Patents Represented by Attorney Kody Jones
  • Patent number: 8349345
    Abstract: A composition for control of diseases on useful plants or on propagation material thereof caused by phytopathogens, that, in addition to customary inert formulation adjuvants, comprises as active ingredient a mixture of component (A) and a synergistically effective amount of component (B), wherein component (A) is Cyprodinil; and component (B) a compound selected from compounds known for their fungicidal activity, is particularly effective in controlling or preventing fungal diseases of useful plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Birgit Forster, Duncan McKenzie, Jeremy Godwin
  • Patent number: 8350025
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a process for preparing a compound of formula (I): using a quinuclidine-based catalyst or an optionally 3-substituted N-methyl pryrrolidine-based catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Gillan Beveridge, Ewan Campbell Boyd, Jack Hugh Vass, Alan John Whitton
  • Patent number: 8338443
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula I wherein Y is a single bond, C?O, C?S or S(O)m, where m is 0, 1 or 2; the ring is a 6-membered aromatic or is a 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic ring; Z and Z? are joined by a single or a double bond and are ?C— or —N— provided that both are not N; Ra, R1, R2, R3, R3a, R4 and R8 are specified organic groups; n is 2, 3 or 4 and p is 0-4; or salts or N-oxides thereof or compositions containing them in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs. Novel compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Jérôme Cassayre, Peter Maienfisch, Fredrik Cederbaum, Louis-Pierre Molleyres
  • Patent number: 8324263
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as microbiocides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Stierli, Antoine Daina, Harald Walter, Ramya Rajan, Hans Tobler
  • Patent number: 8318789
    Abstract: The present invention relates to co-crystals of propiconazole and a co-crystal forming compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Neil George, James Forrest, Paul Edward Bonnett, Pauline Theresa Gavin
  • Patent number: 8304444
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as microbiocides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Stierli, Harald Walter, Hans Tobler
  • Patent number: 8299058
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula I, wherein Y is a single bond, C?O, C?S or S(O)m where m is 0, 1 or 2; R?, R2, R3, R4, R8 and Ra are specified organic groups and p is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; q is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; provided that when p is 2 then q is not 2; p+q is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; or salts or N-oxides thereof or compositions containing them and their using in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs. Novel compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Jérôme Cassayre, Louis-Pierre Molleyres, Peter Maienfisch, Fredrik Cederbaum
  • Patent number: 8273783
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as microbiocides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Daniel Stierli
  • Patent number: 8269020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel processes for the production of compounds of formula (I) wherein Hal and Hal? are independently selected from Cl and F, and R1 is selected from Cl, F and H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Martin Charles Bowden, Brian David Gott, Iacob Eremia Gutu, David Anthony Jackson
  • Patent number: 8268877
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as microbiocides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Daniel Stierli
  • Patent number: 8258169
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as microbiocides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
    Inventors: Ramya Rajan, Harald Walter, Daniel Stierli
  • Patent number: 8252719
    Abstract: Microemulsifiable hydrophobic agrochemical concentrates are provided which are a combination of (A) an alkyl alkanoate with (B) a poyhydric alcohol, a polyhydric alcohol condensate or a mixture thereof and (C) at least one surfactant; the novel compositions are storage stable, easy to apply, ecological and toxicologically favorable and, upon dilution with water, are useful as plant treatment compositions that have good biological efficacy in the target application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Douglass, Jeffrey David Fowler
  • Patent number: 8227619
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of fungicidally active compounds such as tricyclic amine derivatives (I). The process involves coupling of a carboxylic 5 acid e.g. a compound of formula (II) with an aniline, e.g. a compound of formula (III) in the presence of a boronic acid catalystor an antimony catalyst (II)(III)(I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X, Y and Het are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Martin Charles Bowden, David Anthony Jackson, Alexandre Christian Saint-Dizier, George Robert Hodges
  • Patent number: 8207207
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fungicidally active compound of formula (I): as defined in claim 1; to the preparation of these compounds, to novel intermediates used in the preparation of these compounds, to agrochemical compositions which comprise at least one of the novel compounds as active ingredient, to the preparation of the compositions mentioned and to the use of the active ingredients or compositions in agriculture or horticulture for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, preferably fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Hans Tobler, Harald Walter, Josef Ehrenfreund, Camilla Corsi
  • Patent number: 8202894
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as microbiocides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Daniel Stierli, Hans Tobler
  • Patent number: 8198215
    Abstract: A method of controlling phytopathogenic diseases on useful plants or plant propagation material thereof, which comprises applying to said plant propagation material a fungicidally effective amount of a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is trifluoromethyl or difluoromethyl and R2 is hydrogen or methyl, or a tautomer of such a compound, is particularly effective in controlling or preventing fungal diseases of crop plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Sygenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Ronald Zeun, Josef Ehrenfreund, Hans Tobler, Camilla Corsi, Clemens Lamberth
  • Patent number: 8193361
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula wherein the substituents are as defined in the claims, are useful as fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignees: Syngenta Limited, Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Jelf Crowley, Roger Salmon, Ewan James Turner Chrystal, Olivia Anabelle Sageot, Laura Quaranta, Hans-Georg Brunner, Renaud Beaudegnies, Fredrik Cederbaum, Fiona Murphy Kessabi
  • Patent number: 8188088
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable for use as microbiocides, and in which A is A1, or A is A2, or A is A3, or A is A4 and B is a phenyl, naphthyl or quinolinyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: Syngenta Participations AG, Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Stierli, John Taylor, Harald Walter, Paul Anthony Worthington
  • Patent number: 8183416
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fungicidally active compound of formula (I): where Het is a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing one to three heteroatoms, each independently selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur, the ring being substituted by the groups R6, R7 and R8; R1 is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 haloalkyl, C1-4alkoxy, C1-4haloalkoxy, CH2C?CR9, CH2CR10?CHR11, CH?C?CH2 or COR12; R2 and R3 are each, independently, hydrogen, halo, C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 haloalkyl or C1-4 haloalkoxy; R4 and R5 are each independently selected from halo, cyano and nitro; or one of R4 and R5 is hydrogen and the other is selected from halo, cyano and nitro; R6, R7 and R8 are each, independently, hydrogen, halo, cyano, nitro, C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 haloalkyl, C1-4 alkoxy(C1-4)alkyl, C1-4haloalkoxy(C1-4)alkyl or C1-4haloalkoxy, provided that at least one of R6, R7 and R8 is not hydrogen; R9, R10 and R11 are each, independently, hydrogen, halo, C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 haloalkyl or C1-4 alkoxy(C1-4)alkyl; and R12 is hydrogen,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans Tobler, Harald Walter, Josef Ehrenfreund, Camilla Corsi
  • Patent number: 8124787
    Abstract: A process for the production of a compound of formula (I), which comprises a) reacting a compound of formula (II), wherein R1 and R2 are both independently C1-C6 alkyl, with methylhydrazine in the presence of water and a water-immiscible organic solvent being inert in saponification reactions, to form a compound of formula (III) wherein R1 is as defined for formula (II) and b) saponifying that compound in situ leading to the formation of the compound of formula (I) by b1) adding a base to form the anion of the compound of formula (I) and then adding an; acid to form the compound of formula (I); or b2) adding an acid to form the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Fanny Giordano, Thomas Vettiger, Juerg Gustav Wiss, Linhua Wang