US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on March 18 for "Device and method for attracting and trapping flying insects" (Minnesota, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,937, issued on March 18, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Device and method for attracting and trapping flying insects" was invented by Jared Freudenberg (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Emory H. Matts (Rowlett, Texas), Ronald D. Jungmann (Oakdale, Minn.), Staci Johnston (Burnsville, Minn.) and Matthew Rhodes (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trap for immobilizing, killing, or containing arthropods comprises a housing having walls and at least one opening, where the walls define an interior space; and a light source comprising a directional light source mounted in the interior space. The light source is cons...