Repellents for ants

US5721274A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• Robert K. Vander Meer · Newberry, US
• William A. Banks · Gainesville, US
• Clifford S. Lofgren · Gainesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 1995
• Grant date: Feb 24, 1998
• Expiry date: Dec 29, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N37/06
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method has been discovered for repelling ants by treating objects or areas with effective amounts of compositions that include (a) one or more C.sub.6 to C.sub.8 carboxylic acids; (b) one or more C.sub.6 to C.sub.14 alcohols; (c) one or more esters which are reaction products of (a) and (b) or an ester which is a reaction product of the repellents and other carboxylic acids or alcohols; (d) one or more C.sub.6 to C.sub.11 carboxylic acid esters; (e) one or more C.sub.6 to C.sub.14 ketones; (f) one or more C.sub.6 to C.sub.14 aldehydes; or (g) mixtures thereof.