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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Hughes, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Assignee:
American Colloid Company, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
504313 ; 47 576 ; 71 27 ; 71903 ; 71904 ; 71DI / ; 504116 ;
Abstract
A method of improving the yield of a germinating sod crop and a method of promoting the root formation and the vegetative growth of transplanted sod utilizing an aqueous gel including a highly-absorbent, crosslinked, mixed salt of homopolymerized or copolymerized acrylic acid. The aqueous gel utilized in the method of the present invention demonstrates an improved sod crop yield and improved sod growth even in the absence of plant nutrients.