ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,786, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany).

"Substituted 2-heteroarylaminobenzenes and the salts thereof and their use as herbicidal agents" was invented by Ralf Braun (Ramberg, Germany), Michael Charles McLeod (Frankfurt, Germany), Alexandra Manos-Turvey (Siegburg, Germany), David Michael Barber (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Harald Jakobi (Frankfurt, Germany), Dirk Schmutzler (Hattersheim, Germany), Anu Bheemaiah Machettira (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Elisabeth Asmus (Hosbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are substituted 2-heteroarylaminobenzenes of the general formula (I)and th...