Patents Assigned to VMI Foundation
  • Methods and compositions for pest control
    Patent number: 9950994
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for pest control, and more particularly for control of ants, e.g., of the subfamily Myrmicinae, using tyramides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: VMI Foundation, The United States of America, as represented by the secretary of agriculture
    Inventor: Tappey H. Jones
  • Robotic pest removal system
    Patent number: 7441367
    Abstract: An autonomous robotic system and method for removing pests from a specific location. The robotic system of the invention preferably comprises a means for attracting pests to at least one specific location; and a robotic means for collecting and/or exterminating pests attracted to the specified location. In certain embodiments, the robotic means comprises a mobile robot and a means for navigating the robotic means. In operation, pests are attracted to at least one location by an attracting means, and these pests are then collected and/or exterminated by a mobile, autonomous robot of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: VMI Foundation
    Inventors: James C. Squire, David L. Livingston, Daniel E Sonenshine, Dennis J. Crump, Glenn B. Hammond, Justin H. Woulfe, Gerald Allen Sullivan, Jr.