Patents Examined by Johann R. Richter
  • Patent number: 12127556
    Abstract: The invention encompasses a nontoxic agricultural formulation of a concentrated liquid suspension comprising an organic phase and suspended particulate materials, and also encompasses an aqueous formulation comprising the concentrated liquid suspension and an agricultural treatment agent. The invention additionally encompasses methods of treating an agricultural target, comprising providing an agricultural formulation of a concentrated liquid suspension comprising an organic phase and suspended particulates, and applying the agricultural formulation onto the agricultural target, thereby treating the agricultural target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Crop Enhancement, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Flores, Matthew A. Bosley, Sandra Rifai, Robert P. Mahoney, Damian Hajduk, Rosa Casado Portilla, Turner Newton, David S. Soane
  • Patent number: 12089598
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods that include or utilize plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for improving growth and health in plants and animals. The compositions and methods include or utilize a plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) that expresses a protein associated with pectin metabolism, and a saccharide comprising pectin or a pectin-related saccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: AUBURN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mark R. Liles, Joseph Kloepper
  • Patent number: 12082537
    Abstract: A plant growth media composition, articles made therefrom, and methods of making and using the same are described. The plant growth media composition includes a combination of one or more plant growth substrate materials and an additive such as cellulose fibers, clay, carrageenan, alginate, chitosan, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Jiffy International AS
    Inventors: Herald Reiersen, John Ward
  • Patent number: 12075778
    Abstract: An inhibitor for resisting muskmelon powdery mildew as well as preparation method and application thereof are provided, belonging to the technical field of muskmelon culturing. In order to solve the technical problems that muskmelon powdery mildew has caused serious influence on growth and yield of muskmelon, the disclosure uses an inhibitor containing allantoin for resisting muskmelon powdery mildew to spray leaves of the muskmelon in a seedling stage or a spreading stage of the muskmelon, which effectively increases the resistance of the muskmelon to powdery mildew. The disclosure has great significance for improving the yield and quality of the muskmelon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Peng Gao, Taifeng Zhang, Shilun Qiao, Feishi Luan, Hongyu Liu
  • Patent number: 12070032
    Abstract: Multiphase agricultural composition in the form of a suspo-emulsion, comprising lipophilic droplets containing a mixture of phytosterols, said lipophilic droplets being dispersed in an aqueous phase, the composition further comprising: at least one first surfactant (SF1) located at the interface of the lipophilic droplets and of the aqueous phase and selected from among the SFs that are soluble in the aqueous phase (WATER SF1) and the SFs that are soluble in the lipophilic droplets (OIL SF1); and at least one second surfactant (SF2) suspended in the aqueous phase, said second surfactant having the form of particles insoluble in the aqueous phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: ELICIT PLANT
    Inventors: Aymeric Molin, Solange Villette, Charlène Boussiron
  • Patent number: 12070035
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to aqueous herbicidal compositions comprising a glufosinate component and an auxin herbicide component. The invention further relates to methods of preparing these compositions and methods of controlling unwanted plants using these compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Jingsi Gao, Alison MacInnes
  • Patent number: 12043600
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, useful as a pesticides, especially as fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Farhan Bou Hamdan, Matthias Weiss, Atul Mahajan, Jagadeesh Prathap Kilaru, Ramya Rajan, Laura Quaranta, Stefano Rendine, Mathias Blum, Martin Pouliot, Simon Williams, Thomas James Hoffman
  • Patent number: 12030824
    Abstract: The disclosure generally describes the discovery of a train of Trichoderma gamsii (NRRL B-50520) that has multiple capabilities for various uses in plant agriculture and development of systems for its use. This patent application compares its abilities to enhance plant agriculture for a number of applications with a number of other microbial agents and that are contained within useful formulations. While other strains or mixtures have abilities to confer one trait or another, this strain appears to be uniquely versatile in its capabilities. It can be used in conventional or organic agriculture for the promotion of plant growth and increase in crop yields when applied topically as a foliar spray or as a seed coating. The highly active products also are expected to increase plant productivity and improve quality of fruits, vegetables, flowers or other plant products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Agrauxine Corp.
