US Patent Issued to MITSUI CHEMICALS CROP & LIFE SOLUTIONS on July 15 for "Insecticidal composition and method of controlling harmful organism" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,987, issued on July 15, was assigned to MITSUI CHEMICALS CROP & LIFE SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Insecticidal composition and method of controlling harmful organism" was invented by Jotaro Kida (Moriyama, Japan), Mika Higuchi (Hikone, Japan), Niiha Sasakura (Yasu, Japan), Shuji Ishizaki (Kawasaki, Japan) and Takashi Obayashi (Moriyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insecticidal composition of the present invention includes (1) a diamide-based insecticidal active ingredient; (2) a solvent having 5 or more of a relative dielectric constant (Epsilonr) and 38 kcal/mol or more of a transition energy (EpsilonT (30)); (3) a nonionic ...