ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,765, issued on May 19, was assigned to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea).

"Fertilizer composition for reducing methane gas emission comprising ethephon and uses thereof" was invented by Pil Joo Kim (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea), Gil Won Kim (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea), Byung Yun Ha (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea), Songrae Cho (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea) and Jiyeon Lim (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fertilizer composition according to an embodiment may reduce methane gas emission. The fertilizer composition includes ethephon...