US Patent Issued to Suterra on Nov. 3 for "Insect attractant and killing system" (American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,129, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Suterra LLC (Los Angeles).

"Insect attractant and killing system" was invented by Ignacio de Alfonso Marzal (Valencia, Spain), Zachary Ryan Clark (Bend, Ore.), Scott Richard Lindbloom (Bend, Ore.) and Wesley Albert Matson (Bend, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods for attracting insects to a trap or surface containing insecticide. One embodiment described herein is an insect attractant releasing system comprising a quantity of a volatile insect attractant where the attractant is released at a defined rate and has a particular product lifetime under field c...