ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,666, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Qingdao Kingagroot Chemical Compound Co. Ltd. (Qingdao, China).

"Pyridyloxy carboxylate derivative, preparation method therefor, herbicidal composition and use thereof" was invented by Lei Lian (Qingdao, China), Xuegang Peng (Qingdao, China), Rongbao Hua (Qingdao, China), Jingyuan Zhang (Qingdao, China) and Qi Cui (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the field of pesticide technology, and in particular pyridyloxy carboxylate derivatives of Formula I, preparation methods, herbicidal compositions and applications thereof."

The patent was filed on Dec....