Patents by Inventor Jonathan D. Peters

Jonathan D. Peters 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).

  • Gellable ant bait matrix
    Patent number: 7914777
    Abstract: Ant foods mixed together in a matrix suitable to be used as baits for ants are provided. This ant matrix is preferred by ants over naturally-occurring foods such as other known ant matrices. It comprises protein, carbohydrate, fat and sterol as ant-preferred nutrients and uric acid as a bait enhancing agent is carried in a unique gel system that is specifically attractive to insects. Methods of controlling ants using such matrices to deliver ant toxins are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: FMC Corporation, The United States of America Dept. of Agriculture
    Inventors: Maria Guadalupe Rojas, Juan A. Morales-Ramos, Ligia M. Hernandez, Jonathan D. Peters
  • Gellable ant bait matrix
    Patent number: 6916469
    Abstract: Ant foods mixed together in a matrix suitable to be used as baits for ants are provided. This ant matrix is preferred by ants over naturally-occurring foods such as other known ant matrices. It comprises protein, carbohydrate, fat and sterol as ant-preferred nutrients and uric acid as a bait enhancing agent is carried in a unique gel system that is specifically attractive to insects. Methods of controlling ants using such matrices to deliver ant toxins are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Waterbury Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Guadalupe Rojas, Juan A. Morales-Ramos, Ligia M. Hernandez, Jonathan D. Peters
  • Gellable ant bait matrix
    Publication number: 20040166138
    Abstract: Ant foods mixed together in a matrix suitable to be used as baits for ants are provided. This ant matrix is preferred by ants over naturally-occurring foods such as other known ant matrices. It comprises protein, carbohydrate, fat and sterol as ant-preferred nutrients and uric acid as a bait enhancing agent is carried in a unique gel system that is specifically attractive to insects. Methods of controlling ants using such matrices to deliver ant toxins are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Maria Guadalupe Rojas, Juan A. Morales-Ramos, Ligia M. Hernandez, Jonathan D. Peters