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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7568446 | Method for inducing the sexual maturation of lugworms The present invention provides a method for inducing gamete maturation in marine worms of the family arenicolidae and which exhibit epidemic spawning. In the method, male and/or female worms in a housing substrate (such as sand) in sea water are maintained at a temp... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7374773 | Application of entomopathogenic nematode-infected cadavars from hard-bodied arthropods for insect suppression Pesticidal and/or antimicrobial biological agent-infected hard-bodied arthropod cadavers, such as from the family Tenebrionidae are used to control pest and/or microbial infestations in agriculture, commercial and urban environments. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7156048 | Aquaculture of marine worms The present invention provides a method for the aquaculture of marine deposit feeders, such as Arenicola marina and Arenicola defodiens. The method comprises providing a foodstuff such as brewery yeast or waste from fish farms within the substrate hous... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7141169 | Method and apparatus for biosustaining waste activated vermicular environment A system for processing sewage into vermicompost includes a holding tank for receiving and initially processing the sewage. A treatment tank, connected to the holding tank by a first pipe, is used for treating the initially processed sewage from the holding tank to ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7082716 | Rollable watering tube A devise for watering vegetation has a cylindrical tube that can be laid flat and rolled up. The tube has a watertight seal about 2 to about 6 inches from each end, which leaves a flap at each end. The flaps can be attached to stakes that can be driven into the grou... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7029512 | Method for producing concentrated vermicompost Disclosed is a method for enhancing the concentration of vermicompost comprising the steps of liquefying and agitating a vermicompost feedstock; separating large bodies from the liquefied feedstock and further separating the remaining portion into first and second s... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018831 | Composting apparatus and method Composting apparatuses and composting methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a composting apparatus includes a housing and a plurality of composting drawers in the housing. The plurality of composting drawers is in a stacked relationship when in the housing, and ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011837 | Isolated species of steinernematid nematode and methods of white grub control therewith An isolated Steinernematid nematode of the species Steinernema scarabaei (ATCC accession No. PTA-6988 is provided which is entomopathogenic to the larvae of scarab beetles, e.g., Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica), oriental beetles (Exomala (= | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004109 | Aquaculture of marine worms The present invention provides a method for the aquaculture of marine deposit feeders, such as Arenicola marina and Arenicola defodiens. The method includes providing a foodstuff such as brewery yeast or waste from fish farms within the substrate housi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6890438 | Process for treatment of organic wastes A process for conversion of organic wastes into biofertilizers such as soil conditioning agents of fertilizer grade, culture grade and soil grade is provided. Also provided is a process for conversion of organic wastes into material for converting waste water into r... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6834614 | Method and apparatus for encapsulating, implanting, and reducing the mortality rate in earthworm cocoons A improved method and apparatus is provided for encapsulating earthworm cocoons. The method and apparatus coat the cocoons with a Histosol soil to produce an encapsulated cocoon having a size and weight comparable to that of a selected crop seed. The method and appa... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6637366 | Nematode biopesticide A composition and method for controlling scarabs, especially lawn scarabs, utilising certain strains of the entomopathogenic nematode species, Heterorhabditis zealandica are disclosed. The nematode strains used in the composition and method generally have... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6572877 | Worm food composition A food composition for feeding to worms to enhance their desirability to predators and process therefor is disclosed. The composition contains a xanthene dye which is applied to the surface of or admixed with a nutritionally acceptable carrier in an amoun... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6532891 | Apparatus and method for separation of nematodes from suspension An apparatus and method for separating nematodes from an aqueous suspension is provided.... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6474259 | Apparatus and method for mass production of insecticidal nematodes Disclosed are an apparatus and methods for in vivo mass production of insecticidal nematodes, which the efficiency and volume of nematode production. In the method, nematodes are cultured within a natural insect host. The apparatus comprises at least one ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6360688 | Photoperiodic control of growth A method of controlling a growth rate and other characteristics of marine worms is disclosed. The method concerns the control of light to which the worms are subjected, and allows the rate growth to be manipulated (i.e. increased) outwith the normal growi... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6289844 | Medium for coloring live bait worms A medium for coloring live bait worms comprises a cultivation bed containing one or more worm storage media and a non-toxic amount of a colorant. Live bait worms are incubated in the medium at a temperature and for a time sufficient to allow the bait worm... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6240876 | Method and medium for coloring live bait worms A method for coloring live bait worms comprises adding to a cultivation bed containing one or more worm storage media, a non-toxic amount of a colorant to form a coloring medium, and incubating live bait worms in the coloring medium at a temperature and f... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6223687 | High efficiency vermiculture process and apparatus An apparatus and process for the efficient vermicomposting of organic containing wastes. A continuous thin layer of biomass is formed in which worms are established and encouraged to compost and migrate. The thinness of the biomass layer increases uniform... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6193902 | Method for transport and/or storage of live baits, process for preparing artificial muddy sand used for transport and/or storage of live baits and container for live baits This invention aims to provide a method for transport and/or storage of live baits adapted to alleviate a lose occurring in the course of transport and/or storage and to maintain a freshness of the live baits for a long period. The method according to the... