Patents by Inventor Fred E. Ferguson

Fred E. Ferguson 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).

  • Patent number: 4280830
    Abstract: A free-flowing granular fertilizer composition and a process for its preparation in which the granules comprise expanded, substantially oil-free coffee grounds as a carrier coated and impregnated with a urea-formaldehyde condensation product. The condensation product has from 1 to 3 moles of urea for each mole of formaldehyde and the composition has at least 15% of the total nitrogen in cold water insoluble form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Assignee: O. M. Scott and Sons Company
    Inventors: Fred E. Ferguson, Rory R. Hughes, Kenneth E. Fersch
  • Patent number: 3968239
    Abstract: A fungicide composition particularly effective for the control of leafspot and dollarspot comprising a mixture in granular form of (a) a phthalonitrile of the formula ##SPC1##Wherein each X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine and bromine with at least one X being other than hydrogen, (b) for each 1275 grams of the phthalonitrile, from about 200 to 1800 ml of octyl phenoxy polyethoxy ethanol having 9 to 10 oxyethylene groups, and (c) a carrier to which the fungicide is adhered, the carrier having a bulk density of at least 20 lbs. per cubic foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1976
    Assignee: O. M. Scott & Sons Company
    Inventors: Fred E. Ferguson, Robert J. Bell