ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,987, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (Waterford, N.Y.).
"Soil wetting composition" was invented by Mayur Kankale (Nashik, India), Kawar Lal Dabodhia (New Delhi), Sushilkumar Bahuguna (Uttar Pradesh, India) and Subhasis Bhattacharjee (Mumbai, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soil wetting agent is shown and described herein. The soil wetting agent comprises (a) a siloxane alkoxylate; (b) a polymeric dispersant; (c) a pH adjuster; (d) a sugar; and (e) a carrier resin. The soil wetting agent can provide improved distribution of water and/or bioactive materials or nutrients to an area of soil,...