ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,099, issued on June 16, was assigned to SHENYANG SINOCHEM AGROCHEMICALS R&D Co. LTD. (Shenyang, China) and JIANGSU YANGNONG CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Yangzhou, China).

"Substituted phenyl sulfide compound and application thereof" was invented by Libao Xu (Shenyang, China), Hongfei Wu (Shenyang, China), Xiuhui Chang (Shenyang, China), Haibo Yu (Shenyang, China), Yuquan Song (Shenyang, China), Jingbo Xu (Shenyang, China), Chunxiao Guo (Shenyang, China), Xueming Cheng (Shenyang, China) and Ningning Sun (Shenyang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention belongs to the field of agricultural acaricides, and particularly relates...