Patents by Inventor J. Gordon Hamilton

J. Gordon Hamilton 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).

  • Use of cholesteryl esters as mounting sex pheromones in combination with 2,6-dichlorophenol and pesticides to control populations of hard ticks
    Patent number: 5149526
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and apparatus provide for the control of Ixodid hard tick populations. The compositions comprise a cholesteryl ester and 2,6-dichlorophenol. In combination, these compounds attract and induce mating behavior in male ticks thus disrupting normal mating, with subsequent reduction in tick populations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Daniel E. Sonenshine, J. Gordon Hamilton, William R. Lusby