US Patent Issued to NIHON NOHYAKU on Dec. 2 for "Agricultural or horticultural insecticide or animal ectoparasite or endoparasite control agent each comprising a condensed heterocyclic compound having a substituted cyclopropane-oxadiazole group or a salt thereof as active ingredient, and method for using the insecticide or the control agent" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,581, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NIHON NOHYAKU Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Agricultural or horticultural insecticide or animal ectoparasite or endoparasite control agent each comprising a condensed heterocyclic compound having a substituted cyclopropane-oxadiazole group or a salt thereof as active ingredient, and method for using the insecticide or the control agent" was invented by Chiaki Yamauchi (Osaka, Japan), Ikki Yonemura (Osaka, Japan) and Hirokazu Fujihara (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In crop production in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and the like, the damage caused by insect pests etc. is still immense...