In June, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) or the European Patent Office (EPO) published eight patent applications that concerned new agrochemicals from four companies, Sumitomo Chemical was in: the lead with four applications, followed by Bayer CropSeience with two. .Italian' company Isagro and US firm Vestaron Corporation (Kalamazoo, Michigan) had one published application each. Six of the applications covered insecticides, while there was one fungicide patent and one hematicide patent.
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