ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,352, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Fosthiazate pesticide formulations" was invented by Shiling Zhang (Shanghai), Ling Zhong (Shanghai), Xuedong Gao (Shanghai), Hua Ren (Shanghai), Cuilan Chang (Shanghai) and Xuemei Zhai (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a formulation may include a step of forming a mixture comprising: a hydrotrope, a surfactant, a water-immiscible solvent, an isocyanate monomer, a salt, fosthiazate and water. Further, a step of adding an amine to the mixture to polymerizing the isocyanate monomer may be performed."

The patent was filed on ...