ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,221, issued on June 24, was assigned to UPL LTD (Mumbai, India).

"Process for preparation of sulfentrazone with tank-mix compatibility" was invented by Digish Manubhai Panchal (Mumbai, India) and Rakesh Bhikubhai Patel (Mumbai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is an environmentally friendly process for preparing pure sulfentrazone having tank-mix compatibility which includes treating sulfentrazone with a base and isolating the pure sulfentrazone with an acid. Compositions containing the pure sulfentrazone are also included."

The patent was filed on Feb. 25, 2022, under Application No. 17/681,008.

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