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Insect de-infestation method

Patent 4416908 Issued on November 22, 1983. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject March 18, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

3611582

Seed drying process and apparatus Patent #: 4015341
Issued on: 04/05/1977
Inventor: McKinney ,   et al.

Inventors

Application

No. 06/359521 filed on 03/18/1982

US Classes:

426/241, Heating by electromagnetic wave219/686, Gas environment (e.g., pressurized, etc.)426/242Product dry in final form

Examiners

Primary: Yoncoskie, Robert A.
Assistant: Yeung, George

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

A23B 9/00 (20060101)
A23B 9/04 (20060101)

Abstract

This application covers a method of treating grain and packaged foodstuffs with microwave energy under vacuum to kill insects, larvae, and eggs without raising the temperature of the product being treated to an extremely high level.

Other References

  • Desrosier, "Radiation Effects on Insects", Radiation Technology in Food, Agriculture and Biology, 1960, pp. 272-277
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