Manipulation Of Arthropod Behavior For Protection Of Humans
	Ecological, Chemical And Molecular Approaches To Reducing Tick Bites And Tick-Borne Diseases

Patent Number: 7579016
Docket Number: 19407
Serial Number: 12106505
Date Patented: 08/25/2009

Summary: A method for repelling arthropods involving treating an object or area with an arthropod repelling effective amount of at least one isolongifolenone analog (and optionally a carrier or carrier material). Patent Status: Patent Application Filed on April 21, 2008. Link at USPTO filed under patent title “Methods for Repelling Arthropods Using Isolongifolenone Analogs.” Inventors: Aijun Zhang Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory BLDG 007 BARC-WEST 10300 BALTIMORE BLVD BELTSVILLE, MD, 20705 Phone: (301) 504-5223 Fax: (301) 504-6580 aijun.zhang@ars.usda.gov Shifa Wang Nanjing Forestry University NANJING,   JIANGSU China Jerome A Klun (same address as first inventor) Phone: (301) 504-9388 Fax: (301) 504-6580 jerome.klun@ars.usda.gov John F Carroll Animal Parasitic Diseases 10300 BALTIMORE AVENUE BLDG 1040 BARC-EAST BELTSVILLE, MD, 20705-2350 Phone: (301) 504-9017 Fax: (301) 504-5306 jcarroll@anri.barc.usda.gov