ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,068, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Pivot Bio Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Stable liquid formulations for nitrogen-fixing microorganisms" was invented by Farzaneh Rezaei (Berkeley, Calif.), Mahsa Mohiti-Asli (Berkeley, Calif.), Naomi Kreamer (Berkeley, Calif.), Allison Nicole Johnson (Berkeley, Calif.) and Tabitha Amendolara (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides agronomically stable liquid agricultural compositions, methods of formulation thereof, and methods of application thereof. The agricultural compositions comprise nitrogen-fixing microorganisms and one or more of a buffering agent, a...