The EPO published patent application EP4045488A1, filed by Hikal Limited, for an industrial scale process to prepare Prothioconazole, a triazole fungicide used in agricultural applications. The application (IPC: C07D 249/12, A01N 43/653) names eight inventors and designates all EU contracting states plus several additional European countries. Prothioconazole is a broad-spectrum fungicide active ingredient.

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