ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,351, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (Saint Louis, Mo.).

"Herbicide compatibility improvement" was invented by David R. Eaton (Kirkwood, Mo.), John W. Hemminghaus (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Daniel R. Wright (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A herbicidal composition comprises an aqueous solution of a plurality of salts of glyphosate wherein said glyphosate is in anionic form accompanied by low molecular weight non-amphiphilic cations, wherein a major amount but less than 100% of the low molecular weight non-amphiphilic cations are potassium cations, and wherein the composition has a measured pH of at le...