Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Lajiness

Thomas A. Lajiness 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).

  • Article for insert control by passive evaporation of an active ingredient
    Patent number: 6582714
    Abstract: An insect control article to control flying insects. The insect control article has a substrate that is impregnated with an active insect control ingredient that is available for passive evaporation. The active insect control ingredient is selected from the group consisting of transfluthrin, prallethrin, tefluthrin, esbiothrin, and combinations thereof. The method of the invention for controlling flying insects includes providing an insect control article having a substrate that is impregnated with an active insect control ingredient available for passive evaporation, wherein the active insect control ingredient is selected from the group consisting of transfluthrin, prallethrin, vaporthrin, teflurthrin, esbiothrin, DDVP, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Emmrich, John W. Mikkonen, Thomas A. Lajiness