US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on Sept. 30 for "Herbicidal compositions including drift retardant agents and methods of making the same" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,597, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (Saint Louis, Mo.).

"Herbicidal compositions including drift retardant agents and methods of making the same" was invented by Jingsi Gao (Creve Coeur, Mo.), Ganiyu Jimoh (St. Louis), Alison Macinnes (Wildwood, Mo.) and David A. Morgenstern (Creve Coeur, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Herbicidal compositions for reducing off-site movement or drift of herbicides are described. The herbicidal compositions can include an auxin herbicide, an oil or an ester of the oil, and a polymeric emulsifying agent, such as glycerol ethoxylate-polyricinoleate, glycerol ethoxylate-po...