Patents by Inventor M. Francis Botts

M. Francis Botts 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).

  • Particles containing agricultural active ingredients
    Patent number: 7452546
    Abstract: One or more agricultural active ingredients (such as fungicides or insecticides) are entrapped in polymeric matrixes to form particles having a diameter in the range from about 0.2 to about 200 microns. The particles are applied to soil, to seeds, or to plants and release the active ingredient(s) at a rate sufficiently low to avoid phytoxicity but at a rate sufficiently high to provide effective amounts of the active ingredient(s), preferably throughout the growing period of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: M. Francis Botts, Frank C. Kohn, Maria L. Miller
  • Particles containing agricultural active ingredients
    Patent number: 7070795
    Abstract: One or more agricultural active ingredients (such as fungicides or insecticides) are entrapped in polymeric matrixes to form particles having a diameter in the range from about 0.2 to about 200 microns. The particles are applied to soil, to seeds, or to plants and release the active ingredient(s) at a rate sufficiently low to avoid phytoxicity but at a rate sufficiently high to provide effective amounts of the active ingredient(s), preferably throughout the growing period of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: M. Francis Botts, Frank C. Kohn, Maria L. Miller