From Synthetic Material Patents (Class 71/27)
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Patent number: 8883677Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Arpolith GmbHInventor: Volker Windhoevel
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Patent number: 8882877Abstract: The present invention provides a boron-containing synergistic urea and preparation method and application thereof, the boron-containing synergistic urea is a product obtained by mixing, dehydrating and pelletizing a mixed aqueous solution of polyaspartic acid chelated potassium (also referred to as “polypeptide chelated potassium”) and a borate amine salt together with molten urea, wherein the above three components are 0.04-0.12%, 0.08-0.24% and 99.64-99.88% by weight, respectively. The boron-containing synergistic urea provided by the present invention is obtained by effectively compositing polypeptide acid chelated potassium, borate amine salt and urea, which also can guarantee the application amount of effective boron, and meanwhile can help avoid excessive high local concentrations of boron, and achieve the purposes of prompting effective absorption of the plant to boron and of improving urea utilization rate.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Beijing J-Tec Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chenghan Tang, Anxing Wei, Yunjian Zhao
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Publication number: 20140328884Abstract: Controlled release vehicles may include a polymeric matrix that comprises the polymeric matrix comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of an ethylene copolymer, an ethyl cellulose, a thermoplastic polyurethane, any partially crosslinked polymer thereof, and any combination thereof and has a desired void space architecture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Jose Reyes, Kenneth Anderson, Dale Zevotek, Nathan Reuter, J. Gregory Little, Jeffrey Haley, Vassilios Galiatsatos
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Publication number: 20140298872Abstract: Methods of coating seeds with polymers and seeds coated with such polymers are disclosed herein. The polymers can be phosphonates, sulfonates, polymers of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, polyaminopolyethermethylene phosphonate, polysuccinic oligomers, acrylic acid/2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, blends of acrylic acid/2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid with polyaminopolyethermethylene phosphonate, sulfomethylated acrylic acid/acrylamide, blends of sulfomethylated acrylic acid/acrylamide with polyaminopolyethermethylene phosphonate, polymaleic acid, acrylic acid/acrylamide copolymers, polyacrylic acid, trimethylglycine hydrochloride, blends of polyaminopolyethermethylene phosphonate with trimethylglycine hydrochloride, and any combination or salt of such polymers. Methods of monitoring, determining, and controlling the concentration of scale inhibitors in an agricultural irrigation system are also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2013Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventors: Jasbir S. Gill, Manian Ramesh, Dave Szymborski, William Morris
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Patent number: 8852313Abstract: The invention relates to a growth media comprising a hydrophilic polyurethane polymer matrix containing particulate inclusions. The invention also relates to a method of providing the growth media.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Diversified Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Wayne M Celia
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Publication number: 20140259906Abstract: The present invention provides a bead comprising: i) an external zone comprising a super absorbent polymer (SAP) that is capable of absorbing at least about 5 times its weight in water, surrounding ii) at least one internal zone comprising a core that contains at least one agrochemical, wherein the external zone is permeable to oxygen when hydrated, or the internal zone is formulated to release the at least one agrochemical into the external zone over a period of at least about one week when the hydrogel of the external zone is hydrated. The present invention also provides methods of using beads of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: MAKHTESHIM CHEMICAL WORKS LTD.Inventors: Uri Shani, Asher Vitner, Matti Ben-Moshe, Eran Segal
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Publication number: 20140260468Abstract: A biodegradable iron-crosslinked alginate is useful as a remediation agent for environmental contaminants such as phosphate. When charged with phosphate, or other nutrients, the iron-functionalized alginate can be used as an agricultural fertilizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: ACHINTYA BEZBARUAH, TALAL BAKHEET ALMEELBI, MICHAEL QUAMME
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Publication number: 20140260467Abstract: A method of producing a granulated and compacted fertilizer having incorporated micronutrients in which the granulated primary nutrient and micronutrients are mixed at smaller particle sizes before being compacted into a larger, easier to handle particle sizes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Lawrence Alan Peacock, Dan M. Froehlich
