ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,200, issued on May 5, was assigned to BAYER AG (Leverkusen, Germany) and Monsanto Technology LLC (Saint Louis, Mo.).

"Herbicidal combinations comprising diflufenican and mesotrione" was invented by Herve Tossens (Leverkusen, Germany), John Hemminghaus (St. Louis), Alejandro Perez-Jones (St. Louis) and Dawn Pester (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure primarily relates to certain agrochemically active herbicidal combinations comprising (A) diflufenican and (B) mesotrione. The disclosure further relates to the use of these combinations for controlling weeds, in particular for controlling resistant weeds, and to...