US 12,342,808 B2
Compositions, devices and methods for control of pests using vapor activity
Karan Manhas, Vancouver (CA); Annett Rozek, Port Moody (CA); Nathan Woodbury, Burnaby (CA); Shannon Lentz, Vancouver (CA); Robert James Etsu Takeuchi, Vancouver (CA); and Sasha Ozeroff, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to 0903608 B.C. Ltd., Vancouver (CA)
Appl. No. 15/037,513
Filed by 0903608 B.C. Ltd., Vancouver (CA)
PCT Filed Nov. 18, 2014, PCT No. PCT/IB2014/066139
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2016,
PCT Pub. No. WO2015/071890, PCT Pub. Date May 21, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/008,425, filed on Jun. 5, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/941,049, filed on Feb. 18, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/918,641, filed on Dec. 19, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/913,194, filed on Dec. 6, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/911,434, filed on Dec. 3, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/905,415, filed on Nov. 18, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2016/0286782 A1, Oct. 6, 2016
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01M 13/00 (2006.01); A01M 1/20 (2006.01); A01M 17/00 (2006.01); A01N 25/18 (2006.01); A61K 31/12 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 13/003 (2013.01) [A01M 1/2022 (2013.01); A01M 1/2027 (2013.01); A01M 1/2033 (2013.01); A01M 1/2044 (2013.01); A01M 1/2055 (2013.01); A01M 1/2061 (2013.01); A01M 1/2077 (2013.01); A01M 17/008 (2013.01); A01N 25/18 (2013.01); A61K 31/12 (2013.01); A01M 2200/011 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
 
1. A method of killing a pest, the method comprising:
providing a treatment enclosure containing pests or their eggs, or an article infested with pests or their eggs, the treatment enclosure having a volume of between 70 L and 1200 L;
providing a substrate impregnated with a pesticidal composition; and
passively releasing pesticidal vapors of the pesticidal composition from the substrate within the treatment enclosure for a treatment period, wherein the pesticidal composition comprises neem oil;
wherein the concentration of neem oil in the pesticidal composition comprises in the range of about 0.00055% to 0.013% by volume per volume of the treatment enclosure.