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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120047799 | METHOD FOR OVER WINTERING ROOT CROPS An over wintering method for storing mature root crops in soil in the ground in a geographic area with a seasonal climate, where the winter months are consistently below zero degrees Celsius overnight, including the steps: (a) during the fall months, positioning an impe... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110277384 | COMPRESSED COCONUT COIR PITH GRANULES AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF Compressed coconut coir pith granules having unique physical and horticultural characteristics are provided along with methods for producing such compressed products by subjecting coconut coir pith to compaction utilizing a roll compactor and subsequently granulating th... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110232173 | MULTIPURPOSE PELLETS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME A multipurpose pellet is provided comprising: from about 0.1% to about 100% by weight of a vegetable fiber chosen from cotton, bamboo fiber, rice fiber, esparto, papaya, coir, sisal, kapok, jute, ramie, flax, roselle hemp, hemp, kenaf, abaca, soybean fiber, okra fiber, ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110203170 | Process and system for producing sterilized shredded material and resulting shredded material A process and system for producing sterilized shredded material such as mulch or compost introduces a sterilant during a grinder stage for forming the shredded material, wherein the sterilant is presented by introduction with water via a spray bar at the grinder stage. ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20100313469 | ADHESIVE-BASED DECORATIVE LANDSCAPING PRODUCT AND METHOD A ground cover or landscaping material that includes a plurality of loose particles that are combined with a water activated adhesive component. When the water activated adhesive component is activated by contacting the ground cover or landscaping material with water th... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100242356 | Porous and Non-Porous Particle Reinforcement for Viscous Hydraulic Matrices A hydraulically-applied mulch matrix comprising non-porous particles, porous particles and mixtures thereof combined with a mechanically and or chemically bonded fiber mulch mixed within a high viscosity slurry to keep the particles in suspension for dispersion onto soi... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100229462 | Degradable and Compostable Plastic Films for Agriculture A method is taught for increase crop yield and weight per acre comprising the steps of providing a degradable mulch film, then laying the degradable mulch film over a cleared field, and covering a portion of the degradable mulch film with soil. The mulch film is made up... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100229461 | COATING FOR AND METHOD OF TESTING LANDSCAPING MATERIAL A coating is provided for a landscaping material, comprising a hybrid network of high functionality structured oligomeric siloxane and a polyalkylene glycol coupled with a co-product of monopropylene glycol and propylene oxide. The coating may be coupled with a pigmente... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100180493 | manufacturing method of mulching film and the mulching film A method for manufacturing a functional mulching film for rice direct seeding, and a mulching film manufactured>by the same method. The mulching film is installed in a paddy field and formed to suppress weed growth and contains a fertilizer for enhancing rice growth ... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100180501 | Compressed Coconut Coir Pith Granules and Methods for the Production and use Thereof Compressed coconut coir pith granules having unique physical and horticultural characteristics are provided along with methods for producing such compressed products by subjecting coconut coir pith to compaction utilizing a roll compactor and subsequently granulating th... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100077659 | Method of Applying Particulate Groundcover Around Plants The present method is an improved method of applying particulate groundcover around plants. This method involves the steps of providing a plurality of substantially planar flexible sheet-members each including an outer surface and an opposite inner surface and first and... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100056461 | COVER LAYERS TO PREVENT WEED GROWTH The invention relates to a soil cover, a method for preventing weed growth by using a soil cover, the use of potato steam peels and the use of a cork fraction of potato steam peels for preventing weed growth. A soil cover according to the invention comprises potato stea... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100000148 | Concrete Mulch The present invention relates to concrete mulch and methods for making the same. The concrete mulch is made from crushed waste concrete, a colorant and a binder which colors the concrete pieces to look like natural mulch. The concrete mulch is available in a wide variet... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090265980 | Visual Attenuation Compositions and Methods of Using the Same According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a visual attenuation composition applicable to a landscape to visually attenuate or camouflage the landscape to approximate color characteristics of the surrounding terrain. The visual attenuation compo... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090265979 | Visual Attenuation Compositions and Methods of Using the Same According to one aspect of the present invention, a visual attenuation composition is provided to be applicable to a landscape to visually attenuate or camouflage the landscape to approximate color characteristics of the surrounding terrain. The visual attenuation compo... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090158648 | ROLLABLE MULCH MAT MADE OF RECYCLED MATERIAL AND RELATED MANUFACTURING METHODS A mulch mat made of recyclable material is provided having a mulch-appearing surface made of recycled material such as rubber and another surface made of a plant inhibiting fabric. The fabric extends beyond the mulch-appearing surface on at least one edge of the mat to ... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090158646 | ROLLABLE MULCH MAT MADE OF RECYCLED MATERIAL AND RELATED MANUFACTURING METHODS A mulch mat made of recyclable material is provided having a surface made of recycled material such as rubber and another surface made of a weed inhibiting fabric. The fabric extends from at least one edge of the mat to provide an overlapping area upon which another of ... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090133323 | Belowground tree anchoring apparatus and method The belowground tree anchoring apparatus (10) includes a blanket (12), a plurality of stakes (16), and a plurality of ties (14). The blanket (12) fits over the root ball (B) at the base of the trunk (R) of the tree (T) and has a center... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090113791 | Compressed Coconut Coir Pith Granules and Methods for the Production and use Thereof Compressed coconut coir pith granules having unique physical and horticultural characteristics are provided along with methods for producing such compressed products by subjecting coconut coir pith to compaction utilizing a roll compactor and subsequently granulating th... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090056209 | BIODEGRADABLE AGRICULTURAL FILM A degradable plastic film for use as an agricultural mulch film comprises two longitudinal bands each adjacent to a respective longitudinal edge of the film, and a middle section between the bands. The bands and middle section contain degradants. In use, the bands along... