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Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010

Filed:

Oct. 20, 2005
Applicants:

James A. Nolen, West Greenwich, RI (US);

Robert H. Bedoukian, West Redding, CT (US);

Robert E. Maloney, Bethel, CT (US);

Daniel L. Kline, Gainesville, FL (US);

Inventors:

James A. Nolen, West Greenwich, RI (US);

Robert H. Bedoukian, West Redding, CT (US);

Robert E. Maloney, Bethel, CT (US);

Daniel L. Kline, Gainesville, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 31/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Composition for inhibiting the ability of mosquitoes to locate a target by olfactory emissions of the target comprise a composition of at least one inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of 3-methyl-1-alkene-3-ols of the formula: and 3-methyl-1-alkyn-3-ols of the formula: wherein Rand Rare each independently a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, in a vehicle base that is a porous or waxy medium. The composition being capable of dispensing the inhibiting compound in an non-lethal amount effective to inhibit the ability of mosquitoes to sense a target in a three dimensional environmental space.


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