US Patent Issued to Aqua Yield Operations on Aug. 25 for "Coated granular fertilizers and methods of making coated granular fertilizers" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,820, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Aqua Yield Operations Inc. (Sandy, Utah).

"Coated granular fertilizers and methods of making coated granular fertilizers" was invented by Garrett Olsen (Sandy, Utah) and Mark Slavens (Sandy, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of coating granular fertilizers for improved mechanical rigidity and delayed release of fertilizer compounds. The method includes preparing a solution that includes a first polymer that is water soluble and a second polymer comprising a copolymer. The method also includes adding a plurality of fertilizer granules to the solution and blending the solution until at...