Patents by Inventor Susannah Ferguson

Susannah 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).

  • pH buffered plant nutrient compositions and methods for growing plants
    Patent number: 8091275
    Abstract: This invention provides pH buffered plant nutrient compositions, methods for fertilizing a plant growing or a seed germinating in a hydroponics system, methods for growing a plant in a hydroponics system, and methods for making a pH buffered plant nutrient composition. The compositions and methods of this invention are useful with distilled water, deionized water, filtered water, and United States municipal tap water. The compositions and methods of this invention are useful with most of the municipal water supplies in the United States. pH buffering agents useful in the practice of this invention include phosphate buffers, aquarium buffers, 2-[N-morpholino]ethanesulfonic acid, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: AeroGrow International
    Inventors: W. Michael Bissonnette, Laura L. Conley, Sylvia Bernstein, Susannah Ferguson, John Thompson
  • pH Buffered Plant Nutrient Compositions and Methods for Growing Plants
    Publication number: 20110036009
    Abstract: This invention provides pH buffered plant nutrient compositions, methods for fertilizing a plant growing or a seed germinating in a hydroponics system, methods for growing a plant in a hydroponics system, and methods for making a pH buffered plant nutrient composition. The compositions and methods of this invention are useful with distilled water, deionized water, filtered water, and United States municipal tap water. The compositions and methods of this invention are useful with most of the municipal water supplies in the United States. pH buffering agents useful in the practice of this invention include phosphate buffers, aquarium buffers, 2-[N-morpholino]ethanesulfonic acid, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: AEROGROW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: W. Michael Bissonnette, Laura L. Conley, Sylvia Bernstein, Susannah Ferguson, John Thompson
  • pH buffered plant nutrient compositions and methods for growing plants
    Patent number: 7818916
    Abstract: This invention provides pH buffered plant nutrient compositions, methods for fertilizing a plant growing or a seed germinating in a hydroponics system, methods for growing a plant in a hydroponics system, and methods for making a pH buffered plant nutrient composition. The compositions and methods of this invention are useful with distilled water, deionized water, filtered water, and United States municipal tap water. The compositions and methods of this invention are useful with most of the municipal water supplies in the United States. pH buffering agents useful in the practice of this invention include phosphate buffers, aquarium buffers, 2-[N-morpholino]ethanesulfonic acid, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: AeroGrow International, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Michael Bissonnette, Laura L. Conley, Sylvia Bernstein, Susannah Ferguson, John Thompson
  • pH buffered plant nutrient compositions and methods for growing plants
    Publication number: 20060254332
    Abstract: This invention provides pH buffered plant nutrient compositions, methods for fertilizing a plant growing or a seed germinating in a hydroponics system, methods for growing a plant in a hydroponics system, and methods for making a pH buffered plant nutrient composition. The compositions and methods of this invention are useful with distilled water, deionized water, filtered water, and United States municipal tap water. The compositions and methods of this invention are useful with most of the municipal water supplies in the United States. pH buffering agents useful in the practice of this invention include phosphate buffers, aquarium buffers, 2-[N-morpholino]ethanesulfonic acid, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: AeroGrow International, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Michael Bissonnette, Laura Conley, Sylvia Bernstein, Susannah Ferguson, John Thompson