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Publication number: 20140230507Abstract: Improved agriculturally useful products are provided, including solid materials such as nitrogenous fertilizers (e.g., urea), together with a polycarboxylated polymer selected from the group consisting of a salts of copolymers containing individual quantities of maleic and itaconic moieties. The polymer composition also includes from about 10-60% by weight of an organic drying agent such as a lower alcohol which enhances the quick drying properties thereof. The compositions may also include an amount of boron, and bimodal vinylic polymer made up of quantities of high and low molecular weight (MW) vinylic polymers such as PVA.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Specialty Fertilizer Products, LLCInventors: John Larry Sanders, Grigory Mazo, Jacob Mazo
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Publication number: 20140230505Abstract: Improved agriculturally useful products are provided, including solid materials such as nitrogenous fertilizers (e.g., urea), together with a polycarboxylated polymer selected from the group consisting of a salts of copolymers containing individual quantities of maleic and itaconic moieties. The polymer composition also includes from about 10-60% by weight of an organic drying agent such as a lower alcohol which enhances the quick drying properties thereof. The compositions may also include an amount of boron, and bimodal vinylic polymer made up of quantities of high and low molecular weight (MW) vinylic polymers such as PVA.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Specialty Fertilizer Products, LLCInventors: John Larry Sanders, Grigory Mazo, Jacob Mazo
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Publication number: 20140230506Abstract: Improved agriculturally useful products are provided, including solid materials such as nitrogenous fertilizers (e.g., urea), together with a polycarboxylated polymer selected from the group consisting of a salts of copolymers containing individual quantities of maleic and itaconic moieties. The polymer composition also includes from about 10-60% by weight of an organic drying agent such as a lower alcohol which enhances the quick drying properties thereof. The compositions may also include an amount of boron, and bimodal vinylic polymer made up of quantities of high and low molecular weight (MW) vinylic polymers such as PVA.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Specialty Fertilizer Products, LLCInventors: John Larry Sanders, Grigory Mazo, Jacob Mazo
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Publication number: 20140228452Abstract: Hydroxypolyamides, hydroxypolyamide products, and post-hydroxypolyamides are disclosed as gel forming agents. Hydroxypolyamides and post-hydroxypolyamides are prepared from known methods. Hydroxypolyamide products are produced from a modified polymerization procedure which utilizes strong base for deprotonation of ammonium salts from the esterification of stoichiometrically equivalent polyacid:polyamine salts. The hydroxypolyamide products are capable of gel formation at lower concentrations than hydroxypolyamides and post-hydroxypolyamides from the known methods of preparation, and are therefore superior gel forming agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: August 14, 2014Inventors: Donald E. Kiely, Tyler N. Smith
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Publication number: 20140223980Abstract: Methods of increasing grade values of plant nutrients and compositions produced from said methods. A plant nutrient is combined with a colloidal micelle, the later having a particle sized between approximately 1 to 500 nm. This mixture is subjected to colloidal milling until it reaches a temperature of at least approximately 65° F. or milling is carried out above atmospheric pressure. In one instance, water is added to the mixture prior to milling, the results of which are spray dried forming a powder having increased plant nutrient values. In a second embodiment, the milled mixture is added to water for application to an agricultural product.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2013Publication date: August 14, 2014Inventor: Albee WILDER
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Publication number: 20140216118Abstract: Compositions and methods are described for making and using transgenic plants and plant parts having at least one auxotrophic requirement for an essential compound such as an amino acid, carbohydrate, fatty acid, nucleic acid, vitamin, plant hormone, or precursor thereof. Transgenic plants and plants parts having at least one auxotrophic requirement can be effectively biocontained by withdrawal of the essential compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: SYNTHON BIOPHARMACEUTICALS B.V.Inventors: Kevin M. Cox, Long Nguyen
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Publication number: 20140221212Abstract: Controlled release of one or more agricultural chemicals is provided by microcapsules adapted to rupture in a magnetic field. The microcapsules, which may be applied to soil, seeds and/or plants, each have a shell that encapsulates an agricultural chemical, such as a fertilizer, herbicide or insecticide. One or more organosilane-coated magnetic nanoparticles is/are covalently bound into the shell of each microcapsule. For example, (3-aminopropyl)trimethylsilane-coated magnetite nanoparticles may be incorporated into the shell of a urea-formaldehyde (UF) microcapsule during in situ polymerization. In one embodiment, microcapsules encapsulating a fertilizer are applied during seed planting. Controlled release is subsequently triggered after an appropriate period of dormancy by positioning a magnetic field generating device proximate the microcapsules to generate a magnetic field sufficient to rupture the microcapsule shells through magnetic stimulation of the organosilane-coated magnetic nanoparticles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dylan J. Boday, Joseph Kuczynski, Robert E. Meyer, III
