US 12,268,208 B2
Adjuvant
Paulo Sergio Berg, Londrina-Paraná (BR); Jared Lance Vanderzyl, Clovis, CA (US); Melvin Donovan Pullen, Burbank, CA (US); and Mai Yarbrough, Fresno, CA (US)
Assigned to Oro Agri Inc., Fresno, CA (US)
Filed by Oro Agri Inc., Fresno, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/176,568.
Application 17/176,568 is a continuation of application No. 14/936,467, filed on Nov. 9, 2015, granted, now 10,980,228.
Prior Publication US 2021/0219544 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01N 25/02 (2006.01); A01N 25/04 (2006.01); A01N 25/30 (2006.01); A01N 57/20 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 25/02 (2013.01) [A01N 25/04 (2013.01); A01N 25/30 (2013.01); A01N 57/20 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
 
1. A storage-stable, buffered, emulsifiable, oil-based liquid adjuvant concentrate, comprising:
an alkylated sulfonated aromatic hydrocarbon acid;
two or more oils, wherein a first oil of the two or more oils is a pure oil selected from the group consisting of a soybean methyl ester, a corn methyl ester, a castor oil methyl ester, and a combination thereof, and wherein a second oil of the two or more oils is a terpene oil containing at least 50% of a terpene selected from the group consisting of orange oil, grapefruit oil, lemon oil, lime oil, tangerine oil, and pine oil;
a secondary alcohol ethoxylate; and
a pH adjuster, wherein the pH adjuster is a base selected from the group consisting of triethanolamine, diethanolamine, monoethanolamine, and combinations thereof,
wherein from 5 to 100 parts by weight of the two or more oils are present for every 1 part by weight of the alkylated sulfonated aromatic hydrocarbon acid,
wherein from 1 to 20 parts by weight of the alkylated sulfonated aromatic hydrocarbon acid are present for every 1 part by weight of the base,
wherein the concentrate contains more oil than water; and
wherein the storage-stable, buffered, emulsifiable, oil-based adjuvant concentrate is adapted to yield, when diluted, a composition having a buffered pH value of from 4 to 8.