Patents by Inventor John Alvis Latting

John Alvis Latting 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).

  • Free-flowing fertilizer compositions
    Patent number: 6358294
    Abstract: The invention relates to free-flowing, powder fertilizer compositions characterized by having enhanced aqueous dissolution rates and being able to produce drift reduced aqueous agricultural spray medium. Specifically, the compositions are water-soluble, nitrogen-containing fertilizers physically blended with a guar gum drift reduction agent and a silicone defoaming agent either encapsulated or absorbed in an agricultural carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Rosen's
    Inventor: John Alvis Latting
  • Free-flowing fertilizer compositions
    Patent number: 5964917
    Abstract: The invention relates to free-flowing, powder fertilizer compositions characterized by having enhanced aqueous dissolution rates and being able to produce drift reduced aqueous agricultural spray medium.Specifically, the compositions are water-soluble, nitrogen-containing fertilizers physically blended with a guar gum drift reduction agent and a silicone defoaming agent either encapsulated or absorbed in an agricultural carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Inventor: John Alvis Latting
  • Dry-bonded nonionic adjuvants
    Patent number: 5679128
    Abstract: A method for producing a dry bonded solid nonionic surfactant/fertilizer adjuvant system comprising spray-coating dry water-soluble, nitrogen-containing fertilizer particles, preferably diammonium sulfate with the surfactant composition and the coated compositions produced thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Inventors: John Alvis Latting, Ivan Russell Wells, Brett Lee Randol