Patents by Inventor Eric Thomas Cooley

Eric Thomas Cooley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Technique for reducing nitrogen leaching in soils and improving potato crop yield by application of surfactants to crop root zone
    Patent number: 6300282
    Abstract: A preferred technique for increasing potato crop yields and/or minimizing nitrate leaching of potato crop acreage involves the application of surfactant at planting to the soil adjacent a seed potato. In an alternative method of the present invention, surfactant is applied after planting to the top or shoulder of the hill in which a potato plant is growing. The improved potato crop yields of the present invention are believed to result of the maintenance of soil moisture levels near the potato plant root zone and/or the prevention of nitrogen and other nutrient-leaching from the potato plant root zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Platte Chemical Company, a Nebraska corporation
    Inventor: Eric Thomas Cooley