Patents by Inventor Raju Khatiwada

Raju Khatiwada 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).

  • Patent number: 11987536
    Abstract: A method comprising (a) obtaining rock fines comprising at least one of basalt, metabasalt, diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, silica, sand, perlite, or a combination thereof, (b) obtaining a binder, (c) obtaining a material comprising at least one of Ca, Mg, S, B, Cl, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Zn, or a combination thereof, and (d) combining ingredients comprising the rock fines, the binder, and the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Specialty Granules Investments LLC
    Inventors: Raju Khatiwada, Daniel E Rardon
  • Publication number: 20240150255
    Abstract: A composition that includes (a) at least one of basalt, metabasalt, diabase, andesite, meta-andesite, phyllite, rhyolite, or a combination thereof, with the at least one of basalt, metabasalt, diabase, andesite, meta-andesite, phyllite, rhyolite, or a combination thereof being present at 30 wt % to 70 wt % based on a total weight of the composition, (b) an organic portion that is present at 20 wt % to 65 wt % based on the total weight of the composition, and (c) a binder. The composition is in the form of a plurality of particles. The composition can find applications in agriculture, horticulture, and gardening, and can be used, e.g., as soil amendment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Raju Khatiwada, Peter Wilson, Jason Clark
  • Publication number: 20230183146
    Abstract: A method comprising (a) obtaining rock fines comprising at least one of basalt, metabasalt, diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, silica, sand, perlite, or a combination thereof, (b) obtaining a binder, (c) obtaining a material comprising at least one of Ca, Mg, S, B, Cl, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Zn, or a combination thereof, and (d) combining ingredients comprising the rock fines, the binder, and the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Raju Khatiwada, Daniel E Rardon
  • Patent number: 11560339
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel compositions and methods of forming those compositions by complexing a micronutrient with at least two organic acids, preferably in the presence of a base to form an aqueous formulation. Compositions comprising the complexed micronutrient are tank mix compatible and can be used to deliver a water-soluble source of the particular micronutrient to plants (e.g., corn plants), with foliar application being particularly preferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Koch Agronomie Services, LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Geiger, Ithamar Prada, Elliott Martin, Raju Khatiwada
  • Publication number: 20200377426
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel compositions and methods of forming those compositions by complexing a micronutrient with at least two organic acids, preferably in the presence of a base to form an aqueous formulation. Compositions comprising the complexed micronutrient are tank mix compatible and can be used to deliver a water-soluble source of the particular micronutrient to plants (e.g., corn plants), with foliar application being particularly preferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Robert A. Geiger, Ithamar Prada, Elliott Martin, Raju Khatiwada