Table 4.3
European patents developed by biomanufacturer companies of natural enemies in recent years
Patent number
Applicant
Factitious prey species
Predatory mite species
Granting date
EP 1686849 B1
Koppert BV
C. lactis
A. swirskii
October 8, 2008
EP 1830631 B1
Koppert BV
C. lactis
Different species other than A. swirskii
from
members of the subfamilies Amblyseiinae,
Typhlodrominae, 25 spp. listed
May 5, 2010
EP 1965634 B1
Koppert BV
Large number of members belonging
to the family Glyciphagidae
Different species other than A. swirskii
from members of the subfamilies
Amblyseiinae, Typhlodrominae,
29 spp. listed
August 4, 2010
EP 2042036 B1
Koppert BV
Species belonging to families:
Pyroglyphidae (Dermatophagoides
pteronysius, D. farina, Euroglyphus
longior, E. maynei, Pyroglyphus
africanus)
& Glycyphagidae (Glycyphagus
destructor, G. domesticus, Lepidoglyphus
destructor)
A. swirskii
June 22, 2011
WO 2008/015393 A2 Syngenta
bioline
Thyreophagus entomophagus
8 phytoseiidae genera
Amblyseius andersoni, A. californicus,
A. cucumeris, A. limonicus, A. montdorensis,
A. ovalis, A. stipulatus, A.
fallacis, A. swirskii,
A. womersleyi
Under evaluation
EP 2124573 B1
Certis Europe
BV
Members of Suidasiidae Suidasia
medanensis
A. swirskii, A. cucumeris, A. andersoni,
A. californicus, Typhlodromus pyri
May 4, 2011
EP 2380436 B1
Agrobío SL
Species from the order Astigmata not alive,
fastfrozen members of the families Acaridae,
Carpoglyphidae, Glycyphagidae,
Chortoglyphagidae
Species of the subfamilies Amblyseiinae,
15 spp. listed
October 3, 2012
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