ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,936, issued on March 18.
"Insect trapping" was invented by Rudolf Plaut (Lisvane, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an insect trapping device (100) comprising: a housing (110) having an opening (120) through which insects (I) can enter the housing; trapping means (130) for trapping insects within the housing; an attractant source (170) and regulating means for regulating a flow of an attractant (160) into the housing; propelling means (150) for evacuating at least a portion of the attractant from within the housing through the opening; control means communicatively coupled with the regulating mean...