US Patent Issued to Jiffy International AS on Dec. 16 for "Additives for enhanced binding in growing media" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,747, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Jiffy International AS (Kristiansand, Norway).

"Additives for enhanced binding in growing media" was invented by Herald Reiersen (Lorain, Ohio) and John Ward (Lorain, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant growth media composition, articles made therefrom, and methods of making and using the same are described. The plant growth media composition includes a combination of one or more plant growth substrate materials and an additive such as cellulose fibers, clay, carrageenan, alginate, chitosan, or combinations thereof."

The patent was filed on Jan. 24, 2019, under Application No. 16/964,6...