ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,015, issued on April 29, was assigned to BASF AGRO B.V. (Arnhem, Netherlands).

"Agrochemical formulations" was invented by Wen Xu (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) and Kara Walden Benton (Research Triangle Park, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Agrochemical formulation, comprising afidopyropen, a cypermethrin like alpha-cypermethrin, a) at least one organic solvent S, b) at least one alkanol substituted amine D, c) at least one aryl sulfonic acid E or their salts, d) at least one organic tricarboxylic acid F or their salts, e) at least one nonionic surfactant G different from components c) to f) and h), f) optionally further component...