ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,126, issued on July 15, was assigned to KoTon LLC (Shallowater, Texas).

"Hydromulch composition and method of use thereof" was invented by George C. Murray (Lebanon, Ind.), Rhett K. Kerby (Shallowater, Texas), Landon D. Kerby (Levelland, Texas) and Gunner S. Kerby (Shallowater, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydromulch composition compromising an oil-extruded cottonseed meal processed from a non-delinted cottonseed. The oil-extruded fuzzy cottonseed meal can optionally be combined with one or more super absorbent polymers, such as polyaspartate and polyacrylate polymers and other additives. The hydromulch composition can addi...