US Patent Issued to Brandenburg Innovation on March 3 for "Ovitrap and method of controlling vector born disease" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,184, issued on March 3, was assigned to Brandenburg Innovation Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Ovitrap and method of controlling vector born disease" was invented by Mathew V. Kaye (West Midlands, Great Britain), Carl Baptista (West Midlands, Great Britain) and Shankar Seetharam (West Midlands, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an ovitrap and a method of controlling mosquito populations. The ovitrap includes a container, a cover, and a dividing mechanism for dividing the container into two regions, which in use are filled with water, and which communicate via an opening such that a first volume bel...