US 12,116,488 B2
Stable inoculant compositions and methods for producing same
Kenneth Edmund Kellar, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US); Yaowei Kang, Durham, NC (US); Claire Pelligra, Raleigh, NC (US); Emily Barnett, Bedford, VA (US); Caitlin Burklew, Salem, VA (US); Anna Wysinski, Roanoke, VA (US); Jarrod E. Leland, Blacksburg, VA (US); Ben Doughan, Salem, VA (US); Michael Harrison Fethe, Raleigh, NC (US); Ashley Delanie Trahan, Hillsborough, NC (US); Dave Greenshields, Saskatchewan (CA); and Kristi Woods, Blacksburg, VA (US)
Assigned to Novonesis Plant Biosolutions A/S, Lyngby (DK)
Filed by NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S, Bagsvaerd (DK)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/079,659.
Application 17/079,659 is a continuation of application No. 15/758,871, granted, now 10,820,594, previously published as PCT/US2016/050647, filed on Sep. 8, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/343,250, filed on May 31, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/296,766, filed on Feb. 18, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/273,054, filed on Dec. 30, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/217,250, filed on Sep. 11, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0037831 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C09D 105/00 (2006.01); A01C 1/06 (2006.01); A01N 25/10 (2006.01); A01N 25/14 (2006.01); A01N 25/26 (2006.01); A01N 43/16 (2006.01); A01N 63/20 (2020.01); A01N 63/36 (2020.01); C09D 105/02 (2006.01); C12N 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC C09D 105/00 (2013.01) [A01C 1/06 (2013.01); A01N 25/10 (2013.01); A01N 25/14 (2013.01); A01N 25/26 (2013.01); A01N 43/16 (2013.01); A01N 63/20 (2020.01); A01N 63/36 (2020.01); C09D 105/02 (2013.01); C12N 1/00 (2013.01); C12N 1/04 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
 
1. An inoculant composition comprising fungal spores in a carrier,
said carrier comprising one or more maltodextrins having a dextrose equivalent value of about 15 to about 20 and one or more disaccharides, and
said one or more maltodextrins and said one or more disaccharides comprising about 70 to about 95% w/w (weight by weight) of said inoculant composition based upon the total weight of said inoculant composition.