US Patent Issued to Meristem Crop Performance Group on Sept. 9 for "Composition and method for breaking down crop residue and adding nutrients to soil" (Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,481, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Meristem Crop Performance Group LLC (Powell, Ohio).

"Composition and method for breaking down crop residue and adding nutrients to soil" was invented by Lucas Loveless (Chatham, Ill.), Larry Fiene (Prairie Du Sac, Wis.), Joe Gednalske (River Falls, Wis.) and Brian Haschemeyer (Athens, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition and method for application on plant stubble and plant residue left on a field after harvest where in the composition comprises an alkyl polyglycoside, a betaine-based surfactant or a high fructose corn syrup as a surfactant in a range of approximately 10 to 45 per...