ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,507, issued on March 3, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Diorganomagnesium compound" was invented by Julien Thuilliez (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Robert Ngo (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Francois Jean-Baptiste-Dit-Dominique (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diorganomagnesium compound of formula RB-Mg-RA is provided. RB is different from RA, RB comprises a benzene nucleus substituted with a magnesium atom, one of the carbon atoms of the benzene nucleus ortho to the magnesium is substituted with a methyl, an ethyl, an isopropyl or forming a ring with t...