ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,070, issued on June 16, was assigned to WinField Solutions LLC (Arden Hills, Minn.).

"Stable micronutrient complex for use in agricultural applications" was invented by Meera Sidheswaran (Woodbury, Minn.), Catherine White (River Falls, Wis.), Sridhar Mannem (Hudson, Wis.), Dustyn Sawall (New Richmond, Wis.) and Danny Brown (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural admixture includes an acid, an organic amine, boron and one or more additional micronutrients, in which the boron and additional micronutrients are chelated, along with a saccharide. In the admixture, boron is present in an amount of at least 1.0 wt % ...