ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,859, issued on June 2, was assigned to Qingdao Kingagroot Chemical Compound Co. Ltd. (Qingdao, China).

"Pyridyl oxycarboxylic acid oxime derivative and preparation method therefor, weeding composition and application thereof" was invented by Lei Lian (Qingdao, China), Xuegang Peng (Qingdao, China), Rongbao Hua (Qingdao, China), Jingyuan Zhang (Qingdao, China) and Qi Cui (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the field of pesticide technology, and in particular a type of pyridyloxy carboxylic oxime derivative, preparation method, herbicidal composition and application thereof. The pyridyloxy carboxylic ...