    Inventors: Gary E. Harman, Molly Cadle-Davidson, Walid Nosir
  • Patent number: 12022761
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating plant seed, to a seed coating composition, to a coated plant seed, to a use of one or more water-insoluble polymers with a Tg of at least 35° C., to a method of preparing a seed coating composition, to a method of preparing coated seed, to coated seed, to a use of an abrasive material primer or plasma, and to an apparatus for coating of seed. The method for coating plant seed comprises applying to the seed a seed coating composition comprising one or more water-insoluble polymers with a Tg of at least 35° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Incotec Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Henricus Antonius Maria Reus, Jantien Glas, Jérôme Sylvain Garnier, Pieter Wilhelmus Johannes Samuels
  • Patent number: 12016331
    Abstract: Microemulsion compositions include a blend of lecithin and a co-surfactant, and an acidifier. The compositions may further include salts of the acidifier, such as lactic acid or sodium lactate. The microemulsion may be used to produce a multi-functional agricultural adjuvant that is able to deliver an active ingredient such as a pesticide control, pH improve, wetting, and penetration of an agricultural chemical, control droplet size, function at extreme pH or salt concentration and/or other provide another functional benefit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
    Inventors: Shireen Baseeth, Swapnil Jadhav, Bruce Sebree
  • Patent number: 12017965
    Abstract: A chelated zinc adjuvant composition includes water, an effective amount of a micronutrient consisting of zinc chelated with an organic acid and an organic amine, a mono-, di- or polysaccharide and an alkyl polysaccharide. The adjuvant has a pH of up to 6.5. When admixed with a pesticide capable of precipitating with the zinc, due to the zinc being chelated, the zinc is prevented from precipitating with the pesticide and is available for uptake. When the adjuvant composition is applied in seed, soil, foliage or fruit applications, zinc uptake is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: WinField Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: James Dwight Scott, Danny Brown
  • Patent number: 12012369
    Abstract: Compositions containing at least one compound of formula I where R1 is a phenolic compound (e.g., simple phenol, creosote, thymol, or carvacrol), and where R2 is a polyamine (e.g., ethylenediamine (EDA), diethylenetriamine (DETA), triethylenetetramine (TETA), tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA), hexamethylenediamine (HDA)); and optionally a carrier; the compositions may additionally contain at least one epoxy resin. Methods for killing microorganisms involving contacting the microorganisms with an effective microorganism killing amount of the above composition. Compositions containing at least one compound produced by a method involving reacting phenolic-branched chain fatty acid methyl ester with at least one polyamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Kun Huang, Richard D. Ashby, Xuetong Fan, Helen N. Lew, Robert A. Moreau
  • Patent number: 12004509
    Abstract: An agricultural co-formulation comprising: an effective amount of at least one plant growth regulator, or at least one plant growth regulator and an additional biologically active ingredient, in a comminuted form having an average particle size in the range of from 1 to 12 microns; at least one oil; at least one oil-soluble surfactant dispersing agent; and at least one emulsifying agent, wherein the final concentration of the at least one plant growth regulator, or at least one plant growth regulator and an additional biologically active ingredient, is optionally adjusted by adding additional oil and one or more rheology modifiers and/or activation agents as required to substantially stabilise the co-formulation; and wherein the efficacy of the plant growth regulator is substantially maintained or improved; and one or more methods of making the co-formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: INDORAMA VENTURES OXIDES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: Rowan Brown
  • Patent number: 11925603
    Abstract: A drinking straw having an internal coating for delivery of an active agent when the straw is used to consume a beverage is provided. The active agent includes sweetener, flavour, a nutrient and/or a pharmaceutical and optionally colour. The coating is prepared by mixing a modified cellulose with water to form a paste or gel. The coating is then used to coat the inside surface of a drinking straw to a thickness of up to 1 mm. The coating is dried to reduce the water content to less than 5% by weight. Liquid drawn through the straw breaks down the modified cellulose releasing the active agent into the liquid, for consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: UNISTRAW CORP.
    Inventor: Kendall Norman Palazzi
  • Patent number: 11889832
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to antimicrobial compositions and their methods of use and manufacture. In particular, the antimicrobial compositions described herein comprise an antimicrobial active, a primary foaming agent, and an L-amino acid to provide rapid antimicrobial efficacy. In a preferred embodiment, the antimicrobial compositions are dermal cleansers. In a most preferred embodiment, the antimicrobial compositions comprise a foam structure enhancing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Lilian Lam Josephson, Daniel E. Pedersen, Dale Curtis Larson
  • Patent number: 11891362
    Abstract: The N2,N4-disubstituted pyrimidine-2,4-diamine derivative compounds are antibacterial agents having broad spectrum antibacterial activity. The present N2,N4-disubstituted pyrimidine-2,4-diamine compounds have antimicrobial activity against various susceptible and resistant gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria as well as drug resistant bacteria, such as MRSA and VRSA. The molecular target of these compounds was identified as DNA Gyrase B. Based on their pharmacological profiles, the present compounds may find important clinical applications for severe infectious diseases and tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michelyne Haroun, Christophe Tratrat
  • Patent number: 11877574
    Abstract: An herbicidal composition and method. An herbicidal composition including of one or more herbicidally active ingredients dissolved and/or suspended in an MCPA-2-ethylhexyl carrier, where the active ingredient carrier is otherwise oil and solvent free and the composition is chemically and physically stable. A method of preparing an herbicidal composition and a method of controlling weeds are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ARYSTA LIFESCIENCE INC.
    Inventors: Bhupinder Baath, Stephen Craig Bennett, Hong Zhang, Carlton Stephen Seckinger
  • Patent number: 11857514
    Abstract: Copper ion treatments for dermatological areas of the body include solutions, creams, lotions, gets, foams, wound dressings, skin patches and suture material, each containing copper ions that bring about therapeutic effects when the copper ion treatments are applied to dermatological tissue. Methods of treating dermatological areas of the body include treatments for use on the skin and nails to treat conditions including disease, infection, inflammation, damaged or injured tissue, tissue needing to be sutured, rashes and other undesirable dermatological conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CDA RESEARCH GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Chunlim Abbott, Dominic C. Abbott
  • Patent number: 11844863
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a functional feed and an oral delivery system for delivery of bioactive macromolecules. The oral delivery system comprises ethylenediammonium alginate which is a vehicle for delivery of macromolecular drugs. The oral delivery system according to the present invention is particularly suitable for use in combination with functional feeds in fish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: EWOS INNOVATION AS
    Inventors: Suwan Nalin Jayasinghe, Goran Klaric, Simon Wadsworth
  • Patent number: 11825842
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to preservative compositions for and methods of preserving household formulations, such as detergents, or preserving topical cosmetic or toiletry formulations against microbiological contamination or growth. Specifically, the disclosure relates to preservative compositions comprising an effective amount of a quaternary amine compound, an effective amount of an antifungal, and a solvent. Further, the disclosure relates to cosmetic or toiletry formulations comprising such preservative compositions. The disclosure further relates to method of making and using such preservative compositions and such cosmetic or toiletry formulations comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Aurorium Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Michael Drzewinski, Tracey Ross