Patents Examined by Wayne Langel
  • Patent number: 11358908
    Abstract: Particulate fertilizer compositions that include nitrification inhibitors and urease inhibitors are described herein. The inhibitors are separated from each other by being in separate particles. Fertilizer particles in the composition include particles having a core-shell structure, with an inhibitor included in the core particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Ravi Hegde, Rajamalleswaramma Koripelly, Chandra Mohana, Radha Achanath, Samik Gupta, Sabeshan Kanagalingam
  • Patent number: 11358905
    Abstract: Described herein, inter alia, is a concentrate including a high ionic strength liquid and a microfibrillated cellulose, and methods of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: AMVAC Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Humberto Benito Lopez, Lisiane Zeni
  • Patent number: 11352306
    Abstract: A calcium sulfate urea (UCS) fertilizer granule and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. The granule can include urea, calcium sulfate, and a calcium sulfate urea adduct. The granule can contain 33 wt. % to 40 wt. % elemental nitrogen, 2 wt. % to 5 wt. % elemental calcium, and 2 wt. % to 5 wt. % elemental sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Andrew George Kells, Mohamed Akasha M. Khaleel
  • Patent number: 11345646
    Abstract: A mineral organic fertilizer composition obtained by a process comprising the following steps performed homogeneously mix having a specific predetermined percentage (%) by weight relative to the total weight of the mineral organic fertilizer composition, specifically homogeneously mix a coal slag composition, the micronutrient solution with the manure composition to form a homogeneous mixture, in which, the homogeneous mixture is added with microbiological composition; composting the homogeneous mixture to form a foundation mixture; homogeneously mix the foundation mixture with the different mixing components comprising an NPK fertilizer and a mixture of micronutrient solutions and microbiological composition having a predetermined percentage (%) weight, and then drying or centrifuged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: HANH TE TRUONG
    Inventor: Hanh Te Truong
  • Patent number: 11339101
    Abstract: Provided is a cultivating material composition including a cultivating substrate and a bio-cellulose film, wherein the bio-cellulose film is in contact with the cultivating substrate, such that highly increased yield and quality of crops, a shorter harvest period, less water and nutrient sources, and low cost can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HARVEST BELLE BIOTECH
    Inventors: Chao-Cheng Chen, Chi-Hsiang Lu
  • Patent number: 11339102
    Abstract: This invention relates to the art of fertilizers and, more particularly, to a coated granular fertilizer in which the dissolution rates of water-soluble fertilizer components are controlled by coating or encapsulating a granular fertilizer. The coating for the timed-release fertilizer is derived from plant cellulose extracted from hemp cellulose, sugar cane cellulose, or other plant-based cellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: PROFILE PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventor: Edward Rosenthal
  • Patent number: 11332412
    Abstract: The invention relates to a particulate urea-based composition comprising elemental sulphur and a urease inhibitor of the type phosphoric triamide, wherein the urea-based composition comprising elemental sulphur is further characterized in that it comprises a magnesium sulphate. The composition according to the invention has improved properties for reducing ammonia loss by urease activity in the soil and is in particular suitable as a fertilizer. The invention further relates to a method for the manufacture of a particulate urea-based composition comprising urea, elemental sulphur and a urease inhibitor of the type phosphoric triamide, in particular N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (nBTPT), as well as to a composition of kit of parts comprising a magnesium sulphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA
    Inventors: Ruud Van Belzen, Filip Colpaert
  • Patent number: 11332413
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a controlled-release fertilizer and, more particularly, to a controlled-release fertilizer including: a photodegradable capsule including a binder resin containing a polyolefin and an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer; and a photocatalytic composite in which a (meth)acrylate compound containing an alkylene glycol repeating unit having 1 to 10 carbon atoms is bonded to the surface or inside of aggregates of inorganic fine particles, and a fertilizer contained in a space surrounded by the photodegradable capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: LG Chem, Ltd., Farmhannong Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chanjoong Kim, Sangryeo Lee, Joon Seok Lee, Yil Jang, Ji Yeon Kim, Jae Hoon Choe
  • Patent number: 11317568
    Abstract: The objective of the invention is to provide an agent for increasing a plant functional component content, which is capable of increasing a content of the plant functional component by being adequately sprayed to the plant or injected into the soil without using stress cultivation conditions or plants with high content of functional component, and a method for manufacturing the same. An agent for increasing a plant functional component content comprising a fatty acid metabolite obtainable by a metabolism of a fatty acid with 4-30 carbon atoms by proteobacteria under a dissolved oxygen concentration of 0.1-8 mg/L, and a method for manufacturing an agent for increasing a plant functional component content comprising a fatty acid metabolite, comprising a step for a fatty acid metabolism wherein a fatty acid with 4-30 carbon atoms is subjected to a proteobacterial metabolization under a dissolved oxygen concentration of 0.1-8 mg/L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Ohno, Tomohiro Nohara
  • Patent number: 11312666
    Abstract: A treated biochar comprising a porous carbonaceous particle that has been treated and mixed with a media containing a mineral solubilizing microorganism, whereby the porous carbonaceous particle after mixing has retained the mineral solubilizing microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Richard W. Belcher, Han Suk Kim, Brian Buege, Ronald A. Sills
