US Patent Issued to SePRO on Feb. 17 for "Use of trivalent metals to enhance aquatic pesticide efficacy, surface water, and sediment quality while minimizing risk to aquatic biota" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,694, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SePRO Corp. (Carmel, Ind.).

"Use of trivalent metals to enhance aquatic pesticide efficacy, surface water, and sediment quality while minimizing risk to aquatic biota" was invented by Byran C. Fuhrmann (Rocky Mount, N.C.), Ben Willis (Rocky Mount, N.C.), West M. Bishop (Kings Mountain, N.C.) and Chase Kilgore (Rocky Mount, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Products and methods related to the enhancement of efficacy of algaecides and/or aquatic herbicides using metallic trivalent cations, as well as the reduction in ecotoxicity and non-target effects and preservation of water quality. Some emb...