ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,005, issued on May 12, was assigned to CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC (Ind.).

"Synthesis of 4-amino-6-(heterocyclic)picolinates" was invented by Belgin Canturk (Carmel, Ind.), Jayachandran Devaraj (Zionsville, Ind.), Amaruka Hazari (Carmel, Ind.), Christopher Kassl (Hoffman Estates, Ill.), Melissa Lee (Indianapolis), Fangzheng Li (Carmel, Ind.), Christian T. Lowe (Westfield, Ind.), Thomas L. Siddall (Zionsville, Ind.), Gregory T. Whiteker (Carmel, Ind.) and Chunming Zhang (Zionsville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to improved processes for preparing 4-amino-6-(heterocyclic)picolinates."

The patent was fi...