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Publication number: 20140216119Abstract: A process for producing polyurethane coated fertilizer granules having core granules comprising at least 0.2 wt % of boron, the process having the step of applying a polyol and an isocyanate to the core granules, wherein an acidic component is applied to the core granules no later than the polyol.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: EKOMPANY AGRO B.V.Inventors: Hendrikus Gijsbertus Andrianus Kaathoven Van, Hoa Xuan Bui
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Publication number: 20140194371Abstract: A solid oxidized glutathione salt is produced by heating an oxidized glutathione at 30° C. or higher while the oxidized glutathione is brought into contact with an aqueous medium in the presence of a substance for providing a cation, to produce the salt of the oxidized glutathione and the cation as a solid, wherein the aqueous medium is composed of water and/or a water-soluble medium, and the cation is at least one selected from an ammonium cation, a calcium cation and a magnesium cation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Taku Mouri, Naoaki Taoka, Tadashi Moroshima, Koichi Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20140174140Abstract: An inhibitor composition contains dicyandiamide as a nitrification inhibitor, alkyl thiophosphoric triamide as a urease inhibitor, or a combination thereof, dissolved in a liquid medium comprising an organic solvent selected from, among others, one or more polar aprotic solvents, amine solvents, heterocyclic alcohol solvents, and mixtures thereof, is useful in making fertilizer compositions and in a method of fertilizing target plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONSInventors: Marivi ORTIZ-SUAREZ, Thomas RUCH, Krish SHANMUGA
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Publication number: 20140171327Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel composite including one or more core units having an ionic strength-responsive hydroxyl-functional vinylic co-polymeric coating, to a process for the preparation of such a composite, to formulations including the same and their use in a variety of industrial applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: REVOLYMER (U.K.) LIMITEDInventors: Stephen Armstrong, Terence Cosgrove, John Jeffrey Gerrard, Melanie Jane Hughes, David Alan Pears
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Patent number: 8753416Abstract: Improved agriculturally useful products are provided, including solid materials such as nitrogenous fertilizers (e.g., urea), together with a polycarboxylated polymer selected from the group consisting of a salts of copolymers containing individual quantities of maleic and itaconic moieties. The polymer composition also includes from about 10-60% by weight of an organic drying agent such as a lower alcohol which enhances the quick drying properties thereof. The compositions may also include an amount of boron, and bimodal vinylic polymer made up of quantities of high and low molecular weight (MW) vinylic polymers such as PVA.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Specialty Fertilizer Products, LLCInventors: John Larry Sanders, Grigory Mazo, Jacob Mazo
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Patent number: 8747514Abstract: Improved agriculturally useful products are provided, including solid materials such as nitrogenous fertilizers (e.g., urea), together with a polycarboxylated polymer selected from the group consisting of a salts of copolymers containing individual quantities of maleic and itaconic moieties. The polymer composition also includes from about 10-60% by weight of an organic drying agent such as a lower alcohol which enhances the quick drying properties thereof. The compositions may also include an amount of boron, and bimodal vinylic polymer made up of quantities of high and low molecular weight (MW) vinylic polymers such as PVA.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Specialty Fertilizer Products, LLCInventors: John Larry Sanders, Grigory Mazo, Jacob Mazo
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Patent number: 8747513Abstract: Improved agriculturally useful products are provided, including solid materials such as nitrogenous fertilizers (e.g., urea), together with a polycarboxylated polymer selected from the group consisting of a salts of copolymers containing individual quantities of maleic and itaconic moieties. The polymer composition also includes from about 10-60% by weight of an organic drying agent such as a lower alcohol which enhances the quick drying properties thereof. The compositions may also include an amount of boron, and bimodal vinylic polymer made up of quantities of high and low molecular weight (MW) vinylic polymers such as PVA.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Specialty Fertilizer Products, LLCInventors: John Larry Sanders, Grigory Mazo, Jacob Mazo
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Patent number: 8741805Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved nitrification inhibitor composition and its use in agricultural applications.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLC.Inventors: Raymond E. Boucher, Jr., Mei Li, Martin C. Logan