  • Patent number: 11312667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to increasing longevity of the nitrogen content of soil through improved liquid delivery formulations of nitrification inhibitors. The liquid formulation can also be comprised of nitrification inhibitors and optionally urease inhibitors that are blended solutions of each. The nitrification inhibitors are present in a mixture that comprises both a protic and an aprotic solvent system. The novel formulations are designed to be applied to fertilizers, especially urea and manure based fertilizers. The delivery formulations provide an environmentally sound and inherently safe solvating system that improves the storage stability of the urease inhibitors by utilizing liquid organic non-water containing solvents, maintains the nitrification inhibitors in solution to storage temperatures of at least 10° C., and provides improved application to fertilizer of nitrification inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Gary David McKnight, Randall Linwood Rayborn, Wei Xu, Raymond Patrick Perkins, Zehui Yang, David Parker, Andrew Semple
  • Patent number: 11312665
    Abstract: Described herein, inter alia, is a concentrate including a high ionic strength liquid and a microfibrillated cellulose, and methods of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: AMVAC Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Humberto Benito Lopez, Lisiane Zeni
  • Patent number: 11306037
    Abstract: Fertilizer particles with urease inhibitors and nitrification inhibitors are described herein. The fertilizer particles can include a core particle comprising a urease inhibitor and an outer layer comprising a nitrification inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Ravi Hegde, Rajamalleswaramma Koripelly, Chandra Mohana, Radha Achanath, Samik Gupta, Sabeshan Kanagalingam
  • Patent number: 11299436
    Abstract: The present application relates to a combined NPK-Si fertilizer product comprising a mineral NPK fertilizer, which comprises at least one nutrient compound of nitrogen, phosphorous or potassium, and a particulate amorphous silicon dioxide, wherein the ratio of the mineral NPK fertilizer to the amorphous silicon dioxide is from 10:90 to 90:10, based on the dry weight of the at least one nutrient compound of nitrogen, phosphorous or potassium, and the amorphous silicon dioxide contained in the product. The application also relates to the method of production of the inventive NPK-Si fertilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: ELKEM ASA
    Inventors: Tor Soyland Hansen, Magne Dastol, Vladimir Matychenkov
  • Patent number: 11299437
    Abstract: The current application relates to a liquid fertilizer composition for application to plants and soils, comprising an autothermal thermophilic aerobic bioreaction product from a liquid fraction of poultry manure and further to a method of improving health and productivity of a plant or crop using said composition and to a method of conditioning soil using said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Envirokure, Inc.
    Inventors: Sushil K. Bhalla, Devon K. Hooper, Michael A. Laughlin, Jonathan Casassa
  • Patent number: 11299441
    Abstract: A calcium sulfate urea (UCS) fertilizer granule and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. The granule can include urea, calcium sulfate, and a calcium sulfate urea adduct, wherein a portion of the surface of the calcium sulfate urea adduct includes a layer comprising urea, calcium sulfate, or calcium sulfate urea adduct, or any combination or all thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Harri Kiiski, Andrew George Kells, Mohamed Akasha M. Khaleel, Nilkamal Bag
  • Patent number: 11299438
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production and use of environmentally friendly liquid organic biofertilizer for soils and/or plants which is colonized by natural soil microorganisms. It is proposed the method in which, due to the optimal processing of a starting humus-containing soil or soil mixture colonized by natural soil microorganisms with applying the proposed “soft” controlled turbulence action without cavitation effects, the conditions for preserving and reproducing the natural soil microorganisms in their natural medium are provided, as a result it is obtained the final product in the form of a homogenous fine-dispersed suspension, which contains the solids of 10-50 microns size. This product is mainly composed of water-soluble nitrogen (preferably 40 mg/100 g fertilizer) and water-soluble carbon (preferably 470 mg/100 g fertilizer) and is suitable for packaging and long-term storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Serhii Osypenko
  • Patent number: 11299440
    Abstract: An organic composition for decomposing bodily remains including a composite mixture of compost, peat, sulfur, and gypsum. The composite mixture is configured to combine with the bodily remains to decompose the bodily remains. The combined mixture has a reduced pH for reducing the detrimental effects of the bodily remains on the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Verde Products Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Jenkins, Annette Jenkins
  • Patent number: 11299439
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to agricultural formulations containing mycorrhizae and/or Bacillus amyloliquefaciens that are compatible with liquid fertilizers. The present invention further relates to methods of improving plant growth by applying mycorrhizae and/or Bacillus amyloliquefaciens containing formulations to an area where a plant will grow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: VALENT BIOSCIENCES LLC
    Inventor: Bala N. Devisetty
  • Patent number: 11299435
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solid, particulate, urea-based composition comprising urea in particulate form and a urease inhibitor of the type phosphoric triamide, in particular N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (nBTPT), wherein the urea-based composition is further characterized in that it comprises one or more alkaline or alkaline-forming inorganic compounds. The composition according to the invention has been stabilized against the degradation of a urease inhibitor of the type phosphoric triamide, in particular N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (nBTPT) in the presence of urea. The invention further relates to a method for the manufacture of the claimed solid, particulate, urea-based composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Yara International ASA
    Inventors: Filip Colpaert, Ruud Van Belzen