US Patent Issued on April 22 for "Attractant blend compositions, devices and methods for attracting female mice" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,613, issued on April 22.

"Attractant blend compositions, devices and methods for attracting female mice" was invented by Elana Varner (Holliston, Mass.), Regine Gries (Coquitlam, Canada) and Gerhard Gries (Coquitlam, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Attractant blend compositions attractive to female mice include one or more pheromone components comprising one or more of 2,3,5-trithiahexane, 1-hexanol, and 3-methyl-2-pentanone; and one or more known attractants. The known attractants can include 3,4-dehydro-exo-brevicomin ("brevicomin"), 2-sec-butyl-4,5-dihydrothiazole ("thiazole"), and testosterone. Devices and methods of using t...