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US 12,202,777 · App. 18/358,682 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Methods and compositions for treating soil and plants

Inventors: Luke Blotsky (Goodyear, AZ); Karin L. Hastings (Goodyear, AZ); Derex Q. Zellars (Goodyear, AZ)
Assignee: Core Intellectual Properties Holdings, LLC
C05F11/00C05F11/08C11D7/40C12N1/12
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Patent No.
US 12,202,777
App. No.
18/358,682
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention comprises methods and compositions comprising a microalgae consortium. A composition comprises at least one genera of microalgae flocculated by Paenibacillus polymyxa strain, Strain 2, deposited under the Budapest Treaty as ATCC Accession No. PTA-12841. Methods of treating the soil comprise adding a composition of the present invention to soil.

Claims (26)

1. A microalgae composition comprising:

Scenedesmus quadricauda;

Nannochloris sp.;

Chlorella vulgaris;

xanthum gum; and

water;

wherein the Scenedesmus quadricauda , the Nannochloris sp., the Chlorella vulgaris , and the xanthum gum are suspended in the water.

2. The microalgae composition of claim 1 , further comprising at least one of Scenedesmus obliquus, Scenedesmus dimorphus, Scenedesmus obliquus, Chlamydomonas moewusii, Chlorella sorokiniana, Cosmocladium perissum , and Chlamydomonas sajao.

3. The microalgae composition of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of each type of microalgae in the microalgae composition is at least 1×10 3 cells/mL.

4. The microalgae composition of claim 2 , wherein the concentration of each type of microalgae in the microalgae composition is at least 1×10 3 cells/mL.

5. The microalgae composition of claim 1 , wherein a concentration of each of the Scenedesmus quadricauda , the Nannochloris sp., and the Chlorella vulgaris is at least 1×10 3 cells per milliliter of the water.

6. The microalgae composition of claim 1 , wherein a concentration of the microalgae cells of at least 5×10 6 cells per fluid ounce of the water for each type of microalgae.

7. The microalgae composition of claim 1 , further comprising a fertilizer.

8. The microalgae composition of claim 1 , further comprising a soil amendment.

9. The microalgae composition of claim 1 , wherein the microalgae composition increases nitrogen and phosphorus uptake in a plant.

10. The microalgae composition of claim 1 , wherein the microalgae composition solubilizes sodium in soil.

11. The microalgae composition of claim 2 , further comprising a carrier.

12. The microalgae composition of claim 2 , wherein the at least one of Scenedesmus obliquus, Scenedesmus dimorphus, Scenedesmus obliquus, Chlamydomonas moewusii, Chlorella sorokiniana, Cosmocladium perissum , and Chlamydomonas sajao are suspended in the water.

13. The microalgae composition of claim 12 , wherein a concentration of each of the Scenedesmus quadricauda , the Nannochloris sp. the Chlorella vulgaris , and the at least one of Scenedesmus obliquus, Scenedesmus dimorphus, Scenedesmus obliquus, Chlamydomonas moewusii, Chlorella sorokiniana, Cosmocladium perissum , and Chlamydomonas sajao , is at least 1×10 3 cells per milliliter of the water.

14. The microalgae composition of claim 1 , wherein the microalgae composition does not comprise filamentous algae.

15. The microalgae composition of claim 1 , wherein the microalgae composition has a shelf-life of at least one year.

16. The microalgae composition of claim 2 , wherein the microalgae composition increases nitrogen and phosphorus uptake in a plant.

17. The microalgae composition of claim 2 , wherein the microalgae composition solubilizes sodium in soil.

18. The microalgae composition of claim 2 , further comprising a fertilizer.

19. The microalgae composition of claim 2 , further comprising a soil amendment.

20. The microalgae composition of claim 11 , wherein the concentration of each type of microalgae in the microalgae composition is at least 1×10 3 cells per milliliter of water.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: HASTINGS, KARIN L.; BLOTSKY, LUKE C.; ZELLARS, DEREX Q.
To: CORE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, LLC
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 16667045 · Oct 29, 2019
Continuation 15235536 · Aug 12, 2016
Continuation 14033339 · Sep 20, 2013
Provisional Application 61703644 · Sep 20, 2012
Related Publication 20240025816A1 · Jan 25, 2024
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