ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,717, issued on April 1, was assigned to TERRAMERA INC. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Pesticidal compositions with improved physical characteristics" was invented by Hangsheng Li (Vancouver, Canada), Doug Ta Hung Chou (Vancouver, Canada) and Steven Chun Hon Lin (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pesticidal compositions for improving physical characteristics of pesticide formulations which comprise natural pesticidal oil active ingredients are disclosed. One such composition comprises a pesticidal natural oil active ingredient, a surfactant to disperse the active ingredient in a water emulsion and a polymeric pour point depressa...