Patent ID: 8329310

Claim:
A wood protectant composition comprising as sole active ingredient an insecticidally effective amount of one or more non-repellent insecticides, selected from non-repellant neonicotinoids, phenylpyrazoles, diamide insecticides, spinosyns, indoxacarb, and a combination thereof, when used in a single, surface treatment for a timber or wood product whereby said composition provides, in a single surface treatment, protection against insect damage to all surfaces without any need for a secondary insecticide treatment of one or more new, untreated surfaces wherein a post-treatment processing operation is performed and whereby the single, surface treatment is characterised in that: (i) non-repellent insecticide is surface applied to the timber or wood product at an active ingredient loading of greater than 0.10 gai/m 3 , and (ii) no part of the one or more new, untreated surfaces resulting from a post-treatment processing operation is more than 50 mm from any neighbouring treated surface, or the combined area of the one or more new, untreated surfaces comprises less than 33% of the total surface area of the timber or wood product.