ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,843, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Plant disease control composition and plant disease control method" was invented by Hidekatsu Tobita (Takarazuka, Japan), Hiroto Tamashima (Takarazuka, Japan) and Takaaki Nakano (Kasai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a composition having excellent control efficacy against plant diseases and a method for controlling plant diseases. A composition for controlling a plant disease comprising a compound represented by formula (I)[wherein each symbol represents the same definition as described in the present description] and one...