfluger, Birgit Blanz, Werner A. Goedel
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Patent number: 7425528Abstract: The present invention relates to granules comprising a core matrix and one or more coatings, wherein the core matrix comprises: An active compound, a synthetic polymer, where the amount of polymer added is 0.1 to 10% by weight of the matrix and one or more antioxidants and/or reducing agents, where the amount of antioxidant and/or reducing agent is 0.2 to 5% by weight of the matrix.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2003Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Ole Simonsen, Erik Kjaer Markussen, Hanne Rojel, Svend Kaasgaard, Thomas Honger Callisen, Christian Isak Jorgensen
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Patent number: 7425342Abstract: A garlic supplement comprising: (a) one or more cores comprising garlic; (b) an enteric coating encasing the core(s) which is insoluble at pH less than about 5 but soluble at a pH greater than about 5; and (c) a deodorizer applied external of the core.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Inventor: David Kannar
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Publication number: 20080220034Abstract: Textile treatment agents and/or capsules comprising a polymer having antiadhesive action against microorganisms which adhere to a textile substrate, methods of treating textile substrates therewith and the textile so treated, wherein the polymer comprises a polymeric structural element selected from the group consisting of polyesters, polysaccharides, polyethers, polyurethanes, polyureas, polyamides, and heteropolymers thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2006Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: Henkel KGaAInventors: Dirk Bockmuhl, Heide-Marie Hohne, Noelle Wrubbel, Dorothee Heidemeter, Doris Dahlmann, Thomas Plantenberg, Hermann Jonke, Rolf Bayersdorfer, Andre Schafer, Roland Breves
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Patent number: 7417109Abstract: Disclosed are novel polymers derivatized with at least one —NOx group per 1200 atomic mass unit of the polymer. X is one or two. In one embodiment, the polymer is an S-nitrosylated polymer and is prepared by reacting a polythiolated polymer with a nitrosylating agent under conditions suitable for nitrosylating free thiol groups. The polymers of the present invention can be used to coat medical devices to deliver nitric oxide in vivo to treatment sites.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2006Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Duke UniversityInventors: Jonathan S. Stamler, Eric J. Toone, Richard S. Stack
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Patent number: 7416880Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel fungus of Metarhizium genus and a method for controlling soil pests using the same, more particularly to a novel Metarhizium anisopliae HY-2 and a microbial insecticide comprising the same and a method for controlling soil pests using the same. The Metarhizium anisopliae HY-2 can effectively be used to control the soil pests such as Scarabaeidae.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and BiotechnologyInventors: Ho Yong Park, Kwang Hee Son, Eun Young Suh, Ki-Duk Kim, Dong Ha Shin
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Publication number: 20080194406Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating agricultural materials, crops and the like using materials associated with tubules, and more particularly to the controlled or timed release of such materials or agents as a function of the association with halloysite or other mineral-derived nanotubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2006Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: NaturalNano, Inc.Inventors: Ronald R. Price, Aaron Wagner
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Publication number: 20080193494Abstract: Provided are articles containing a solid surface material with an antimicrobial agent in a thermoset and/or thermoplastic resin matrix, wherein the antimicrobial agent comprises a chitosan-metal complex.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2008Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: E. l. duPont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: SUBRAMANIAM SABESAN
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Patent number: 7377968Abstract: The present invention relates to blends of encapsulated biocides with free biocides. In particular, the present invention relates to blends of encapsulated 4,5-dichloro-2-n-octyl-3(2H)-isothiazolone (“DCOIT”) with free biocides. The invention also relates to marine antifouling coatings and paints incorporating free biocides and encapsulated DCOIT, and using the free biocides and encapsulated DCOIT in marine antifouling coatings and paints.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2007Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Sarah E. Reybuck, Curtis Schwartz
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Patent number: 7378104Abstract: Particles (10) for controlling, treating, feeding of aquatic invertebrate filter feeding organisms such as mussels, clams, oysters and insect larvae comprising a biologically active ingredient (13) embedded within or surrounded by an innocuous carrier material (12). The organism effectively concentrates the active ingredient within its body by feeding on the particles, thereby reducing the total amount of active ingredient required to be used.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2001Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: BioBullets LimitedInventors: David Aldridge, Geoffrey Dillwyn Moggridge
