Small hive beetle control harbourage
CA 2556313 C · Owner: Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation · Inventors: Levot, Garry
Overview
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This invention concerns a Small Hive Beetle control harbourage that is a passive trap that will naturally attract the beetles to enter it. The harbourage comprises an insecticide treated corrugated cardboard sheet. A shell around the cardboard sheet to prevent access to the sheet. At least one opening in the shell the opening being sized to allow entry to Small Hive Beetles but to prevent entry by bees and the opening being arranged relative to the cardboard sheet to allow beetles entering the shell to enter the corrugations in the cardboard.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed August 16, 2006 and granted August 6, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 16, 2026.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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