Patents by Inventor Eddie W. Clark

Eddie W. Clark has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER SUSPENSION FOR USE IN AGRICULTURE
    Publication number: 20090019905
    Abstract: Soil amendments which include starch-based superabsorbent polymer (SAP) particles are combined with a liquid fertilizer solution to form a flowable suspension. Methods for manufacturing the SAP liquid fertilizer suspension are disclosed. The starch-based SAP product may include a monomer graft polymerized onto a starch in the presence of an initiator to form a starch graft copolymer. Various mesh sizes of granular SAP particles may be mixed with a liquid fertilizer solution that optionally includes a micronutrient multivalent cation solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Absorbent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Milan H. Savich, Gary S. Olson, Eddie W. Clark
  • Superabsorbent polymer products including a beneficial additive and methods of making and application
    Patent number: 7425595
    Abstract: A superabsorbent polymer combined with a beneficial additive and method for administering the same in agricultural applications is disclosed. A method for delivering a beneficial additive in agricultural applications includes obtaining a beneficial additive combined with a superabsorbent starch graft copolymer and dispensing the combined beneficial additive and superabsorbent polymer in an agricultural environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Absorbent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Milan H. Savich, Gary S. Olson, Eddie W. Clark, William McKee Doane, Steven William Doane