ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,201, issued on May 5, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany).

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