	US 12,173,167 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); David Greenshields, Saskatchewan (CA); and Kristi Woods, Blacksburg, VA (US)
Assigned to NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S, Bagsvaerd (DK)
Filed by NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S, Bagsvaerd (DK)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/830,445.
Application 17/830,445 is a continuation of application No. 15/758,828, granted, now 11,472,981, previously published as PCT/US2016/050529, filed on Sep. 7, 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 2022/0380620 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
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)]

20 Claims

1. An aqueous inoculant composition comprising:

one or more maltodextrins having a dextrose equivalent value of about 15 to about 20;

one or more disaccharides;

one or more hygroscopic polymers selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl celluloses, gums and polyvinyl alcohols; and

one or more strains of Gram-negative bacteria, in which one or more of the following is true:

said one or more maltodextrins and said one or more disaccharides are present in a maltodextrin: disaccharide ratio of about 35:65 to about 65:35;

said one or more disaccharides comprises maltose;

said one or more strains of Gram-negative bacteria is/are present in a concentration ranging from about 1×10⁴to about 1×10¹¹colony-forming units per gram of said aqueous inoculant composition.