ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,688, issued on March 18, was assigned to NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

"Stable inoculant compositions comprising paraffin oils/waxes" was invented by Dan Clary (Wake Forest, N.C.) and Ben Doughan (Roanoke, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides inoculant compositions and methods for enhancing the survival and/or stability of microbial cells and/or spores in an inoculant composition. In some embodiments, inoculant compositions of the present disclosure comprise microbial cells and/or spores in a carrier comprising one or more paraffin oils and/or waxes."

The patent was filed on May 24, 2018, u...