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Patent number: 7368123Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a pesticidal resin composition that contains (A) at least one resin selected from polyamide resins and polyacetal resins, (B) at least one compound selected from sulfone amide derivatives, sulfonic acid ester derivatives, phosphoric acid ester derivatives, phosphazene derivatives, carboxylic acid amide derivatives, carboxylic acid ester derivatives, and (C) a chemical agent having a pesticidal property. With the pesticidal resin composition containing the above ingredients, it is possible to obtain a pesticidal product that has such a strength, heat resistance and chemical resistance as to render the product usable as a structural member, as well as being capable of exhibiting the pesticidal activity for a prolonged period of time.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2000Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignees: Otsuka Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha, NIX, Inc.Inventors: Akira Tabuchi, Kiyozumi Tani, Akiyoshi Inubushi, Atushi Kamada, Masaharu Kamei, Osamu Igarashi
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Patent number: 7354596Abstract: A delivery system for delivering an anti-microbial agent to a surface in a time release manner. The delivery system includes one or more polymeric particles (e.g., microspheres, core/shell particles, latexes, porogens, cryogenically ground beads, condensation polymer particles, flakes, etc.) and at least anti-microbial agent attached thereto. The anti-microbial agents may or may not be soluble in the polymeric particle or in the monomeric precursor used to make the polymeric particle. The anti-microbial agent can be incorporated into the microsphere using either a post polymerization addition process or an in situ addition process. The delivery system can be fashioned to provide characteristics that are application specific. Examples of such delivery systems include but are not limited to substrates (such as tapes, sheets of material and the like) coated with the releasably loaded polymeric particles, sprayable dispersions or suspensions of these polymeric particles and the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1998Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: John P. Banovetz, Jeffry L. Jacobs
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Patent number: 7320967Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic composition containing at least one 15-hydroxy-prostaglandin dehydrogenase inhibitor and cosmetically acceptable excipients. It also relates to a method of cosmetic treatment for promoting the growth and/or preventing or delaying the loss of hair, and the use of a 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase inhibitor for the preparation of a composition intended for controlling hair loss and/or for promoting hair regrowth.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2003Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Jean-François Michelet, Bruno Bernard, Roger Rozot, Christophe Boulle
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Patent number: 7314635Abstract: A briquette, which is easily pierceable and supportable, comprises compacted particulate material and has an outer region (1) and an inner region (2), said inner region (2) being provided with a well (3) having a diameter which decreases progressively in a non-linear relationship with increasing distance from the top of the well such that the sides of the well extend convexly into the well. The briquette, preferably, is a rodenticide block although it may, instead, be a block for sanitary, and/or domestic use. The briquette may be manufactured by compacting particulate material into the nip between a first rotating roll, having a surface provided with a suitable mould, and a second, counter-rotating roll.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2001Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Sorex LimitedInventor: Martin Dooley
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Patent number: 7294343Abstract: Disclosed is a sorbent that includes spent grain germ, seed meal, or a mixture thereof. The sorbent may be used to introduce a material into an environment. For instance, the sorbent may be used to introduce a control agent, such as an insecticide or larvicide, into an environment. The sorbent also may be used to remove an unwanted material from an environment. For instance, the sorbent may be used to sorb oil or a hazardous chemical that has been spilled. The disclosed sorbents are biodegradable over a wide range of environmental conditions.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2002Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Grain Processing CorporationInventors: Frank Barresi, Kara Hulsey, J. Steven Taylor, Kevin H. Schilling
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Patent number: 7282212Abstract: There are described a method for the control of wood pests which comprises applying to the pests or to their habitat a pesticidally active amount of a pesticidal composition comprising, as active ingredient, at least a compound of formula in free form or in the form of an agrochemically acceptable salt, and at least one adjuvant; the corresponding use of those compounds, pesticidal compositions whose active ingredient is selected from those compounds, a process for the preparation of such compositions, the use of such compositions, and plant propagation material accordingly protected against pest attack.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2001Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.Inventor: Robert Senn
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Patent number: 7276232Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions containing different stages of pathogenic protozoans in a gel and to their use for controlling rodents.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2001Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: Bayer CropScience AGInventors: Jochen Kalbe, Thomas Böcker, Stefan Endepols, Thomas Jäkel, Sermasakdi Hongnark
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Patent number: 7273622Abstract: An improved soft gelatin formulation and process methodology that increases single Coenzyme Q10 molecules presented to the absorption channels of the small intestines by providing medium chain triglycerides, Vitamin E and natural beta carotene to Coenzyme Q10 in a soft gel capsule to increase the absorption thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2005Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Soft Gel Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ronald G. Udell, Siva P. Hari
