ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,677, issued on March 31, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany).

"Herbicidal compositions comprising topramezone" was invented by Liliana Parra Rapado (Limburgerhof, Germany), Tobias Seiser (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Misha Rose Manuchehri Byrd (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), Fernanda Nunes Bressanin (Santo Antonio de Posse, Brazil), Brady Scott Asher (Durham, N.C.) and Silke Zeyer (Limburgerhof, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for post-emergent weed control, which comprises applying an effective amount of a composition comprising herbicide A (component A), topramezone (componen...