US Patent Issued to The Mosaic on Feb. 17 for "Incorporation of biological agents in fertilizers" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,726, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to The Mosaic Co. (Tampa, Fla.).

"Incorporation of biological agents in fertilizers" was invented by Kathlene Laurie Jacobson (Saskatoon, Canada), Troy William Hobbs (Plymouth, Minn.) and Lauren A. Balaban (Wimauma, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biological-laden dry fertilizer includes a dry fertilizer granule and a coating inoculated with a biological agent and applied to the dry fertilizer granule. The biological coating is a solution or suspension comprising water or oil and at least one biological agent, or an emulsion of an oil and a solution or suspension comprising water and at leas...