Devices and methods for eliminating termite colonies

US6716421B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• University of Florida Research Foundation, INC. · US

Inventors

• Philip Frederick Brode, III · Cincinnati, US
• Garry Steven Garrett · Lancaster, US
• Leo Timothy Laughlin, II · Mason, US
• Randall Stryker Matthews · Cincinnati, US
• Dale E. Barker · Hamilton, US
• Daniel James Kinne · Cincinnati, US
• Gary E. McKibben · Cincinnati, US
• Christopher Miles Miller · Milford, US
• Timothy Robert Probst · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 6, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S424/11
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to devices, kits, and methods for eliminating termite colonies. The kits, devices, and methods employ a termiticidal bait matrix containinga) a termiticide selected such that the termiticide causes death to about 50 to about 100% of termites within about 24 to about 84 days after the termites begin to ingest the termiticide or the bait matrix comprising the termiticide,b) a cellulose containing material, andc) water.The termiticidal bait matrix can be used in a bait station installed in the ground. The kits are suitable to be used by consumers in their homes.