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Patent number: 8735324Abstract: Esteramide compounds are useful solvents/coalescing agents for a variety of phytosanitary, cleaning, degreasing, stripping, lubricating, coating and pigment/ink compositions.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Rhodia OperationsInventors: Olivier Jentzer, Massimo Guglieri
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Publication number: 20140137616Abstract: An oil-based coating for fertilizer granules impregnated with a polymer additive and related methods of applying the oil-based coating. The polymer additive can comprise homopolymers, copolymers, or combinations thereof, including polyethylene homopolymers. The polymer additive increases the viscosity of the oil-based coating, thereby increasing the duration for which the coating is capable of controlling or inhibiting the formation of dust particulates from the fertilizer granules.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Inventors: Lawrence Alan Peacock, Timothy Gene Holt, Keith Dewayne Cochran
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Patent number: 8685133Abstract: A composition includes a first chelating agent, a second chelating agent, and a plurality of metal ions. In one embodiment, the second chelating agent includes citric acid and is different than the first chelating agent. A method for forming a composition includes mixing a first chelating agent, a second chelating agent, and a metal salt together to form a mixture and processing the mixture to form at least one of a granulated composition and a powdered composition. In some embodiments, the second chelating agent includes citric acid and is different than the first chelating agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Scott G. Williams, LLCInventors: Sherman M. Ponder, Fernando Remigio Munoz
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Publication number: 20140060134Abstract: A dust suppressing aggregate includes a core particle and a dust suppressing agent. The dust suppressing agent comprises polycarbodiimide and is disposed about the core particle for suppressing dusting of the core particle. A method of forming the dust suppressing aggregate includes the steps of reacting isocyanates in the presence of a catalyst to form the polycarbodiimide and encapsulating the core particle with the polycarbodiimide to form the dust suppressing agent. A system for producing the dust suppressing aggregate includes the core particle, the isocyanates, and the catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Raymond Neff, Alexander Gershanovich, Donald C. Mente, Rajesh Kumar
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Publication number: 20140060133Abstract: An encapsulated particle including a core particle, a base layer, and an outer layer is provided. The base layer is disposed about the core particle and comprises polycarbodiimide. The outer layer is disposed about the base layer and comprises wax. A method of forming the encapsulated particle including the steps of reacting an isocyanate in the presence of a catalyst to form the polycarbodiimide, encapsulating the core particle with the polycarbodiimide to form the base layer, and encapsulating the base layer with the wax to form the outer layer is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Raymond Neff, Alexander Gershanovich, Donald C. Mente, Rajesh Kumar
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Publication number: 20140060131Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising an effective amount of sulphur, an effective amount of zinc sulphate or zinc oxide and at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventor: Deepak Pranjivandas Shah
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Publication number: 20140041430Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pelletized fertilizer includes the following steps. A water-soluble manure and a colloidal solution are mixed, to form an aqueous solution of a fertilizer, wherein the water-soluble manure is selected from the group consisting of monopotassium phosphate, epsomite, manganous sulfite, boric acid, borax, copper sulfate pentahydrate, white vitriol, ammonium molybdate, urea, ferric ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and potassium nitrate, the colloidal solution is selected from the group consisting of agar, xanthan gum, shellac, guar gum, natto gum, pectin, synthetic hydrogel and PLGA, and the weight percentage of the colloidal solution in the aqueous solution of the fertilizer is between 1.5 and 15%. The aqueous solution of the fertilizer is added into a water within a temperature range between 0 and 4° C., whereby the aqueous solution of the fertilizer is solidified to the pelletized fertilizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURES TUBES, LTDInventors: Chou-Chiang KUO, Min-Lun WU, Che-Wei CHANG
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Publication number: 20140045699Abstract: A stimulus-responsive formulation of stimulus-responsive polymer particles in aqueous composition has a rheology-stimulus profile (e.g. rheology-temperature) whereby it exhibits certain rheological behaviours over a range of temperatures, which is controllable by copolymerising a stimulus-responsive polymer-forming monomer, such as N-isopropylacrylamide, with a certain proportion of second monomer having weak acid functionality (such as acrylic acid) to form the stimulus-responsive microgel particles of the formulation and by addition of a base to the formulation to neutralise a portion but not all of the weak acid functionality. Thus a stimulus-responsive formulation may be controlled to exhibit gel-to-liquid-to-gel like behaviour with increasing temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: Andrew Michael Howe, Stephanie Vronique Desrousseaux, Marie-Capucine Pope
