ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,314, issued on July 21, was assigned to Rainbow Tree Co. (Minnetonka, Minn.).

"Fungicide treatment for foliar disease" was invented by David Lawrence Anderson (Champlin, Minn.), Blake Marie Thilmony (St. Paul, Minn.), Samuel Randall Drahn (St. Paul, Minn.) and Patrick Stephen Anderson (Shelby, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to novel and advantageous treatments for foliar disease. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to novel and advantageous treatment compositions and methods for applying such treatment compositions for controlling, treating, or preventing for foliar disease in trees and sh...