US Patent Issued to WinField Solutions on March 25 for "Hydrogels as rheology modifiers and methods of making the same" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,732, issued on March 25, was assigned to WinField Solutions LLC (Arden Hills, Minn.).

"Hydrogels as rheology modifiers and methods of making the same" was invented by Danny Brown (Woodbury, Minn.), Christine Colby (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Lillian Magidow (St. Paul, Minn.) and Megan Barta (River Falls, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hydrogels are blended with water to produce a hydrogel solution. Viscosity of the hydrogel solution is controlled by adjusting the ratio of hydrogel to water and/or by adjusting the blending conditions. The hydrogel solutions may be used to modify the rheology of agricultural compositions. The hydrogel ...