US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on Feb. 17 for "Early applications of encapsulated acetamides for reduced injury in crops" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,896, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (Saint Louis, Mo.).

"Early applications of encapsulated acetamides for reduced injury in crops" was invented by Ronald J. Brinker (Ellisville, Mo.), Matthew T. Faletti (Saint Louis, Mo.), Douglas A. Findley (Creve Coeur, Mo.), Alejandro Perez-Jones (Saint Louis, Mo.) and S. Douglas Prosch (Ballwin, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of reducing injury to crop foliage and achieving weed control using encapsulated acetamide herbicides in pre-plant or preemergence crop plant applications are described. A composition comprising a first population of a particulate mic...