US Patent Issued to Kittrich, Iowa State University Research Foundation on Dec. 2 for "Monoterpenoid/phenylpropanoid containing compounds and methods of their making and use as seed treatments" (Iowa, Florida, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,577, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Kittrich Corp. (Pomona, Calif.) and Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa).

"Monoterpenoid/phenylpropanoid containing compounds and methods of their making and use as seed treatments" was invented by Joel R. Coats (Ames, Iowa), James S. Klimavicz (Ames, Iowa), Edmund J. Norris (Ames, Iowa), Steven M. Bessette (West Palm Beach, Fla.) and A. David Lindsay (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are compounds having a monoterpenoid and/or phenylpropanoid moiety and methods of their making and use as pesticidal compounds, such as seed treatments."

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