ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,037, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Wuhan Newfiber Optoelectronics Co. Ltd (Wuhan, China).

"Termite monitoring and killing system" was invented by Zhiguo Wu (Wuhan, China), Yin Chen (Wuhan, China), Chunping Zhang (Wuhan, China), Shibing Xue (Wuhan, China), Chia-Chuan Chang (Wuhan, China), Jiachen Wang (Wuhan, China) and Shibo Zhang (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A termite monitoring and killing system includes a plurality of termite monitoring and killing devices, where the plurality of termite monitoring and killing devices are distributed and buried in termite infested areas, and are configured to lure termites in...