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Patent number: 7271156Abstract: The invention relates to immunostimulatory nucleic acid compositions and methods of using the compositions. The T-rich nucleic acids contain poly T sequences and/or have greater than 25% T nucleotide residues. The TG nucleic acids have TG dinucleotides. The C-rich nucleic acids have at least one poly-C region and/ore greater than 50% c nucleotides. These immunostimulatory nucleic acids function in a similar manner to nucleic acids containing CpG motifs. The invention also encompasses preferred CpG nucleic acids.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2002Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignees: University of Iowa Research Foundation, Coley Pharmaceutical GmbHInventors: Arthur M. Krieg, Jörg Vollmer, Christian Schetter
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Patent number: 7264827Abstract: Weather resistant granular baits containing an attractant system are disclosed. Methods of making and using the baits are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2006Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: Nisus CorporationInventors: Tracy D. Malone, Ronald T. Schwalb, Kevin L. Kirkland
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Publication number: 20070196411Abstract: A microcapsule comprising a core material containing pyrethrin and a capsule shell wall which surrounds said core material, said shell wall material comprises gelatin and at least one polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of gum arabic and pectin is effective for controlling insects.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yosuke BABA, Hidenori EGUCHI
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Patent number: 7235253Abstract: A method is disclosed for stabilizing a physiologically active peptide in a process of preparing a powder containing the physiologically active peptide by drying an aqueous liquid containing the physiologically active peptide, wherein the method comprises adding to the aqueous liquid at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a nonionic surfactant, a water-soluble, nonionic, organic binder, hydrogenated lecithin, and mannitol.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2001Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinobu Hanyu, Mariko Okada, Chihiro Shindo, Satoshi Nishimuro, Tetsuo Yokoyama, Masato Horie
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Patent number: 7229949Abstract: A safe delivery system of agriculturally active material is formed using an encapsulation process. A microencapsulated suspension of agriculturally active material includes an encapsulating agent formed from a graft copolymer of starch and at least one vinyl monomer.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: United Phosphorus, Ltd.Inventors: Prakash Mahadev Jadhav, Jaidev Rajnikant Shroff
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Patent number: 7223415Abstract: Weather resistant granular baits containing an attractant system are disclosed. Methods of making and using the baits are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2002Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Nisus CorporationInventors: Tracy D. Malone, Ronald T. Schwalb, Kevin L. Kirkland
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Patent number: 7220429Abstract: A formulation of Coenzyme Q10, beta-carotenes, Vitamin E, and medium chain triglycerides in rice bran oil and an optional thickener, such as bee's wax, is provided in a soft gel capsule so that a maximum of the Coenzyme Q10 is absorbed by the human body. Generally, about 60 mg of Coenzyme Q10 is the normal amount provided daily to a healthy sedentary adult.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2005Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Soft Gel Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Ronald G. Udell
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Patent number: 7198797Abstract: A water-free process for converting initially non-larvicidal evaporation suppressant powder into a larvicidal variant possessing utility both for abatement of use by mosquitoes of an open water catchment as a successful breeding site, and for conserving water by suppressing the evaporation of water from the same catchment. Lauryl alcohol is used as a blending agent to facilitate even distribution of mosquito-specific entomopathogens, eg., spores of Bacillus thuringiensis variety Israelensis or Bacillus sphaericus, into the initially non-larvicidal evaporation suppressant powder. Cetyl alcohol and/or stearyl alcohol are the preferred monolayer-formers upon which effective evaporation suppression relies. For a variant larvicidal powder that lacks an effective evaporation suppression property, the same preferred monolayer-formers may be omitted from a blend of mosquito-specific pathogens, lauryl alcohol, and hydrated lime or, alternatively, acidified gypsum.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2002Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Inventor: Robert Neville O'Brien
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Patent number: 7196116Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed which greatly improve the shelf-life of pesticidal agents and especially insecticides. The tendency of the composition to segregate from the solid components is minimized, which improves uniformity throughout the product.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Wellmark InternationalInventors: Frances Chandler Wilkins, Joe Doyle McDaniel, Kim W. Yang
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Patent number: 7192603Abstract: The present invention features a sustained-release microcapsule for long-term pest controlling. In general, a microcapsule has a capsule core including active pest-control ingredients and diluents, and a capsule shell which physically separates the capsule core from the surrounding medium. Diluents are arranged to entrap active ingredients therein and to provide resistance to mass transfer of the active ingredients therethrough. The capsule shell generally includes the shell pores and provides additional resistance to mass transfer of the active ingredient therethrough. Diluents are selected from a class of material such that the mass transfer resistances existing in the capsule core and/or capsule shell depend on the temperature of the surrounding medium.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2003Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Curt Thies
