Patents by Inventor Brett E. Bunker

Brett E. Bunker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11895999
    Abstract: Devices and methods for pest control, including devices useful to place pest control devices at locations of use such as at a crop (e.g., at a branch of a tree), certain embodiments of devices including a capsule and a tether that can become tangled or caught in a tree or other crop location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Brett E. Bunker, Chandra L. Maleckas-Bunker
  • Publication number: 20220240493
    Abstract: Devices and methods for pest control, including devices useful to place pest control devices at locations of use such as at a crop (e.g., at a branch of a tree), certain embodiments of devices including a capsule and a tether that can become tangled or caught in a tree or other crop location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Brett E. Bunker, Chandra L. Maleckas-Bunker
  • Patent number: 11304413
    Abstract: Devices and methods for pest control, including devices useful to place pest control devices at locations of use such as at a crop (e.g., at a branch of a tree), certain embodiments of devices including a capsule and a tether that can become tangled or caught in a tree or other crop location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Brett E. Bunker, Chandra L. Maleckas-Bunker
  • Publication number: 20190269120
    Abstract: Described are devices and methods for pest control, including devices useful to place pest control devices at locations of use such as at a crop (e.g., at a branch of a tree), certain embodiments of devices including a capsule and a tether that can become tangled or caught in a tree or other crop location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Brett E. Bunker, Chandra L. Maleckas-Bunker
  • Patent number: 9277740
    Abstract: An apparatus to project toward a tree to disburse a pheromone, comprising: a releaser removably adjacent to a capsule via an extension; whereby said releaser and said capsule are disposed adjacent to each other in a deployable state, then the releaser separates from the capsule but is still connected via said extension whereby inertia causes said releaser to move away from said capsule into an attachment state, and related methods of applying a pheromone onto a tree branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Inventor: Brett E. Bunker
  • Publication number: 20140360091
    Abstract: Described are devices and methods for pest control, including devices useful to place pest control devices at locations of use such as at a crop (e.g., at a branch of a tree), certain embodiments of devices including a capsule and a tether that can become tangled or caught in a tree or other crop location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Brett E. Bunker, Chandra L. Maleckas-Bunker
  • Publication number: 20140115943
    Abstract: An apparatus to project toward a tree to disburse a pheromone, comprising: a releaser removably adjacent to a capsule via an extension; whereby said releaser and said capsule are disposed adjacent to each other in a deployable state, then the releaser separates from the capsule but is still connected via said extension whereby inertia causes said releaser to move away from said capsule into an attachment state, and related methods of applying a pheromone onto a tree branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventor: Brett E. Bunker
  • Publication number: 20110146133
    Abstract: Described are devices and methods for pest control, including devices useful to place pest control devices at locations of use such as at a crop (e.g., at a branch of a tree), certain embodiments of devices including a capsule (200) and a tether (206) that can become tangled or caught in a tree or other crop location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Brett E. Bunker, Chandra L. Maleckas-Bunker