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US 8,940,662 B2Granted
Methods for controlling pests
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsTerrence R. Burke, Henry Wayne Moran, Jonathan D. Berger, James H. Cink
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Abstract
Ready-to-use foamable pesticide compositions that contain a particulate pesticide suspended therein and applicators for dispensing such compositions. Methods for treating pests such as arthropods by contacting pests with such compositions are also provided.
Claims13
A method for applying a pesticide to a target surface, the method comprising:
- dispensing a pesticide composition onto a first area of the target surface, the pesticide composition including a particulate pesticide, a thickening agent, a surfactant system comprising potassium coconut fatty acid and an alpha olefin sulfonate, and a visual indicator to visually indicate where the pesticide composition has been applied after dispensing;
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- dispensing additional pesticide composition onto a second area of the target surface at least in part different from the first area thereof based at least in part on the visual indicator present in the pesticide composition dispensed onto the first area of the target surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.