Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
303 words
A micro-encapsulated product comprising a suspension of microcapsules in an aqueous medium, the microcapsules, per se, being unable to fully protect photodegradeable active components contained in said microcapsules against photodegradation, and said microcapsules being of a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyureas, polyurethanes and synthetic polymers having a polymerization component which is reactive with a primary or secondary amine, and which microcapsules encapsulate a composition comprising a photodegradeable carbon-to-carbon unsaturated insect behaviour modifying compound which compound is selected from the group consisting of (a) a compound secreted by a member of an insect species which can influence the behaviour of a member of the same or a different insect species, (b) a synthetic compound (a), (c) compound (a) derived from a natural source other than a member of an insect species, (d) an analogue of compound (a), (e) an isomer of compound (a), and mixtures thereof, and wherein said analogue and said isomer are synthetically prepared or are derived from a natural source other than a member of an insect species and themself can influence the behaviour of a member of an insect species, and, as stabiliser therefor, a tertiary phenylene diamine of the formula ##STR14## wherein R 1 represents an aromatic residue containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, R 2 represents H or an alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkaryl, aralkyl, aryl, acyl or acyloxy group, said groups containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a nitroso group and R 3 and R 4 , which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkaryl, aralkyl, aryl, acyl or acyloxy group, said groups containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a nitroso group, the weight of the stabiliser in the stabilized composition being from 10% to 1000% of the behaviour modifying compound.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
303 words
A micro-encapsulated product comprising a suspension of microcapsules in an aqueous medium, the microcapsules, per se, being unable to fully protect photodegradeable active components contained in said microcapsules against photodegradation, and said microcapsules being of a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyureas, polyurethanes and synthetic polymers having a polymerization component which is reactive with a primary or secondary amine, and which microcapsules encapsulate a composition comprising a photodegradeable carbon-to-carbon unsaturated insect behaviour modifying compound which compound is selected from the group consisting of (a) a compound secreted by a member of an insect species which can influence the behaviour of a member of the same or a different insect species, (b) a synthetic compound (a), (c) compound (a) derived from a natural source other than a member of an insect species, (d) an analogue of compound (a), (e) an isomer of compound (a), and mixtures thereof, and wherein said analogue and said isomer are synthetically prepared or are derived from a natural source other than a member of an insect species and themself can influence the behaviour of a member of an insect species, and, as stabiliser therefor, a tertiary phenylene diamine of the formula ##STR14## wherein R 1 represents an aromatic residue containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, R 2 represents H or an alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkaryl, aralkyl, aryl, acyl or acyloxy group, said groups containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a nitroso group and R 3 and R 4 , which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkaryl, aralkyl, aryl, acyl or acyloxy group, said groups containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a nitroso group, the weight of the stabiliser in the stabilized composition being from 10% to 1000% of the behaviour modifying compound.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
74 words
The product according to claim 1, wherein, in the stabiliser of formula I, R 1 represents a phenyl, R 2 and R 3 which may be the same or different, each represents a C 1 to C 20 alkyl, alkenyl or aralkyl group or a C 1 to C 6 acyl or acyloxy group or a nitroso group and R 4 represents a C 7 to C 20 alkyl group or a phenyl group.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The product according to claim 1, wherein the stabiliser is an N,N'-dialkyl-N-2-octyl-N'-phenyl-p-phenylene diamine, an N-alkyl-N-2-octyl-N'-phenyl-p-phenylene diamine, and N,N'-dialkenyl-N-2-octyl-N'-phenyl-p-phenylene diamine or an N,N'-diaralkyl-N-2-octyl-N'-phenyl-p-phenylene diamine.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The product according to claim 3 wherein the stabiliser is N,N'-dimethyl-N-2-octyl-N'-phenyl-p-phenylene diamine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The product according to claim 1 wherein the stabiliser comprises 50 to 500% by weight of the behaviour modifying compound.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
The product according to claim 1 wherein the behaviour modifying compound is: (Z,E)-9,11-tetradecadienyl acetate, (Z,E)-9,12-tetradecadienyl acetate, (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate, (Z,E)- or (Z,Z)-7,11-hexadecadienyl acetate, (E)- or (Z)-9,11-dodecadienyl acetate, 11-dodecenyl acetate, (E)-9-dodecenyl acetate (E)- or (Z)-11-tetradecenal, (Z)-7-hexadecenal, (Z)-9-hexadecenal, (Z)-11-hexadecenal, (Z)-9-tetradecenal, (Z)-9-tetradecenyl formate or (Z)-11-hexadecenyl formate or a mixture of any of these.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The product according to claim 1 which also contains a dark-coloured dyestuff or pigment.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The product according to claim 1 wherein the polymeric material of the microcapsule is a polyurea.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method of influencing the behaviour of a member of an insect species which comprises applying to a selected locus an effective amount of micro-encapsulated product as claimed in claim 1.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
The product according to claim 1, wherein the behaviour modifying compound is a pheromone.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The product according to claim 1, wherein the polymeric material is a synthetic polymer having a polymerization component which is reactive with a primary or secondary amine.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The product according to claim 1, wherein the polymeric material is selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyureas and polyurethanes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
The product according to claim 12, wherein the polymeric material is a polyurea.