ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,284, issued on June 2, was assigned to LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO LLC (Solon, Ohio).

"Pasture treatments for enhanced carbon sequestration and reduction in livestock-produced greenhouse gas emissions" was invented by Sean Farmer (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) and Ken Alibek (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention provides compositions and methods for reducing deleterious atmospheric gases and/or precursors thereof using livestock feed additives and/or supplements. In preferred embodiments, a multi-purpose composition comprising one or more beneficial microorganisms and/or one or more microbial growth by-products is applied...