Patents Assigned to FMC Corporation
  • Seamless alginate capsules
    Patent number: 8980312
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a dried seamless capsule comprising an alginate shell membrane encapsulating fill material, wherein: (i) the alginate shell membrane comprises a polyvalent metal ion alginate having: (a) an average M content of from 50%-62% by weight based on the weight of the M and G content, and (b) a viscosity of 35 to 80 cps; (ii) the alginate shell membrane encapsulates an oil present in an amount of at least 50% by weight of the fill material; (iii) the dried seamless capsule has a disintegration time of less than 12 minutes in an intestinal buffer after pretreatment for 20 minutes; and (iv) the dried seamless capsule has a dry break force strength of at least 7 kg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Olav Gaserod, Christian Klein Larsen, Peder Oscar Andersen
  • Stable formulations containing fumed aluminum oxide
    Patent number: 8962525
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel herbicidal aqueous suspoemulsion or aqueous suspension concentrate compositions containing an herbicidal active agent and fumed alumina as a stabilization agent that have superior chemical and physical stability as well as superior re-dispersion properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy Martin
  • Safening Fluthiacet-Methyl on Sorghum with 2,4-D Amine
    Publication number: 20150051073
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for controlling weeds post-emergently in sorghum comprising applying to such sorghum a herbicidally effective amount of a composition comprising (a) fluthiacet-methyl and (b) 2,4-D, wherein such 2,4-D is present in a safening amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: FMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiv D. Sharma, Gail G. Stratman
  • Liquid-fertilizer ready formulations of bifenthrin
    Patent number: 8937054
    Abstract: Insecticidal compositions suitable for use in preparation of insecticidal liquid fertilizers are disclosed. The compositions include bifenthrin, a polymeric dispersant, a suspension agent, a freeze-thaw stabilizer, and optionally a preservative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy M. Martin
  • Co-processed microcrystalline cellulose and sugar alcohol as an excipient for tablet formulations
    Patent number: 8932629
    Abstract: A particulate co-processed composition comprising microcrystalline cellulose and at least one sugar alcohol is disclosed. A preferred sugar alcohol is mannitol. The composition has an improved compactability profile, lubricant sensitivity, and ejection profile compared to microcrystalline cellulose and the at least one sugar alcohol, either alone or in combination as a simple dry blend, in the preparation of solid dosage formulations, such as tablets. Tablets comprising the particulate co-processed composition, an active, and, optionally, one or more other excipients, and method for their preparation, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Jian-Xin Li, Brian Carlin, Thomas Ruszkay
  • Co-attrited stabilizer composition
    Patent number: 8927609
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a co-attrited stabilizer composition comprising: (i) microcrystalline cellulose and (ii) carboxymethyl cellulose, wherein the carboxymethyl cellulose has a degree of substitution of from 0.95-1.5 and a viscosity of less than 100 cps. The composition is useful as a stabilizer, particularly, in food and pharmaceutical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Zheng Tan, Aaron Chip Venables, Michael Sestrick, Nadia Yaranossian, Jeremy Ondov
  • Method and apparatus for the preparation of capsules
    Patent number: 8916192
    Abstract: An apparatus for a continuous encapsulation process is provided. The apparatus is a vibrating tubing used alone, in series, or in combination with an encapsulation apparatus, which is used alone or in series. The vibrating tubing is a flat coil, a standing spiral, or a flume. The encapsulation apparatus includes a winding having coils disposed in an aqueous gelling solution. The winding is rotatable about its longitudinal center axis. The winding has adjacently spaced coils forming a plurality of chambers. Objects to be encapsulated are added to the apparatus such that when the winding is rotated, the chambers transport a volume of objects through the length winding in the aqueous gelling solution in a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Peder Oscar Andersen, Robert Kopesky, Christian Klein Larsen, Olav Gaserod, David Harvey, Sanhuang Tung
  • Stabilizer Composition of Microcrystalline Cellulose and Carboxymethylcellulose, Method for Making, and Uses
    Publication number: 20140370180
    Abstract: The subject matter of this invention is a composition and method of making a water-dispersible, stabilizing colloidal microcrystalline cellulose:xarboxymethylcellulose composition. The method of making the composition does not require a salt solution as an anti-slip agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: FMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zheng Tan, Maurice Gerard Lynch, Michael Sestrick, Nadia Yaranossian
  • Co-Attrited Stabilizer Composition Having Superior Gel Strength
    Publication number: 20140364514
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a co-attrited stabilizer composition comprising: a) microcrystalline cellulose in an amount of from 20%-90% by weight of the composition; b) a hydrocolloid in an amount of from 5%-50% by weight of the composition, wherein the hydrocolloid is selected from at least one member of the group consisting of carboxymethyl cellulose having a degree of substitution of at least 0.95, pectin, alginate, carrageenan, xanthan gum, agar gum, wellan gum, or gellan gum; and c) a starch in an amount of from 5%-50% by weight of the composition, wherein the stabilizer composition has a gel strength (G?) of at least 25 Pa when measured after 24 hours in a 2.6% solids water dispersion at 20° C. The composition is useful as a stabilizer, particularly in food and beverage products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: FMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zheng Tan, Michael Sestrick, Nadia Yaranossian, Jeremy Ondov
