Patents Assigned to Encap, LLC
  • Beneficial reuse of biosolids
    Patent number: 8925244
    Abstract: A method of controlling the movement of biosolids before, during, and after land application. This method aids in management of the problematic movement (i.e., runoff and leaching) of biosolids' components that have been shown to be harmful to human and/or environmental health through both direct and indirect routes of exposure. This method requires that water-soluble polyacrylamide(s) (WSPAM) be combined with the biosolids prior to land exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Encap LLC.
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Krysiak, Daniel Paul Madigan
  • Seeding treatments
    Patent number: 8904704
    Abstract: This present invention relates to improvements in seed and seed-related products, processes for making such products and processes for establishing and improving seed beds and seed bed germination. As additional benefits, this invention is directed at improving soil productivity through enhancements in soil fertility, soil condition/tilth, and control of soil moisture. Further, the invention relates to productive use of certain types of abundantly available manufacturing waste, which waste is currently being disposed of in landfills.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Encap, LLC.
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Madigan, Michael Dennis Krysiak, Ronald Dean Eichhorn, Glen H. Wesenberg
  • Colored or fragranced horticultural/agricultural products
    Patent number: 8474183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to horticultural products and a method for making gardening products which have a dye or fragrance added to the products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: ENCAP, LLC.
    Inventors: Michael D. Krysiak, Bryan A. Fish, Daniel P. Madigen
  • Soil stabilizer carrier
    Patent number: 7874101
    Abstract: A method for applying a water soluble soil stabilizer to soil wherein the soil stabilizer is added to a solid carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Encap LLC.
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Krysiak, Daniel Paul Madigan
  • Soil stabilizer carrier
    Patent number: 7730662
    Abstract: A method for applying a soil stabilizer, to soil wherein the soil stabilizer is intermixed, impregnated, and/or applied to solid carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Encap, LLC.
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Krysiak, Daniel Paul Madigan
  • PAM carrier
    Patent number: 7503143
    Abstract: A method for applying PAM to soil wherein said PAM is intermixed, impregnated and/or applied to solid carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Encap LLC.
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Krysiak, Daniel Paul Madigan
  • Watering indicator
    Patent number: 7412878
    Abstract: An Indicator that visually signals when it is time to start and stop watering by the Indicator's ability to distinctively change it's relative physical size and/or shape as it takes on and releases the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Encap LLC.
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Krysiak, Daniel Paul Madigan
  • Agglomerated mulch carrier
    Patent number: 6745513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an agglomerated/granulated mulch product as a seed carrier that is produced by an agglomeration technology. The mulch agglomerates used as a carrier for the seeds reduces segregation (unmixing) tendencies of seeds from the carrier product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Encap, LLC.
    Inventors: Michael D. Krysiak, Bryan A. Fish, Daniel P. Madigan, Pat Phillips
  • Seeding treatments
    Patent number: 6209259
    Abstract: This invention pertains to combination seed capsules wherein each seed capsule includes both moieties of at least one soil conditioner and at least one seed, and optionally, one or more inorganic chemical fertilizer, growth enhancer, binder, and/or anti-fungal agent. The combination seed capsules are made by physically combining the respective soil conditioner and seed with one other, in the absence of any requirement for chemical reactions in the process of so combining the respective materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Encap, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Madigan, Michael Dennis Krysiak, Ronald Dean Eichhorn, Glen H. Wesenberg