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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert K. Vander Meer, Gainesville, FL (US);
William A. Banks, Gainesville, FL (US);
Clifford S. Lofgren, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 3/702 ; A01N 3/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 3/702 ; A01N 3/704 ;
Abstract
A method and composition has been discovered for repelling ants by treating objects or areas with effective amounts of compositions that includes at least one C,-C,dicarboxylic acid diester and a carrier.