Patents by Inventor Ivan E. Jones

Ivan E. Jones 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).

  • Boric acid based clove and sugar insecticide
    Patent number: 5223270
    Abstract: An insecticide comprising about 50% to about 90% boric acid, preferably orthoboric acid, and about 1% to about 15% of a sugar preferably, confectionery sugar and about 1% to 15% of cloves, preferably finely ground. The sugar is preferably a powder, about 90% of which will pass through a 200 mesh grid. The insecticide may optionally contain an anticaking agent, corn starch, in the sugar component. The insecticide is used to kill crawling insects such as cockroaches or beetles and is relatively innocuous to humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Inventor: Ivan E. Jones