Patents by Inventor James Winfred Smith

James Winfred Smith 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).

  • Composition and apparatus useful for attracting and controlling insect pests
    Patent number: 6316017
    Abstract: The present invention describes a composition which includes a binder, a pigment, an insect toxicant, an insect feeding stimulant or a toxicant regeneration enhancer, and an ingredient which is both a filler and a thickener. The composition may be applied to a solid substrate to reproduce an article of manufacture which is both attractive and toxic to insect pests and therefore useful for insect control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Gerald Hopkins McKibben, James Winfred Smith, William Lawrence McGovern
  • Composition and apparatus useful for attracting and controlling insect pests
    Patent number: 6306416
    Abstract: The present invention describes a composition which includes a binder, a pigment, an insect toxicant, an insect feeding stimulant or a toxicant regeneration enhancer, and an ingredient which is both a filler and a thickener. The composition may be applied to a solid substrate to reproduce an article of manufacture which is both attractive and toxic to insect pests and therefore useful for insect control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Gerald Hopkins McKibben, James Winfred Smith, William Lawrence McGovern