ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,299, issued on March 25, was assigned to S.A. Reverte Productos Minerales (Barcelona, Spain).

"Permanent eco-fertilizer against fruit physiological disorders and pests" was invented by Arcadio Prieto Gigo (Castellet I la Gornal, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a permanent solid calcium fertilizer suitable against fruit physiological disorders and pests, characterized in that it comprises more than 98.5% weight of calcium carbonate. It is also an object of the invention the use of this fertilizer for the protection of agricultural crops against pests and preferably for the protection of pear and/o...