ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,556, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Discovery Purchaser Corp. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Method for weed control in lawn or turf" was invented by Thomas James Queck Jr. (Raleigh, N.C.) and Bruce Spesard (Wake Forest, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for improving quality in lawnThe invention relates to the use of one or more compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof, wherein the groups R1 to R8 are defined as set forth in claim 1, optionally in the presence of additional agrochemical active ingredients, for improving quality of turf or lawn."

The patent was filed on May 24, 2022, under Application No. 18/563,808.

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