ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,364, issued on May 27, was assigned to CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC (Indianapolis).

"Safened compositions comprising pyridine carboxylate herbicides and cloquintocet" was invented by Norbert M. Satchivi (Carmel, Ind.) and Jeremy Kister (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are safened compositions comprising (a) a pyridine carboxylate herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt or ester thereof and (b) a quinolinoxyacetate safener or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation, comprising applying to vegetation or an area adjac...