US 12,075,766 B2
Pest monitoring system with conductive electrodes
James W. Austin, Research Triangle Park, NC (US); Cheryl Ann Leichter, Durham, NC (US); Greggory Keith Storey, Cary, NC (US); Kenneth Scott Brown, Research Triangle Park, NC (US); Gregory Kent Thompson, Huntsville, AL (US); Thomas S. Rancour, II, Raleigh, NC (US); and Timothy Robert Sloper, Mount Dora, FL (US)
Assigned to BASF Corporation, Florham Park, NJ (US)
Filed by BASF CORPORATION, Florham Park, NJ (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/098,476.
Application 18/098,476 is a continuation of application No. 16/570,134, filed on Sep. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,570,978.
Application 16/570,134 is a continuation of application No. 16/028,899, filed on Jul. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,448,627.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/670,248, filed on May 11, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/544,428, filed on Aug. 11, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/529,681, filed on Jul. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148583 A1, May 18, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01M 1/02 (2006.01); A01M 25/00 (2006.01); A01M 31/00 (2006.01); G01V 3/02 (2006.01); G01V 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 1/026 (2013.01) [A01M 25/002 (2013.01); A01M 31/002 (2013.01); G01V 3/02 (2013.01); G01V 3/06 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pest sensing device, comprising:
a circuit having first and second electrodes attached to an electrically insulating material, wherein the electrically insulating material defines a base to which the first and second electrodes are attached, wherein the circuit is configured to change from a first impedance state to a second impedance state due to pest activity; and
a waterproof member configured to prevent moisture intrusion to the first and second electrodes prior to pest activity, wherein at least a portion of the waterproof member is removable by termites.