Impregnated Or Coated Food Or Edible Simulative Of Food (e.g., Bait, Poison, Etc.) Patents (Class 424/410)
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Patent number: 5900244Abstract: A method of attracting insects selected from the group consisting of houseflies, mosquitoes and wasps to a particular location, which method comprises placing at the said location a lure containing an effective attractant composition which comprises at least one compound which is a substituted benzenederivative having one or more short side chains, the said compound being volatile at room temperature and having a molecular weight in the range of from 115 to 155.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 1996Date of Patent: May 4, 1999Assignee: University of SouthamptonInventor: Philip Edwin Howse
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Patent number: 5888503Abstract: Methods and compositions for the control of pests of the family Calliphoridae are described. Specifically, Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) isolates having anti-calliphorid activity are disclosed. Also described are recombinant hosts which express B.t. genes coding for pesticidal toxins. The B.t. isolates and recombinant proteins are shown to be useful in a method for controlling calliphorids including screw-worms and the sheep blowfly.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1997Date of Patent: March 30, 1999Assignee: Mycogen CorporationInventors: Leslie A. Hickle, Jewel Payne
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Patent number: 5885606Abstract: The present invention relates to a poison bait for controlling pest insects comprising (a) an insecticidally active ingredient, (b) a sauce for seasoning or a sauce spice flavor, (c) a vegetable oil and, if necessary, (d) at least one of grain powder, dextrin and sugar. The inventive poison bait controls pest insects such as cockroaches and the like based on feeding preference.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1995Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventor: Hitoshi Kawada
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Patent number: 5885604Abstract: A method for deterring birds from damaging planted seeds by applying to the seeds before planting or to the surface of the ground overlying the planted seeds a non-toxic solid coating material which (1) is repellent to the taste of birds and (2) absorbs light having a wave length within the range of 300-400 nm.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: DuPont ConagraInventor: Kenneth E. Ballinger, Jr.
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Patent number: 5882670Abstract: A poisonous bait for controlling soil-inhabiting pests comprising an active compound for controlling a soil-inhabiting pest and, as excipient, an artificial culture median for mushrooms or the medium obtained after culture of mushrooms.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1997Date of Patent: March 16, 1999Assignee: Nihon Bayer Agrochem K.K.Inventors: Yuzura Wada, Shin-ichi Tsuboi, Yuichi Otsu, Kunihiro Isono, Shinzaburo Sone, Takamasa Maki, Katsuhiko Hanaki, Takahisa Abe
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Patent number: 5879696Abstract: The present invention is directed to preparations of birdseed treated with capsaicin or capsaicin derivatives or analogues thereof in an amount sufficient to be unpalatable to animals having capsaicin sensitive receptors, and more specifically to mammals such as rodents. These "hot" compounds, extracts or whole plant material containing these compounds may be coated on, impregnated in or combined (e.g., mixed) with birdseed to repel troublesome mammals which recognize these compounds as "hot". These "hot" compounds, in contrast, will not repel birds because birds do not recognize these compounds as "hot" since they do not have capsaicin sensitive receptors. The invention is further directed to a method of selectively repelling animals having capsaicin sensitive receptors, which comprises feeding the treated birdseed of the invention to birds, in an amount effective for repelling animals having capsaicin sensitive receptors, thereby discouraging said animals from eating the treated birdseed.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1997Date of Patent: March 9, 1999Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventor: Peter M. Blumberg
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Patent number: 5876740Abstract: A weather resistant, rodenticidal bait comprises sweet corn flour, an effective amount of a rodenticide, and water. Additional preferred ingredients include a glutinous flour, flavoring and salt. Preferred rodenticides include diphacinone, brodifacoum, warfarin, bromadialone, bromethalin and their functional equivalents. A preferred method of manufacturing the weather resistant rodenticidal bait of the present invention utilizes cold extrusion techniques. The most preferred method of manufacturing includes the steps of mixing a sweet corn flour, an effective amount of a rodenticide, and water to produce a rodenticidal mixture. In the preferred method, a glutinous flour is also mixed with the sweet corn flour, with wheat flour the most preferred glutinous flour. The rodenticidal mixture is forced through an extrusion chamber and out a nozzle opening, to produce extruded chunks.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignees: HACCO, Inc., Sweet Corn Products Co.Inventors: Lee D. Schwalenberg, Ed Eades, Raymon W. Lush
