Gel (i.e., A Colloidal Solution Of A Liquid In A Solid Patents (Class 504/366)
-
Patent number: 10470458Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved plant growth regulation composition comprising a plant growth regulator and a surfactant. It also relates to a method for enhancing or regulating the growth of plants comprising applying said composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Richard Brian Perry, Ian David Perry, Timothy Norman Perry, Ulrich Johannes Haas, Philip Taylor
-
Patent number: 9538761Abstract: A pesticidal composition comprising sulphur, a fungicide selected from the group consisting of cymoxanil, fenhexamid, fenamidone, cyazofamid, chlorothalonil, kresoxim methyl, azoxystrobin, trifloxystrobin, pyraclostrobin, iprodione, validamycin, kasugamycin, cyprodinil, pencycuron, hexaconazole, prochloraz, epoxiconazole, prothioconaozole, trifloxystrobin, thiophanate methyl, spiroxamine, metrafenone or their salts thereof and at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Inventor: Deepak Pranjivandas Shah
-
Patent number: 9526266Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the removal of glycoalkaloids, in particular from process streams such as those encountered during isolation of proteins from potatoes.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: COÖPERATIE AVEBE U.A.Inventors: Marco Luigi Federico Giuseppin, Robin Eric Jacobus Spelbrink
-
Patent number: 9462804Abstract: The present invention comprises the use of formulations comprising at least one pesticide and at least one co-polymer comprising (a) at least one comonomer (a) selected from the group consisting of olefins, vinylethers, vinyl pyrrolidone and styrene; and (b) at least one comonomer (b) selected from the group consisting of ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic mono and diesters, wherein the alcohol moiety of the mono- or diester has the structure of formula I wherein R1 is 1,2-propylene or 2,3 propylene R2 is ethylene; R3 is hydrogen, branched or linear C1-C40, preferably C1-C24 alkyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with C1-C20 alkyl, benzyl, benzyl substituted with C1-C20 alkyl; n corresponds to a value from 0 to 140, preferably 0-50, more preferably 0-20. p corresponds to a value from 0 to 100 wherein the sum of n and p is at least 1, preferably 1-60, most preferably 5-40.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2007Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Yvonne Dieckmann, Michael Ishaque, Ingo Münster, Laurent Picard, Wolfgang Kerl, Jürgen Langewald, Klaus Kreuz, Harald Köhle, Felix Christian Görth
-
Patent number: 9126163Abstract: Nanoemulsions and processes for their preparation, and their use as formulations of plant protection products and/or pesticides and/or cosmetic preparations.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2009Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Sabine Giessler-Blank, Ralph Scheuermann, Joachim Venzmer, David Lindsay
-
Patent number: 8828911Abstract: Gel prevention agents and methods for use with agricultural products include certain alkylamido amines and their quaternary ammonium counterparts that, when blended with products containing alkoxylated surfactants, the alkylamido amines and their quaternary counterparts reduce the gel formation tendency of such products.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.Inventor: Shawn Zhu
-
Publication number: 20140038826Abstract: A thiol-yne polymeric material and methods for producing said polymers are disclosed. The material is produced by the radically mediated polymerization of monomers having alkyne and thiol functional groups. The alkyne moiety, internal or terminal, may react with one or two thiols. Degradable monomers may be used to form degradable polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body CorporateInventors: Kristi Anseth, Ben Fairbanks, Christopher Bowman
-
Patent number: 8461086Abstract: Disclosed is a microcapsule composition for inhibiting an ethylene response in plants, which comprises a plurality of microcapsules, each including an agent for blocking an ethylene binding site in plants in an oil droplet, and a coating encapsulating the oil droplet and the agent for blocking the ethylene binding site in plants. A method for preparing microcapsules of an agent for blocking the ethylene binding site in plants, and a method for inhibiting an ethylene response in plants are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Lytone Enterprise, Inc.Inventors: William T. H. Chang, Hsi Ying Chen, Yi Chieh Wang
-
Publication number: 20130143741Abstract: Improved aqueous herbicidal compositions comprising at least one water-soluble herbicide and a gel forming agent are provided. The compositions are generally characterized as pseudoplastic, elastic and having a relatively high stationary viscosity. The compositions provide enhanced foliar retention and resistance to drying thereby allowing for improved uptake of the herbicide into the plants and/or translocation within the plant in order to more effectively kill the plants at reduced application rates in kilograms of herbicide per hectare, even in the absence of a surfactant. Methods for confined application of the compositions of the invention to control the growth of unwanted plants are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Daniel R. Wright, Xavier Belvaux, Brian Midgley, William Abraham
-
