US 12,376,578 B2
Mosquito attractant formulations and uses thereof
Rickard Ignell, Lund (SE); Stefanos Andreadis, Kavala (GR); Christos Spanoudis, Salonika (GR); and Göran Birgersson, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to ACTIVE SCENT AB, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/290,360
Filed by ACTIVE SCENT AB, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/081849
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/104483, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1818904 (GB), filed on Nov. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0315194 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A01M 1/20 (2006.01); A01M 1/02 (2006.01); A01N 25/02 (2006.01); A01N 25/08 (2006.01); A01N 25/10 (2006.01); A01N 25/12 (2006.01); A01N 35/02 (2006.01); A01N 35/04 (2006.01); A01N 35/06 (2006.01); A01N 59/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 1/2016 (2013.01) [A01M 1/023 (2013.01); A01N 25/02 (2013.01); A01N 25/08 (2013.01); A01N 25/10 (2013.01); A01N 25/12 (2013.01); A01N 35/02 (2013.01); A01N 35/04 (2013.01); A01N 35/06 (2013.01); A01N 59/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
 
1. A mosquito attractant formulation comprising each of components (i) to (vii) in the amounts stated below, which amounts are indicated as a percentage of the total combined weight of components (i) to (vii):
(i) 3-octanone in an amount of from about 3.1% to about 9.4% by weight;
(ii) heptanal in an amount of from about 0.9% to about 1.6% by weight;
(iii) benzaldehyde in an amount of from about 1.9% to about 3.8% by weight;
(iv) sulcatone in an amount of from about 6.6% to about 13.1% by weight;
(v) octanal in an amount of from about 3.1% to about 7.8% by weight;
(vi) nonanal in an amount of from about 48.6% to about 75.0% by weight; and
(vii) decanal in an amount of from about 9.4% to about 15.7% by weight,
wherein the weight ratio of components (i) to (vii) in the composition is as follows:
from about 3.1 to about 9.4 of 3-octanone:about 0.9 to about 1.6 of heptanal:from about 1.9 to about 3.8 of benzaldehyde:from about 6.6 to about 13.1 of sulcatone:from about 3.1 to about 7.8 of octanal:from about 48.6 to about 75.0 of nonanal:from about 9.4 to about 15.7 of decanal.