MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517055550 A) filed by Adama Agan Ltd., Ashdod, Israel, on June 9, for 'process for the preparation of 2-alkylsulfonyl substituted benzoic acid derivatives.'

Inventor(s) include Grabarnick, Michael; Wu, Shaoxiang; Wang, Rui; and Li, Jing.

The application for the patent was published on June 27, under issue no. 26/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention provides a method for preparing 2-alkylsulfonyl substituted benzoic acid derivatives of formula (I) by conversion of 2-alkylthio substituted benzonittile compound of formula (II), which are useful as intermediates in the preparation of herbicidally...