Patents
US 11885786 B1: Insect olfactometer
- Granted
- 2024-01-30
- Filed
- 2022-01-31 application 17589850
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An insect olfactometer is described. The olfactometer can be used to study the behavior and response of insects and other living organisms to odorants and airborne chemicals. The olfactometer provides one or more discrete odor zones that do not intersect with each other and are separated by a neutral background control odor zone.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240130.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigma Scientific LLC 1 patents | US company or organization | Micanopy, FL | SIGMA SCIENTIFIC LLC State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolph Strohschein | Micanopy, FL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| James B. Estaver | Gainesville, FL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| William Toreki | Gainesville, FL | 16 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| David W. Mays | Gainesville, FL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Neil H. Weinstein | Gainesville, FL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G01N | Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties | G01N33/0027 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-26 | Assignment Nunc pro tunc assignment | TOREKI, WILLIAM signed 2023-11-28 ESTAVER, JAMES B signed 2023-12-13 MAYS, DAVID signed 2023-12-13 WEINSTEIN, NEIL signed 2023-12-13 | SIGMA SCIENTIFIC LLC MICANOPY, FL | 65953/613 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-12-13 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | STROHSCHEIN, RUDOLPH signed 2022-03-10 | SIGMA SCIENTIFIC LLC MICANOPY, FL | 62076/230 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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