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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Mos Holdings Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventors:
Lawrence Alan Peacock, Riverview, FL (US);
Timothy Gene Holt, Florence, AL (US);
Keith Dewayne Cochran, Killen, AL (US);
Assignee:
The Mosaic Company, Plymouth, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C05G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C05G 3/0088 (2013.01); C05G 3/0029 (2013.01); C05G 3/0035 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oil-based coating for fertilizer granules impregnated with a polymer additive and related methods of applying the oil-based coating. The polymer additive can comprise homopolymers, copolymers, or combinations thereof, including polyethylene homopolymers. The polymer additive increases the viscosity of the oil-based coating, thereby increasing the duration for which the coating is capable of controlling or inhibiting the formation of dust particulates from the fertilizer granules.