ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,023, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Method for controlling pests of farm crops" was invented by Yoshinao Sada (Kasai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A herbicidal composition including ethyl [3-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(1-methyl-6-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-3-yl)phenoxy]-2-pyridyloxylacetate and a herbicide selected from the group consisting of bicyclopyrone, mesotrione, tembotrione, isoxaflutole, pyrasulfotole, topramezone, and tolpyralate. A weight ratio of ethyl [3-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(1-methyl-6-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-3-yl)phenoxy]-...