Patents Assigned to FMC Corporation
  • Process and equipment for making simulated olive products by coextrusion, and obtainable product
    Patent number: 7550171
    Abstract: Our invention is concerned with a process and equipment and the resulting product. The process and equipment produce simulated cylindrical olive products with a central core. An aqueous alginate or low-methoxy pectate sol containing dispersed olive flesh is co-extruded through a nozzle with a stream of an aqueous solution containing dissolved calcium ions flowing through an inner core of the nozzle at not more than +/?30° to the horizontal into a bath of an aqueous solution containing dissolved calcium ions. The sol of alginate or low-methoxy pectate gels by diffusion of the calcium ions from the co-extruded stream containing dissolved calcium ions and from the aqueous solution containing dissolved calcium ions in the bath. A cylindrical tube of gelled alginate or low-methoxy pectate containing pulped olive is formed with a hollow core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Reid Kelly, Bryan Edwin Barwick, Vijay Arjun Sawant
  • Herbicidal Composition
    Publication number: 20090156401
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for post-emergence selective weed control in turf sites by applying an herbicidal composition comprising sulfentrazone and quinclorac to a locus where weeds are present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: James Walter, Frank Robert Walls, JR.
  • Auto-oxidation production of hydrogen peroxide via hydrogenation in a microreactor
    Patent number: 7547430
    Abstract: Hydrogen peroxide is prepared by an auto-oxidation method via hydrogenation in a microreactor. A working solution containing a reactive carrier compound is hydrogenated with hydrogen in a microreactor and is subsequently auto-oxidized to produce hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Dalbir S. Sethi, Emmanuel A. Dada, Kevin Hammack, Xinliang Zhou
  • Process and apparatus
    Patent number: 7544380
    Abstract: The invention relates to process and apparatus for creating shaped objects from incipiently gelling alginate or low-methoxy pectate sol in which the incipiently gelling sol is guided into cavities of a movable belt. V-shaped wiper blades can be used as guides. The sol is preferably fed onto the belt at a rate not greater than the volumetric feed rate of the cavities. The process and apparatus can be used to prepare such products as imitation fruit e.g. by incorporating pureed fruit in the incipiently gelling sol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Reid Kelly, Bryan Edwin Barwick, Vijay Arjun Sawant
  • Microcrystalline Cellulose Compositions
    Publication number: 20090130287
    Abstract: Ultra-fine microcrystalline cellulose compositions are disclosed which comprise co-attrited microcrystalline cellulose and a hydrocolloid. The compositions have a mean particle size of less than 10 microns. The compositions are prepared by subjecting a high solids mixture of microcrystalline cellulose and a hydrocolloid to high shear forces in the presence of an anti slip agent preferably an aqueous solution of an inorganic salt. The compositions are especially useful in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic and industrial applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Domingo C. Tuason, Jose Amundarain, Gregory R. Krawczyk, Edward Selinger, William R. Blakemore, James J. Modliszewski, Joseph Lee, Frank Messick
  • Insecticidal and Miticidal Mixtures of Bifenthrin and Cyano-Pyrethroids
    Publication number: 20090131518
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel insecticidal and/or miticidal compositions comprising bifenthrin and a cyano-pyrethroid. The compositions exhibit an unexpected increase in insecticidal activity as compared to the insecticidal activity of the individual components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Herrick, Mark Walmsley, Charles A. Staetz, Nancy Hilton, Hui S. Yang, D.Craig Heim, Hylsa Garcia
  • Composition and Method for Controlling Rice Water Weevils
    Publication number: 20090124500
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an insecticidal composition comprising i) a pyrethroid selected from the group consisting of bifenthrin, cypermethrin, zeta cypermethrin, lambdacyhalothrin, betacyhalothrin, alphacypermethrin, tralomethrin, deltamethrin, cyfluthrin, beta-cyfluthrin, esfenvalerate, fluvalinate, etofenprox, permethrin, metofluthrin, resmethrin, bioresmethrin, allethrin, bioallethrin, s-bioallethrin and tetramethrin and ii) a granular fertilizer, and a method for controlling rice water weevil comprising applying an effective amount of the composition to a locus where rice water weevil control is needed or expected to be needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: John C. Braun, Jr., Henry R. Mitchell, Robert M. Herrick, D. Craig Heim, Henry Stefanski
  • Novel Zeta-Cypermethrin Composition
    Publication number: 20090111873
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an insecticidal composition comprising zeta-cypermethrin: a) prepared by an epimerization process, and b) containing a residual amount of an epimerization catalyst, and glycerine, wherein the zeta-cypermethrin is present in an insecticidally effective amount and to methods of using the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Hylsa Garcia, Hui S. Yang
  • Treatment of environmental contaminants
    Patent number: 7524141
    Abstract: Contaminants, such as volatile organic compounds, are removed from an environmental medium, such as contaminated soil, rock, groundwater, waste water and the like, by treatment with a combination of a persulfate, such as a sodium persulfate, and hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Dalbir S. Sethi, Frank C. Sessa, Lawrence J. Kinsman, Philip A. Block
  • Cotton Growth Regulator
    Publication number: 20090062122
    Abstract: Protoporphyrinogen oxidase enzyme-inhibiting compounds are useful in compositions and methods for regulating growth of cotton plants. Of particular interest is the use of carfentrazone ethyl and certain metabolites thereof for regulating growth of cotton plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Tom I. Crumby, Joseph P. Reed, Henry R. Mitchell, Stewart Throop, John S. Wilson, John C. Braun, JR.