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Patent number: 5869074Abstract: The pesticidal composition of the invention comprises dichlorvos and chlorpyrifos. The composition is prepared by combining the components together and then subjecting the mixture to microwave radiation. The resultant composition exhibits a synergistic effect on the individual properties of the respective components which not only quickly exterminates existing pests but which also leaves a residual pesticidal protection which is not readily removed by conventional cleaning processes. The composition is particularly effective against cockroaches.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1992Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: MJA Scientifics International Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Bruce Jon Morrison, Dean Bruce Morrison, Adam Morrison
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Patent number: 5859057Abstract: A cockroach repellent comprising a non-toxic, non-noxious, non-corrosive compound that is substantially odorless to humans and organisms except to cockroaches, wherein the present invention provides an environmentally safe cockroach repellent that consists of various compositions of matter that includes a mixture of selective amounts of linoleic acid together with a suitable antioxidant preservative which creates a non-noxious vaporous pheromic substance that is repellent to cockroach presence and prevents subsequent infestation in a given area, the compound being synergistic in prolonging over time the desirable action of the invention, and whose vapors do not form a flammable mixture with air.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1995Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Inventor: Alan M. Schwartz
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Patent number: 5849320Abstract: The present invention relates to an insecticidal coating for a seed comprising one or more binders selected from the group consisting of polymers and copolymers of polyvinyl acetate, methyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, vinylidene chloride, acrylic, cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone and polysaccharide and an insecticide wherein the binder forms a matrix for the insecticide; methods for producing said coating and the seed treated with the above described coating.Additionally the invention concerns a method of controlling soil-borne insect pests, particularly Diabrotica spp., comprising applying to a seed an insecticidal coating as described above.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1996Date of Patent: December 15, 1998Assignee: Novartis CorporationInventors: Kevin M. Turnblad, Yugu Ang Chen
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Patent number: 5840322Abstract: A non-food oral hygiene composition comprising a suitable carrier and an effective amount of an adhesion inhibitory fraction isolated from juice from berries of the Vaccinium plant genus. In a preferred embodiment the anti-aggregation fraction is isolated from cranberry juice. It is characterized as being polymeric and having a molecular weight .gtoreq.14,000; an elemental analysis of carbon 43-51%, hydrogen 4-5%, no nitrogen, no sulfur and no chlorine; an NMR line spectrum as set forth in FIGS. 2A and 2B; and an ultraviolet spectrum with an absorption peak at 280 nm in neutral or acidic pH solution which is absent in alkali solutions. This fraction exhibits adhesion inhibitory activity against both P fimbriated bacteria and oral bacteria.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1996Date of Patent: November 24, 1998Assignee: Ramot-University Authority For Applied Research & Industrial Devel. Ltd.Inventors: Ervin Weiss, Itzhak Ofek, Yoel Kashman, Janina Goldhar, Nathan Sharon
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Patent number: 5837290Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aqueous suspension of microcapsules having a capsule wall of polyurea and encapsulating a water-immiscible pesticide, by dispersing a solution of a polyisocyanate in the sparingly water-soluble pesticide in water and subsequently reacting the dispersion with a polyamine, which process comprises effecting the dispersion of the solution of the polyisocyanate in the sparingly water-soluble pesticide in water and the subsequent reaction of the dispersion with the polyamine in the presence of at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible nonionic surfactant of a block copolymer having at least one hydrophobic block and at least one hydrophilic block.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventor: Hans Walter Hasslin
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Patent number: 5824328Abstract: Superabsorbent solid organic polymers which absorb over 100 times their weight in water are used in aquatic environment insect population control compositions. Methods for using the superabsorbent polymer insecticidal delivery agents for the control of aquatic environment insect populations, including mosquito population control methods, in an area needing aquatic environment insect population control treatment or in a dry area that is expected to need aquatic environment insect population control, are described.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1994Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Assignee: Stockhausen GmbHInventor: Richard Levy
