Method, apparatus and compositions for inhibiting the human scent tracking ability of mosquitoes in environmentally defined three dimensional spaces

US6362235B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Biosensor, Inc. · US
• BEDOUKIAN RESEARCH, INC. · US
• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• J. Nolen · West Greenwich, US
• Robert H. Bedoukian · West Redding, US
• Robert E. Maloney · Bethel, US
• Daniel L. Kline · Gainesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 1999
• Grant date: Mar 26, 2002
• Expiry date: May 10, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N31/02
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The ability of mosquitoes to locate a target by olfactory emissions of the target is inhibited by dispensing into a spatial area an inhibiting effective amount 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 R1 and R2 are each independently a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 12 carbon atoms.