ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,417, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SPOGEN BIOTECH INC. (St. Louis).

"Devices, systems, and methods for agrochemical detection and agrochemical compositions" was invented by Brian M. Thompson (Creve Coeur, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for detecting agrochemicals in environments associated with agricultural equipment are described. Certain agrochemicals that are formulated for being detected using the systems, devices, and methods disclosed herein are also described. The devices, systems, and methods disclosed herein are generally configured to use spectral characteristics to detect agrochemic...