Bird aversion compounds

Patent 5549902 Issued on August 27, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 19, 2014. 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.

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Inventors

Assignee

PMC Specialties Group Inc.

Application

No. 358462 filed on 12/19/1994

US Classes:

424/405, Biocides; animal or insect repellents or attractants (e.g., disinfectants, pesticides, etc.)514/535, The nitrogen of the Z radical is directly bonded to a benzene ring which is directly bonded to the C(=O) group514/918REPELLENT

Examiners

Primary: Bleutge, John C.
Assistant: Harrison, Robert H.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Verna; James M.

Foreign Patent References

173410 EP. 03/13/1986
1-139515 JP. 06/13/1989

International Class

A01N 025/02

Abstract

A method of repelling birds from a source, comprising the step of applying to the source an aversely effective amount of a liquid bird aversion solution including a bird aversion agent in an amount of from 5 to 50% by weight of a total weight of the solution; a terpene chosen from terpene hydrocarbons, oxygenated terpenes and a mixture of terpene hydrocarbons and oxygenated terpenes in an amount of from 10% to 50% by weight of a total weight of the solution; and alkylesters chosen from saturated fatty acids having from 4-20 carbon atoms and unsaturated fatty acids having from 10-18 carbon atoms esterified with an alcohol having 1-8 carbon atoms in an amount of from 10 to 50% by weight of a total weight of the solution. The bird aversion agent can be selected from methyl anthranilate, ortho-amino acetophenone, 2-amino-1,5-dimethyl acetophenone, veratroyl amine, dimethyl anthranilate, cinnamic aldehyde or esters, and combinations of these compounds.

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