Controlled release coated agricultural products
US5939356A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 19, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC05G5/36
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Controlled release coated agricultural products comprising agricultural chemicals, seed, or mixtures thereof coated with an environmentally degradable amorphous alkene-sulfur copolymer are disclosed. Also disclosed is the process of making such products, preferably by coating with a molten copolymer and then cooling to harden the coating of copolymer about the agricultural products.
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