ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,640, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Arthropod trapping device" was invented by Christopher Lawrence Smith (Liberty Township, Ohio), Benjamin Patrick Hale (West Chester, Ohio), Adam James Burt (Loveland, Ohio), Erik John Hasenoehrl (Loveland, Ohio), Danilo Rossi (Trento, Italy), Andrea Pedrotti (Trento, Italy), Walter Sordo (Trento, Italy), Alessio Giovanelli (Trento, Italy), Brian Lee Floyd (Cincinnati), Hirotaka Uchiyama (Loveland, Ohio), Thomas Bernard Walker III (Cincinnati) and Anthony Xavier Jean-Yves Clerc (Montgomery, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arthropod trapping device c...