ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,283, issued on May 27, was assigned to CAETE PARTICIPAcAO E ADMINISTRAcAO EIRELLI (Curitiba, Brazil).

"Disaggregable granulated calcium and/or magnesium and potassium fertilizer and method of obtaining thereof" was invented by Carlos Eduardo Furquim Bezerra (Curitiba, Brazil) and Elena Charipova (Curitiba, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of obtaining a disaggregable granulated calcium and/or magnesium and potassium fertilizer, wherein the method comprises the steps of choosing, preparing and mixing the sources of calcium and/or magnesium and potassium, optionally the addition of chelati...