MUMBAI, India, Aug. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517072420 A) filed by Croda International Plc, Goole, U.K., on July 30, for 'film and seed coating dispersant.'
Inventor(s) include Vitorazzi De Castro, Nathan.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 22, under issue no. 34/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to dispersants for film coating compositions, where said dispersant is a copolymer of acrylic acid, hydrophobic monomer, alkylacrylate of a monoalkyl polyethylene glycol, and optionally strong acid derivatives of (meth)acrylic acid. The film coating may also comprise an agrochemical active or nutrient. The film coating composition comprises in the range from 2 wt.% to 40 wt.% of copolymer based on the total weight of the composition. There is also provided a method of forming a film coating composition, a method of coating seeds by forming a seed coating which comprises said film coating, seeds coated with said seed coating, and use of the copolymer as a dispersant in a film coating. The dispersant provides both dispersancy and binder properties, whilst remaining water soluble, as well as providing wetting agent properties and crystal growth inhibition with low dust off and good abrasion resistance."
The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 01, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/052538.
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