ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,131, issued on April 22, was assigned to UPL LTD (Mumbai, India).

"Process for preparation of thiophosphoryl chloride and acephate" was invented by Rajju Devidas Shroff (Mumbai, India), Vic Prasad (Mumbai, India), Amul Manubhai Desai (Mumbai, India), Gopalrao Atul Wankhade (Mumbai, India), Lilaram Kamal Kataria (Mumbai, India), Raj Kumar Tiwari (Mumbai, India) and Raj Kumar Arora (Mumbai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses an improved process for preparation of acephate and intermediates thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a process for preparation of thiophosphoryl chloride u...