ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,903, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY (Hofouf, Saudi Arabia).

"Eco-friendly insecticidal agent against Aphis gossypii (glover.) insect" was invented by Nashi Khaled Alqahtani (Hofouf, Saudi Arabia), Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed (Hofouf, Saudi Arabia), Othman A. Farghaly (Al Baha, Saudi Arabia) and Antar A. Abdelhamid (Al Baha, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Synthesis of ethyl ethyl-4-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)ethenyl]-2-(cyanoimino)-6-oxohexahydropyrimidine-5-carboxylate and its use as an insecticidal agent."

The patent was filed on March 16, 2026, under Application No. 19/567,795.

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