Animal repellent compositions and methods of use thereof

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2000-12-12

2003-05-20

Lankford, Jr., Leon B. (Department: 1651)

Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions

Preparations characterized by special physical form

Biocides; animal or insect repellents or attractants

C424S418000, C424S078080, C424S725000, C424S753000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06565867

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention is directed to animal repellent compositions containing plant derived toxins including for example, alkaloids isolated from botanical specimens of the family Amaryllidaceae including for example from the genus Narcissus; and other moieties including for example cycad extracts, useful for repelling unicellular and multicellular animals from materials including vegetation including flowers, plants, vines, food crops, bulbs, seeds, nuts, fruits, bushes and trees. These compositions may optionally include one or more other agents, including for example, bioerodible polymers, biochemicals, and/or permeation enhancers. The compositions can be topically applied to the desired material and/or the desired material can be permeated with the composition. Methods of application include for example, coating; directly spraying; dip coating, spray coating; painting on; impregnating; soaking; vacuum deposition; or electrostatic coating and electrolytic diffusion. The inventive compositions are effective in repelling organisms including animals including any animals that disturb vegetation, for example animals that eat, gnaw, or sense vegetation, for example, deer, voles, moles, ground hogs, mice, rats, rodents, racoons, the Amera sub phylum including the class, order and phylum of Mollusca Gastropoda, nematodes, larvae, worms, and insects.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Animals are responsible for costly and unsightly damage to vegetation, the vegetation including everything from seeds, crops to the backyard garden. Accordingly, there is a strong need for a composition and method for deterring such animals from disturbing vegetation without causing permanent damage or death to the foraging animal.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention solves the problem of animal destruction of vegetation by providing an animal repellant composition containing one or more plant derived toxins, which composition renders vegetation and/or vegetable matter unpalatable to animals.
The invention is directed to a method for repelling animals from vegetation including treating vegetation, with an animal repellant composition containing one or more plant derived toxins.
The invention is directed to a method for repelling animals from vegetation including treating vegetation, with an animal repellant composition containing one or more alkaloids and/or plant biochemicals extracted from one or more members of the family Amaryllidaceae and/or Liliaceae.
The invention is directed to an animal repellant composition containing one or more plant derived toxins.
The invention is directed to an animal repellant composition containing one or more alkaloids extracted from one or more members of the family Amaryllidaceae and/or Liliaceae.
The invention is directed to a method for repelling animals and a composition for repelling animals, where the alkaloid is isolated from the genus Narcissus.
The invention is directed to a method for repelling animals from vegetation, where the vegetation is a bulb or seed.
The invention is directed to a method for repelling animals from vegetation, where the bulb is treated with the animal repellant composition by permeating the bulb with the composition.
The invention is directed to a method for repelling animals from vegetation, where permeating is carried out by soaking the bulb in the animal repellant composition.
The invention is directed to an animal repellant composition further containing one or more polymers.
The invention is directed to an animal repellant composition where the polymer is a bioerodible polymer and/or a non-absorbable polymer.
The invention is directed to a method for repelling animals from vegetation, where the animal repellant composition contains one or more polymers.
The invention is directed to a method for repelling animals from vegetation where the polymer is a bioerodible polymer and/or a non-absorbable polymer.
The invention is directed to a method of preventing animals from disturbing planted bulbs including treating the bulbs prior to planting, with an animal repellant composition containing one or more plant derived toxins.
The invention is directed to a method of preventing animals from disturbing planted bulbs including treating the bulbs prior to planting, with an animal repellant composition containing one or more alkaloids extracted from one or more members of the family Amaryllidaceae and/or Liliaceae.
The invention is directed to a method of preventing animals from disturbing planted bulbs including treating the bulbs prior to planting, with an animal repellant composition containing one or more alkaloids extracted from one or more members of the genus Narcissus.
The invention is also directed to a method of preventing animals from disturbing planted bulbs where the animal repellant composition further contains one or more polymers, where the polymer is a bioerodible polymer and/or a non-absorbable polymer.
The invention is directed to a method for producing an unpalatable plant bulb including treating one or more plant bulbs with an animal repellant composition including one or more alkaloids extracted from one or more members of the genus Narcissus.
The invention is also directed to a method of producing an unpalatable plant bulb including treating one or more plant bulbs with an animal repellant composition including one or more plant derived toxins.
The invention is directed to a method of producing an unpalatable plant bulb including treating one or more plant bulbs with an animal repellant composition including one or more alkaloids extracted from one or more members of the family Amaryllidaceae and/or Liliaceae.
The invention is further directed to a method of producing an unpalatable plant bulb where the animal repellant composition further contains one or more polymers, where the polymer is a bioerodible polymer and/or a non-absorbable polymer.
The invention is also directed to a method of producing an unpalatable plant bulb where the step of treating includes permeating the bulb with the animal repellant composition.
The invention is directed to a method of producing an unpalatable plant bulb where permeating the bulb with the animal repellant composition is carried out by soaking the bulb in the composition.
The invention is directed to a method of producing an unpalatable plant bulb where the step of soaking the bulb in the composition, is carried out in a positive or negative pressure environment.
The invention is further directed to an animal repellant composition containing one or more plant derived toxins, and one or more polymers.
The invention is directed to a treated plant bulb including one or more plant bulbs treated with an animal repellant composition containing one or more alkaloids extracted from one or more members of the genus Narcissus under conditions effective to render the treated plant bulbs unpalatable to animals.
The invention is also directed to a treated plant bulb where the animal repellant composition further contains one or more polymers, where the polymer is a bioerodible polymer and/or a non-absorbable polymer.
The invention is directed to composition, bulb or method, where the bioerodible polymer is preferably one or more of polyorthoesters, pluronic F-127, carboxymethyl cellulose, lactide-glycolide co-polymers, and methyl cellulose.
The invention is directed to a treated plant bulb where the bulb is treated with the animal repellant composition by permeating the plant bulb with the animal repellant composition.
The invention is directed to a treated plant bulb where the bulb is permeated with the animal repellant composition by soaking the bulb in the composition.
The invention is directed to a treated plant bulb where the bulb is soaked with the animal repellant composition in a positive or negative pressure environment.
The invention is directed to a treated plant bulb where the bulb is treated with the animal repellant composition for an amount of time effective to render the bulb unpalatable to animals.
The invention is also directed to a method for producing an unpala

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