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Publication number: 20140026629Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method of making a mineral product. The method includes contacting a carboxylic acid and an inorganic mineral compound sufficient to form a solution, reacting the solution over a period of time sufficient to provide a mineral chelated compound, transferring the mineral chelated compound to one or more molds prior to the compound substantially solidifying and reducing the size of the mineral chelated compound sufficient to provide a rapidly soluble mineral chelated product.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Ralco Nutrition, Inc.Inventors: Brian Jon KNOCHENMUS, Jon Kent KNOCHENMUS, Richard Dale LAMB, Myyra Arlene LAMB
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Patent number: 8636822Abstract: A granule fertilizer composition with dethatching agent. The fertilizer composition includes natural potassium, various micronutrients, humic acid and composted humus. Ingredients of the composition may include humic acid, nitrogen, sulfur, potash, iron, manganese, magnesium, and/or inert ingredients. In an embodiment, each ingredient is polymer-coated, depending on the needs of the user. The current invention also enables a method of manufacturing a fertilizer composition, along with methods of fertilizing, dethatching and irrigating a finite area of turf using a fertilizer composition. The novel fertilizer composition is environmentally friendly, can be utilized year round effectively for warm and cool turf needs, increases water retention (i.e., reduces amount of irrigation needed), aids in micronutrient uptake, provides soil biology, and prevents staining on concrete.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Inventors: Kenneth J. Boyce, Kevin C. Carson
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Publication number: 20140011675Abstract: Embodiments provide inorganic mineral chelated compositions, cobalt compounds and compositions, and treatment compositions, and methods of making and using them. Mineral chelated compositions and cobalt compounds have been shown to improve plant health, plant emergence, crop yield, and plant resistance to disease and drought. The compositions described herein can be applied directly to seeds, soil, or plants, or they can be incorporated with existing agricultural treatments and processes, reducing cost and time for farmers to implement the methods described herein. Accordingly, the compositions can be used as a seed treatment, or they can be broadcast on soil, tilled in soil, placed in-furrow, mixed with other fertilizers or chemicals, side-dressed in the field, used as foliar treatments, or combinations thereof. Such methods provide valuable micronutrients in a highly bioavailable form to plants and soil.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Brian Jon KNOCHENMUS, Samuel TUTT, Richard Dale LAMB, Evan JOHNSON, David BRADLEY, Jon HANSEN
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Publication number: 20140000329Abstract: The invention relates to a particularly basic inorganic soil conditioner containing an inorganic carbonate as the base thereof, characterised in that it comprises at least one “dynamic disintegration” agent capable of causing a breakdown, considerable fragmentation, dispersion, and considerable “dispersion” within the granule, i.e. a force inside and/or on the surface of the granule that tends to cause the granule to break down or “explode” when said granule contacts the soil, and specifically contacts the water or moisture of the soil, and in that said carbonate is preferably natural or precipitated calcium carbonate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2011Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: François-Xavier Gaumont
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Publication number: 20130333428Abstract: The present disclosure describes an agricultural blend and a process of forming an agricultural blend. The agricultural blend includes a slag by-product from a process having a slag other than stainless steel slag or includes 11 atomic % silicon from a soluble compound and total silicon of less than about 30 atomic % silicon or greater than about 39 atomic % silicon. The process includes producing a slag by-product and blending the slag by-product with a liquid binder system to form the agricultural blend, the slag not being stainless steel slag.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: HARSCO CORPORATIONInventors: Stephen R. Miranda, Kimberly A. Papania
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Publication number: 20130312470Abstract: A composition for enhancing plant growth and a method of applying the composition onto hydrophobic surfaces and retaining the composition on these surfaces is disclosed. The composition comprises a mixture of superabsorbent monomer and linear polymer that maybe partially cross-linked, a binder and nutrients that may be applied onto surfaces of materials that are part of the plants or plant growth environment such as seeds, soil, mulch, plant roots and herbicides. An aqueous solution of the composition may be applied to the material surfaces through the irrigation system. The polymer undergoes in-situ polymerization and crosslinking due to the effect of the heat from the sun and UV radiation. Once dried, a substantially solid film forms on the surfaces that contains the superabsorbent and the nutrients that are available for the plants to enhance their growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventors: Aicardo Roa-Espinosa, Tomas James Roa-Lauby