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Patent number: 5820855Abstract: Novel insecticidal compositions are described which are particularly effective against insect pests such as cockroaches, ants, termites, crickets, flies and the like, which contain an effective amount of insecticide and a synergistic effective amount of water powder. The compositions, preferably using boric acid as an insecticide, and preferably in the form of a paste or dust bait, kill such pests more quickly or allow lower concentrations of insecticide to be used in such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1994Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Stephen John Barcay, Douglas G. Anderson
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Patent number: 5811461Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is --CF=CFCF.sub.3 or --CF.sub.2 CF=CFCF.sub.3 are useful in control of cockroaches, ants, fleas, or termites.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1997Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Ronald E. Hackler, George W. Johnson, John M. Owen
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Patent number: 5804208Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pesticides consisting of granules in which the carrier material is semolina and in which the surface of this carrier material carries microorganisms suitable for controlling pests, their preparation and use for controlling pests.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1997Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Wolfram Andersch, Rudiger Hain, Michael Kilian
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Patent number: 5798112Abstract: A phototoxic insecticidal composition includes at least one photoactive dye, an attractant bait composition and/or feeding stimulant and at least one adjuvant, whereby the adjuvant interacts with the photoactive dye and insect membranes to alter the toxicity of the composition once ingested by the insect. More specifically, the composition is directed to killing the Mexican fruit fly.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 1996Date of Patent: August 25, 1998Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Photodyne International Inc.Inventors: James R. Heitz, Robert L. Mangan, Daniel S. Moreno
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Patent number: 5767253Abstract: New A83543 components, including fermentation products A83543Q, A83543R, A83543S and A83543T and N-demethyl derivatives, and salts thereof, are useful for the control of insects and mites. The pseudoaglycones are useful for the preparation of A83543 components. Methods for making the new A83543 components by culture of Saccharopolyspora spinosa NRRL 18823 are provided. Insecticidal and ectoparasiticidal compositions containing new A83543 components are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1995Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Jan R. Turner, Mary L.B. Huber, Mary C. Broughton, Jon S. Mynderse, James W. Martin
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Patent number: 5766617Abstract: A trapping system for capturing male and female frugivorous pest insects for detecting, monitoring, and/or controlling that includes an attractant composition of ammonium acetate and putrescine and a synergist for the attractant composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1996Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of AgricultureInventors: Robert R. Heath, Nancy D. Epsky
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Patent number: 5759562Abstract: A granular composition comprising a pesticidally active amount of a fungal biological control agent said agent being present in the form of blastospores.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1996Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Assignee: Zeneca LimitedInventors: David John Rhodes, Jill Foundling, Joanna Theresa Porter
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Patent number: 5756113Abstract: Active ingredient containing liquid formulations wherein the active ingredient is made water and oil resistant after application thereof to a substrate by the addition to the formulation of a fluorinated acrylic copolymer. The substrate can be either an animate or inanimate object. Active ingredients include repellents, attractants, pesticides, growth regulators, sunscreen agents, or medicines. The liquid formulations can be aqueous or organic solvent based or a mixture thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1992Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Inventor: Donald W. Kelley
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Patent number: 5756114Abstract: A composition for termite control including a pesticide that is toxic to a termite's gut-dwelling cellulase-producing protozoa is disclosed. The pesticide is present at an effective pesticidal and non-feeding-deterrent concentration. The composition preferably includes a termite attractant and is impregnated in a cellulose-containing material which is thereafter exposed to foraging worker termites. The worker termites are attracted preferentially to the impregnated material and consume it, thereby ingesting the pesticide which they then feed to the other members of the termite colony.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1995Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Inventor: James E. Peterson
