Patents Examined by Allen Robinson
  • Patent number: 6369104
    Abstract: A microbial inhibiting composition and method are disclosed. The composition comprises an amount, effective for the intended purpose, of glutaraldehyde and 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide. The method comprises administering between about 0.1 and 200 parts of this combined treatment (based on one million parts of the desired aqueous system) to the particular water containing system for which treatment is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: Lynn G. Kleina, Wilson K. Whitekettle
  • Patent number: 6353020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fungicidal compositions and their use as a method for controlling phytopathogenic fungi comprising the application of a selected fungicidally active N-acetonylbenzamide compound and a second fungicidally active compound selected from an acylalanine type fungicide to plant seed, to plant foliage or to a plant growth medium. The compositions and method of use provide higher fungicidal activity than separate use of the same compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: David Hamilton Young, Willie Joe Wilson, Anne Ritchie Egan, Enrique Luis Michelotti
  • Patent number: 5973008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling domestic pests using 2-chloro-N-[{(4'-chloro-2-methoxy[1,1'-biphenyl]4-yl)amino}carbonyl]benzam ide. The benzamide is particularly effective against termites and is suitable for use in baits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Alan R. DeAngelis, Jane A. Dybas, John A. Dixson