US Patent Issued to INNOVI on Oct. 27 for "Use of benzyl alcohol as a herbicide" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,977, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to INNOVI (Layrac, France).

"Use of benzyl alcohol as a herbicide" was invented by Alexandra Fregonese (Moncaut, France) and Alexandre Eveillard (Moirax, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for controlling weeds or undesired plants, which includes applying a composition including the benzyl alcohol herbicide to harmful or undesired plants, or to parts of these harmful or undesired plants, or else to the fields where these weeds or undesired plants are growing."

The patent was filed on June 22, 2020, under Application No. 17/620,611.

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