US4656038A — Animal repellent and method of manufacture of same

Claim 1

Independent Claim 64 words

A composition of matter for the repelling of animals comprising the mixture of: an ionic form of a metal, said metal being selected from the group consisting of selenium, arsenic, gold, silver, tellurium and mercury; a soil having a plurality of metallic metal metabolizing organisms included therein, said soil having been extracted from the earth; a nutrient for said metallic metabolizing organisms; and water.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 64 words

A composition of matter for the repelling of animals comprising the mixture of: an ionic form of a metal, said metal being selected from the group consisting of selenium, arsenic, gold, silver, tellurium and mercury; a soil having a plurality of metallic metal metabolizing organisms included therein, said soil having been extracted from the earth; a nutrient for said metallic metabolizing organisms; and water.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 14 words

The composition of claim 1, said metallic metal comprising an ionic form of selenium.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 12 words

The composition of claim 2, said ionic form of selenium comprising selenite.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 13 words

The composition of claim 1, said composition further comprising a source of nitrogen.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 11 words

The composition of claim 4, said source of nitrogen being tryptone.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 30 words

The composition of claim 1, said nutrient being selected from the group of neutral compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen consisting of sugars, starches, dextrans, glycogens, celluloses, and pentosans.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 9 words

The composition of claim 6, said nutrient being lactose.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 13 words

The composition of claim 1, said composition further comprising: a quantity of tetrahydrofloate.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 14 words

The composition of claim 1, said composition further comprising: a methyl group donor chemical.

Claim 11

Independent Claim 55 words

A method of preparing an animal repellent comprising the steps of: preparing a mixture of an ionic form of selenium, a soil extracted from the earth having a plurality of metallic metal metabolizing organisms included therein, and a carbohydrate; adding water to said mixture; and incubating the water-added mixture until said mixture produces dimethyl selenide.

Claim 12

Independent Claim 55 words

A method of preparing an animal repellent comprising the steps of: preparing a mixture of an ionic form of selenium, a soil extracted from the earth having a plurality of metallic metal metabolizing organisms included therein, and a carbohydrate; adding water to said mixture; and incubating the water-added mixture until said mixture produces dimethyl selenide.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 17 words

The method of claim 10, further including the step of: adding a nitrogen source to said mixture.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 13 words

The method of claim 10, said ionic form of selenium being sodium selenite.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 34 words

The method of claim 10, further including the steps of: preparing a second mixture of said metallic metal, a naturally-occurring soil, and a nutrient source; and introducing said second mixture to the incubated mixture.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 37 words

The method of claim 10, further including the step of: adding a methyl group donor chemical to the mixture of said metallic metal, said soil, said nutrient source and said water prior to the step of incubating.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 34 words

The method of claim 10, further including the step of: adding a tetrahydrofloate to the mixture of said metallic metal, said soil, said nutrient source, and said water prior to the step of incubating.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 35 words

The method of claim 10, further including the step of: adding a Vitamin B-12 to the mixture of said metallic metal, said soil, said nutrient source, and said water prior to the step of incubating.

Claim 19

Independent Claim 48 words

A method of repelling animals comprising: mixing a selenite broth with a soil that has been extracted from the earth; incubating the mixture of said selenite broth with said soil for a finite period of time; and distributing the incubated mixture about the area frequented by said animals.

Claim 20

Independent Claim 48 words

A method of repelling animals comprising: mixing a selenite broth with a soil that has been extracted from the earth; incubating the mixture of said selenite broth with said soil for a finite period of time; and distributing the incubated mixture about the area frequented by said animals.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 20 words

The method of claim 17, said selenite broth comprising: a nitrogen source; a carbohydrate source; a selenium source; and water.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 22 words

The method of claim 18, said nitrogen source being tryptone, said carbohydrate source being lactose and said selenium source being sodium selenite.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 31 words

The method of claim 17, further including the step of: packaging said incubated mixture, said step of distributing comprising distributing the packages of said incubated mixture, said packages being odor porous.

Claim 24

Independent Claim 71 words

A method of producing an animal repellent odor comprising the steps of: adding a plurality of selenium metabolizing organisms to a soil; mixing metallic sellenium or derivatives thereof with said organisms in said soil; mixing a nutrient solution with said selenium or said derivatives and said organisms in said soil; and incubating the mixture of said selenium or said derivatives, said organisms and said soil for a finite period of time.

Claim 25

Independent Claim 71 words

A method of producing an animal repellent odor comprising the steps of: adding a plurality of selenium metabolizing organisms to a soil; mixing metallic sellenium or derivatives thereof with said organisms in said soil; mixing a nutrient solution with said selenium or said derivatives and said organisms in said soil; and incubating the mixture of said selenium or said derivatives, said organisms and said soil for a finite period of time.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 21 words

The method of claim 21, further including the step of: sterilizing said soil prior to the step of adding said organisms.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 20 words

The method of claim 21, further including the step of: mixing charcoal with said organisms, said selenium, and said soil.

Claim 28

Dependent Claim 16 words

The method of claim 21, said finite period of time being until dimethyl selenide is produced.

Claim 29

Dependent Claim 13 words

The method of claim 21, said nutrient solution comprising a carbohydrate and water.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1990-04-06	1990-10-06	1991-04-07	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1994-04-06	1994-10-06	1995-04-07	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1998-04-06	1998-10-06	1999-04-07	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Animal repellent and method of manufacture of same

Abstract

Inventors

Bibliographic Details

Claims Analysis

References Cited (Backward Citations)

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Assigned Categories & Tags

Assign Category Tag