US Patent Issued to Battelle Memorial Institute on April 22 for "Encapsulation for microbial seed treatment stabilization" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,620, issued on April 22, was assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio).

"Encapsulation for microbial seed treatment stabilization" was invented by Anthony D. Duong (Columbus, Ohio), Ramanathan S. Lalgudi (Westerville, Ohio), Jane P. Fife (Powell, Ohio), Craig M. Bartling (Powell, Ohio) and Katarzyna Kucharzyk (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural composition comprises living microorganisms encapsulated in polymer gel microbeads which are applied onto seeds. In another embodiment, an agricultural composition comprises living microorganisms encapsulated in polymer gel macroheads for planting with ...