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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:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Peter Ea Teal, Gainesville, FL (US);
Adrian J. Duehl, Gainesville, FL (US);
Mark J. Carroll, Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Peter EA Teal, Gainesville, FL (US);
Adrian J. Duehl, Gainesville, FL (US);
Mark J. Carroll, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 35/08 (2006.01); A01N 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for attracting honey bee parasitic mites to an object or area, involving treating the object or area with a composition containing a honey bee parasitic mites attracting effective amount of at least one compound selected from butyric acid, isobutyric acid, or mixtures thereof, and optionally a carrier or carrier material.