ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,586, issued on July 28, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany).

"Herbicidal malonamides" was invented by Gunther Zimmermann (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Markus Kordes (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Tobias Seiser (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Marc Heinrich (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Gerd Kraemer (Limburgerhof, Germany), Thomas Seitz (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Trevor William Newton (Limburgerhof, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to malonamide compounds of the formula (I) wherein the variables are as defined in the claims and the description, and to compositions comprising these compounds. The invention also...