Can you patent an organic fertilizer mixture?
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Question by Les R: Can you patent an organic fertilizer mixture?
I am developing an organic soil fertilizer and would like to patent the final product. I know there are hundreds of articles on how to mix blood meal, bone meal, cottonseed meal and the like to come up with an organic soil mix. However, I am adding other products such as beneficial fungi and micro nutrients to the mix that, as best I can tell nobody else it. I am primarily interested in protecting the addition of the fungi and micro nutrients if I can. Is this legally possible?
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Yes, you can obtain a patent for the Organic fertilizer mixture as described above in your question. 35 USC 101specifies the various statutory classes that are patentable. You may file your patent application claiming a composition of matter in the application. Further, if the method is unique and novel through which you obtain the final product, you may also add method claims in your patent application.
Also, a few examples of patents that talk about organic fertilizers for your reference:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6939688.html
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5252116.html
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5720792/description.html
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5393317.html
Hope this solves your confusion.
Anant Puranik
October 19, 2011 at 7:20 am