US Patent Issued on July 8 for "Combination of pyroglutamic acid and a urease inhibitor for improved plant health effects" (North Carolina, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,679, issued on July 8.

"Combination of pyroglutamic acid and a urease inhibitor for improved plant health effects" was invented by Darin Lickfeldt (Cary, N.C.), Amy Burton (Fuquay-Varina, N.C.), Sandra Paa (Cary, N.C.) and Nicholas William Vandervort III (Cresco, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject matter described herein relates generally to compositions and formulations and methods of use of combinations of pyroglutamic acid and NBPT for improving plant health characteristics, such as crude protein yield and increasing percent nitrogen in plant tissue."

The patent was filed on Feb. 21, 2020, under Application No. 17/431...