US Patent Issued to SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE on March 25 for "Agricultural adjuvant compositions and methods for using such compositions" (Singaporean, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,731, issued on March 25, was assigned to SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE (Lyons, France).

"Agricultural adjuvant compositions and methods for using such compositions" was invented by Marc Balastre (Singapore) and Florent Pinot (Colombes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an aqueous formulation comprising at least one plant nutrient, one fatty acid (C1-C3) alkyl ester, and a betaine surfactant, wherein the fatty acid (C1-C3) alkyl ester is present in an amount ranging from 0.5 to 16 pbw, for instance from 1 to 16 pbw, based on 100 pbw of the formulation, the betaine surfactant is present in an amount ...