US Patent Issued to TOHOKU UNIVERSITY on Oct. 27 for "Pest control apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,970, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to TOHOKU UNIVERSITY (Sendai, Japan).

"Pest control apparatus" was invented by Masatoshi Hori (Sendai, Japan), Hiroshi Fuji (Suita, Japan) and Kazuhisa Yamamoto (Suita, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pest control apparatus is a pest control apparatus for killing an insect which is a target using light. The pest control apparatus includes a light source device and an irradiation member. The light source device emits a laser beam including blue. The irradiation member irradiates the target with the laser beam emitted from the light source device."

The patent was filed on Jan. 10, 2024, unde...