ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,945, issued on March 18, was assigned to Lamberti SPA (Albizzate, Italy).
"Oil-based drift control compositions" was invented by Gianfranco Paganini (Conroe, Texas), Bradley Eidem (Spring, Texas), Federico De Pellegrini (Albizate, Italy) and Andrea Brayton (Vernon Hills, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Oil-based drift control compositions for pesticide or crop protection formulations, that comprise an oil phase, a water soluble polymer, at least one ethoxylated esteramine, at least one alkylbenzene sulfonate and at least one alkyl, aryl or alkylaryl ether phosphate, are readily emulsifiable and are able to maintain the efficacy ...