US Patent Issued to BASF AGRO on Aug. 5 for "Microcapsules comprising cinmethyln in the core and a polyurea derived from diphenylmethane diisocyanate or an oligomer thereof" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,586, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to BASF AGRO B.V. (Arnhem, Netherlands).

"Microcapsules comprising cinmethyln in the core and a polyurea derived from diphenylmethane diisocyanate or an oligomer thereof" was invented by Henning Urch (Limburgerhof, Germany), Diana Franz (Limburgerhof, Germany), Marc Nolte (Limburgerhof, Germany), Gerd Kraemer (Limburgerhof, Germany), Amandine Michel (Limburgerhof, Germany) and Klaus Kolb (Limburgerhof, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to microcapsules comprising a core, wherein the core comprises cinmethylin, and a polyurea shell, wherein the shell comprises a pol...