Patents Examined by Wayne Langel
  • Nitrification inhibitors to improve fertilizer efficiency
    Patent number: 11440854
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods of making a liquid fertilizer additive of biodegradable polymeric and/or oligomeric nitrification inhibitors comprised of utilizing a non-aqueous polar, aprotic organo liquid (NAPAOL) as the reaction medium for the reaction of aldehyde(s) with cyano-containing nitrification inhibitors that have one or more aldehyde reactive groups selected from the group consisting of a) primary amines, b) secondary amines, c) amides, d) thiols, e) hydroxyls and f) phenols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Gary David McKnight, Randall Linwood Rayborn
  • Controlled-release fertilizer compositions
    Patent number: 11440856
    Abstract: A controlled-release fertilizer composition includes coated fertilizer particles having granules substantially encapsulated with a polyurethane coating layer formed from a polyol composition and an isocyanate curing agent. The polyurethane coating layers include inorganic particles. Methods of making and using the controlled-release fertilizer compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: OMS Investments, Inc.
    Inventors: Kwame Owusu-Adom, Christian Baldwin
  • Use of phycobiliproteins or an extract containing same as fertilizer
    Patent number: 11440855
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of phycobiliproteins or of an extract containing same as fertilizer, a method for stimulating tillering and/or root development and/or the yield of a plant, as well as fertilizer compositions comprising phycobiliproteins or an extract containing same and (i) an amendment and/or (ii) a fertilizer other than phycobiliproteins or an extract containing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AGRO INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Yvin, Florence Cruz, Mariana Carolina Pereira Vieira Devault, Larissa Villar
  • Systems, methods, and apparatus for increased wastewater effluent and biosolids quality
    Patent number: 11440853
    Abstract: Methods of delivering microorganisms loaded onto an inorganic porous medium. Methods of treating wastewater to increase effluent and biosolids quality. Methods of reducing ammonia and denitrifying wastewater effluent. Methods of reducing phosphorous concentration in wastewater effluent. Composition of biosolids derived from wastewater treatment. Wastewater treatment assemblage for increasing wastewater effluent and biosolids quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: DRYLET, INC.
    Inventors: M. Scott Conley, Mark Menendez
  • Active perovskite-type catalysts stable to high temperature aging for gasoline exhaust gas applications
    Patent number: 11439983
    Abstract: Compositions, articles, and methods related to a three-way-catalyst composition comprising a perovskite-type compound of formula (I): LazB1-qB?qO3±? or formula (II):[BOx]y:[LazBO3±?]1-y and a non-redox active component; wherein B or B? is Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Ti, or Zr; q is in a range from about 0 to about 0.5; x is from about 1 to about 2.5; y is from about 1 to about 30 wt %; z is about 0.6 to about 1.1; ? is in a range from about 0 to about 0.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Shuhei Nagaoka, Kerry Simmance, Andrea Eva Pascui, Emily Price
  • Seed, soil, and plant treatment compositions
    Patent number: 11440852
    Abstract: Various seed, soil, and plant treatment compositions, methods of applying such compositions, and the like are described herein. The treatment compositions can comprise one or more zinc compounds, one or more iron compounds, and/or one or more molybdenum compounds. Applications of the treatment compositions can include being placed in-furrow, side-dressed in fields, used as foliar treatments, broadcast in soil, tilled in soil, or otherwise applied to seeds, soils, or plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: RALCO NUTRITION, INC.
    Inventors: Rachel Ann Raths, Richard Dale Lamb, Michael David Johnson, Evan Everette Johnson
  • Bark and wood fiber growing medium
    Patent number: 11434425
    Abstract: A method for making a growing medium includes a step of combining tree bark and/or wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition to a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks to obtain the fibrous growing medium, the refiner separating fibers from each other; wherein the growing medium has total porosity of 88 volume % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kevin Scott Spittle, Gary Lane Bowers
  • Fertilizer combinations
    Patent number: 11434179
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising fertilizer particles being coated with at least two layers of superabsorbent polymers such that leachate of nitrogen in the soil is substantially decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: UPL LTD
    Inventors: Rajan Ramakant Shirsat, Talati Paresh Vithaldas, Jaidev Rajnikant Shroff, Vikram Rajnikant Shroff
  • Reducing the environmental impact of farming using biochar
    Patent number: 11426350
    Abstract: A method for using treated biochar to reduce the overall environmental impact of farming and minimize the carbon footprint of farms is provided. The method comprising engaging in one or more of the following practices: (1) combining treated biochar with feed or using biochar as feed for animals to reduce methane from enteric fermentation and increase animal health and nutrition; (2) combining treated biochar with compost, animal bedding or manure piles to reduce odor and increase nutrient retention; (3) applying treated biochar to lagoons to reduce odor and treat water; (4) applying treated biochar to pastures to increase pasture health; (5) applying treated biochar to crops to increase crop productivity, healthier roots and prevent fertilizer leaching; and (6) using the carbon negativity of a produced biochar to reduce the overall farm or ranch carbon footprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Juliette MacKay, Richard Wilson Belcher, Wesley J. Bolsen, Brian Buege, Daren Einar Daugaard, Han Suk Kim
  • Growth media for improved growth and yield of fungus using treated lignocellulosic biomass
    Patent number: 11427513
    Abstract: A growth medium for fungus is obtained by: (a) treating a mixture of lignocellulosic biomass and water with at least one oxidizing agent and steam at a temperature in a range of from about 130 C to about 220 C for a period from about 5 seconds to about 10 hours; (b) periodically measuring a pH of the mixture for substantially an entire duration of the treating step; and (c) as necessary, based on the pH of the mixture measured in step (b), adjusting the pH of the mixture into a range of from about pH 4.5 to about pH 7.5 by adding abase to the mixture. A method for producing the growth medium for fungi and a method for cultivating fungi are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: LUSBIO, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Bartek
