ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,441, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).
"Use of carbon black for soil conditioning" was invented by Dieter Flick (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Frederik Scheiff (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Maximilian Heindl (Limburgerhof, Germany), Alexander Wissemeier (Limburgerhof, Germany) and Andreas Bode (Ludwigshafen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Carbon black can be used for soil conditioning, e.g. to promote growth of plants, to promote soil drainage, and to prevent erosion, evaporation, and silting up. The carbon back is worked into the topsoil."
The patent was filed on Dec. 15, 2020, under Applicat...