ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,920, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Nippon Soda Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Pyridine n-oxide compound and pest control agent" was invented by Takashi Kitayama (Kanagawa, Japan), Keita Sakanishi (Kanagawa, Japan), Koichi Hirata (Kanagawa, Japan), Maki Matsui (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hikaru Aoyama (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a pyridine N-oxide compound that is excellent in pest control activity, particularly, insecticidal activity and/or acaricidal activity, is excellent in safety, and may be industrially advantageously synthesized. The pyridine N-oxide compound of the presen...