USDA Offers 50 Inventions for Licensing

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has published the following list of 50 inventions that are owned the federal government, and are available for licensing to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research and development. Foreign patents are filed on selected inventions to extend market coverage for U.S. companies and also may be available for licensing.

Technical and licensing information on these inventions may be obtained by writing to June Blalock, Technology Licensing Coordinator, USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 4-1158, Beltsville, MD 20705-5131; Telephone: 301-504-5989 or Fax: 301-504-5060.

1. Device and Method for Application of Collars to Animals
2. An Attractant for Social Pest Insects
3. Control of Fire Blight on Pome Fruit Trees with Erwinia Herbicola
4. Noxious Weed Control by Soil Solarization
5. Suppression of Alpha_Amylase Expression Using a Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase
6. Control of Fruit Ripening Through Genetic Control of ACC Synthase Synthesis
7. Transgenic Spacer Target Sequence for Detecting and Distinguishing Chlamydial Stains
8. Method for the Simultaneous and Independent Determination of Moisture Content and Density of Particulate Materials for Radio_Frequency Permittivity Measurements
9. Modification of Cereal Grain Hardness Via Expression of Puroindoline Proteins
10. Species_Specific Genetic Identification of Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
11. Biological Control of Aflatoxin and Cyclopiazonic Acid Contamination of Crops Using Non_Toxigenic Strain of Asperigillus
12. A Novel Fungal Species for the Biocontrol of the Sugarbeet Root Maggot
13. Attractants for Bactrocera Latiforns (Hendel)
14. Control of Replant Disease of Tree Fruits with Pseudomonas putida
15. Taxane Production from Taxus Species Cell Lines
16. Soluble Hydrocolloid Food Additives and Method of Making
17. Variable_Rate, Digitally_Controlled Fluid Metering Device
18. Starch Microcapsules for Delivery of Active Agents
19. Chemical Attractants for Moths
20. Chemical Attractants for Frugivorous Pest Insects
21. Feeding Attractant and Stimulant for Adult Control of Noctuid and/or Other Lepidopteran Species
22. Mimetic Insect Allatostatin Analogs for Insect Control
23. Stabilization of Pet Operon Plasmids and Ethanol Production in Bacterial Strains Lacking Lactate Dehydrogenase and Pyruvate_Formate Lyase Activities
24. Determination of Concentration of a Compound in a Multiple Component Fluid
25. Apparatus and Process for the Rapid Tenderization of Meat
26. Method for the Development of Delta_Lactones and Hydroxy Acids from Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Glycerides
27. Paper Coated with Polymerized Vegetable Oils for Use as Biodegradable Mulch
28. Release Rate Modulator and Method for Producing and Using Same
29. Biological Control of Sprouting in Stored Potatoes
30. Sex Pheromone Synergist
31. Ferritin Formation as a Predictor of Iron Availability in Foods
32. Edible Food Coatings Containing Polyvinyl Acetate
33. Extraction of Pectin by Microwave Heating Under Pressure
34. Fruit and Vegetable Based Edible Film Wraps and Methods to Improve the Quality and Extend Shelf Life of Foods
35. Real Time Trash Measurement System for Seed Cotton or Lint for Use in Cotton Gins
36. A Baculovirus for the Biocontrol Control of Larval Mosquitoes
37. Aggregation Pheromone for the Asian Longhorned Beetle
38. Composition and Method for the Control of Diabroticite Insects
39. Monoclonal Antibodies and Antibody Cocktail for Detection of Prion Protein as an Indication of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
40. Ant Bait Attractive to Multiple Species of Ants
41. An Autonomous Animal Control System Without Ground Based Fencing
42. Use of Indigenous Bacterial Enzymatic and Regulatory Processes to Control Enteropathogens Associated with Food Producing Animals
43. Novel System for the Sequential, Directional Cloning of Multiple DNA Sequences
44. Recombinant Bacteria Which Produce Lipase and Poly (B_Hydroxyalkanoates)
45. Vaccines for the Protection of Cattle from Psoroptic Scabies
46. Process for the Enzymatic Conversion of Podophyllotoxin Beta_Glucopyranosides and other Podophyllum Blycosides to Their Corresponding Aglycons
47. Novel Cytoplasm for Maize
48. Biodegradable Films from Agricultural Polymers
49. Insulin Potentiating Compounds in Cinnamon
50. Process for the Production of Fatty Acid Esters

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