  • Dilute Stabilized Peracetic Acid Production and Treatment Process
    Publication number: 20090043123
    Abstract: A process for the rapid production and stabilization of dilute aqueous peracetic acid in which acetic anhydride and hydrogen peroxide are reacted in an aqueous medium with a stoichiometric excess of hydrogen peroxide and the aqueous medium containing the peracetic acid reaction product is adjusted, as necessary, to a pH of less than about 8 to provide a stabilized dilute peracetic acid solution. The dilute peracetic acid may be produced on site or in situ for treatment of an aqueous medium requiring disinfecting, biocidal, antimicrobial or bleaching treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: William C. Copenhafer, Charles J. Nicholson, III, Henry A. Pfeffer
  • Alginate Coated, Polysaccharide Gel-Containing Foam Composite, Preparative Methods, and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20090010983
    Abstract: The invention relates to composites comprising a polysaccharide gelled within pores of a foam and an polysaccharide coating, methods of preparation, and uses thereof, for example, in biomedical applications such as cell culture media and implants, controlled release delivery systems, food applications, industrial applications, and personal care applications such as cosmetic and oral hygiene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Egil Melvik, Therese Andersen
  • Oxidation of organic compounds
    Patent number: 7473372
    Abstract: An improved method for treating organic compounds present in soil, groundwater and other environments is disclosed. The method involves the use of a peroxygen compound and a chelated transition metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Philip A. Block, Dalbir S. Sethi, Richard A. Brown, David S. Robinson
  • Method for Control of Ground Shoots of Vines and Other Trunk Vegetation
    Publication number: 20080312081
    Abstract: Protoporphyrinogen oxidase enzyme-inhibiting herbicides are useful in a method for controlling unwanted ground shoots of vines and other trunk vegetation. Of particular interest is the use of carfentrazone ethyl and certain metabolites thereof for control of unwanted ground shoots of vines and other trunk vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: FMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jean LeBlanc, Michel Sarazin
  • Pyridyl Non-Aromatic Nitrogen-Containing Heterocyclic-1-Carboxylate Derivative
    Publication number: 20080306046
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a compound usable for treatment of diseases associated with fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), especially for treatment of urinary frequency and urinary incontinence, overactive bladder and/or pain. [Means for Solution] We have found that a novel pyridyl non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic-1-carboxylate derivative and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt has a potent FAAH-inhibitory activity. Further, the pyridyl non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic-1-carboxylate derivative of the present invention has an excellent effect for increasing an effective bladder capacity, an excellent effect for relieving urinary frequency and an excellent anti-allodynia effect, and is therefore usable for treatment of urinary frequency and urinary incontinence, overactive bladder and/or pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: FMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Ishii, Takashi Sugane, Jun Maeda, Fumie Narazaki, Akio Kakefuda, Kentaro Sato, Tatsuhisa Takahashi, Takatoshi Kanayama, Chikashi Saitoh, Jotaro Suzuki, Chisato Kanai
  • Microcrystalline cellulose compositions
    Patent number: 7462232
    Abstract: Ultra-fine microcrystalline cellulose compositions are disclosed which comprise co-attrited microcrystalline cellulose and a hydrocolloid. The compositions have a mean particle size of less thin 10 microns. The compositions are prepared by subjecting a high solids mixture of microcrystalline cellulose and a hydrocolloid to high shear forces in the presence of an anti slip agent preferably an aqueoussolution of an inorganic salt. The compositions are especially useful in food pharmaceutical and cosmetic and industrial applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Domingo C. Tuason, Jose Amundarain, Gregory R. Krawczyk, Edward Selinger, William R. Blakemore, James J. Modliszewski, Joseph Lee, Frank Messick
  • Treatment of Environmental Contaminants
    Publication number: 20080292404
    Abstract: Contaminants, such as volatile organic compounds, are removed from an environmental medium, such as contaminated soil, rock, groundwater, waste water and the like, by treatment with a combination of a persulfate, such as a sodium persulfate, and hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Dalbir S. Sethi, Frank C. Sessa, Lawrence J. Kinsman, Philip A. Block
  • Method for Controlling Chinch Bugs
    Publication number: 20080287425
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling chinch bugs comprising introducing to a locus where chinch bug control is needed or expected to be needed a composition comprising a nitroguanidine insecticide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: FMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kim Watson, Robert Herrick
  • CO-PRECIPITATED CARRAGEENAN/XANTHAN GUM COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR THEIR PREPARATION
    Publication number: 20080287300
    Abstract: Co-precipitated carrageenan/xanthan gum compositions and a process for preparation are provided. The compositions are simple to prepare and provide functional performance in a broad range of food, specialty and industrial applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: FMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Kopesky, W. Preston Brawn, Chirstpher J. Sewall, John Demarco, James Lamkey
  • Insecticidal Compositions Suitable for Use in Preparation of Insecticidal Granular Fertilizer and Insecticidal Formulations
    Publication number: 20080275115
    Abstract: Insecticidal compositions suitable for use in preparation of insecticidal granular fertilizer and insecticidal formulations comprising a pyrethroid and a glycol present in a concentration of from 40.0% by weight to 99.0% by weight based upon the total weight of all components in the composition is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicants: FMC CORPORATION, THE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Edward Kikta, Larry G. Faehl, Kim Watson, David R. Kilanowski, Robert Radabaugh, Coby L. Crane