Xerox Corporation

United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Empresa Brasileira De Pesquisa Agropecuaria

Empres A Brasiliera De Pesquisa AgropecuÁria

Empresa Brasileira De Pesquisa Agropecuaria-embrapa

Mark A Jackson

Chieh-Min Cheng

Maureen S Wright

Christopher M Wolfe

William J Connick, Jr

Grazyna E Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz

Eric Michael Gross

Dale Robert Mashtare

Martin Edward Banton

Juan A Morales-Tirado

Zhen Lai

Eugene Frederick Young

Deepak R Maniar

Emily Louise Moore

Steven M Malachowski

Louis V Isganitis

Nancy Beth Goodman

Thomas C Dombroski

Vincenzo G Marcello

Fan Shi

Linda S Schriever

Christopher A Dunlap

Stefan T Jaronski

Nilce Naomi Kobori

Gabriel M Mascarin

Munir Salman

Harold R Judd

Roger B B Keeble

Judy F Shearer

Matthew W Croteau

Gabriel Moura, Mascarin

Microsclerotia of entomopathogenic fungi, includingspecies,species, andspecies, may be produced. These microsclerotia are effective for the control of a wide variety of insect pests, particularly soil-dwelling insect pests.

Composition of entomopathogenic fungus and method of production and application for insect control

Described herein is a method for blastospore-based insect control products of entomopathogenic fungi including eitherorthat produces high concentrations of stable, effective spores by identifying nutritional and environmental conditions required for the rapid production of high concentrations of a stable and infective yeast-like blastospore composition.

Stable fungal blastospores and methods for their production, stabilization and use

A method for removing volatile organic compounds (VOC's) from toner slurries is described, including the isolated toner particles generated by that method.

Sparged toner

Disclosed is an invention that relates to the formation of microsclerotial propagules by mycoparasitic fungi and the use of those microsclerotia for plant disease control. Representative microsclerotia propagules formed are from fungal species, and

Trichoderma microsclerotia and methods of making

A method of making toner particles that includes forming a pre-shell aggregate mixture by adding to a reactor pre-shell aggregate ingredients, the includes a latex resin, the reactor having a mixing impeller and a heating jacket; performing pre-shell aggregation while homogenizing the pre-shell aggregate mixture with the impeller at an initial tip speed to form pre-shell aggregates; decreasing the tip speed to a second tip speed when the pre-shell aggregates reach a target intermediate average particle diameter; and then decreasing the tip speed at one or more intervals between when the pre-shell aggregates reach the target intermediate average particle diameter and when the pre-shell aggregates reach a target final average particle diameter so that the tip speed meets the following formula:tip speed=1644ft/min&#x2212;204.9(ft/(min*&#x3bc;m))*average particle diameter(&#x3bc;m).

Emulsion aggregation toners with improved particle size distribution

The combination of keratin hydrolysate with viable cells or infectious propagules of a fungal biological control agent such asspecies,species,species, and/orspecies, provides effective control of soil-dwelling or subterranean insects, including termites, and particularly those belonging to the family Rhinotermitidae, such as the Formosan subterranean termite and native North American subterranean termites. In use, a foam-forming composition comprising the keratin hydrolysate and an insecticidally effective amount of the fungus are applied to the insects, the locus of the insects, to material susceptible to infestation by said insects, or to the locus of material susceptible to infestation by said insects.

Compositions of keratin hydrolysate and microbes for pest control applications

Porous polymer microspheres having a size of from about 3 to about 50 microns and a geometric standard deviation of about 1.25 or less are disclosed. The porous polymer microspheres are made by a method including the steps of preparing an emulsion comprised of polymer particles having an average particle size of less than about 3 microns and a diluent, subjecting the emulsion to an aggregating condition to form aggregated polymer particles, optionally coalescing the aggregated polymer particles, and removing the diluent to form the porous polymer microspheres.

Narrow particle size distribution porous microspheres and method of making the same

Processes for continuously forming latex emulsions useful in preparing toners are provided.

Latex emulsion polymerizations in spinning disc reactors or rotating tubular reactors

Carrier includes a mixture of carrier particles. The mixture may contain first carrier particles containing carrier cores that are coated with a polymer coating, the coating containing polymer and conductive particles, and second carrier particles containing carrier cores that are not coated with a polymer coating. The mixture may contain carrier particles having a conductivity of at least about 5&#xd7;10(ohm-cm)and carrier particles having a conductivity of less than about 1&#xd7;10(ohm-cm).

Carrier particle compositions for xerographic developers

Polymeric microcarriers suitable for use in cell culture processes and the methods of making such polymeric microcarriers by emulsion/aggregation polymerization processes.

Polymeric microcarriers for cell culture functions

Continuous processes for producing toner compositions are provided utilizing spinning disc reactors, rotating tubular reactors, or combinations thereof.

Toner processes

In a system including a plurality of elements, or plurality of subsystems of elements, each performing a process using process control to maintain operation within a latitude of a setpoint and having an output characteristic that contributes to an overall output quality specification of the system, a control method includes setting a desired overall output quality specification, and determining optimum setpoints and latitudes of the plurality of elements, within a range of possible setpoints and latitudes for each element, to achieve the desired overall output quality specification. The control method further includes dynamically re-setting the setpoints and/or re-allocating the latitudes of at least two of the plurality of elements (or subsystems of elements) to compensate for degradation of the attribute caused by variation in the output characteristic of one element within the desired overall output quality specification. The system may be an image forming apparatus, such as a xerographic system, or a modular document processing system. The control method may be stored on a computer readable media.

Control method using dynamic latitude allocation and setpoint modification, system using the control method, and computer readable recording media containing the control method

Method of making porous microspheres with geometric standard deviation of 1.25 or less

The entomopathogenic fungusand certain related species, such asare useful for controlling infestations by subterranean termites, particularly those belonging to the family Rhinotermitidae. The family Rhinotermitidae includes two species of subterranean termites having extremely high economic importance in the United States; namely the Formosan subterranean termite (Shiraki), and the native (North American) subterranean termite (). Large numbers of infectious propagules of the fungus, such as blastospores and conidia can be readily cultured on media that are easily and inexpensively prepared and incorporated into formulations for controlling termites. These fungi are useful for protecting living trees, plants, wood, wood structures, and other cellulosic materials susceptible to termite infestation and damage.

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A method of controlling an actuator includes determining a function of an actuator value based on a cost function index that represents a relationship between a tone reproduction curve error and the actuator value necessary to achieve a tone reproduction curve target, determining an actual tone reproduction curve error from an obtained sample of a tone reproduction curve and controlling the actuator based on the function and actual tone reproduction curve error to move to a point that represents the tone reproduction curve target. A Xerographic system includes an actuator, an input device that inputs the cost function index and a controller that controls the Xerographic system to obtain the sample, determine an actual tone reproduction curve error from the sample, and control the actuator based on the cost function index and the actual tone reproduction curve error to move to a point that represents the tone reproduction curve target.

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Mark A Jackson