ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,732, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to IBIDEN Co. Ltd. (Ogaki, Japan).
"Powdery plant activator" was invented by Satoru Kariya (Ogaki, Japan), Katsuhide Mizuno (Ogaki, Japan) and Nobuyoshi Ishino (Ogaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The objective of the invention is to provide a plant activator having a resistance to the wash-off and a superior handleability, transportability and storage stability. A powdery plant activator comprising, at least one compound selected from an oxo fatty acid or a derivative or a salt thereof and a hydroxy fatty acid or a derivative or a salt thereof, and an unsaturated fatty acid (excluding an ...