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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:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Heitz, Starkville, MS (US);
Robert L Mangan, Weslaco, TX (US);
Daniel S Moreno, Weslaco, TX (US);
Assignees:
Photodye International, Inc., Linthicum, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424405 ; 424410 ; 424 84 ; 514455 ;
Abstract
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.