US Patent Issued to Eastman Chemical on Oct. 21 for "Agrochemical formulation containing a sulfopolymer" (Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,576, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.).

"Agrochemical formulation containing a sulfopolymer" was invented by James Allen Ponasik (Kingsport, Tenn.), Ana Margarida dos Santos (Aalst, Belgium), Michiel Van den Hende (Ertvelde, Belgium), Nico De Pauw (Zaffelare, Belgium) and Joseph Alexander DeLoach (Jonesborough, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes agrochemical formulations that include optionally a rosin, one or more agrochemical active ingredient(s), and a sulfopolymer, such as a sulfopolyester. The present disclosure also describes methods of making and using...