Patents & Trademarks

Patents Awarded

Date: December 26, 2000
Title: Focal Plane Scanner with Reciprocating Spatial Window
Patent No. 6,166,373
Inventor: Chengye Mao

Date: December 17, 2002
Title: Microscopic Hyperspectral Imaging Scanner
Patent No. 6,495,818 B1
Inventor: Chengye Mao

Date: July 1, 2003
Title: Method and System for Contaminant Detection during Food Processing
Patent No. 6,587,575
Inventors: ITD: Luis A. Martinez, Mark A. Lanoue, David A. Smith, Jerry Heitschmidt , Gavin H. Poole;
USDA: William R. Windham, Kurt C. Lawrence, Bosoon Park

Date: October 28, 2003
Title: Multispectral Imaging System for Contaminant Detection
Patent No. 6,639,665
Inventor: Gavin H. Poole

Date: November 2, 2004
Title: Method and Apparatus for Spatially Variable Rate Application of Agricultural Chemicals Based on Remotely Sensed Vegetation Data
Patent No. 6,813,544
Inventors: Hood, Kenneth; Seal, Michael; Lewis, Mark David; Johnson, James

Assignee: InTime, Inc.
Date: September 5, 2006
Title: Method and System for Spatially Variable Rate Application of Agricultural Chemicals Based on Remotely Sensed Vegetation Data
Patent No. 7,103,451
Inventors: Seal, Michael; Hood, Kenneth; Lewis, Mark David; Johnson, James; Jackson, Patrick; Peterson, Matthew; Dupont, Kelly; Van Riessen, Hendrick

Date: December 14, 2004
Title: Black Body Background for Imaging
Patent No. 6,830,349
Inventor: Gavin H. Poole

Date: February 14, 2006
Title: Hyperspectral Imaging Workstation Having Visible/Near Infrared and Ultraviolet Image Sensors
Patent No. 6,998,614
Inventor: Mark A. Lanoue

Filed: March 25, 2008
Title: Video Tracking-Based Real-Time Hyperspectral Data Acquisition
Patent No. 7,849,076
Inventor: Haibo Yao

Patents Pending

Filed: LSU - March 19, 2004
Title: A Method for Evaluating Relative Oxygen Saturation in Body Tissues
Serial No. 60/554,456
Inventors: Bahram Khoobehi and James Beach

International Filing by LSU
Patent Pending: Israel
Filed: LSU - March 18, 2005
Title: A Method for Evaluating Relative Oxygen Saturation in Body Tissues
Int’l Pub. WO 2005/092008 A 2 / PCT-US2005/009185
Inventors: Bahram Khoobehi and James Beach

Filed: December 21, 2005
Title: Expert System for Controlling Plant Growth in a Contained Environment
Serial No. 11/312,464
Inventors: George May, Mark Lanoue, Robert Ryan and Matthew Bethel

Filed: EPA - September 13, 2006
Title: Imaging System for Crop Infestation
Serial No. 60/717,202
Inventors: Ken Copenhaver, George May and John Glaser

Filed: November 1, 2006
Title: Method and System for Non-Invasive Rapid Fungal Specie (mold) Identification with Hyperspectral Imagery
Serial No. 11/590,747
Inventors: Haibo Yao, Zuzana Hruska, Kevin DiCrispino, Robert Brown and Thomas Cleveland

Filed: December 1, 2006
Title: System and Method for Co-Registered Hyperspectral Imaging
Serial No. 60/861,953
Inventors: Mark Lanoue, Robert Ryan, Duane O’Neal and Jeff Russell

Filed: December 20, 2006
Title: Methods & Systems for Growing Plants using Diffuse Scattering Illumination
Serial No. 11/641,651
Inventors: George May and Robert Ryan

Filed: May 30, 2008
Title: A Photocatalytic Fog Disseminating System for Purifying Air and Surfaces
Serial No. 12/130,494
Inventors: George May, Robert Ryan, Bruce Davis and Lauren Underwood

Filed: July 23, 2008
Title: Field-Deployable Spectral Estimator of Trichloroacetic Acid (TCAA) in Plants
Serial No. 61/083,055
Inventors: David Lewis, Daniel Anderson, Amy Keith, Thomas Spriggs and Lee Newman

Trademarks

Date: May 23, 1995
Title: FARMVIEW
Reg. No. 1,895,091

Date: February 13, 1996
Title: RESOURCE21
Reg. No. 1,955,904

Date: August 1, 2000
Title: HyperVisual Image Analyzer and Design
Reg. No. 2,373,614
Designers: Mark A. Lanoue, David A. Smith

Date: August 7, 2001
Title: AG20/20
Reg. No. 2,475,789

Date: February 7, 2006
Title: Tele-Hortiformatics
Serial No. 76655066
Designers: George May, Mark A. Lanoue