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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Dow Agrosciences Llc, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Robert L. Hill, Carmel, IN (US);
James E. King, Carmel, IN (US);
Joseph J. DeMark, Westfield, IN (US);
Anton Arnoldy, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Mike P. Tolley, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Donald E. Williams, III, Greenfield, IN (US);
Joseph E. Eger, Tampa, FL (US);
Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
Composite materials that are palatable to a wood-destroying pest species and also pesticidal to the pest species can be used in pest control devices and can be used as wood substitutes for structural components, which are resistant to destruction by wood-destroying pests. The composite materials include a thermoplastic polymer, a food material for the pest and a pesticide. The composite material is formed by mixing a thermoplastic polymer, wood fragments or other cellulosic materials and a quantity of pesticide, and thereafter creating a molten material within a mixer, compounder, extruder or the like. The molten material is extruded or molded to form the desired shape.