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Patent number: 5750129Abstract: Composite polymer dispensers capable of controlled release of semiochemicals have been developed. The dispensers make use of a solid elastomer matrix reservoir which is at least partially surrounded by a permeable release rate controlling polymer membrane. The matrix materials are polyurethanes compatible with many types of semiochemicals and additives. The release rates of semiochemicals from the dispensers can be varied over a wide range by manipulation of the reservoir conditions and by selection of the type of permeable polymer membrane surrounding the device. The dispensers can have a variety of forms and can be produced by a simple process. The semiochemical devices produced by this method are useful for managing insect and other pests through attraction to traps, for population monitoring or for mass trapping. The devices may also be used to dispense anti-aggregation pheromones or repellents in addition to use for mating confusion or disruption.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1996Date of Patent: May 12, 1998Assignee: Phero Tech Inc.Inventor: David A. Wakarchuk
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Patent number: 5750128Abstract: A solid pesticide composition is taught which includes a solid carrier, a pesticide and an amount of flour and/or starch to promote the dispersion of the pesticide into the wax. The solid carrier includes paraffin oil, paraffin wax and microcrystalline wax. A solid pesticide composition is provided without having to include a chemical surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 1996Date of Patent: May 12, 1998Assignee: Weed-Master Western Inc.Inventor: Peter O. Paulson
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Patent number: 5747056Abstract: The invention provides pesticide precursor compositions comprising bran from a mustard of the genus Brassica and methods for controlling soil pests by application of the pesticide precursor compositions to the soil. The invention further provides pesticides comprising aqueous suspensions or extracts of mustard bran.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 1995Date of Patent: May 5, 1998Assignee: Her Majesty in right of Canada as represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-FoodInventors: John W. Potter, Mikio Chiba
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Patent number: 5733539Abstract: The invention discloses a bait for fishes and shellfishes characterized in that the bait comprises a matrix material containing a microorganically fermented product of a plant residue obtained by separating from a plant at least one liquid selected from the group consisting of vegetable juice, fruit juice, plant essential oil, juice extracted from a processed plant product, plant milk and mixtures thereof, or disintegrated product of said microorganically fermented product, wherein the matrix material has incorporated therein (A) an amino acid having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and (B) amino acid having at least 4 carbon atoms in an (A)/(B) molar ratio of 1:1 to 40:1.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1997Date of Patent: March 31, 1998Assignee: Research Institute for Production DevelopmentInventors: Hisao Kitano, Masahiro Matsuda, Yasushi Ifuku, Hisao Maeda, Yoshifumi Matsuda
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Patent number: 5730996Abstract: Intercalates formed by contacting an activated layered material, e.g., an activated phyllosilicate, with an intercalant pesticide to intercalate an intercalant pesticide between adjacent platelets of the layered material is disclosed. Sufficient intercalant pesticide is sorbed between adjacent platelets to expand the adjacent platelets to a spacing of at least about 5 .ANG. (as measured after water removal to a maximum of 5% by weight water) up to about 100 .ANG., and preferably in the range of about 10 to about 45 .ANG., so that, if desired, the intercalate can be exfoliated into individual platelets. The intercalate can be combined with an organic liquid to form a viscous composition for delivery of a pesticide compound. Alternatively, the intercalate can be exfoliated prior to combination with the organic liquid. The intercalated complex also can be admixed with solid particles to provide a granular, dust, or wettable powder pesticide composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1996Date of Patent: March 24, 1998Assignee: Amcol International CorporationInventors: Gary W. Beall, Semeon Tsipursky, Katherine R. Turk
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Patent number: 5720978Abstract: Improved encapsulated products comprising a matrix of a starch hydrolyzate acid ester having a water-insoluble material encapsulated therein. In preferred embodiments, a reducing sugar is employed in the encapsulating process and the starch hydrolyzate ester is refined and an acid in combination with an acid salt is used in forming the starch hydrolyzate acid ester.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1995Date of Patent: February 24, 1998Assignee: Grain Processing CorporationInventor: Alpha L. Morehouse
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Patent number: 5720951Abstract: A rodenticidal bait in the form of agglomerated granules comprising: a cereal base comprising a ground cereal; a rodenticide; and a water-soluble film-forming binder.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1997Date of Patent: February 24, 1998Assignee: Zeneca LimitedInventor: Simon Dominic Baker
