US Patent Issued to Milliken & Co. on April 29 for "Heterocyclic red azo colorants for seed treatment applications" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,412, issued on April 29, was assigned to Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.).

"Heterocyclic red azo colorants for seed treatment applications" was invented by Wesley A. Freund (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Innus Mohammad (Spartanburg, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to heterocyclic red azo colorants for seed treatment applications. The red azo colorants contain a heterocycle that includes one nitrogen atom and one sulfur atom and are free from electron-withdrawing groups on the heterocycle. Seeds for use in horticultural/agriculture applications that are coated with the heterocyclic azo colorants provide anti-coun...