US Patent Issued to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY on March 17 for "Methods and compositions for improved insect repellency" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,324, issued on March 17, was assigned to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (East Lansing, Mich.).

"Methods and compositions for improved insect repellency" was invented by Ke Dong (Okemos, Mich.), Feng Liu (Nashville, Tenn.), Qiang Wang (Zhenjiang Jiangsu, China), Peng Xu (East Lansing, Mich.), Felipe Andreazza (Durham, N.C.) and Wilson Rodrigues Valbon (East Lansing, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are compositions and methods useful for isolating compositions that repel insects, including mosquitoes."

The patent was filed on June 18, 2021, under Application No. 17/351,620.

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