ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,362, issued on May 27, was assigned to Discovery Purchaser Corp. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Compositions and methods for minimum risk pest control" was invented by Kyle Denk (Cary, N.C.), Arunas Damijonaitis (Cary, N.C.) and Deborah Koufas (Clayton, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, compositions or formulations for insect control are described herein. In some embodiments, a composition or formulation described herein comprises an essential oil component, an Acetyl Tributyl Citrate component, and amorphous precipitated silica component."

The patent was filed on Feb. 5, 2025, under Application No. 19/046,435.

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