US Patent Issued to Thermacell Repellents on Oct. 20 for "Solvent for insect repellent active ingredient and insect repellent system using same" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,533, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Thermacell Repellents Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).

"Solvent for insect repellent active ingredient and insect repellent system using same" was invented by John Hainze (Bedford, Mass.), Nicholas Bolz (Bedford, Mass.) and Stephen Bradbury (Bedford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insect repellent system includes an active insect repellent ingredient and a glycol solvent as part of a thermally activated dispersion using a wick and a heater. The active ingredient may be a pyrethroid insecticide or a natural insect repellent material. The glycol solvent includes at least two hydroxyl groups and ma...