US 12,256,683 B1
Pest control light with ultraviolet light
Simon Kepchar, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to INTRALIGHT, LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed by IntraLight, LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/233,023.
Application 18/233,023 is a continuation of application No. 17/735,550, filed on May 3, 2022, granted, now 11,723,316.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/220,605, filed on Jul. 12, 2021.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01G 7/04 (2006.01); A01G 9/24 (2006.01); H05B 47/16 (2020.01); H05B 47/165 (2020.01)
CPC A01G 7/045 (2013.01) [A01G 9/249 (2019.05); H05B 47/16 (2020.01); H05B 47/165 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for treating pest infestation of crops, comprising:
withholding all light from the crops; and
during the withholding, applying a fir burst of ultraviolet light to the crops for a duration of between 1 second and 200 seconds at a wavelength between 250 nm and 355 nm at an intensity between about 20 μW/cm2 and about 30 μW/cm2.