  • Method of Plant Growth with Bifenthrin
    Publication number: 20140342914
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of improving the growth of a plant comprising applying a plant growth effective amount of bifenthrin to the propagation material of such plant in the absence of insect pest pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Houston P. Joost, Henry Van Tuyl Cotter, Alison Burnett, Thomas E. Anderson
  • Sugarcane harvest aid
    Patent number: 8883681
    Abstract: Protoporphyrinogen oxidase enzyme-inhibiting compounds are useful in compositions and methods for ripening sugarcane crops. Of particular interest is the use of carfentrazone ethyl and certain metabolites thereof for ripening sugarcane crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Alan Borges
  • Process for Making and Using Cellulose-Containing Seaweed Residue and Products Made Therefrom
    Publication number: 20140303264
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process comprising: (i) extracting ?50% by weight of all carrageenan from a carrageenan-containing seaweed material to obtain a cellulose-containing seaweed residue; and (ii) purifying the cellulose-containing seaweed residue by at least one of hydrolysis or bleaching. The present invention is also directed to the cellulose obtained from the process, as well as products containing the cellulose-containing seaweed material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: FMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zheng Tan, Michael Sestrick, William Matakas, Aaron Chip Venables
  • Suspoemulsion of Fomesafen and Fluthiacet-Methyl
    Publication number: 20140302990
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel synergistic herbicidal suspoemulsion compositions of fomesafen and fluthiacet-methyl that have superior chemical and physical stability and increased herbicidal action when compared to tank mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: FMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy Martin, Shiv D. Sharma, Sandra Shinn
  • Stable Formulations Containing Fumed Aluminum Oxide
    Publication number: 20140274709
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel herbicidal aqueous suspoemulsion or aqueous suspension concentrate compositions containing an herbicidal active agent and fumed alumina as a stabilization agent that have superior chemical and physical stability as well as superior re-dispersion properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: FMC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Timothy Martin
  • Edible Liquid Filled Polysaccharide Capsules
    Publication number: 20140248400
    Abstract: Edible capsules include a core surrounded by an encapsulating skin The core is liquid at 25° C. and includes an aqueous mixture of one or more carrageenans, one or more flavorants, and one or more food oils that in total constitute at least 0.5 wt % and at most 30 wt % of the core. The encapsulating skin includes an alginate crosslinked with one or more polyvalent cations, wherein the capsules are nonspherical and seamless.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicants: FMC CORPORATION, FMC (SHANGHAI) COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE
    Inventors: Khamfa Phonchareon, Maurice Gerard Lynch
  • Herbicidal composition
    Patent number: 8822380
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: James Walter, Frank Robert Walls, Jr.
  • PERACETIC ACID COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140228328
    Abstract: The invention relates to anti-microbial compositions useful against a wide range of microorganisms undesirable on a wide variety of materials, including food, food contact and non-food contact surfaces, and surfaces in industrial, recreational, health care, and other institutional environments. More particularly, the anti-microbial compositions comprise peracetic acid in combination with a) citric acid or a salt and b) salicylic acid or a salt in aqueous solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: John M. ROVISON, Donald LAPHAM, Shibu ABRAHAM, Mary HOMAN
  • Microcrystalline cellulose compositions
    Patent number: 8801847
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Domingo C. Tuason, Jose Amundarain, Gregory R. Krawczyk, Edward Selinger, William R. Blakemore, James J. Modliszewski, Joseph Lee, Frank Messick
  • Controlling Bed Bugs with Solvent Vapors
    Publication number: 20140208636
    Abstract: The present invention provides an environmentally safe and highly effective method for killing bed bugs by enclosing infested items, belongings or possessions in a sealed container along with a small amount of certain solvents, the vapors of which kill bed bugs that are present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: FMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruce C. Black, Shreya N. Sheth, Linda Varanyak, Kenneth W. Johnson, Michael J. Manning
  • Composite materials of nano-dispersed silicon and tin and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 8753779
    Abstract: Composite compounds of tin and lithium, silicon and lithium, or tin, silicon, and lithium having tin and silicon nano-dispersed in a lithium-containing matrix may be used as electrode materials and particularly anode materials for use with rechargeable batteries. Methods of making the composite compounds include the oxidation of alloys, the reaction of stabilized lithium metal powder with tin and silicon oxides, and the reaction of inorganic salts of lithium with tin and silicon containing compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan Gao, Marina Yakovleva, John Engel, Daniel Diesburg, Brian Fitch