ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,047, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Hangzhou, China).

"Preparation method for L-glufosinate-ammonium powder" was invented by Yaping Xue (Hangzhou, China), Jie Mao (Hangzhou, China), Feng Cheng (Hangzhou, China), Shuping Zou (Hangzhou, China), Jianmiao Xu (Hangzhou, China) and Yuguo Zheng (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a method for preparing L-glufosinate ammonium powder. The method includes the following steps: (1) obtaining a transformation solution for performing biocatalytic transformation to prepare L-glufosinate ammonium, and filtering out ba...