US Patent Issued to OMS Investments on July 8 for "Methods for treating arthropods" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,678, issued on July 8, was assigned to OMS Investments Inc. (Los Angeles).

"Methods for treating arthropods" was invented by Shannon Hollis (Delaware, Ohio), Casey McDonald (Galloway, Ohio) and Jason Rader (Marysville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for treating arthropods comprising depositing at least one drop of a liquid formulation containing at least one surfactant on a solid surface of an arthropod at a contact angle sufficient to cause rapid and enhanced knockdown (KD) of the arthropod. The contact angle comprises an angle formed between a resting drop of the liquid formulation and the solid surface on which the dr...