US Patent Issued to Kureha on Jan. 28 for "Bactericidal agent for agricultural or horticultural use, plant disease control method, and product for plant disease control use" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,654, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Kureha Corp. (Tokyo).

"Bactericidal agent for agricultural or horticultural use, plant disease control method, and product for plant disease control use" was invented by Hideaki Tateishi (Tokyo), Erina Kimura (Tokyo), Tatsuyuki Koshiyama (Tokyo) and Mayumi Ishikawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an agricultural or horticultural fungicide that has low toxicity to humans and animals, that is excellent in handling safety, and that has an excellent controlling effect against a wide range of plant diseases and a high antimicrobial action against plant disease fungi.The agricultura...