# US 2018/0020607 A1 · Nontoxic coating concentrates for agricultural uses

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- Number: US 2018/0020607 A1
- Document ID: US20180020607A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/641,897
- Filed: 2017-07-05
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-06
- Assignees: Crop Enhancement, Inc.
- Applicants: Crop Enhancement, Inc.
- Inventors: Jonathan Flores; Matthew A. Bosley; Sandra Rifai; Robert P. Mahoney; Damian Hajduk; Rosa Casado Portilla; Turner Newton; David S. Soane
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180020607A1

## CPC

- A01N 25/04: Dispersions, {emulsions, suspoemulsions, suspension concentrates} or gels (foams A01N25/16)
- A01C 1/06: Coating or dressing seed
- A01N 25/24: containing ingredients to enhance the sticking of the active ingredients
- A01N 25/32: Ingredients for reducing the noxious effect of the active substances to organisms other than pests, e.g. toxicity reducing compositions, self-destructing compositions
- A01N: PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF (preservation of food or foodstuff A23); BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES (preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes which kill or prevent the growth or proliferation of unwanted organisms A61K); PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
- A01C: PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING (parts, details or accessories of agricultural machines or implements, in general A01B51/00 - A01B75/00)

## Abstract

The invention encompasses a nontoxic agricultural formulation of a concentrated liquid suspension comprising an organic phase and suspended particulate materials, and also encompasses an aqueous formulation comprising the concentrated liquid suspension and an agricultural treatment agent. The invention additionally encompasses methods of treating an agricultural target, comprising providing an agricultural formulation of a concentrated liquid suspension comprising an organic phase and suspended particulates, and applying the agricultural formulation onto the agricultural target, thereby treating the agricultural target.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A nontoxic agricultural formulation of a concentrated liquid suspension comprising an organic phase and suspended particulate materials.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The formulation of claim 1, wherein the formulation forms a cured coating on an agricultural target.

### Claim at position 3

3-5. (canceled)

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The formulation of claim 2, wherein the cured coating retains the suspended particulate materials on the agricultural target when subject to an adverse condition selected from the group consist of rainfall, friction, wind, water exposure, and secondary agricultural treatment.

### Claim 7

(canceled)

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The formulation of claim 1, wherein the formulation is stable against phase separation.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The formulation of claim 1, wherein the formulation comprises food grade ingredients.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The formulation of claim 1, wherein the formulation comprises organically produced ingredients.

### Claim 11

(canceled)

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The formulation of claim 1, wherein the formulation comprises ingredients generally recognized as safe.

### Claim 13

(canceled)

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The formulation of claim 1, wherein the concentrated liquid suspension contains only non-aqueous liquids.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The formulation of claim 1, wherein the organic phase is about 40 to about 99% by weight of the formulation.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The formulation of claim 1, wherein the organic phase comprises a drying oil.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The formulation of claim 16, wherein the drying oil is selected from the group consisting of linseed oil, raw linseed oil, boiled linseed oil, castor oil, castor oil glycidyl ether, tung oil, poppy seed oil, grapeseed oil, safflower oil, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, oleic acid, salicornia oil, sunflower oil, evening primrose oil, perilla oil and walnut oil.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The formulation of claim 16, wherein the drying oil comprises α-linolenic acid, linoleic acid, or a combination thereof.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

The formulation of claim 1, wherein the suspended particulates are about 0.5 to about 50% by weight of the formulation.

### Claim 20 (depends on 1)

The formulation of claim 1, wherein the suspended particulates are durably suspended in the organic phase.

### Claim 21

(canceled)

### Claim 22 (depends on 1)

The formulation of claim 1, wherein the suspended particulates are selected from the group consisting of clay minerals and organically modified minerals.

### Claim at position 21

23-25. (canceled)

### Claim 26 (depends on 22)

The formulation of claim 22, wherein the organically modified mineral is modified with an organic modifier selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid, fatty amine, fatty amide, fatty ester, fatty amine quat, quaternary amine surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, fatty alcohol, decyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol, linseed oil, alkenyl succinic anhydride, styrene maleic anhydride copolymer, colophony, rosin, chitosan, and a castor oil derivative.

### Claim 27 (depends on 1)

The formulation of claim 1, further comprising a pesticide, herbicide, beneficial bacterium, beneficial fungus, plant growth regulator, a pheromone, a sunscreen, a biopesticide, or a nutrient.

### Claim at position 24

28-37. (canceled)

### Claim 38 (depends on 1)

An aqueous formulation comprising the concentrated liquid suspension of claim 1 and an agricultural treatment agent.

### Claim 39 (depends on 1)

A coated agricultural treatment agent comprising an agricultural treatment agent and the concentrated liquid suspension of claim 1, wherein the concentrated liquid suspension is applied to the agricultural treatment agent as a coating.

### Claim 40 (depends on 1)

A plant product having a surface treated with the formulation of claim 1.

### Claim 41 (depends on 1)

A method of treating an agricultural target, comprising:
providing the agricultural formulation of claim 1, and
applying the agricultural formulation onto the agricultural target, thereby treating the agricultural target.

### Claim 42 (depends on 41)

The method of claim 41, wherein the method of treating the agricultural target protects the agricultural target from a pest, from a disease, or from environmental damage.

### Claim 43

(canceled)

### Claim 44 (depends on 41)

The method of claim 41, wherein the agricultural target is a soil surface.

### Claim 45 (depends on 44)

The method of claim 44, wherein the soil surface is treated to produce a beneficial effect selected from the group consisting of erosion control, nutrient delivery, nutrient retention, agricultural treatment agent delivery, agricultural treatment agent retention, dust control, delivery of beneficial microbes, delivery of biopesticides, or augmentation of beneficial microbial growth.

### Claim 46 (depends on 41)

The method of claim 41, wherein the agricultural target is a plant surface.

### Claim 47 (depends on 46)

The method of claim 46, wherein the plant surface is selected from the group consisting of leaves, fruits, seeds, berries, nuts, grains, stems, and roots.

### Claim 48

(canceled)

### Claim 49 (depends on 41)

The method of claim 41, wherein the agricultural target is an agricultural growth medium.

### Claim 50 (depends on 41)

The method of claim 41, wherein the agricultural formulation is applied to the agricultural target at a dosing rate of about 1 to about 200 lbs of formulation per acre of crop.

### Claim 51 (depends on 41)

The method of claim 41, wherein the agricultural formulation is diluted with a solvent prior to the step of applying the formulation.

### Claim 52 (depends on 1)

A method of reducing spore-based transmission of a fungal plant disease by applying the formulation of claim 1 to a plant surface,
wherein the fungal plant disease is caused by a disease-causing fungus spore, and wherein contact with the formulation interferes with capacity of the disease-causing fungus spore to become airborne, thereby reducing spore-based transmission of the fungal plant disease; or
wherein the fungal plant disease is caused by a disease-producing fungal spore, and wherein contact with the formulation interferes with the ability of the disease-producing fungal spore to germinate on the plant surface, thereby reducing spore-based transmission of the fungal plant disease.

### Claim 53

(canceled)

### Claim 54 (depends on 1)

A method of treating a plant infection by applying the formulation of claim 1 to a plant surface in need thereof.

### Claim 55

(canceled)

### Claim 56

(canceled)