Publication number: 20120309623Abstract: Provided in various embodiments are surface-modified hydrogels and hydrogel microparticles, methods for their preparation, and uses thereof for delivery of personal care and healthcare active ingredients, and agricultural active ingredients. In some embodiments, such hydrogels and hydrogel microparticles comprise surface coatings that are resistant to solvent washing and can act as barriers for the migration of water and/or water-compatible alcohols and actives soluble therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Dongchan Ahn, James Thompson
-
Publication number: 20120149578Abstract: Two-phase, aqueous polymeric systems comprised of lactamic monomers containing additives suitable for adjusting the cloud point temperature of the polymeric compositions are described. Of particular utility is the use of these additives to adjust the cloud point in aqueous solutions comprised of salts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: ISP INVESTMENTS INC.Inventors: David K. Hood, Osama M. Musa, Surya Kamin
-
Publication number: 20090280987Abstract: Disclosed is a method in which poloxamer, a resin, and/or a tocopherol is/are fused, and the material that is to be treated is intimately dispersed with said melt. After being introduced into the melt, the material that is to be treated is coated with water to prevent hardening, and the spontaneously forming gel is homogenized. The obtained product is composed of a transparent gel that is based on at least one poloxamer, a resin or a tocopherol, and an active substance which is solubilized, dispersed, and stabilized therein and whose consistency ranges from solid, semisolid, i.e. aspic-like, to liquid. The micelles of said solubilized matter remain stable even when the same is diluted well below the CMC of poloxamer. The inventive products can be used for dissolving fats, peptides, resins, and all types of resinous materials, removing fats, peptides, resins, and all types of resinous materials from surfaces, cleaning, and lubricating, according to the solubilized active substances used.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2007Publication date: November 12, 2009Inventor: Hanspeter Strobel
-
Patent number: 7488703Abstract: A fragrant polymer configured to be associated with a growing medium includes a water absorbent polymer, and a fragrance agent encapsulated in the water absorbent polymer. Encapsulating a fragrance agent in an absorbent polymer allows for systematic release of the fragrance agent, thereby reducing the effect of foreign odors that often accompany potted plants.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2004Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Inventor: Patti Donner Rubin
-
Publication number: 20070265168Abstract: The present invention relates to a regulator for the targeted provision of moisture which is uniform with respect to time, for example in packaging or transport containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2007Publication date: November 15, 2007Applicant: Casetech GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Anton Krallmann, Heinrich Henze-Wethkamp
-
Patent number: 7056865Abstract: Improved cation exchange zeolite crystalline and zeolite-like plant bed structures are disclosed, preferably saturated with water-based extracts of particular plant/herb materials exhibiting plant growth acceleration properties and synergistically providing also nutrient, and sometimes anti-microbial and insect and fungus repellent properties, as well, and with the adaptability to present the structures in solid, gel and liquid form.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2001Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Allor FoundationInventors: Robert H. Rines, Lisa Toth, Suzi Rines Toth
-
Patent number: 6939555Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for increasing the activity of agrichemicals and controlling their drift by specially formulating an deposition agent with fertilizer. This unique combination has been seen to allow lower use rates of fertilizers as pesticide efficacy enhancers and improved deposition of sprays.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2000Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Helena Holding CompanyInventors: Greg Volgas, Johnnie R. Roberts
-
Patent number: 6908885Abstract: The invention relates to a gel based on poly-?-1,4-D-glucan and, optionally, on starch as well as on a swelling agent, to a method for the production thereof, and to the use of a gel of this type.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2001Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: Suedzucker Aktiengesellschaft Mannheim/OchsenfurtInventors: Holger Bengs, Ivan Tomka, Rolf Müller
-
Publication number: 20040157742Abstract: The use of an alginate as a pH-triggered gelling agent in the manufacture of a composition comprising a salt of paraquat, a salt of diquat or a mixture thereof, the composition further comprising an emetic and/or purgative such that a pH-triggered gel effect takes place at the acid pH of human gastric juice. The gelling agent is preferably used in the substantial absence of magnesium trisilicate and preferably has a 1% solution viscosity in water of from 2 to 2000 mPas.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2004Publication date: August 12, 2004Inventors: Emma Jane Ashford, Jonathan Roy Heylings, Richa Shaunak
-
