PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

PATENTS AND ACTIVE DISCLOSURES

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10. United States Patent 6,624,242, Aqueous Dispersions Of Low Molecular Weight, Low-Melting And Water Insoluble Ploymers. September 25,2003

9. United States Patent 6,767,548 Gel-Inhibited Liquid Carrier For A Biocide Containing A Carbodiimide And An Emulsifier Mixture. July 27, 2004

8.      United States Patent 6,355,675 Emulsifiable Concentrate of a Water-insoluble Fungicide. March 12, 2002

7.      United States Patent 6,015,773, Crop protection composition comprising a crop protection solid particle coated with water-insoluble coating material and a crop protection mixture comprising the same. Jan. 18, 2000

6.      United States Patent 5,569,639, Dry flowable agricultural composition of glyphosate and sulfonylurea herbicides made without drying of the final product.  Oct. 29, 1996

5.      United States Patent 4,640,709, High concentration encapsulation by interfacial polycondensation. February 3, 1987

4.      United States Patent 4,534,783, High concentration encapsulation of water-soluble materials. August 13, 1985

3.      United States Patent 4,417,916, Encapsulation by interfacial polycondensation. November 29, 1983

2.      United States Patent 4,280,833, Encapsulation by interfacial polycondensation and aqueous herbicidal composition containing microcapsules produced therein. July 28, 1981

1.      United States Patent 4,159,901, Corrosion inhibited agricultural compositions. July 3, 1979

Areas of active disclosures:

            Surfactants to enhance biological efficacy.

            Aqueous ready-to-use formulation of water-sensitive crystal forming compounds.

            Film forming compositions.

SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

·         Microencapsulation of Solid Particles, in Controlled Release Delivery Systems for Pesticides, Herbert Scher, Editor, Marcel Dekker, June 1999.

·         Emerging Technology: The Bases For New Generations of Pesticide Formulations, in Pesticide Formulation and Adjuvant Technology, Chester L. Foy and David W. Pritchard, Editors, CRC Press, 1996.

·         Herbicide Formulation Technology, in Turf Weeds and Their Control, Alfred J. Turgeon, Editor, American Society of Agronomy, 1994.

·         Commercial Development of Microencapsulted Pesticides, in Controlled Delivery of Crop-Protection Agents, Richard M. Wilkins, Editor, Taylor & Francis, London, 1990.

·         Granulation Without a Drying Step Using Dielectric Heating of Binding Polymers.  ASTM STP 1373 Nineteenth Volume, Pesticide Formulations and Application Systems: Global Pest Control Formulations for the Next Millennium, R. S. Tann, J. D. Nalewaja, and A. K. Viets, Eds., September, 1999.

·         Other refereed scientific publications in ASTM Special Technical Publications, and American Society of Agronomy Journal.

  PRESENTATIONS

• Recent Patent Trends in Adjuvants, CPDA Workshop, Memphis, TN, May 15, 2003.
• Ready-to-Use Aqueous Formulations and Concentrates for Strobilurin Class of Fungicides. ASTM, October 2002, Norfolk, VA
• Controlled Release in Crop Protection: Past Experience and Future Opportunities. IUPAC, August, 2002
• Special Registration Cases; Controlled Release Technologies. CPDA, December, 2001. ·
• Advances in Microencapsulation Technology. Barbican, London, March, 2001. ·
• Microencapsulation of Solid Fine Particles. ACS, August 2000