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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2010
Mike P. Tolley, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Joseph J. Demark, Westfield, IN (US);
Donald E. Williams, Iii, Greenfield, IN (US);
Thomas H. Atkinson, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew H. Wurtz, Carmel, IN (US);
Amy J. Griffin, New Palestine, IN (US);
Eva A. Chin, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Marc L. Fisher, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Mike P. Tolley, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Joseph J. DeMark, Westfield, IN (US);
Donald E. Williams, III, Greenfield, IN (US);
Thomas H. Atkinson, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew H. Wurtz, Carmel, IN (US);
Amy J. Griffin, New Palestine, IN (US);
Eva A. Chin, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Marc L. Fisher, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A pest detection device includes a housing with a sensor and one or more bait members. The sensor includes one or more of a chisel-shaped electrically conductive trace carried on a substrate, a low resistance electrically conductive ink defining an electrical pathway on a substrate with a pointed profile, and/or a substrate including a directional grain structure oriented in a predefined manner relative to an electrically conductive pathway.