Patent number: 6716885Abstract: A storage-stable aerated gel composition comprising 30 to 97% by weight of water, 0.2 to 5% by weight of a gelling agent selected from xanthan gum, sodium alginate and neutralized carboxyvinyl polymer and 2 to 5% by weight of a fine particulate hydrophobic silicone-treated silica having a surface area of from 80 to 300 m2/g. The composition is in the form of fine particles of an aqueous gel containing the water and the gelling agent, the surface of which particles are coated with a coating of the finely divided particulate hydrophobic silica. The gel composition is prepared by mixing, under high shear conditions, the water and the fine particulate silica, and then adding to the resulting mixture, the gelling agent and mixing under high shear conditions.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Sorex LimitedInventors: Roland Twydell, Lesley Le Quesne
-
Publication number: 20020198108Abstract: Formulations or compositions which are especially suitable to be contained in a water soluble or water dispersible bag containing a water dispersible organic gel. This gel is a continuous system comprised of effective amounts of hazardous product, a water soluble or water dispersible surfactant which contains a non ionic surfactant and optionally an anionic or amphoteric surfactant. This gel further consists of a gelling agent having, when it is solid, a particle size less than 100 microns.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Applicant: Rhone Poulenc AG CompanyInventors: Samuel Terry Gouge, Leonard Edward Hodakowski, Paul Joseph Weber, Chi-Yu Roy Chen
-
Publication number: 20020147111Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a seed treatment formulation and an organosilicone additive of the formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2001Publication date: October 10, 2002Applicant: Crompton CorporationInventor: Jinxia Sun
-
Publication number: 20020128153Abstract: This invention relates to a biocidal composition resistant to the formation of a gel and to the method for stabilizing a concentrate containing, in addition to the biocide, a carbodiimide in monomeric or polymeric form or a mixture thereof and a lipophilic/hydrophilic emulsifier mixture having a HLB of at least 7 comprising an oil and an alkoxylated ester of a polyhydroxylated compound, by adding to the concentrate between about 0.5 and about 15 wt. % of a saturated, aliphatic compound having a molecular weight of less than 400, selected from the group consisting of a polyhydroxyated alkanol and/or a polyhydroxylated ketone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2001Publication date: September 12, 2002Applicant: ISP INVESTMENTS INC.Inventors: Kolazi S. Narayanan, Domingo I. Jon
-
Patent number: 6380135Abstract: Agrochemical granulated material which is dispersible in water and contains a mixture that is liquid, gel-like, or waxy at +25° C., comprising at least one agrochemical active ingredient and at least one surface-active compound and a thickening agent, and optionally having an outer coating, characterized in that the granulated material has plastic behavior at +25° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1999Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.Inventors: Karl Reuter, Christian Krueger
-
Publication number: 20020025911Abstract: An adsorbent is disclosed which is formed either by coating an adsorption mass such as active carbon with a gel-like substance such as the dibasic metallic salt of a macromolecular polycarboxylic acid, soybean curd, jelly, konjak, agar, perilla, gelidium jelly, or chitosanoxalic acid salt gel and subsequently subjecting the coated basis to a freezing treatment or by effecting the coating with the gel-like substance already made to contain a frost damage preventing substance such as glycerin and subsequently depriving the coated basis of the frost damage preventing substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2001Publication date: February 28, 2002Inventors: Juuro Aoyagi, Ryuichi Endo
-
Patent number: 6228811Abstract: The formation of undesirable sludge in the course of spraying a solution or dispersion of a water-soluble or water-dispersible solid or a structured gel formulation is reduced by the incorporation in the formulation of a low-density solid particulate material having a density of less than one and a diameter of less than the spray nozzle filter through which it will pass. The low-density solid particulate material is preferably a hollow glass or plastic particle having a density of less than 0.8 g/cm3. The invention is particularly applicable to agrochemical formulations.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1999Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: Zeneca LimitedInventor: Gordon Alastair Bell
-
Patent number: 6204223Abstract: An agrochemical composition packaged in a water soluble or water dispersible sachet is taught. The agrochemical composition is comprised of water-soluble, agrochemically active agent, water and an agent to minimize water loss through the walls of the sachet, wherein the is an ester of an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or arylalkyl acid; an ester or a naturally occurring oil; or a mineral or a synthetic oil; provided that the agent is not dibutylphtalate.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1998Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Zeneca LimitedInventors: Peter Holmes, Richa Shaunak, Rowena Roshanthi Landham, Rupert Heinrich Sohm