Patents by Inventor Volker Windhoevel

Volker Windhoevel 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).

  • Soil improver and use thereof
    Patent number: 8883677
    Abstract: The invention relates to a soil improver which is suitable especially for increasing the water absorption and/or water storage of soils, said soil improver comprising a water-swellable matrix material based on at least one organic polymer, inorganic solid particle having been added to said matrix material, and said organic polymer of said water-swellable matrix material comprising carbohydrate-based structural units, especially carbohydrate-based functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Arpolith GmbH
    Inventor: Volker Windhoevel
  • CARRIER MATERIAL FOR IMPROVING THE PERSISTANCE OF BIOCIDES
    Publication number: 20140227366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biocide improvement system wherein the biocide is reversibly bound into a matrix of an organic polymer and inorganic solid particles and thus is slowly released in the soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Oliver Zindel, Karla Kaminski, Frank Iding, Volker Windhoevel
  • SOIL IMPROVER AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100275664
    Abstract: The invention relates to a soil improver which is suitable especially for increasing the water absorption and/or water storage of soils, said soil improver comprising a water-swellable matrix material based on at least one organic polymer, inorganic solid particle having been added to said matrix material, and said organic polymer of said water-swellable matrix material comprising carbohydrate-based structural units, especially carbohydrate-based functional groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventor: Volker Windhoevel