ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,546, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NOVAMONT S.P.A. (Novara, Italy).

"Pelargonic acid-based herbicide compositions" was invented by Angela Sagliano (Milan), Anna Ciancolini (Terni, Italy) and Luigi Capuzzi (Novara, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a concentrated emulsifiable composition comprising pelargonic acid and at least one emulsifying agent belonging to the class of anionic surfactants, preferably in acid form, at least one emulsifying agent belonging to the class of non-ionic surfactants and at least an organic solvent, a process for preparing said composition and use of said compositi...