ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,545, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Syngenta Crop Protection AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Colorimetric measurement of fludioxonil" was invented by Yanxiang Shi (Greensboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for determining the fludioxonil content in a liquid medium by performing a color reaction with [4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]methanol (p-DAB) or 4-Dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde (DMACA) and an acid in the presence of fludioxonil and obtaining a colorimetric reading for the resulting mixture after a period of time."

The patent was filed on May 6, 2021, under Application No. 17/997,605.

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