ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,365, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Qingdao Kingagroot Chemical Compound Co. Ltd. (Qingdao, China).

"4-pyridinyl formamide compound or derivative thereof, preparation method therefor, herbicidal composition and use thereof" was invented by Lei Lian (Qingdao, China), Rongbao Hua (Qingdao, China), Xuegang Peng (Qingdao, China), De Zhao (Qingdao, China) and Qi Cui (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention belongs to the technical field of pesticides, and specifically relates to a 4-pyridinyl formamide compound or a derivative thereof, a preparation method therefor, a herbicidal composition and the use thereof. The...