US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on Sept. 8 for "Large fly bait multi-station tool" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,591, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Large fly bait multi-station tool" was invented by Douglas B. Gardner (Saint Paul, Minn.), Carlos Pando (Saint Paul, Minn.), Larry Lake (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Bennett Jordan (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flying insect station includes a surface that is treated with a bait product, such as a pesticide. The surface of the station is an attractant to flying insects, such as large flies, due to contrasting colors and/or a pattern surface, which increases interaction by flies with the surface and also aids in the retention of the pesticide...