Patents Examined by Jennifer Smith
  • Patent number: 11597688
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for making a fully water-soluble granule comprising humic acid and a microbial community composition. Disclosed also is a fully water-soluble granule comprising humic acid and a microbial community composition. Such a granule is useful as an organic aid to crop growth, particularly in applications where solubility is desirable or necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HUMIC GROWTH SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Merritt
  • Patent number: 11591276
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for manufacturing the polymer-coated fertilizers with a controlled release in a single pass. The system has a feeding mechanism connected to a first chill roll to supply the articles to the first cavities provided on the first roll to store and hold the articles. A first machine produces and applies a first polymer film on the articles held in the first chill roll to coat the articles partially with the first polymer film. The partially coated articles are transferred to a second chill roll placed at a side or on a top of the first chill roll. A second machine produces and applies the second polymer film on the partially coated articles in the second chill roll so that the articles are encapsulated by the first and second polymer films. A collector mechanism receives the encapsulated articles from the second chill roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Cotex Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Santosh Kumar Yadav
  • Patent number: 11591271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fertilizer comprising at least one basic L-amino acid, such as arginine or lysine, wherein a substantial portion of the basic L-amino acid content is present as its monophosphate. The basic L-amino acid phosphate may be combined with a binder and/or provided with an outermost layer acting as a coating. The invention also relates to a method of enhancing the growth of a plant by making a basic L-amino acid phosphate available to the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: AREVO AB
    Inventors: Torgny Näsholm, Mattias Holmlund, Jonas Öhlund
  • Patent number: 11584697
    Abstract: Method for the production of organic fertilizer comprising providing an organic source of ammonia gas, in particular air contaminated with ammonia gas, directing the air contaminated with ammonia gas through water and forming an ammonium hydroxide solution converting the ammonium into nitrate, dosing, under the control of a control system, the ammonium hydroxide solution to a recirculation stream from a second bio-reactor with bacteria suitable for converting the supplied ammonia into nitrite and nitrate. The amount of ammonium water fed by the control system to the acidic nitrate solution from the second bio-reactor depends on one or more measured pH values in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KLEIN HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Petrus Franciscus Klein
  • Patent number: 11560341
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a soil inoculating composition comprising the steps of a) loading a vermicompost into a tank, b) adding a sufficient amount of water and molasses to vermicompost, c) breeding of microorganism in the mixture obtained in the step b), by adjusting the temperature to a range between 25-27° C. and by providing air into the mixture, d) forcing microorganism in the mixture obtained in the step c), to dormant state by d) adding a sufficient amount of molasses, e) bottling the composition obtained in the step d), for storage, f) resuscitating of microorganism in the stored composition from the dormant state to active state by diluting the composition with a sufficient amount of water before soil inoculation. An apparatus for producing soil inoculating composition comprising two concentric tanks wherein the inner tanks (104) holds the composition and the outer tank (101) acting as an heating system holds a liquid kept at a desired temperature by an heat control system (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SUPERSOL BIYOTEKNOLOJI A.S.
    Inventor: Rafael De Toledo
  • Patent number: 11554996
    Abstract: A composition including at least about 50 wt % basalt and no more than about 20 wt % binding agent, wherein 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: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Specialty Granules Investments LLC
    Inventors: John Horton, Justin P. Dunlap
  • Patent number: 11542210
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method for producing an aqueous monoammonium phosphate containing fertilizer solution. The method provides for means to control the temperature of a reaction zone as measured at a reagent entry point and a product exit point. The pH of the reaction is monitored and the reaction is terminated when the reaction mixture has reached a pH of between about 5.5 and about 7.5. The invention further provides for a method of treating crops with a monoammonium phosphate solution having a pH of between 6 and 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Liquigro Holdings (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventor: Gerhardus Tredoux Botha
  • Patent number: 11535636
    Abstract: Composition and methods of applying potassium mixtures are disclosed. Applications include: fertilizer and fertilizer additives, freeze conditioning, dust control, coating oil, and fire prevention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Bo Tran
  • Patent number: 11485689
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns fertilizer particles comprising calcium nitrate and potassium nitrate. It is found that fertilizer particles comprising 43 to 47% w/w calcium nitrate and 46 to 54% w/w potassium nitrate can be produced by melt granulation. Due to undercooling problems, such particles were not expected to be suitable for industrial production by melt granulation. However, the present disclosure provides a composition which forms a low viscosity melt with short solidification time. This was successfully achieved by reducing the water content of a fertilizer melt comprising 43 to 47% w/w calcium nitrate and 46 to 54% w/w potassium nitrate to less than 3% w/w of the melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA
    Inventors: Amund Myrstad, Petr Chladek, Torstein Obrestad
  • Patent number: 11485690
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a method for preparing a mixture of solid potassium salts from a fermentation juice from a fermentation process for the production of chemical compounds in a pH-controlled fermentation medium by adding of a base comprising potassium hydroxide. The method comprises adding an acid to the fermentation juice in an amount sufficient to cause the precipitation of the mixture of potassium salts, and then separating the mixture of salts of potassium solid potassium acidified fermentation juice. The present technology also relates to the mixture of potassium salts obtained by said method and its use as fertilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: AFYREN
    Inventors: Jeremy Jean-Paul Pessiot, Michael Fréderic Pierre Roussel, Aurelien Antoine Bost
  • Patent number: 11465945
    Abstract: Urea-aldehyde condensation compositions, processes for preparing the same, and the use of said compositions are disclosed. The compositions can have a nitrogen content that is 100% water soluble and can be used as a fertilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Rajamalleswaramma Koripelly, Radha Achanath, Chandra Mohana, Samik Gupta
  • Patent number: 11459261
    Abstract: A procedure for producing a liquid fertilizing product from a biosolids cake that has been de-watered to a biosolids content of 18% or more. The procedure includes positioning a process amount of the biosolids cake in a reactor vessel, heating the biosolids cake process amount, and adding a quantity of an alkali and mixing it into the process amount of the biosolids cake to form a reactor mixture. The reactor mixture incubated for a period, and then cooled. The alkali includes pH-raising and hydrolysis-procuring components. The quantity of alkali in relating to the biosolids process amount is sufficient that a residual amount of the alkali remains in the cooled reactor mixture, the pH of the reactor mixture remains at a saturation level during and after the incubation period, and the cooled reaction mixture is pumpable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Lystek International Corp.