  • Controlled-release fertilizers
    Patent number: 11427514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a controlled-release fertilizer, including: a photodegradable capsule including a binder resin containing a polyolefin and an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, and a photocatalytic composite in which a (co)polymer including at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of an ethylene repeating unit and a vinyl acetate repeating unit is bonded to the surface or inside of agglomerates of inorganic fine particles; and a fertilizer contained in a space surrounded by the photodegradable capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: LG CHEM, LTD., FARMHANNONG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chanjoong Kim, Joon Seok Lee, Yil Jang, Sangryeo Lee, Ji Yeon Kim, Jae Hoon Choe
  • Article for enriching soil fertility
    Patent number: 11412673
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an article for enriching soil fertility, a method of manufacturing the same and a method of enriching soil fertility. The article comprising: a plurality of containers, each having a respective fluid-permeable membrane and each containing one or more fertilizers. At least one of permeabilities of the membranes and contents of the one or more fertilizers are selected to control a release of the fertilizers from the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: PS Global SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Kim Fui Ng, Lee Yien Thang
  • Crop nutrition and fortification composition
    Patent number: 11414357
    Abstract: The invention relates to a water dispersible granular composition comprising of 0.1% to 70% by weight of boron salts, complexes, derivatives or mixtures thereof, 1% to 90% by weight of elemental sulphur and 1% to 30% by weight of dispersing agent, with granules in a size range of 0.1-2.5 mm and particles in the range of 0.1-20 microns. The invention further relates to liquid suspension composition comprising 0.1% to 55% by weight of boron salts, complexes, derivatives or mixtures thereof, 1% to 65% by weight of elemental sulphur, at least one structuring agent and at least one surfactant, where the composition has particle size range of 0.1-20 microns. The invention further relates to a process of preparing the crop nutrition and fortification composition and to a method of treating the plants, seeds, crops, plant propagation material, locus, parts thereof or the soil with the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Arun Vitthal Sawant, Thankapan Vadakekuttu
  • Nitrification inhibitors to improve fertilizer efficiency
    Patent number: 11414359
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods of making a liquid fertilizer additive of biodegradable polymeric and/or oligomeric nitrification inhibitors comprised of utilizing a non-aqueous polar, aprotic organo liquid (NAPAOL) as the reaction medium for the reaction of aldehyde(s) with cyano-containing nitrification inhibitors that have one or more aldehyde reactive groups selected from the group consisting of a) primary, b) secondary amines, c) amides, d) thiols, e) hydroxyls and f) phenols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Gary David McKnight, Randall Linwood Rayburn
  • Method of combining nutrients for strengthening plants through a liquid fertilizer
    Patent number: 11414358
    Abstract: A method of composing a concentrated liquid fertilizer for growing and repairing unhealthy plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Guerman Camacho Martinez
  • Black urea enhanced efficiency controllable release fertilizer compositions
    Patent number: 11407689
    Abstract: Calcium cyanamide fertilizer compositions and methods for their use are disclosed. The compositions and methods stabilize active ionic compositions comprising calcium cyanamide and enhance the effectiveness of calcium cyanamide alone or synergistically in combination with nitrogen containing materials such as urea and organics, for example, manures. The compositions and methods also facilitate controllable site directed delivery of the contents of the stabilized compositions. The compositions and methods are effective for fertilizing, soil amending, metal stabilizing and odor and organism inhibition. The compositions are stable, easily calibrated, and non-clogging for spray delivery to target sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: BI-EN CORP
    Inventors: Richard O. Hartmann, A. Ray Shirley, Jr.
  • Plant fertilizer compositions and related methods
    Patent number: 11407690
    Abstract: Plant fertilizer compositions, products, systems, kits, and methods. Products and methods for increasing the amount of soluble phosphorus in soil, solubilizing or increasing the level of soluble phosphorus and/or bioavailability of phosphorus in soil. Bioactivated fertilizer compositions and related methods for increasing phosphorus solubility and/or bioavailability in soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Cytozyme Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Elizabeth Maria Wozniak
  • Fertilizer and weed barrier
    Patent number: 11396484
    Abstract: A plant food and weed barrier, comprising: a substrate formed by subjecting a cellulosic material to a plasma treatment, and a nutrient base printed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SimplyGro LLC
    Inventors: James Reinertson, Cabot Carabott
  • Methods for application of biochar
    Patent number: 11390569
    Abstract: A method is provided for applying porous carbonaceous particles to soil for purpose of cultivating plants having roots, where at least 95% of the porous carbonaceous particles have a particle size less than or equal to 10 mm. The method incorporates the porous carbonaceous particles into the soil surrounding the plant roots at a depth of between 0-24 inches from the soil surface, where the porous carbonaceous particles are positioned in the area surrounding the roots of the plants at a ratio of between 1:999 to 1:1 porous carbonaceous particles to soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Han Suk Kim, Kevin Daniel Dolinar, Mark L. Jarand, Vern Traxler, Timothy Alan Thompson, Rajashekharam Malyala
  • PAMAM dendrimers for fertilizer delivery
    Patent number: 11390571
    Abstract: An agricultural formulation for conveying nutrients to a plant includes Poly(aminoamide) (PAMAM) dendrimers and a fertilizer active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Aqua Yield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Landon D. Bunderson, Britney Leigh Hunter, Kyle Jeffrey Isaacson