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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. 31, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Gowan Company, Yuma, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09K / ; G09K / ; N01N / ; N01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25240021 ; 252382 ; 252384 ; 424601 ; 514109 ; 514126 ;
Abstract
A method for reducing the rate of degradation of stored agrochemicals, particularly pesticides, is provided which essentially involves incorporating a stabilizing compound into the agrochemical in preparation for storage, with the stabilizing compound selected from the group consisting of a diol and a triol. In the preferred embodiment, a pesticide having the active ingredient METASYSTOX.RTM. has an improved shelf life with the addition of about 2 parts by weight of propylene glycol to about 25 parts by weight of METASYSTOX.RTM..