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090013595 | Modular Biodegradable Garden Environment Control System and Method Modular biodegradable garden environment control system and method including apparatus to limit soil exposure to light nearby one or more plants, including one or more layers of a biodegradable material.... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080271366 | Composite tube having drip irrigation applications A composite tube having alternating porous and non-porous sections for the purpose of conserving water and fertilizer. An easily-manufactured drip irrigation mat incorporating this composite tube so as to provide an irrigated, weed-free, highly-supportive growing enviro... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080250707 | Method of covering landscaped region with three dimensional fabric having projections A landscape fabric for covering a landscaping region may be comprised of a three dimensional moisture permeable fabric that has projections extending upward and downward from the fabric. The fabric may prevent the growth of undesirable vegetation, may trap moisture, and... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080202024 | Porous And Non-Porous Particle Reinforcement For Viscous Hydraulic Matrices A hydraulically-applied mulch matrix comprising non-porous particles, porous particles and mixtures thereof combined with a mechanically and or chemically bonded fiber mulch mixed within a high viscosity slurry to keep the particles in suspension for dispersion onto soi... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080202023 | Landscaping Rings and Related Manufacturing Methods Methods of manufacturing multi-colored mulch pads include providing a mold; mixing together a rubber component, a binder and a first coloring agent to form a matrix having a first colored surface; and introducing a second coloring agent onto the matrix to create a multi... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080120900 | Systems and Methods for Repelling and/or Killing Pests Using Mulch A mulch for repelling and/or killing pests includes active ingredients. The ingredients may be substantially uniformly applied to the pieces of mulch, and the mulch pieces may be saturated, at least on their surfaces, with the active ingredients.... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080092441 | Floral arrangement rendering an image and applications thereof A floral arrangement rendering an image and usable in various applications, including advertisement applications, notification applications and decoration applications. The floral arrangement may comprise a plurality of modules. Each module renders a portion of the imag... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080086940 | Hydromulch Root Ball A hydromulch root ball includes a root system and hydraulically compactable mulch interspersed into the root system. The hydraulically compactable mulch is interspersed into the root system by soaking the root system in an aqueous mixture of water and mulch, then draini... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080083161 | WEED BARRIER COMPRISING VEGETABLE PARCHMENT A weed barrier formed from a porous, biodegradable vegetable parchment is provided. The vegetable parchment may be placed in contact with soil and adjacent a plant or seedling to be cultivated. The parchment has a tensile strength of between about 15 to about 120 lbf/in... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20070283620 | AG-wafer product and method of making same A compressed wafer mulch, the compressed wafer mulch including corn stover fibers, paper fibers, compost or a mixture thereof, and a method of making the same.... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070186463 | Blended mulch products for spray application to a surface The invention provides in part a blended mulch product of at least two types of bio-degradable materials having different geometric shapes and physical properties. The first type of bio-degradable material may be a ligno-cellulosic fiber, such as a refined softwood lign... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070180763 | Blended mulch product and method of making same In one aspect there is provided a blended mulch product which can be mixed with water and spray-applied to a ground surface to form an erosion control medium, the blended mulch product comprising: about 75% to about 92% by weight ligno-cellulosic fibers; about 1% to abo... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070163169 | LANDSCAPE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME A landscape material includes a plurality of fibers. Each of the fibers includes a generally uniform length, such as in a range of from about 3.0 inches to about 10.0 inches, and a generally uniform cross sectional area, so that the landscape material generally is light... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070000167 | Spray-on film for application to soil The invention provides a mulch film that may be sprayed over soil or existing mulch in a plant bed or in crop rows. The sprayed-on mixture hardens into a continuous barrier that passes water but blocks light to suppress weed growth. The components of the mixture are env... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060288639 | Individualized seed hairs and products employing same Individualized seed hairs, methods for individualizing seed hairs, chemical derivatives of individualized seed hairs, seed hair-containing soft fibrous structures, single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures and methods for making su... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060280923 | Controlled multilayer degradable film The present invention relates to multilayer degradable films for covering soil for use in cropping or covering a frame in order to achieve a greenhouse effect. In particular, the present invention is directed to a polyolefin film having a degradable component wherein de... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060265948 | Cellulose fiber cover sheet for application to sown seed for providing selectably advantageous growth conditions Selectably composed cellulose fiber covering for deployment in providing desired aesthetic and environmental conditions, demonstrating significant potential incorporation of recycled/reclaimed materials, facilitated by specialized equipment of varying size and automatio... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060180049 | Transparent goniochromatic multilayer effect pigment A multilayer effect pigment includes a transparent substrate, a layer of high refractive index material on the substrate, and alternating layers of low refractive index and high refractive index materials on the first layer, the total number of layers being an odd numbe... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060112629 | Chipped wood as a substrate for plant growth The present invention provides compositions comprising chipped whole wood logs as a substrate for growth of plants. It further provides a method of making a substrate comprising wood chips for growth of plants, and a method of growing potted plants in a composition comp... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060070295 | Non-woody fiber mulching mat and production method thereof A production method of a solid fiber mulching mat from a non-woody fiber is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a biopulp from a non-woody fiber plant, a polymer and a water; mixing the biopulp, the polymer and the water for preparing a liquid fiber pu... | 04/06/2006 |