    Inventor: Owen Patrick Ward
  • Patent number: 11420908
    Abstract: A fortifier for growth and flowering in horticulture, trees and ornamental plants, aromatic plants and fruit trees, from wastewater from brewer's yeast with a very low protein concentration. The method including the step of: filtered by 80 ?m; magnetic treatment of the liquid; addition of 0.1 to 20 g/l phosphate and 10 to 20 g/l glycose. Fermentation is carried out keeping the free amino acid content greater than 0.1%, the content of Mg+2 greater than 0.1%, total nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium below 3.0%, the content of protein from 0.5% to 1.0% and EDTA from 0.02% to 0.2%, all by dry matter weight; addition of microbes from the environment; at temperatures of 15° C. to 40° C. with gentle agitation, for 24 hours to 30 days; subsequent filtering and pH adjustment. It has been found to be effective in various crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Adobs I Innovacio Fitovegetal Hortus Natura S.L.
    Inventor: Marta Larrosa Padro
  • Patent number: 11401218
    Abstract: A coated fertilizer comprises a fertilizer granule; and a coating disposed on a surface of the fertilizer granule, wherein the coating comprises a poly(lactic acid); a second polymer comprising a poly(butylene succinate), a cellulose triacetate, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and a sealant. Methods of making the coated fertilizer are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Ganesh Kannan, Labeeb Chaudhary Ahmed, Belinda Duckworth, Philip Wesley Bell, Shankar Kollengodu Subramanian
  • Patent number: 11390570
    Abstract: Highly water-soluble humic acid products such as powders and compacted solids or granules are provided, which can be used directly as crop growth enhancers, or can be coated on or mixed with solid fertilizers. Preferred fertilizer products include humic acid-supplemented MAP, DAP, and urea, particularly where the humic acid fraction is distributed throughout the structure of the solid fertilizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Humic Growth Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Merritt
  • Patent number: 11377393
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a composition for improving plant growth including applying to a plant, roots of a plant, soil or substrate, or seeds of plants inactive yeast and/or yeast derivatives and at least one nitrogen source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: DANSTAR FERMENT AG
    Inventors: Olivier Cor, Jean-Marc Sanchez, Bertrand Delaunois
  • Patent number: 11370720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a wood chip-type organic composite fertilizer wherein the method comprises the steps of: {circle around (a)} preparing wood chips by chipping; {circle around (b)} preparing a liquid organic fertilizer; {circle around (c)} forming an organic mixed solution; {circle around (d)} obtaining colored wood chips by simultaneously immersing the wood chips of the step {circle around (a)} in the organic mixed solution of the step {circle around (c)} and applying hot air to the organic mixed solution to coat the woods chips with colors; {circle around (e)} drying the wood chips to a high temperature to remove moisture formed on an outer surface of the wood chips of the step {circle around (d)} and to make the organic mixed solution penetrate evenly into the wood chips at the same time; and {circle around (f)} packing the dried wood chips of the step {circle around (e)} by weight unit with the measurement thereof on a scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: DONGSUH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chui Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 11358909
    Abstract: A fertilizer having a seed grind and a method of using the fertilizer to grow plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: INNOVATIONS FOR WORLD NUTRITION, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur R. Shirley, Jr., Melissa C. Hayes
  • Patent number: 11352305
    Abstract: The present development is a composition for a commercial fertilizer product that provides for nitrogen, phosphate and/or potassium availability to the plant even in a hostile growing environment with hard water sources. The fertilizer of the present invention includes a polyamine additive, water, and soluble nitrogen, potassium, and/or phosphate, that are essentially unaffected by hard water thereby retaining their availability to the target plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NACHURS ALPINE SOLUTIONS, CORP.
    Inventors: Tommy Roach, Gregory A. Bame
  • Patent number: 11345645
    Abstract: Fertilizer particles described herein include a powder composition that can contain one or more urease inhibitors and/or nitrification inhibitors and a filler material embedded within a solid urea matrix. Methods of producing the fertilizer particles involve contacting a powder composition that can contain one or more urease inhibitors and/or nitrification inhibitors and a filler with molten urea under conditions sufficient to form a fertilizer particle having the powder composition embedded within a solid urea matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Rajamalleswaramma Koripelly, Ravi Hegde, Chandra Mohana, Radha Achanath, Samik Gupta, Sabeshan Kanagalingam