Patents by Inventor Edgar R. Butts

Edgar R. Butts 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).

  • Container for 4-allylanisole and analog scolytid pesticides
    Publication number: 20020061325
    Abstract: A projectile which can be a paint ball, capsule or the like can be used to administer pesticides such as one or more from the group consisting of 4-allylanisole, anisole, allylbenzene, 4-isopropylanisole, p-anisaldehyde, ethylbenzene, cumene, 4-methoxyacetophenone, 4-methylstyrene, 2-propylphenol, phenetole, and toluene, for scolytid infestation or a pheromone or a mixture of the foregroup. Conifers, which are a target for scolytids, are protected by the application of the pesticides and attractants by use of a projectile containing the compounds which explodes or sufficiently disintegrates upon contact with the conifer thereby emitting the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Leonard L. Ingram, Edgar R. Butts
  • Container for 4-allylanisole and analog scolytid pesticides
    Patent number: 6306913
    Abstract: A projectile can be used to administer pesticides such as one or more from the group consisting of 4-allylanisole, anisole, allylbenzene, 4-isopropylanisole, p-anisaldehyde, ethylbenzene, cumene, 4-methoxyacetophenone, 4-methylstyrene, 2-propylphenol, phenetole, and toluene, for scolytid infestation. Conifers, which are a target for scolytids, are protected by the application of the pesticides by use of a projectile containing the compound which explodes upon contact with the conifer thereby emitting the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Jane L. Hayes, Brian L. Strom, Lawrence M. Roton, Leonard L. Ingram, Jr., Edgar R. Butts