ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,060, issued on May 6, was assigned to S. C. JOHNSON & SON INC. (Racine, Wis.).
"Insect trap device" was invented by Paul E. Furner (Racine, Wis.), Julie Palm (Racine, Wis.), Kamran Faterioun (New Berlin, Wis.), David R. Carlson (Cedarburg, Wis.), Noah I. Tracy (Franksville, Wis.) and Murthy S. Munagavalasa (Racine, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A removable substrate for an insect attractant device includes a body having front and rear faces. The body includes a grip portion with a slot and a lower portion disposed below the grip portion. The lower portion includes a retention aperture, a first lateral portion, and a second late...