ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,242, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TECHNOLOGY SG LP (West Conshohocken, Pa.).

"Determining odorant detection in arthropods" was invented by Thomas M. Dykstra (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to various embodiments, systems and methods for determining carbon dioxide detection in arthropods. An embodiment may include determining at least one resonant frequency of an arthropod sensory organ and an absorption spectrum of at least one odorant. A frequency filter may be applied to the absorption spectrum to eliminate frequencies below a given intensity value. Of the frequencies remaining from the absorption ...