US Patent Issued to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY on May 12 for "Biocontrol formulation for controlling plant pathogens" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,435, issued on May 12, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Biocontrol formulation for controlling plant pathogens" was invented by Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Alaskar (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Fatimah Olyan Alotibi (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Wesameldin Ismail Saber (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Khaled Mohammed Ghoneim (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biocontrol formulation for plant pathogens includes a Trichoderma viride filtrate and an inert substance selected from the group consisting of a viscosity reducer, a surfactant, flour, clay, and combinations thereof. In an embodiment, the filtrate include...