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Is a bug zapper patented?
Short answer: specific designs of a bug zapper have been patented many times, but "a bug zapper" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.
What our index shows
- 548 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “insectbugmosquito zapperkillertrap” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
- Among the 42 best keyword matches we examined, 9 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2003.
- Most frequent assignees in those matches: BUG ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION CORP (5), STRUBE ANDREW PAUL (3), SCHNEIDMILLER RODNEY G (2), UNIV DELAWARE (1).
- Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A01M (42), Y02A (21), B08B (2), F21V (2).
Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.
14 real patent publications related to a bug zapper
- Bug zapper US-12207641-B1 2025 · HE XIAOLING
A bug zapper includes a housing assembly, a bug killing assembly, an LED circuit board, and a collection box. The housing assembly includes a main housing and a base. The main housing defines an accommodating space therein. Throug…
View on Google Patents - Electric Insect Zapper with Integrated Fruit Flies Bait Tray US-2025194577-A1 2025 · OKPALA EZECHUKWU SUNDAY
Disclosed herein is a novel electric insect zapper design incorporating a UV light source and a specialized fruit flies bait tray. This combination effectively attracts and eliminates a high percentage of fruit flies, offering a m…
View on Google Patents - Street light mosquito zapper US-11477976-B2 2022 · MCMILLAN GEORGE ERIK
In one aspect, an exterior lighting insect zapper includes a photosensor configured to sense an amount of light for turning on or off an exterior light and an insect zapper coupled to the photosensor. The exterior lighting insect …
View on Google Patents - Bug Zapper Coil Sweeper US-2020281181-A1 2020 · FLOWERS HOWARD
A bug zapper coil cleaner including a brush element that is non-conductive. At least one handle is attached to the brush element. The at least one handle member is configured to move the brush from the outside of the housing on a …
View on Google Patents - Bug zapper WO-2019013468-A1 2019 · LEE EUNG DO
Disclosed is a bug zapper having light output properties differing on one surface or the other surface of an ultraviolet lamp. The present invention comprises: a grid plate (110) to which a predetermined voltage set at a voltage l…
View on Google Patents - Bug zapper US-9883667-B2 2018 · UNIV NAT KAOHSIUNG APPLIED SCIENCES
A bug zapper includes a body, a fan and a light source. The body has a compartment, an opening, a channel arranged between the compartment and the opening, and a coupling portion arranged between the compartment and the channel. T…
View on Google Patents - Bed bug trap and monitor US-10136631-B2 2018 · ECOLAB USA INC
A trapping device and method for capturing and monitoring the existence and behavior of crawling insects, such as bed bugs, is provided. The trapping device has a textured two-dimensional surface with one or more triangular entran…
View on Google Patents - Method and device for cleaning wire grids of bug zapper lamp WO-2017193524-A1 2017 · SONG GUOQIANG
A method and device for cleaning wire grids of a bug zapper lamp are provided to clean, by a combination of four types of cleaning methods including scraping, wiping, rubbing, and brushing, bug parts and other non-electrically con…
View on Google Patents - Combined power bar and bed bug trap US-9386763-B2 2016 · BUG ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION CORP
A bed bug trap ( 2 ) is combined with a conventional power bar ( 1 ). Bed bugs can enter the trap via a small gap ( 6 ) between the power bar portion and the bed bug trap, where they then fall off a small precipice ( 14 ) and onto…
View on Google Patents - Stink bug trap US-8813419-B2 2014 · SCHNEIDMILLER RODNEY G
A trap ( 100, 100 ′) for pestiferous insects, such as stink bugs and the like, that takes advantages of innate behavioral characteristics of the target insect. The trap includes a lid ( 140 ) defining an entry aperture ( 170 ), an…
View on Google Patents - Modular bed bug trap system US-8707615-B2 2014 · CULLEN ROBERT JOSEPH
A segmented, floor-based trap system, which may be configured to delineate a floor area of arbitrary rectilinear geometry that is infested with crawling arthropods, particularly bed bugs, or an area to be protected from such infes…
View on Google Patents - Bug trap device US-2008040967-A1 2008 · YOUNG TODD M
A bug trap device for capturing bugs or insects in midair or resting on a surface. The entire bug trap device can be disposable, or a portion thereof. A preferred embodiment utilizes a reusable handle and a disposable insert.
View on Google Patents - Bug trap pet bowl US-2008011236-A1 2008 · PAEZ ROBERT
A pet bowl that helps keeps insects or bugs out of the contents of the bowl is disclosed. The pet bowl comprises an upper bowl portion, a lower base portion, a pedestal extending between and supporting the bowl portion above the b…
View on Google Patents - Apparatus for attracting mosquitoes and not attracting beneficial insects to electronic bug killers US-6860061-B2 2005 · UNIV DELAWARE
An apparatus for attracting mosquitoes to an electronic insect killing machine (i.e., bug zapper) is provided. The apparatus includes a converter device that fits over a fluorescent or ultraviolet light bulb of the bug zapper. The…
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What this means for your idea
Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a bug zapper been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Outdoor products differ mostly in weatherproofing, power source, folding mechanisms and how they mount or anchor.
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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.