Patent ID: 8092790
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: A01N,C11D

Abstract:
1. A method of making a stable formulation for affecting insects, birds or insects and birds, the method comprising: providing water; providing fatty acid; providing triethanolamine to achieve a mass percentage of triethanolamine that exceeds approximately 2.8% of the total mass of the formulation; providing methyl anthranilate sufficient to achieve a mass percentage of methyl anthranilate that exceeds approximately 10% of the total mass of the formulation; and mixing portions of the water, the fatty acid, the triethanolamine and the methyl anthranilate in a manner whereby the fatty acid is not exposed to a mixture pH greater than about 9 and whereby at least some of the fatty acid and at least some of the triethanolamine form a surfactant to enhance formulation stability as a concentrated formulation and as a diluted formulation.