Patents by Inventor Frank Shanahan

Frank Shanahan 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).

  • FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOSITIONS DERIVED FROM NATURAL ORGANIC MATERIALS, PHOSPHOROUS ACID, PHOSPHITE SALTS AND PHOSPHATE SALTS, METHODS OF MAKING SAME AND METHODS OF APPLYING SAME TO PLANTS
    Patent number: 6911415
    Abstract: A fungicidal composition for controlling fungal diseases in plants, which includes a fungicide, and a complex organic composition derived from natural organic materials. The organic composition may comprise a humic acid composition, a fulvic acid composition, a humin component composition, mixtures thereof or other extracts from natural organic materials such as leonardite, lignite, peat, shale, sediments and soil. The fungicidal composition includes a phosphorus-containing compound such as phosphorous acid, a phosphite salt, and a phosphate salt or mixtures thereof. The preferred embodiments of the compositions provide enhanced control of select fungal diseases in plants as well as enhanced plant nutrient uptake abilities. The invention also includes processes for producing the fungicidal compositions and methods for applying the fungicidal compositions to plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Actagro, LLC
    Inventors: Carl Ueland, Dave Davis, John R. Marihart, Frank Shanahan