ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,581, issued on July 29, was assigned to MustGrow Biologics Corp. (Saskatoon, Canada).

"Methods for weed growth control" was invented by Colin Bletsky (Saskatoon, Canada), Todd Lahti (Saskatoon, Canada), Corey Giasson (Corman Park, Canada) and David Maenz (Saskatoon, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods to control growth of weed plants. The methods involve the application of a liquid formulation comprising a herbicidally effective amount of a thiocyanate preparation or isothiocyanate preparation to the foliage of weed plants. The thiocyanate preparation or isothiocyanate preparation can be provided in the form of...