US Patent Issued to KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY on July 7 for "Microcapsule composition, method for manufacturing same, agrochemical formulation comprising same and weed control method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,652, issued on July 7, was assigned to KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Microcapsule composition, method for manufacturing same, agrochemical formulation comprising same and weed control method" was invented by Yuya Okada (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention aims to provide a microcapsule composition that enables reduction or prevention of injury of useful plants caused by pyroxasulfone, a production method therefor, an agrochemical formulation containing the same, and a weed control method. A microcapsule composition including pyroxasulfone and a polyester block copolymer encapsulated therein, an agr...