Patents by Inventor Jim L. Elrod

Jim L. Elrod 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).

  • Particulate urea with mineral filler incorporated for hardness
    Patent number: 5676729
    Abstract: A particulate urea product having improved anticaking and nonfriable properties and which is useful for either direct application to the soil or as an intermediate product for the subsequent incorporation with other fertilizer materials into solid bulk blends. The product consists of an admixture of urea and a finely divided mineral filler selected from the group consisting of diatomaceous, sodium bentonite, calcium bentonite, kaolin, zeolite and ball clay and is in either granular or prill form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Western Industrial Clay Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jim L. Elrod, Peter B. Aylen