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Patent number: 5720968Abstract: The present invention is a device for delivering pesticide to pests, comprising (a) an outer layer comprising a porous water-insoluble polymeric; (b) an inner layer in contact with the outer layer, the inner layer comprising a water-soluble feeding stimulant and a carbohydrate which is at least partially gelatinized; and (c) a toxicant which is present on or in the outer layer, the inner layer, or both. The types of pests for which the device may be used to deliver pesticide are any pests which are able to be controlled by the toxicants used in the device and that can be attracted to an object to feed and/or lay eggs, such as the apple maggot fly, the Mediterranean fruit fly, the house fly, the oriental fruit fly, the blueberry fruit fly, the olive fruit fly, the melon fruit fly, and the Mexican fruit fly as well as other flies, beetles, wasps, moths, cockroaches, and any other insect that can be lured to a device for feeding or egg laying.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 1996Date of Patent: February 24, 1998Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the AgricultureInventors: Baruch S. Shasha, Michael R. McGuire, Xing Ping Hu, Ronald J. Prokopy
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Patent number: 5718885Abstract: Phosphate-free oral compositions containing cationically charged colloids are effective to treat tooth hypersensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1996Date of Patent: February 17, 1998Assignee: Block Drug Co., Inc.Inventors: James L. Gingold, Kenneth J. Markowitz, Kuo-Chen Yeh, Adonis Buelo, James K. Herms, Joseph Synodis
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Patent number: 5707640Abstract: A poisonous bait for controlling soil-inhabiting pests comprising an active compound for controlling a soil-inhabiting pest and, as excipient, an artificial culture medium for mushrooms or the medium obtained after culture of mushrooms.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1996Date of Patent: January 13, 1998Assignee: Nihon Bayer Agrochem K.K.Inventors: Yuzuru Wada, Shin-ichi Tsuboi, Yuichi Otsu, Kunihiro Isono, Shinzaburo Sone, Takamasa Maki, Katsuhiko Hanaki, Takahisa Abe
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Patent number: 5705092Abstract: A multilayered composite for providing sustained release of chlorine dioxide includes a hydrophobic layer containing an acid releasing agent, and a hydrophilic layer containing chlorite anions. The hydrophilic and hydrophobic layers are adjacent and substantially free of water, and the hydrophilic layer is capable of releasing chlorine dioxide upon hydrolysis of the acid releasing agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: Southwest Research InstituteInventors: Stephen T. Wellinghoff, Joel J. Kampa
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Patent number: 5705176Abstract: Insecticidal bait composition for cockroaches and a related method of its use for the control of cockroach infestations. The composition contains boric acid in an amount between about 5 to about 40 wt. % based on the total weight of the composition together with an amount of attractant foodbaits for attracting the roaches to the composition so they will consume it. The preferred composition contains between about 30 and 35 wt. % boric acid and the foodbaits making up the remainder of the composition consist of crushed yellow onions and cane sugar each in an amount equal to about 12.5 wt. % of the remainder composition, and milk and flour each equal to about 37.5% of the remainder of the composition. The preferred composition has a gummy paste-like consistency and is particularly well-suited for application to cracks, crevices and other pest pathways.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 1995Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Inventors: Billy J. Stapleton, Susie Stapleton
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Patent number: 5698208Abstract: Methods and compositions, which rely upon borax toxicants, to control Tephritidae fruit fly populations below economic thresholds are disclosed. More particularly, methods and compositions which utilize borax toxicants are disclosed which cause the Tephritidae fruit flies to die prematurely or which interfere with the female Tephritidae fruit flies to produce eggs for a period of about seven days. A preferred borax toxicant is borax wherein an effective amount in the compositions to accomplish the above is between at least about 0.01M and about 0.12M or more. A lethal amount of borax that should be consumed by the fruit flies in about a 24 hour period is believed to be between at least about 5 mM and about 10 mM or more, whereas the amount of borax that should be consumed by the female fruit flies within about a 24 hour period to prevent the female fruit flies from producing eggs for about seven days or longer is believed to be at least about 2.5 mM and 5 mM or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1995Date of Patent: December 16, 1997Assignee: University of FloridaInventors: Herbert N. Nigg, Samuel E. Simpson
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Patent number: 5695814Abstract: A biocidal powder for sustained release of chlorine dioxide includes particles containing chlorite anions, and a hydrophobic core having the particles on a surface thereof, the hydrophobic core containing an acid releasing agent. The particles and the hydrophobic core are substantially free of water, and the particles are capable of releasing chlorine dioxide upon hydrolysis of the acid releasing agent.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1996Date of Patent: December 9, 1997Assignee: Southwest Research InstituteInventors: Stephen T. Wellinghoff, Joel J. Kampa, Darren E. Barlow
