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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1980
Filed:
May. 19, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fisons Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
71 88 ; 71DI / ;
Abstract
The invention provides herbicidal aqueous suspensions comprising from 0.05 to 700 g/l of a substituted benzofuran herbicide of the formula: ##STR1## (where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.10, R.sup.11 and R.sup.12 are as defined in the specification), at least 85% by weight of the particles of said compound having a diameter less than 5 microns, from 0.5 to 50 g/l of a suspending agent (preferably a polycarboxylated vinyl polymer), and from 0.5 to 30%, based on the total content of compounds of formula I present, of a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide having a reversible thickening temperature as defined in the specification of 45.degree. C. or above.