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Publication number: 20130305796Abstract: An encapsulated particle includes a core particle and a polyurethane disposed about the core particle. The polyurethane includes the reaction product of an aromatic isocyanate component and a polyol component. The polyol component includes a polyol derived from an aromatic amine-based initiator and an aliphatic polyether polyol. The polyol derived from the aromatic amine-based initiator has a nominal functionality of 4. The aliphatic polyether polyol has a nominal functionality of from 2 to 4. The weight ratio of the polyol derived from the aromatic amine-based initiator and the aliphatic polyether polyol is from about 1:2 to 2:1. A method of forming the encapsulated particle is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Alice Hudson, Lillian Senior, Bernard Sencherey, Victor Granquist
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Publication number: 20130305797Abstract: A dust suppressing aggregate includes a core particle and a dust suppressing agent. The dust suppressing agent comprises polyurethane and is disposed about the core particle for suppressing dusting of the core particle. A method of forming the dust suppressing aggregate includes the steps of providing the core particle and encapsulating the core particle with the polyurethane.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Raymond Neff, Alexander Gershanovich, Donald C. Mente
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Publication number: 20130305795Abstract: A controlled release fertilizer including a fertilizer granule, having an outer surface, a coating of biopolymer composition on the outer surface of the fertilizer granule, wherein the biopolymer composition includes at least one biopolymer, and a process of making the controlled release fertilizer including the steps of screening fertilizer granules to a preselected granule size, heating a biopolymer to become substantially fluid, and applying the biopolymer onto the surface of the fertilizer granule to produce a coating on the granule of a predetermined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Taylor Pursell, Arthur R. Shirley, JR., Keith D. Cochran, Joseph M. Miller, Timothy G. Holt, Gregory S. Peeden
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Patent number: 8575212Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method of making a mineral product. The method includes contacting a carboxylic acid and an inorganic mineral compound sufficient to form a solution, reacting the solution over a period of time sufficient to provide a mineral chelated compound, transferring the mineral chelated compound to one or more molds prior to the compound substantially solidifying and reducing the size of the mineral chelated compound sufficient to provide a rapidly soluble mineral chelated product.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Ralco Nutrition, Inc.Inventors: Brian Jon Knochenmus, Jon Kent Knochenmus, Richard Dale Lamb, Myrra Arlene Lamb
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Patent number: 8557013Abstract: The invention is directed to processes for treating biosolids that result in high-value, nitrogen-containing, slow-release, organically-augmented inorganic fertilizer that are competitive with less valuable or more costly conventional commercially manufactured fertilizers. The process involves conditioning traditional waste-water biosolids and processing the conditioned biosolids continuously in a high throughput manufacturing facility. The exothermic design and closed loop control of the primary reaction vessel decreases significantly the amount of power necessary to run a manufacturing facility. The process utilizes green technologies to facilitate decreased waste and enhanced air quality standards over traditional processing plants. The fertilizer produced from recovered biosolid waste is safe and meets or exceeds the United States Environment Protection Agency (USEPA) Class A and Exceptional Quality standards and is not subject to restrictions or regulations.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: VitAG Holdings, LLCInventors: Jeffrey C. Burnham, James P. Carr, Gary L. Dahms
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Publication number: 20130267479Abstract: The present invention relates to solutions including at least one boron complex obtained through the reaction between at least one boron salt, consisting of a borate anion selected from within the group consisting of metaborate anions, tetraborate anions, pentaborate anions, octaborate anions, decaborate anions, and the mixtures thereof, and a cation selected from within the group including sodium cations, potassium cations, ammonium cations, and the mixtures thereof, and at least one polyol and at least one amino compound. The basic boron concentration is greater than 2 wt % of the total weight of the solution. The invention also relates to a method for preparing said solutions and to the uses of said solutions, particularly in the field of agriculture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: LABORATOIRES GOEMARInventor: Frank Jamois