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Patent number: 7179480Abstract: A sustained release microcapsule comprises (a) an interfacially-polymerized polymer shell comprising at least one shell stabilizer; and (b) a fill composition comprising (1) at least one semiochemical and (2) at least one fill stabilizer.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2002Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Darryl F. Klassen
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Patent number: 7157094Abstract: Granulated forms of various active ingredients can be prepared with a small amount of a dissolvable polymer and a solvent for that polymer. The solvent dissolves at least a portion of the polymer. This dissolved polymer acts as a particle lubricant for the extrusion process and, when the solvent is removed, as a binder for the final extrudate. A poly(alkylene oxide) is preferred and, in the presence of a small amount of solvent, dissolves sufficiently to provide lubricity to the extrusion mixture that the solids can be extruded with little friction and associated local temperature rise thru the extrusion die.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Arysta LifeScience North America GroupInventor: Jesse Gaytan
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Patent number: 7157095Abstract: An anti-fungal product is comprised of at least three delayed release dosages forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the anti-fungal product being reached in less than about twelve hours after initial release of anti-fungal from the product.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2002Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Advancis Pharmaceutical CorporationInventors: Edward M. Rudnic, James D. Isbister, Donald J. Treacy, Jr., Sandra E. Wassink
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Method for controlling a population of social insects using 1-arylpyrazoles or 1-heteroarylpyrazoles
Patent number: 7138422Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2003Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: BASF Agro B.V., Arnhem (NL)- Wādenswil BranchInventor: Louis Zangiacomi -
Patent number: 7108861Abstract: Disclosed are environmentally benign crop protection compounds that interfere with the attachment of a broad range of plant pathogens to plant cells surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1999Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Cernofina, LLCInventors: Randall S. Alberte, Richard C. Zimmerman
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Patent number: 7087661Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and materials that reduce the accumulation of microorganisms a surface, by interfering with the attachment of the organisms to the surface. The compounds and materials are thus useful in preventing the formation of biofilms on surfaces in health-related environments. By preventing the formation of biofilms, the compounds formulated according to the present invention can be used in the fabrication of grafts, implants, medical devices in order to prevent infection thereof. The compounds formulated according to the present invention display an additional anticoagulant property, permitting their use in settings where decrease in blood coagulability is desirable.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1999Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Cernofina, LLCInventors: Randall S. Alberte, Richard C. Zimmerman
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Patent number: 7087709Abstract: Disclosed are novel polymers derivatized with at least one —NOx group per 1200 atomic mass unit of the polymer. X is one or two. In one embodiment, the polymer is an S-nitrosylated polymer and is prepared by reacting a polythiolated polymer with a nitrosylating agent under conditions suitable for nitrosylating free thiol groups. The polymers of the present invention can be used to coat medical devices to deliver nitric oxide in vivo to treatment sites.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2005Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Duke UniversityInventors: Jonathan S. Stamler, Eric J. Toone, Richard S. Stack
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Patent number: 7056522Abstract: A method for applying a barrier to structures to prevent the infiltration of pest species (unwanted organisms) uses a (e.g., coating) composition formed from a polyurethane (e.g., film-forming) polymer system and a pellet comprising a pesticide incorporated into a sorbent and dispersed in the polyurethane polymer system. The composition protects the structure by application either to the structure or to a pathway that leads to the structure. Advantageous polymer systems include polyurethanes rich in urea linkages and predominating in aliphatic and alicyclic backbones.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2001Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Termiguard Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Peter Van Voris, Dominic A. Cataldo, Edward S. Lipinsky
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Patent number: 7045138Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2001Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: American Natural Technology Sciences, Inc.Inventors: John Wayne Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy
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Patent number: 7030071Abstract: Formation of solid-water detoxifying reagents for chemical and biological agents. Solutions of detoxifying reagent for chemical and biological agents are coated using small quantities of hydrophobic nanoparticles by vigorous agitation or by aerosolization of the solution in the presence of the hydrophobic nanoparticles to form a solid powder. For example, when hydrophobic fumed silica particles are shaken in the presence of IN oxone solution in approximately a 95:5-weight ratio, a dry powder results. The hydrophobic silica forms a porous coating of insoluble fine particles around the solution. Since the chemical or biological agent tends to be hydrophobic on contact with the weakly encapsulated detoxifying solution, the porous coating breaks down and the detoxifying reagent is delivered directly to the chemical or biological agent for maximum concentration at the point of need.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2002Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Dennis M. Hoffman, Ing Lap Chiu
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Patent number: 7014859Abstract: A nematode collected from Diaprepes abbreviatus was identified and described as a new species, Steinernema diaprepesi n. sp. The new species can be distinguished from other species of the genus by the following characteristics: Males: Spicule averaging 79 (71–90) Fm; the ratio D % (distance from the anterior end/esophagus length×100) about 80; the ratio SW (spicule length/anal body width) about 1.8. Females: Vulva with short, double flapped epiptygma; tail terminus usually with 5 mucrons. Infective juveniles: Body averaging 1002 (880–1133) Fm, EP (distance from anterior end to excretory pore)=74 (66–83) Fm; tail length=83 (65–91) Fm, and E % (EP/tail length)=89.6 78–114). Lateral field pattern variable, the formula for the arrangement of ridges from head to tail is: 2, 6, 7, 8, 4, 2. The portion with 8 ridges is the longest. This new species can be differentiated from the 3 closest species, S. feltiae, S. glaseri, and S. oregonense by characteristics of their sequences.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2002Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Larry W. Duncan, Khuong B. Nguyen
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Patent number: 7011840Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 9, 2003Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Wharton, LLCInventor: Steven P. Wharton
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Patent number: 6998132Abstract: A solid pesticidal formulation, such as wettable powders, water dispersible granules and water soluble formulations, enveloped in a water soluble substance, such as polyvinyl alcohol and so on, wherein the solid pesticidal formulation comprises at least one water soluble hydroxy compound selected from the group consisting of alkanols, alkylene glycols, glycol monoethers, tri- or more valent alcohols, alcoholamines, hydroxyfatty acids and hydroxyfatty acid esters, or water soluble glycol ether acetates is excellent in stability after preserved.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1999Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Nobuhito Ueda, Toshiro Ohtsubo
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Patent number: 6987082Abstract: A controlled release product is provided having a suppressed initial release period and a predetermined longevity. The product includes a particulate water soluble core material and a semi-permeable coating layer applied on the core material for controlling the release rate of the core material.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2003Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: OMS Investments, Inc.Inventors: Edze Jan Tijsma, Johannes Gijsbertus Antonius Terlingen, Saskia Haas-Schrijen, Hein Herman Vriesema
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Patent number: 6967026Abstract: A hard capsule which is made mainly of a polymer or copolymer obtained by polymerizing or copolymerizing at least one polymerizable vinyl monomer in the presence of polyvinyl alcohol and/or a derivative thereof. Unlike conventional hard capsules, this hard capsule can be filled with a solvent (e.g., polyethylene glycol) for a sparingly soluble drug ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2001Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignees: Nisshin Kasel Co., Ltd., Daido Chemical CorporationInventors: Noboru Hoshi, Toshio Shimamoto, Shigeru Sugiyama
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Patent number: 6960350Abstract: An antifungal fragrance composition containing as its active ingredients: (a) at least one type of fragrance component selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic or aromatic aldehyde having 5 to 16 carbon atoms and an aliphatic or aromatic alcohol having 5 to 16 carbon atoms, and (b) at least one type of compound different from component (a) and selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic or aromatic aldehyde, an aliphatic or aromatic alcohol, acetal and ester that produces synergistic antifungal effects in the presence of said fragrance component (a). The present antifungal fragrance composition demonstrates antifungal activity by adding a small amount of oils and fragrant chemical products that have a minimal effect on the scent of the fragrance composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Takasago International CorporationInventors: Minoru Hanada, Hisao Iwai, Jun Fujigasaki
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Patent number: 6926902Abstract: There is provided an insecticide transpiration apparatus capable of transpiring insecticide at room temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2002Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Dainhon Jochugiku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Inoue, Koji Nakayama, Yoshio Katsuda
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Patent number: 6921538Abstract: Methods for treating psychiatric disorders include intracranial administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin type A, to a human patient.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2002Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Donovan
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Patent number: RE39014Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 21, 2003Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Solidose, LLCInventor: Richard D. Hansen