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Patent number: 5690951Abstract: Baits useful against insects contain a homogeneous mixture of:(a) a binding agent comprising a polymer that is solid at 25.degree. C. and exhibits a melting point within the range from about 35.degree. C. to about 65.degree. C.;(b) an erosion rate modifier for said binder; and(c) 0.01-99 wt % of an insecticide; and(d) 0.01-99 wt % of a feeding stimulant for the target insect population.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: November 25, 1997Assignee: Micro Flo CompanyInventors: Chel W. Lew, Kelly Scott Johns
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Patent number: 5679365Abstract: A method for preparing and a product made thereby for a bait insecticide composition that is toxic toward fire ants (Solenopsis saevissima v. richterii). Such a composition is comprised of an attractant agent (concord grape extract) mixed with a toxicant (organophosphorous compound) and an enhancing agent (salt). This present invention has the ability to control fire ants while remaining environmentally safe by being inert with regard to most other ants and nearly all other types of insects, rodents and mammals.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1994Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Inventors: Dennis Mark Henderson, Robert Edwin Kluttz
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Patent number: 5676960Abstract: A method of treating a population of social insects includes applying topically to the insect a composition comprising a carrier and an active ingredient. The composition provides a coating that adheres to the insect and is groomable and ingestible by other insects to distribute the active ingredient within the population. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the composition includes sulfluramid as an active ingredient and an air dryable resin as a carrier. A trap for collection of insects controls temperature within the trap to promote recruitment and also drive the insects to a collection area where they may be treated.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1996Date of Patent: October 14, 1997Inventor: Timothy G. Myles
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Patent number: 5676961Abstract: The insect bait composition in the present invention is useful for feeding stimuli to induce insects, especially cockroaches, to preferably feed upon said bait composition, which will stimulate insect feeding and successfully compete with other food sources in the environment, said stimulant bait composition having one or more protein sources derived from poultry liver, silkworm pupae and hydrogenated soy protein.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 1996Date of Patent: October 14, 1997Assignee: The Clorox CompanyInventors: James Wolfe, Don Lesiewicz, Yashpal Mehra, Joseph Mares
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Patent number: 5676959Abstract: A phototoxic insecticidal composition includes at least one photoactive dye present in the amount of between 0.025%-4.0% of the composition, an attractant compound and/or feeding stimulant and at least one adjuvant, whereby the adjuvant interacts with the photoactive dye and insect membranes to alter the toxicity of the composition once ingested by the insect.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1995Date of Patent: October 14, 1997Assignees: Photodye International, Inc., The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the AgricultureInventors: James Heitz, Robert L. Mangan, Daniel S. Moreno
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Patent number: 5674520Abstract: 1. The use of a compound of the general formula ##STR1## in which n is 0 or 1Y represents a nitrogen atom or a CH groupX represents a nitrogen atom or a group CR.sup.2 wherein R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a nitro group or a substituted thio-methyl groupA represents an optionally substituted 5- or 6- membered heterocyclic ring having one or two hetero atoms selected from nitrogen and oxygen, or an optionally substituted aryl, alkenyl or alkynyl groupR ,if present, represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group andR.sup.1 represents a 3- or 4- membered alkylene chain optionally interrupted by a nitrogen and/or a sulphur atom, or having a terminal nitrogen and/or sulphur atom,for combating molluscs.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1994Date of Patent: October 7, 1997Assignee: Shell Research LimitedInventors: Antionio Mete, David Munro, John Stewart Badmin, Bipin Patel, Jamie Brian Mankee, Sarah Anne Davies
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Patent number: 5674518Abstract: A piscicide formulation is combined with fish feed and a target species attractant to form poison oral bait pellets. The pellets are formed to a size and located in the aqueous environment of a fish population in a manner effective in selectively exterminating the target species by ingestion and not by poisoning the aqueous environment.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1995Date of Patent: October 7, 1997Assignee: Prentiss IncorporatedInventor: James R. Fajt
