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US 12,264,114 B2Granted
Rock fines as carriers of plant nutrients
AssigneeSpecialty Granules Investments LLC
InventorsRaju Khatiwada, Daniel E Rardon
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Abstract
A method comprising (a) obtaining rock fines comprising at least one of basalt, metabasalt, diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, silica, sand, perlite, or a combination thereof, (b) obtaining a binder, (c) obtaining a material comprising at least one of Ca, Mg, S, B, Cl, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Zn, or a combination thereof, and (d) combining ingredients comprising the rock fines, the binder, and the material.
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A composition comprising:
- rock fines comprising (1) at least one of basalt, metabasalt, or a combination thereof and (2) at least one of diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, perlite, or a combination thereof;
- a material comprising B;
- and
- a binder comprising at least one of seaweed, corn syrup, sucrose, molasses, soy protein isolate, soy protein hydrolysate, corn steep waste, or a combination thereof;
- wherein (1) the at least one of basalt, metabasalt, or a combination thereof and (2) the at least one of diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, perlite, or a combination thereof are collectively present in the composition in an amount of 25 wt % to 95 wt % with respect to a total weight of the composition,
- wherein the binder is present in the composition in an amount of 1 wt % to 5 wt % with respect to the total weight of the composition, and
- wherein the material is present in the composition in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 25 wt % with respect to the total weight of the composition.
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A composition comprising:
- rock fines comprising (1) at least one of basalt, metabasalt, or a combination thereof and (2) at least one of diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, perlite, or a combination thereof;
- a material comprising B;
- and
- a binder comprising at least one of seaweed, corn syrup, sucrose, molasses, soy protein isolate, soy protein hydrolysate, corn steep waste, or a combination thereof;
- wherein (1) the at least one of basalt, metabasalt, or a combination thereof and (2) the at least one of diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, perlite, or a combination thereof are collectively present in the composition in an amount of 25 wt % to 95 wt % with respect to a total weight of the composition,
- wherein the binder is present in the composition in an amount of 1 wt % to 5 wt % with respect to the total weight of the composition, and
- wherein B is present in the composition in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 12 wt % with respect to the total weight of the composition.
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A composition comprising a plurality of particles, the plurality of particles including:
- rock fines comprising (1) at least one of basalt, metabasalt, or a combination thereof and (2) at least one of diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, perlite, or a combination thereof;
- a material comprising B;
- and
- a binder comprising at least one of seaweed, corn syrup, sucrose, molasses, soy protein isolate, soy protein hydrolysate, corn steep waste, or a combination thereof;
- wherein (1) the at least one of basalt, metabasalt, or a combination thereof and (2) the at least one of diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, perlite, or a combination thereof are collectively present in the composition in an amount of 25 wt % to 95 wt % with respect to a total weight of the composition,
- wherein the binder is present in the composition in an amount of 1 wt % to 5 wt % with respect to the total weight of the composition, and
- wherein B is present in the composition in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 3 wt % with respect to the total weight of the composition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.