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Animal repellant composition
Assignee: Mobil Oil AS
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Filing: 1984-10-24
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Granted: 1988-10-04
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Expires: 2004-10-24
Abstract
Abstract An animal repellent composition comprising an animal repellent proportion of an olfactory animal repellent carried by a vehicle comprising a di(alkhyl) adipate and a method of repelling animals.
Inventors
- 👤 William J. Clayton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 16:04
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01N; A01N25/00; A01N25/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
31 words
An animal repellent composition comprising an animal repellent proportion of an olfactory animal repellent carried by a vehicle comprising a liquid di(alkyl)adipate wherein said alkyl group has from 1-10 carbon atoms.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
31 words
An animal repellent composition comprising an animal repellent proportion of an olfactory animal repellent carried by a vehicle comprising a liquid di(alkyl)adipate wherein said alkyl group has from 1-10 carbon atoms.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The composition of claim 1 comprising from about 70-95% by weight of said vehicle and from about 5-30% by weight of said olfactory repellent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
11 words
The repellent composition of claim 2 wherein said adipate is di(n-heptyl,n-noyl)adipate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The repellent composition of claim 3 wherein said repellent is a member selected from the group consisting of cinnamic aldehyde, methyl nonyl ketone, essence of red pepper, quinine and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
The repellent composition of claim 4 wherein said repellent is methyl nonyl ketone.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The repellent composition of claim 4 wherein said repellent is cinnamic aldehyde.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The repellent composition of claim 4 wherein said repellent is a mixture of cinnamic aldehyde and methyl nonyl ketone.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The repellent composition of claim 7 wherein said repellent comprises a mixture of from about 1 to 4 parts methyl nonyl ketone to from about 1 to 4 parts cinnamic aldehyde.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The composition of claim 2 wherein said vehicle includes a major amount of said adipate and a minor amount of a sodium di-C 4 -C 13 alkylsulfosuccinate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The composition of claim 9 wherein said sulfosuccinate is present in from about 5-30% by weight of said vehicle.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method for repelling animals which comprises exposing an animal to the repellent composition of claim 1.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method for repelling animals which comprises exposing an animal to the repellent composition of claim 9.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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