Patents by Inventor Robby C. Murdock

Robby C. Murdock 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).

  • Patent number: 5775026
    Abstract: A bait station for attracting and killing insects with a nithiazine-type insecticide is constructed in a substantially flat configuration, with the insecticide formulated as a solid coating on the surface of a solid sheet of moisture-free nonabsorptive material, the station further containing one or more ampoules of an attractant composition. The coated sheet and ampoules are held in a housing, with the ampoules in a compressible portion of the housing permitting them to be manually broken to discharge their contents on command, the housing containing appropriately positioned openings to both expose the insecticide surface and to permit release of the attractant vapors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Robert C. Pearce, Robby C. Murdock, Amy E. Thompson, Scott M. Reed, Don E. Wallace