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6184434 | Steinernema sp. nematode for suppression of Helicoverpa zea and Spodoptera frugiperda A novel entomopathogenic nematode of the genus Steinernema, which is effective as a biopesticide for the control of insects, and particularly the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea, and the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. This nematode has been identifie... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6110480 | Method for preparing an environmentally compatable porous material comprising beneficial nematodes and the biotic preparations produced therefrom The present invention teaches method for culturing nematode pesticidal compositions, to produce at a high yield, and generate biotic compositions that are effective as insecticides with high pesticidal activity and preventive effects.... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5965149 | Granular formulation of biological entities with improved storage stability A method for preparing granules containing pesticidal or herbicidal biological organisms which can be stored for prolonged periods and conveniently dispensed is provided. Compositions are provided which comprise granules containing entomopathogenic nemato... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5932237 | Steinernema Sp. nematode for suppression of Helicoverpa zea and Spodoptera frugiperda A novel entomopathogenic nematode of the genus Steinernema, which is effective as a biopesticide for the control of insects, and particularly the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea, and the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. This nematode has been identifie... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5906175 | Controlled asexual propagation of certain marine invertebrates by means of segmental transplantation A methodology for the asexual propagation of a plurality of species of substantially sedentary marine invertebrates which naturally attach to or hold fast to a support where propagation is achieved by employment of segmentation and transplantation which i... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5899168 | Synthetic diet for rearing the hymenopterous ectoparasitoid, catolaccus grandis An improved artificial diet or growth medium for rearing the insect parasitoid Catolaccus grandis is disclosed. The growth medium is composed of amino acid, mineral, vitamin, lipid, and carbohydrate fractions which are present in amounts and proportions e... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5884579 | Worm harvester These and other objectives are obtained by a hand-held apparatus for use in harvesting earthworms using a source of electrical energy having a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The apparatus has a body which has a bottom surface. The apparatus ha... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5770786 | Method for the isolation and/or testing of genes and promoters involved in plant-nematode interactions using plants of the genus arabidopsis The invention provides a method for infecting a root of a plant of the genus Arabidopsis with a plant parasitic nematode under monoxenic conditions, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the root with a plant parasitic nematode in the presence of a gell... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5694883 | Nematoda cultivating method The present invention relates to a method of cultivating, in medium, Steinernema kushidai (hereinafter simply called kushidai) which is one type of Nematoda. Kushidai has a strong insecticidal ability to kill larvae of coliopterous insects, and cultivatio... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5674516 | Steinernema sp. nematode for suppression of Helicoverpa zea and Spodoptera frugiperda A novel entomopathogenic nematode of the genus Steinernema, which is effective as a biopesticide for the control of insects, and particularly the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea, and the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. This nematode has been identifie... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5664366 | Shipping container for sea worms A shipping container for sea worms contains a fibrous bed of vegetable matter which is degraded by fermentation. The bed is both wetted and seeded with a microorganism in order to insure the fermentation.... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5585505 | Hatching agent for the potato cyst nematode The invention is directed to a hatching agent for hatching the species and patho types of nematodes causing potation sickness, which nematodes comprise Globodera pallida, from the cysts thereof, with a molecular weight of 498, a component C27 H... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5568790 | Worm trap for a breeding tank assembly A worm trap for use in an aquarium for trapping worms. The worm trap includes a tube assembly having a pair of openings at the ends of the assembly. A chamber is located within the assembly and is adapted to contain a food morsel. At least one end wall of... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5466448 | Biological control of orthoptera pest insects A method, composition and product for biologically controlling pest insects exclusive of mole crickets in the order Orthoptera based on the insecticidal nematode Steinernema scapterisci having ATCC No. 75197.... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5445819 | Biological control of mole crickets (Scapteriscus spp.) Method, composition and product for controlling pest in the Order Orthoptera based on the insecticidal nematode Steinernema scapterisci.... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5301633 | Flexible bladder for soaking the earth and collecting earthworms and method of use A flat and thin bladder device is used to cause earthworms to migrate to the earth's surface for easy collection. The bladder is laid flat on the earth's surface and has a maximum thickness between its top wall and bottom wall of not over about 5 centimet... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5183950 | Commercial storage and shipment of entomogenous nematodes Methods and materials for inducing anhydrobiosis in entomogenous nematode infective juveniles and then maintaining and storing them in an apparently anhydrobiotic state are described. Infective juveniles are induced into an anhydrobiotic state at relative... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5165930 | Biological control of mole crickets (scapteriscus spp.) Method, composition and product for controlling pest insects in the Order Orthoptera based on the insecticidal nematode Steinernema scapterisci.... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5127186 | Encapsulated earthworm cocoons Gel capsules having a size approximately equal to that of the seed being planted and which contain: (a) an earthworm cocoon having one or more viable eggs; and (b) a material to provide a density to the capsules approximately equal to that of the seed bei... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5107066 | Method of producing potato cyst nematode hatching stimulus Disclosed is a novel method for the production of a substance which accelerates the hatching of potato cyst nematode eggs using root cells of plants of Solanaceae family. In this method, the cultivation of the root cells may be carried out in a specific m... | 04/21/1992 |
