Post by Hardcase on Dec 9, 2007 10:19:08 GMT -5
Hot off the Press
On 9/13/07 the United States Patent Office posted a "Final Rejection Mailed" notice on their web site for Patent # 90007331, which WAS the "double patented" application of Scent Lok for activated carbon clothing for use while hunting. It is illegal to patent something that has already been patented.
I, along with three other people, have fought hard to get this application over-turned - so other scent reduction clothing companies could sell their clothing.
What does this mean for those companies who have been paying royalties to Scent Lok, or for those companies who have an agreement with Scent Lok, or for those companies who have been bankrupted by Scent Lok for infringing on the now rejected patent application of Scent Lok? It may mean that Scent Lok's demand for royalties for the past 16 years was never enforceable. The consequences now - who knows? Maybe new technology, with lower clothing prices, for you hunters.
There is more to come ---
It is bacteria on the skin that produces the odor associated with human perspiration. What scent elimination products and clothing are trying to do is eliminate at least that smell. Obviously the best way to do that is to eliminate the bacteria;and bacteria needs moisture to grow. So - to reduce human perspiration body odor:
1. Use antibacterial soaps and shampoo, (that don't smell) every time - before you hunt.
2. Use an antibacterial spray, gel or lotion that will kill re-growth bactiera (it will only take an hour or more for bacteria to regrow and start to smell), on your clothing, and/or on you body (in areas where it is most likely to grow [which are areas that contain moisture]) such as your armpits, butt, groin and head, and beard (if you have one). This incluedes Scent Killer (by Wildlife Research), Sport Wash and N O Dor (by Atsko/Sno-Seal), Scent Schield (by Robinson Labratories)
3. Uuse an unscented antibacterial deodorant (to reduce any odors you do produce later on - after bacterial regrowth).
4. Wear moisture wicking underwear, such as polypropelene, Under Amror etc. To keep body moisture to a minimum (so bacterial growth is slowed down)
5. Wear clothing with antibacterials, such as triclosan, mycosan or silver, to kill re-growth bacteria (while you hunt) Clothing desinged to kill bacteria, using mycosan, triclosan or silver, needs to be worn against the skin. This includes Contain, X-Scent and Eliminator.
Activated carbon clothing (depending on how well it covers the entire surface of the fabric, and how thick a layer it is) can help to reduce human perspiration (and other) odors, but probably only for 1-4 hours after it is first put on. So why waste your money?
Clothing such as No-Trace and Eliminator (which both use cyclodextrin), can reduce odors all day long, and all you have to do is rinse it (no soap) in cool water to reactivate it.
You can wear these clothes against your skin or not, but, if you wear a shirt, pants and hat of it - there is no need to buy an expensive jacket of it (unless the only jacket you have already smells).
The only clothing I know of that has moisture wicking fabric, with an anti-bacterial and cyclodextrin (for reducng odors) is Eliminator. BUT - until the Scent Lok Patent was rejected by the US Government - the company was afraid to sell clothing - because they were afraid they would get sued and bankrupted - like the original owner of No Trace was.
On 9/13/07 the United States Patent Office posted a "Final Rejection Mailed" notice on their web site for Patent # 90007331, which WAS the "double patented" application of Scent Lok for activated carbon clothing for use while hunting. It is illegal to patent something that has already been patented.
I, along with three other people, have fought hard to get this application over-turned - so other scent reduction clothing companies could sell their clothing.
What does this mean for those companies who have been paying royalties to Scent Lok, or for those companies who have an agreement with Scent Lok, or for those companies who have been bankrupted by Scent Lok for infringing on the now rejected patent application of Scent Lok? It may mean that Scent Lok's demand for royalties for the past 16 years was never enforceable. The consequences now - who knows? Maybe new technology, with lower clothing prices, for you hunters.
There is more to come ---
It is bacteria on the skin that produces the odor associated with human perspiration. What scent elimination products and clothing are trying to do is eliminate at least that smell. Obviously the best way to do that is to eliminate the bacteria;and bacteria needs moisture to grow. So - to reduce human perspiration body odor:
1. Use antibacterial soaps and shampoo, (that don't smell) every time - before you hunt.
2. Use an antibacterial spray, gel or lotion that will kill re-growth bactiera (it will only take an hour or more for bacteria to regrow and start to smell), on your clothing, and/or on you body (in areas where it is most likely to grow [which are areas that contain moisture]) such as your armpits, butt, groin and head, and beard (if you have one). This incluedes Scent Killer (by Wildlife Research), Sport Wash and N O Dor (by Atsko/Sno-Seal), Scent Schield (by Robinson Labratories)
3. Uuse an unscented antibacterial deodorant (to reduce any odors you do produce later on - after bacterial regrowth).
4. Wear moisture wicking underwear, such as polypropelene, Under Amror etc. To keep body moisture to a minimum (so bacterial growth is slowed down)
5. Wear clothing with antibacterials, such as triclosan, mycosan or silver, to kill re-growth bacteria (while you hunt) Clothing desinged to kill bacteria, using mycosan, triclosan or silver, needs to be worn against the skin. This includes Contain, X-Scent and Eliminator.
Activated carbon clothing (depending on how well it covers the entire surface of the fabric, and how thick a layer it is) can help to reduce human perspiration (and other) odors, but probably only for 1-4 hours after it is first put on. So why waste your money?
Clothing such as No-Trace and Eliminator (which both use cyclodextrin), can reduce odors all day long, and all you have to do is rinse it (no soap) in cool water to reactivate it.
You can wear these clothes against your skin or not, but, if you wear a shirt, pants and hat of it - there is no need to buy an expensive jacket of it (unless the only jacket you have already smells).
The only clothing I know of that has moisture wicking fabric, with an anti-bacterial and cyclodextrin (for reducng odors) is Eliminator. BUT - until the Scent Lok Patent was rejected by the US Government - the company was afraid to sell clothing - because they were afraid they would get sued and bankrupted - like the original owner of No Trace was.
