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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
William D Garrett, Oxon Hill, MD (US);
William R Barger, Camp Springs, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424285 ; 424342 ;
Abstract
A method of controlling mosquitos by adsorbing onto the surface of a body of water suitable for breeding mosquitos a monomolcular or duplex film of an organic material which reduces the surface tension of the body of water to 30 dynes/cm or less.