ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,001, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Resonac Corp. (Tokyo).

"Plant activator containing amino acid or salt thereof, and oligosaccharide, and use thereof" was invented by Ichiro Fujita (Tokyo), Makoto Saito (Tokyo), Hiroshi Uchida (Tokyo) and Hisashi Kimoto (Awara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Physiological processes in plants are regulated and reinforced, and crop vitality, yield, quality and post-harvesting storage life are improved. A plant vitalizer containing an amino acid or its salt and an oligosaccharide is applied to plants."

The patent was filed on June 15, 2020, under Application No. 17/619,821.

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