Patents Examined by Jennifer Smith
  • Encapsulated seed
    Patent number: 11117842
    Abstract: Encapsulated seeds, processes for making encapsulated seeds and processes for establishing and improving seed beds and seed bed germination. The encapsulated seeds improve soil productivity through enhancements in soil fertility, soil condition/tilth, and control of soil moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Krysiak
  • Process for making a semi-soluble granule comprising rock phosphate and humic acid
    Patent number: 11117840
    Abstract: A semi-soluble composite granule may include a homogenous powder including a rock phosphate powder making up about 1.0% to about 99% of the homogenous powder and a hydrolyzed humic acid enriched powder making up about 0.05% to about 25% of the homogenous powder; where the homogenous powder is granulated to form a semi-soluble composite granule; and where the composite granule is between about 0.8 mm and about 4.0 mm in diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: Kevin Merritt
  • Acid composition based on leonardite and amino acids
    Patent number: 11111186
    Abstract: This invention refers to an acid composition containing leonardite, amino acids and surfactants for use as fertiliser, biostimulant and/or nutrient and to a procedure for obtaining this composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SIPCAM INAGRA, S.A.
    Inventor: Gianluca Valieri
  • Mixture for treating fertilizers containing urea
    Patent number: 11104619
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synergistic mixture of urease inhibitor and nitrification inhibitor for the treatment of urea-containing fertilizers, more particularly having an improved urease-inhibitory effect, to the use thereof, and to urea-containing fertilizers comprising said mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: EuroChem Agro GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Peters, Thomas Mannheim
  • Fertilizer composition and methods of making and using same
    Patent number: 11104618
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, disclosed herein is a fertilizer core and fertilizer granule and methods related thereto. The fertilizer core particle has an outer surface and comprising one or more fertilizer additives, one or more binders, and one or more pH buffering agents, and wherein the fertilizer core particle comprises from about 10 wt % to about 99 wt % of the one or more binders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Sabeshan Kanagalingam, Ravi Hegde, Madduri Srinivasarao, Rajamalleswaramma Koripelly, Samik Gupta, Nilkamal Bag, Satish Burla, Yoganand Gurumallappa
  • Combined fertilizer and humics soluble granules
    Patent number: 11097989
    Abstract: A combined fertilizer and humics soluble granule is provided that includes at least soluble fertilizer particles admixed with a plurality of humic particles without a binder. A combined fertilizer and humics soluble granule is also provided that includes at least one soluble fertilizer-rich domain fused to at least one humic-rich domain. A process of forming a combined fertilizer and humics soluble granule is provided that includes forming a mixture of particles of soluble fertilizer and humics, the particles of urea each having a urea particle surface. The soluble fertilizer particle surface is tackified in contact with the particles of humics to create adherence between the soluble fertilizer particle surface and the particle of humics to form a granule without resort to a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: The Andersons Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Schumski
  • Surface modification of clay
    Patent number: 11091393
    Abstract: The present invention involves a granular product to remove oil and grease from oily waste water; specifically targeting produced/flow-back water generated in the offshore oilfield industry. This granular product may be loaded into either filter media canisters or bulk filtration vessels and used onsite to filter the water. This invention may also be used as a pre-treatment step to other polishing filter systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Oil-Dri Corporation of America
    Inventor: Laura Kajita
  • Fertilizer compositions having slow-release nitrogen compounds and methods of forming thereof
    Patent number: 11091404
    Abstract: Methods of forming a fertilizer composition having slow-release nitrogen compounds with a molten process are disclosed. The methods include mixing of a crystalline polyethylene wax with urea and formaldehyde to form a molten methylene urea mixture. The contents of the molten methylene urea mixture react to form slow-release nitrogen compounds. Fertilizer compositions formed of or including the slow-release nitrogen compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: OMS Investments, Inc.
