ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,461, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to AGRO INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL (Saint-Malo, France).

"Nematostatic compositions, and use thereof in agriculture" was invented by Jean-Claude Yvin (Saint-Malo, France) and Florence Cruz (Saint-Malo, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to nematostatic compositions comprising (i) a marine alga or a marine alga extract and (ii) a carboxylic acid, preferably selected from formic acid, acetic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, oxalic acid, propionic acid and malic acid, preferably formic acid; and use thereof."

The patent was filed on Oct. 16, 2020, under Application No. 17/769,413...