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Patent number: 5672354Abstract: The present invention is directed to preparations of birdseed treated with capsaicin or capsaicin derivatives or analogues thereof in an amount sufficient to be unpalatable to animals having capsaicin sensitive receptors, and more specifically to mammals such as rodents. These "hot" compounds, extracts or whole plant material containing these compounds may be coated on, impregnated in or combined (e.g., mixed) with birdseed to repel troublesome mammals which recognize these compounds as "hot". These "hot" compounds, in contrast, will not repel birds because birds do not recognize these compounds as "hot" since they do not have capsaicin sensitive receptors. The invention is further directed to a method of selectively repelling animals having capsaicin sensitive receptors, which comprises feeding the treated birdseed of the invention to birds, in an amount effective for repelling animals having capsaicin sensitive receptors, thereby discouraging said animals from eating the treated birdseed.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1996Date of Patent: September 30, 1997Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health & Human ServicesInventor: Peter M. Blumberg
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Patent number: 5668185Abstract: A process for preparing a composite including mixing a hydrophilic material containing an amine with a hydrophobic material containing an acid releasing agent, the hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials being substantially free of water, to form a mixture. The mixture is exposed to chlorine dioxide which reacts with the amine to form iminium chlorite within the hydrophilic material. The hydrophilic material is capable of releasing chlorine dioxide upon hydrolysis of the acid releasing agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: September 16, 1997Assignee: Southwest Research InstituteInventor: Stephen T. Wellinghoff
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Patent number: 5665370Abstract: An insecticidal product comprises a solid substrate impregnated with sterile cockroach aggregation pheromones, a sterile insecticidal composition comprises a solvent extract of the product, which may be in solution, and an insect attractant product comprises a solid substrate having the composition partially or fully coated thereon. The product and composition of the invention may be utilized in the manufacture of insect traps provided with a hollow receptacle and an opening, and optionally, a cover. An insect trap may comprise a hollow receptacle with a slippery internal surface to prevent the exit of the insects, and an opening, and optionally a cover. The present products are particularly suitable for trapping insects, such as cockroaches.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1995Date of Patent: September 9, 1997Assignee: Temple University Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher EducationInventors: Michael J. Gehret, Frank N. Chang
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Patent number: 5658584Abstract: An antimicrobial composition containing a mixture of hinokitiol and citronellic acid in a ratio of about 1:1 to about 3:1 by weight. The antimicrobial composition according to the invention is safe for humans and has a high antimicrobial activity and a broad antimicrobial spectrum, and is widely useful for antiblastic and antifungal purposes in toiletries and household articles.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 1995Date of Patent: August 19, 1997Assignee: Takasago International CorporationInventor: Yuzo Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 5653973Abstract: Baits useful for controlling lepidoptera populations is made with (a) a diet component for lepidoptera; (b) a toxicant; (c) a chemiluminescent, visual attractant and (d) an encapsulating agent that will allow moisture to permeate and form an external condensate of said diet and said toxicant. The diet, toxicant, and chemiluminescent visual attractant can be used in the same bait particle in a homogeneous or layered structure. Alternatively, the diet/toxicant may be used with a first encapsulating agent in a first bait particle with the chemiluminescent, visual attractant encapsulated in a second bait particle and distributed among the diet/toxicant bait particles.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1996Date of Patent: August 5, 1997Assignee: Micro Flo CompanyInventors: Chel W. Lew, Keith Branly, Jesse Gaytan, Osborn Jones Turner
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Patent number: 5645844Abstract: The present invention features a method and composition for attracting a target insect to a selected location. The invention is based on the discovery that negatively charged chitosan polymers, e.g., NOCC, have advantageous properties for use in a semiochemical delivery system for releasing a volatile semiochemical at a substantially sustained rate over an extended period of time to attract a target insect to a selected location. The present invention may be used for monitoring a target insect by capturing the insect. Alternatively, the present invention may be used for the management of a target insect by disrupting mating patterns of such insects.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: July 8, 1997Assignee: Chitogenics, Inc.Inventors: Susan Elizabeth Henderson, Dennis Thomas Curran, Clive M. Elson
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Patent number: RE35660Abstract: A coating composition to prevent cribbing by a horse includes a solvent, a carrier, a non volatile chemical and a pigment .Iadd.if required.Iaddend.. The solvent comprises a combination of a higher aromatic solvent having a boiling point above 170.degree. Centigrade .?.(380.degree. Fahrenheit).!., and crystals thereof combined with a carrier therefor. Further, non-volatile chemicals which would assist in penetration of a wood surface and in enhancing residual properties of the composition can be added to the base combination.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 1995Date of Patent: November 11, 1997Assignee: Dyco Associates, Inc.Inventor: John W. Dyer, Sr.