    Inventor: Harold E. Thompson
  • Urea-based blend composition and method for the manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 11072567
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solid, particulate, urea-based blend composition comprising a urea-based compound in particulate form, one or more components in particulate form, selected from the group of nitrates, phosphates, sulphates and chlorides, and a urease inhibitor of the type phosphoric triamide, in particular N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (nBTPT), wherein the urea-based blend composition is further characterized in that it comprises one or more reactive alkaline or alkaline-forming inorganic or organic compounds. The composition according to the invention has been stabilized against the degradation of a urease inhibitor of the type phosphoric triamide, in particular N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (nBTPT). The invention further relates to a method for the manufacture of the claimed solid, particulate, urea-based blend composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA
    Inventors: Francois Ledoux, Filip Colpaert, Ruud Van Belzen
  • Glass member
    Patent number: 11072555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass member in which an inorganic phosphor is dispersed in a glass matrix, in which the glass member includes an SiO2—B2O3 based glass as the glass matrix, and the SiO2—B2O3 based glass includes SiO2 as a main component thereof, and includes, based on a total amount of the SiO2—B2O3 based glass: Al2O3 in an amount of 4 to 10 wt %; and MgO and ZnO in a total amount of 0.1 to 0.7 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: COORSTEK KK
    Inventors: Ramesh Vallepu, Yu Yokoyama, Mitsuhiro Fujita, Masako Uematsu, Yukiko Kikuchi
  • Fertilizer composition and methods of making and using same
    Patent number: 11066342
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, disclosed herein is a fertilizer core and fertilizer granule and methods related thereto. The fertilizer core particle has an outer surface and comprising one or more fertilizer additives, one or more binders, and one or more pH buffering agents, and wherein the fertilizer core particle comprises from about 10 wt % to about 99 wt % of the one or more binders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Sabeshan Kanagalingam, Ravi Hegde, Madduri Srinivasarao, Rajamalleswaramma Koripelly, Samik Gupta, Nilkamal Bag, Satish Burla, Yoganand Gurumallappa
  • Pelletized fertilizer and methods of preparing pelletized fertilizer
    Patent number: 11059756
    Abstract: A method of forming a pelletized fertilizer includes combining a fertilizer material with an organic binder to form a wet mixture, and drying the wet mixture to form particles comprising the fertilizer material and the organic binder dispersed therein. The fertilizer material includes solid particles of langbeinite, and the organic binder includes at least one cellulose polymer in a solid phase or a liquid gel phase. The dried particles are coated with mineral oil to form coated particles. A pelletized fertilizer includes pellets comprising solid particles of langbeinite (and optionally, other fertilizer materials) interspersed with at least one cellulose polymer. A mineral oil coating is over the pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: Intrepid Potash, Inc., Enviro Tech Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Morrison, Kenneth G. Taylor, Stephen C. Bytnar, Elizabeth Paden
  • Liquid urease inhibitor formulations
    Patent number: 11053170
    Abstract: The present application generally relates to a method for the manufacture of a liquid composition essentially consisting of an organic solvent of the type glycol and a urease inhibitor of the type phosphoric triamide and products obtained therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA
    Inventors: Filip Colpaert, Francois Ledoux, Ruud Van Belzen
  • Plant enhancing composition
    Patent number: 11040917
    Abstract: A composition including a liquid microbial mixture and a gemstone elixir. The composition is applied to soil of a plant to increase the health of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: John Harvey Easterling
  • Fertilizing composition based on soy hydrolysates
    Patent number: 11040919
    Abstract: A foliar fertilizer composition rich in oligosaccharides and phytohormones obtained from the sequential hydrolysis of a soybean paste, with a proteolytic enzyme with cysteine active site and a cellulase isolated from Trichoderma harzianum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: José Manuel Narváez Mastache, Rosa Laura Andrade Melchor
  • Fertilizer and plant growth promoter to increase plant yield and method of increasing plant yield
    Patent number: 11040920
    Abstract: A slow release carbohydrate/bicarbonate/nitrogen fertilizer which includes: a nitrogen component selected from the group consisting of a urea compound, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate; a bicarbonate component selected from the group consisting of ammonium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate and sodium bicarbonate; and a soluble carbohydrate component selected from the group consisting of a starch and a sugar, wherein the fertilizer is applied to increase crop yield and increase protein levels in plant products by placing the aforesaid fertilizer beneath the surface of soil on which is growing cultivated plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: INNOVATIONS FOR WORLD NUTRITION LLC
    Inventors: Arthur R. Shirley, Jr., Melissa C. Hayes, Timothy G. Holt
  • Reaction products and methods for making and using the same
    Patent number: 11028024
    Abstract: Reaction products and methods for making and using the same are provided. The reaction products particularly may include adducts of two or more reactants. The adducts particularly can incorporate a nitrification inhibitor, such as DCD. In particular embodiments, reaction products may be formed from the reaction of formaldehyde, DCD, urea, and an ammonia source. The adducts may be included in agricultural products, including fertilizer compositions and nitrification inhibitor systems. Fertilizer compositions including the adducts can be beneficial for reducing leaching of nitrification inhibitors applied to soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Koch Agronomic Services, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt D. Gabrielson, Mary L. Epling
  • Nanoparticle fertilizer
    Patent number: 11021408
    Abstract: A nanoparticulate fertilizer is provided. The fertilizer may comprise water soluble nanoparticles having a contact area to total surface area ratio greater than 1:4. The nanoparticles may have an overall positive surface charge in water. The fertilizer may be suitable for application as a seed coat. Also provided is a method of applying a seed coat, and a method of fertilizing a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Longbin Huang, Anh Van Nguyen, Victor Rudolph, Gordon Xu
  • Layer-wise agglomerated urea granules
    Patent number: 11021410
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to layer-wise agglomerated controlled release granular urea composition and methods of making and using the layer-wise agglomerated controlled release granular urea composition. In a particular composition, the water-soluble plant nutrient comprises urea, the binding material for the core comprises corn starch, the hydrogel for the coating layer comprises corn starch hydrogel, the core has a thickness of 2.5-3.5 mm and a closed porosity of 0.05-3%, and the coating layer has a thickness of 1.35-1.5 mm and a closed porosity of 0.1-5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Rose Prabin Kingsly Ambrose, Carl R Wassgren, Jr., Dhananjay Pai, Yanjie Chen
  • Coated granular fertilizer, method for producing coated granular fertilizer, and fertilizer compostion
    Patent number: 11001539
    Abstract: Provided is a coated granular fertilizer, which includes a granular fertilizer and a resin coat that coats the granular fertilizer, in which the resin coat contains a urethane resin that is a polyaddition product between a polyisocyanate component and a polyol component, the polyisocyanate component includes an aromatic polyisocyanate, and the polyol component includes a castor oil-modified diol, an alkylene diol having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and a compound having three or more hydroxyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Sasakawa