Base-triggered release microcapsules

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6544540
APP PUB NO 20020004059A1
SERIAL NO

09363324

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Microcapsules formed from an aminoplast shell wall and an encapsulated ingredient or ingredients enclosed within the wall in which the wall contains a base-cleavable ester moiety. These capsules have been found to be sensitive to the presence of base such that in the presence of base, the capsule walls are relatively quickly disintegrated or degraded so as to produce a relatively quick release of the encapsulated materials. Microcapsules of this invention are particularly suitable for use in controlling insects having an alkaline gut such as certain lepidoptera in that the capsule shell wall may be designed so as to quickly disintegrate under the alkaline conditions present in the gut of the insect thus providing a microcapsule which is safe to handle but which is selectively effective against certain undesirable insects while not harmful to beneficial insects or insects which do not feed on the capsule materials.

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SYNGENTA LIMITEDEUROPEAN REGIONAL CENTRE PRIESTLEY ROAD SURREY RESEARCH PARK GUILDFORD SURREY GU2 7YH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Follows, Richard Astley, GB 5 95
Lee, Kuo-Shin late of El Cerrito, CA 4 62
Scher, Herbert Benson Moraga, CA 13 169
Shirley, Ian Malcolm Binfield, GB 20 242
Van, Koppenhagen Juanita Elena Vallejo, CA 6 66
Wade, Philip Runcorn, GB 12 132

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