ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,826, issued on March 24, was assigned to BAYER AG (Leverkusen, Germany).

"[(1,5-diphenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)oxyacetic acid derivatives and salts thereof, crop protection compositions comprising them, methods for producing them and use thereof as safeners" was invented by Thomas Mueller (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Marc Mosrin (Monheim am Rhein, Germany), Anna Maria Reingruber (Heppenheim, Germany), Hendrik Helmke (Liederbach, Germany), Christopher Hugh Rosinger (Hofheim, Germany) and Jan Dittgen (Frankfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to useful plant-protecting compounds and compositions ...