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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:
Dec. 28, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph C Dickens, Starkville, MS (US);
Ronald F Billings, Lufkin, TX (US);
Thomas L Payne, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514450 ; 514456 ; 514691 ; 514693 ; 514703 ; 514763 ; 514919 ;
Abstract
A composition for preventing or limiting the attack and infestation of trees by pine bark beetles, by inhibiting the response of the beetles to their aggregation pheromones. The composition comprises a green leaf volatile selected form six carbon alcohols, aldehydes, their derivatives such as acetates, and mixtures thereof. The green leaf volatile may be employed alone or in combination with an additional, known inhibitor of the pheromone response of the beetle.