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Multipurpose ant bait

US8840909B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

4References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Claude Taranta · Aix-en-Provence, FR
Thomas Bork · Westhofen, DE
Gerhard Schnabel · Elsenfeld, DE
Helmut Müller · Bad Dürkheim, DE
Sarah Thompson · Raleigh, US
Clark D. Klein · Pittsboro, US
Nigel Armes · Raleigh, US
Tiffany Hennessey · Wake Forest, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 16, 2009
Grant date	Sep 23, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 16, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01N47/34
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Subject of the present invention is a solid ant bait comprising an insecticide and a bait composition. Another subject is a process for the preparation of said ant bait, comprising extruding a mixture, which contains the insecticide and the bait composition. Yet another subject is a method for controlling ants, comprising offering to said ants the ant bait according to the invention. Finally, a subject is a use of the ant bait according to the invention for controlling ants.

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