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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:
Mar. 08, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Charley, Oakville, CA;
Assignee:
Imperial Oil Limited, , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C05F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 / ; 71-6 ; 71-7 ; 424 / ; 424 / ; 435243 ; 4352522 ; 4352525 ; 4352533 ; 435260 ; 504100 ;
Abstract
Soluble, non-crosslinked polysaccharides are used to stabilize microorganisms for use as inoculants in agriculture. Preferably, the polysaccharide is alginate and plant seeds are inoculated. A solution of the polysaccharide and a suspension of the microorganism are mixed to form a composition containing about 0.005% to about 10% of the polysaccharide. The composition can be stored for one week or more before use and the composition may be dried.