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Publication number: 20130247630Abstract: The present invention relates to a complex of two divalent metal cations and a chelating agent chosen from the group of EDDHA (ethylenediamine-N,N?-di-(hydroxyphenyl acetic acid)), EDDHMA (ethylenediamine-N,N?-di-(hydroxy-methylphenyl acetic acid)), and HBED(N,N?-bis(hydroxybenzyl)ethylenediamine-N,N?-diacetic acid), a process to prepare such complex, plant nutrition compositions containing such complex and the use thereof as an algaecide, a bactericide, a herbicide, an insecticide, a molluscicide, a virucide or a fungicide, other than a fungicide or bactericide used for personal care.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2011Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Adrianus Maria Reichwein, James N. Lepage, Teunis Scheperman
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Publication number: 20130230605Abstract: A suspension of a boron containing compound in the form of crystals, powder or granulate in a solvent which contain a carbomer as dispersant. This suspension is very stable, even at high concentrations, and exhibits favourable non-Newtonian viscosity behavior, which makes it suitable in a number of applications, such as for the control of fission reactions with the generation of electric power from nuclear energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: C-IP S.A.Inventors: Philippe Ceulemans, Olivier Ceulemans
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Patent number: 8524260Abstract: The invention consists of a method for manufacturing an aqueous formulation containing at least one oil, and comprising the steps of mixing at least one associative polymer, one oil, and water, encapsulating the oil by increasing the pH to a value greater than 8, potentially precipitating the mixture by reducing the pH to a value less than 6, and potentially isolating the resulting particles by removing the water. The aqueous formulations, as with the aqueous dispersions, and the resulting solid particles constitute other objects of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2008Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Coatex S.A.S.Inventors: Jean Moro, David Platel, Jean-Marc Suau, Olivier Guerret
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Publication number: 20130219979Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for nanofertilizers having at least one plant nutrient coated onto a metal nanoparticle. Some embodiments provide for a method of making a nanofertilizer including providing a metal nanoparticle and coating the metal nanoparticle with at least one plant nutrient or precursor thereof. In some embodiments, a method of making a nanofertilizer may include mixing a metal salt and a plant nutrient in an aqueous medium to form a solution and adding a reducing agent to the solution to form a coated metal nanoparticle. Some embodiments provide for a boron nanofertilizer and methods of making the same. Some embodiments provide for a method of treating a plant nutrient deficiency, such as, for example, a boron deficiency. Some embodiments also provide for a kit for making a plant nutrient coated nanoparticle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTAInventor: Nilanjan Deb
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Publication number: 20130196853Abstract: A matrix composition capable of forming an emulsion/micro-emulsion comprising an emulsifiable matrix, essentially free of alkyl pyrrolidone and alkoxylated alcohol, comprising: (i) a long chain substituted amide; (ii) a surface active agent; and (iii) optionally, an organic diluent.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: Kolazi S. Narayanan, Domingo Jon, Jayanti V. Patel
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Patent number: 8486896Abstract: There is provided a hydrogelator that is capable of forming a hydrogel with an extremely small amount thereof over a liquid property range from acidic to alkaline, and a hydrogel having high environmental suitability, biocompatibility and biodegradability. A hydrogelator comprising a lipid peptide represented by Formula (1): (where R1 represents an aliphatic group having 9 to 21 carbon atoms; R2, R3 and R4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atom(s) which may have a branched chain having 1 or 2 carbon atom(s), a phenylmethyl group or a —(CH2)n—X group, and at least one of R2, R3 and R4 represents a —(CH2)n—X group; n represents the number of 1 to 4; X represents an amino group, a guanidino group, a —CONH2 group or a 5-membered ring, a 6-membered ring or a fused heterocyclic ring composed of a 5-membered ring and a 6-membered ring which may have 1 to 3 nitrogen atom(s)) or a salt thereof, and a hydrogel comprising the hydrogelator.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2008Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignees: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., Kyushu UniversityInventors: Nobuhide Miyachi, Takehisa Iwama, Masahiro Gotoh, Tatsuo Maruyama, Daisuke Koda
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Publication number: 20130174624Abstract: Multiple-component fertilizer materials and methods of use are provided, wherein the fertilizer materials include first and second fertilizer products respectively including an ammoniacal fertilizer (e.g., urea) in combination with a partial calcium salt of a selected copolymer, and a phosphorous fertilizer (e.g., DAP) in combination with a partial sodium salt of a selected copolymer. The copolymer fractions of the first and second fertilizer products are most preferably copolymers of itaconic acid and maleic anhydride. The fertilizer materials give synergistically enhanced crop yields when applied to soil or growing plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: Specialty Fertilizer Products, LLCInventor: Specialty Fertilizer Products, LLC