US Patent Issued to Drexel Chemical on May 26 for "Compositions and methods for imposing seed quality" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,686, issued on May 26, was assigned to Drexel Chemical Co. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Compositions and methods for imposing seed quality" was invented by Milton Stanley Bernard (Roseville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods are disclosed for improving seed quality. For example, treating a stand of seed crops with a seed crop treatment that includes an effective amount of cyanate, thiocyanate, an acceptable salt of cyanate or thiocyanate, an ester of cyanate or thiocyanate, an isocyanate or isothiocyanate, or a combination thereof results in one or more improved seed qualities compared to a control. The improved seed...