US Patent Issued to Deerpoint Group on Nov. 11 for "Methods of increasing irrigation water and fertilizer delivery to soil using formic acid and formate salts, making a formate salt from carbon dioxide, and generating a carbon credit" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,774, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Deerpoint Group Inc. (Madera, Calif.).

"Methods of increasing irrigation water and fertilizer delivery to soil using formic acid and formate salts, making a formate salt from carbon dioxide, and generating a carbon credit" was invented by John C. Miller (Fresno, Calif.), Deborah L. Miller (Fresno, Calif.) and Trevor J. Morgan (Madera, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of increasing delivery of irrigation water and optionally a fertilizer to a predetermined depth in soil containing agricultural crops is disclosed. The method includes introducing formic acid to irrigation water to fo...