Agriculturally active product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9604774-B2
Application number	US-201514738623-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2015
Priority date	Dec 5, 2012
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

Agriculturally active products are disclosed that are used to eliminate or otherwise control pests.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An agriculturally active product including
a volume of material including an agriculturally active ingredient, and
a package having a package centroid, an interior region, and a distant portion positioned farthest away from the package centroid, the interior region having an interior region centroid and containing the volume of material, the interior region centroid being spaced apart from the package centroid by an offset distance, the distant portion being spaced apart from the package centroid by a farthest distance, a ratio of the offset distance to the farthest distance being greater than 0.10,
wherein:
the material includes an initial amount of the agriculturally active ingredient sufficient to effectively treat a coverage area of vegetation,
the package has at least one sealed portion including an interior surface area defining the interior region, and
a ratio of the interior surface area to the coverage area is greater than 10,000 square centimeters per acre.

2. The agriculturally active product of claim 1 , wherein the package includes the at least one sealed portion and a remainder portion coupled to the at least one sealed portion, the at least one sealed portion has a first exterior surface area, the remainder portion has a second exterior surface area, and a second ratio of the first exterior surface area to the second exterior surface area is less than 1.25.

3. The agriculturally active product of claim 2 , wherein the second ratio is greater than 0.4.

4. The agriculturally active product of claim 2 , wherein the second ratio is greater than 0.75.

5. The agriculturally active product of claim 1 , wherein the package is substantially flat.

6. The agriculturally active product of claim 1 , wherein the package includes the at least one sealed portion and a remainder portion coupled to the at least one sealed portion, the remainder portion has an exterior surface area, and a ratio of the exterior surface area to the volume of material is greater than 5 square centimeters per milliliter.

7. The agriculturally active product of claim 1 , wherein the package is substantially flat, the package has an exterior surface area, and a third ratio of the exterior surface area of the package to the interior surface area of the at least one sealed portion is greater than 1.75.

Assignees

• Dow Agrosciences Llc

Inventors

• Campbell Donald B
• Breuninger James M
• Arnett Charles W

Classifications

• B65D85/52 Primary

  for living plants; for growing bulbs · CPC title

• B65D75/52 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• A01C21/00

  Methods of fertilising {, sowing or planting} · CPC title

• B65D75/20

  in sheets or blanks doubled around contents and having their opposed free margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding · CPC title

• B65D85/70 Primary

  for materials not otherwise provided for · CPC title