ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,808, issued on July 1, was assigned to 0903608 B.C. Ltd. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Compositions, devices and methods for control of pests using vapor activity" was invented by Karan Manhas (Vancouver, Canada), Annett Rozek (Port Moody, Canada), Nathan Woodbury (Burnaby, Canada), Shannon Lentz (Vancouver, Canada), Robert James Etsu Takeuchi (Vancouver, Canada) and Sasha Ozeroff (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for the control of pests using the vapors of a pesticidal composition. Compostions, devices and methods for the selective control of pests while not harming one or more beneficial insects are also...