US Patent Issued to S. C. Johnson & Son on Oct. 21 for "Oil-based insecticidal and insect repellent compositions" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,586, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to S. C. Johnson & Son Inc. (Racine, Wis.).

"Oil-based insecticidal and insect repellent compositions" was invented by Alexis Huckabee (Kenosha, Wis.), Amber J. Yeary (Racine, Wis.) and Cassidy N. Goff (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pest control composition is disclosed herein. The pest control composition includes an active component having a) between about 0.1 wt. % and about 11 wt. % of a mint oil selected from the group consisting of spearmint oil, peppermint oil, and cornmint oil; and b) between about 0.05 wt. % and about 5 wt. % rosemary oil, at least one of a carrier or a...