US Patent Issued to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION on June 3 for "Fluorinated phenylacetic acid derivatives in a weed control method" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,648, issued on June 3, was assigned to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Fluorinated phenylacetic acid derivatives in a weed control method" was invented by Ian Henry Aspinall (Bracknell, Great Britain), Edward John Emmett (Bracknell, Great Britain), Alan Joseph Hennessy (Bracknell, Great Britain), Suzanna Jane Dale (Bracknell, Great Britain) and James Nicholas Scutt (Bracknell, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the use of a compound of Formula (I), wherein R1, R2 and n are as defined herein as a herbicide. The invention further relates to agrochemically acceptable salts, to...