Patent ID: 8440659
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
1. A method for obtaining a lumber product, comprising the steps of: preparing a liquid mixture; injecting said liquid mixture into a living tree; thereafter felling said living tree and allowing it to air dry for three months; and subsequently, processing said felled tree into said lumber product, wherein said liquid mixture comprises a neonicotinoid-based insecticide component selected from the group consisting of thiamethoxam, acetamiprid, dinotefuran and clothianidin, said neonicotinoid-based insecticide component being virtually insoluble in water or only a very small amount of which dissolves in water, at least one solvent miscible in water, and at least one surfactant, and further wherein the processing of said felled tree into said lumber product does not include a termite-proofing treatment.