ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,810, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Integrity Bio-Chemicals LLC (Cresson, Texas).

"Agricultural applications of fatty acid reaction products of dextrins or dextran" was invented by Christopher P. Gardner (Cresson, Texas) and Stephen William Almond (Creston, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural product may comprise an aqueous carrier phase, a neutral surfactant or a reaction product thereof, and a reaction product of a saccharide polymer and a fatty acid. The reaction product of the saccharide polymer may be obtained in the presence of water and a hydroxide base (optionally in the presence of the neutral surfactan...