US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Chemical on Nov. 25 for "Heterocyclic compound and harmful arthropod pest control composition containing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,067, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (Chuo-ku, Japan).

"Heterocyclic compound and harmful arthropod pest control composition containing same" was invented by Takeshi Tsuruda (Takarazuka, Japan), Yoshihiko Nokura (Takarazuka, Japan) and Yasumasa Saito (Takarazuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound of formula (I) or an N-oxide thereof, a composition for controlling harmful arthropods including the compound, and a method for controlling harmful arthropods by applying the compound,where Q represents a group represented by formula Q1 etc., Z represents an oxygen atom etc., A1 represents CR4a etc...