US 12,268,203 B2
System and method for treating underwater invasive species
Deloren E. Anderson, Crosby, MN (US)
Assigned to Deloren E. Anderson, Crosby, MN (US)
Filed by Deloren E. Anderson, Crosby, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/482,593.
Application 18/482,593 is a continuation of application No. 16/723,144, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,825,828.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/783,462, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0107993 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01M 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 19/00 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of suppressing zebra mussel larva underwater invasive species comprising:
coating at least a portion of a fixture with photocatalytic titanium dioxide (TiO2), wherein the fixture comprises a luminaire coated with photocatalytic TiO2 on an inside and an outside the luminaire; and
placing the luminaire underwater in a position in which at least a portion of the coated outside of the luminaire is exposed to light such that the photocatalytic Ti02 coating is activated, wherein exposing the coated outside of the luminaire to light is provided by a light source positioned to emit light away from the coated outside of the luminaire to attract zebra mussel larva and to direct light towards the coated outside of the luminaire to generate O2 to destroy the attracted zebra mussel larva.