US Patent Issued to Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg on Oct. 7 for "Method of production of controlled release silica nanoparticles for plant growth and/or defense enhancement" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,292, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Method of production of controlled release silica nanoparticles for plant growth and/or defense enhancement" was invented by Fabienne Schwab (Fribourg, Switzerland) and Mattia Maceroni (Geneva).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tunable one-pot method for producing nanoparticles for plant defense and growth enhancement that include components that collectively exhibit multiple release profiles of active ingredients when exposed to release conditions, such as contact with water, or sufficient moisture, or changes in pH, or the...