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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Matthew S. Doyle, Chatfield, MN (US);
Jeffrey N. Judd, Oronoco, MN (US);
Joseph Kuczynski, North Port, FL (US);
Scott D. Strand, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy J. Tofil, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 33/26 (2006.01); D03D 25/00 (2006.01); A01N 25/10 (2006.01); D03D 1/00 (2006.01); D03D 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 33/26 (2013.01); D03D 1/0035 (2013.01); D03D 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide compositions and methods involving textiles that repel insects by vibrations and oscillations. The random and chaotic oscillations are caused by molecular bond isomerizations in the textile material driven by visible light, such as sunlight.