US 11,987,536 B2
Rock fines as carriers of plant nutrients
Raju Khatiwada, Hagerstown, MD (US); and Daniel E Rardon, Greencastle, PA (US)
Assigned to Specialty Granules Investments LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed by Specialty Granules Investments LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/952,899.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/287,590, filed on Dec. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0183146 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. C05G 1/00 (2006.01); C05B 7/00 (2006.01); C05C 5/04 (2006.01); C05D 1/02 (2006.01); C05D 9/02 (2006.01); C05F 11/02 (2006.01); C05G 5/12 (2020.01); C05G 5/14 (2020.01); C05G 5/40 (2020.01)
CPC C05G 1/00 (2013.01) [C05B 7/00 (2013.01); C05C 5/04 (2013.01); C05D 1/02 (2013.01); C05D 9/02 (2013.01); C05F 11/02 (2013.01); C05G 5/12 (2020.02); C05G 5/14 (2020.02); C05G 5/40 (2020.02)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agglomerated particle 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 the (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 are collectively present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 25 wt % to 95 wt % with respect to a total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein the binder is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 1 wt % to 5 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein B is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 3 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Fe is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.9 wt % to 12 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Mn is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.9 wt % to 12 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Mo is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 3 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Zn is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 3 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle, and
wherein Ca is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.9 wt % to 15 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle.
 
19. An agglomerated particle comprising:
rock fines comprising at least one of basalt, metabasalt, 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 the at least one of basalt, metabasalt, diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, perlite, or a combination thereof are present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 25 wt % to 95 wt % with respect to a total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein the binder is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 1 wt % to 5 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein B is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 3 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Fe is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.9 wt % to 12 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Mn is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.9 wt % to 12 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Mo is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 3 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Zn is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 3 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Ca is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.9 wt % to 15 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle, and
wherein the agglomerated particle is formed as a flake.
 
28. An agglomerated particle comprising:
rock fines comprising at least one of basalt, metabasalt, 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 the at least one of basalt, metabasalt, diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, perlite, or a combination thereof are present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 25 wt % to 95 wt % with respect to a total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein the binder is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 1 wt % to 5 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein B is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 3 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Fe is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.9 wt % to 12 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Mn is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.9 wt % to 12 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Mo is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 3 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Zn is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 3 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle,
wherein Ca is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of 0.9 wt % to 15 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle, and
wherein B is present in the agglomerated particle in an amount of at least 1.4 wt % with respect to the total weight of the agglomerated particle.