ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,748, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany).

"Pyridine (thio)amides as fungicidal compounds" was invented by Julie Geist (Lyons, France), Anthony Millet (Tignieu-Jameyzieu, France), Anne-Sophie Rebstock (Champagne au Mont d'Or, France), Cyril Montagne (Lyons, France), Lionel Nicolas (Lyons, France), Valerie Toquin (Saint-Romain-Au-Mont-D'or, France), Mathieu Gourgues (Lyons, France), Dominique Loque (Satigny, Switzerland), Vincent Thomas (Lyons, France), Mazen Es-Sayed (Langenfeld, Germany) and Alexander Sudau (Langenfeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to pyridine (th...