US Patent Issued to BIPA on Oct. 21 for "Composition comprising a choline salt of a fatty acid and its use as a fungicide" (Belgian, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,577, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BIPA NV (Londerzeel, Belgium).

"Composition comprising a choline salt of a fatty acid and its use as a fungicide" was invented by Johan De Saegher (Destelbergen, Belgium), Son Nguyen Huu (Ghent, Belgium), Andrea Nesler (Pergine Valsugana, Italy), Ann Vermaete (Hamme, Belgium) and Sandro Frati (Antwerp, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling or preventing a fungal infection on a plant or plant part involves applying a composition that has a choline salt of a C8-C10 fatty acid to the plant, plant part, or locus of growth of the plant. The composition can be used as a fung...