ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,733, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to INSTITUTE OF BIORESOURCES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (India).

"Biofumigant composition and a process for the preparation thereof" was invented by Bunindro Nameirakpam (Imphal, India), Sonia Sougrakpam (Imphal, India), Y. Rajashekar (Imphal, India), Jharna Chakravorty (Itanagar, India) and Pulok K. Mukherjee (Imphal, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition having strong insecticidal activity and a process of preparation thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a novel biofumigant composition and a process for the preparation of a b...