ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,561, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to E. H. (US) LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Pest control composition" was invented by Kyle Diuro (Montvale, N.J.) and Bikramjit Singh (Montvale, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a pest control composition comprising one or more linear sulphated polysaccharides, one or more surfactants, one or more alkali metal salts of a carboxylic acid, and one or more active ingredients, wherein the composition comprises at least 40 wt. % water, based on the total weight of the composition and wherein the composition has a melting point higher than 30deg C. The invention also relat...