ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,120, issued on March 4, was assigned to S. C. Johnson & Son Inc. (Racine, Wis.).
"Bait stations" was invented by Paul E. Furner (Racine, Wis.), Greg Perkolup (Sun Prairie, Wis.), Jerome Matter (Racine, Wis.), Paul Diehl (New York) and Adriana Bueti (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bait stations are disclosed that include a housing having an upper casing and a lower casing coupled to form an interior cavity. A pad, gel, or variations thereof that carry food are disposed within the interior cavity. The lower casing includes a base having a peripheral flange that defines an outer edge, an outer wall that is spaced apart from th...