Patents Examined by Alton Pryor
  • Fumigation methods
    Patent number: 9232788
    Abstract: Fumigant compositions including hexafluoropropene or 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, and methods of preparing such compositions, are provided herein. The fumigant compositions may be suitable for use as soil fumigant compositions and structural fumigant compositions against a variety of undesirable species such as weeds, nematodes, pathogens, animals and insects. The fumigant compositions also have low toxicity and low Global Warming Potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Poss, Rajiv R. Singh, David Nalewajek, Cheryl L. Cantlon
  • Herbicidal compositions comprising 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl) pyridine-2-carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof and acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors
    Patent number: 9232796
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing (a) a compound of formula (I): 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) an ACCase inhibitor, including, e.g., clethodim, clodinafop-propargyl, cyhalofop-R-butyl, diclofop-methyl, fenoxaprop-Pethyl, fluazifop-P-butyl, haloxyfop-R-methyl, metamifop, pinoxaden, profoxydim quizalofop-P-ethyl, sethoxydim and tralkoxydim, provide synergistic weed control of undesirable vegetation in rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, com/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, range-lands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) or rights of way (ROW).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Richard K. Mann, Carla N. Yerkes, Nelson M. Carranza Garzon, Monte R. Weimer, Norbert M. Satchivi
  • Herbicidal compositions comprising 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl) pyridine-2-carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof and flurtamone
    Patent number: 9232795
    Abstract: Provided herein are herbicidal compositions and methods employing combinations of (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) flurtamone. In certain embodiments the combinations include flufenacet or diflufenican as a third herbicidally active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Bryston L. Bangel, Norbert M. Satchivi
  • Safening of 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid and derviatives thereof on cereal crops
    Patent number: 9226498
    Abstract: Herbicidal injury that might otherwise be caused by 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid and agriculturally acceptable salt, ester, and amide derivatives thereof in cereal crops is reduced by concomitant application of florasulam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Rory Degenhardt, Bill McGregor, Norbert M. Satchivi, Monte R. Weimer
  • Methods of weed control in chicory
    Patent number: 9226506
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation in chicory which can comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) penoxsulam or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. The methods can further comprise applying (b) a second pesticide or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof to the vegetation or the area adjacent the vegetation, or to the soil adjacent thereto. In some embodiments, (b) includes an ALS inhibitor (e.g., triflusulfuron-methyl), an inhibitor of microtubule assembly (e.g., propyzamide, trifluralin, or benfluralin), a cellulose biosynthesis inhibitor (e.g., isoxaben), a protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor (e.g., flumioxazin), or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Dominique Larelle, Xavier de Gaujac, Nathalie Blanchier, Philippe Leroux, Richard K. Mann, Hilde Eelen, Stefaan Deconinck
  • Methods for applying diformylurea to crops for greater plant productivity
    Patent number: 9220270
    Abstract: It has been discovered that applying diformylurea (DFU) to seed of crop plants enhances the feeder root capability of the plants to take up water and minerals from the soil environment. A further discovery is that crop plant cellular water and soil maintenance around feeder roots is increased by applying DFU to crop seeds prior to planting, to the soil surrounding the plants or to foliage of the plants. A still further discovery is that crop plant drowning is prevented when flooded by excessive rain or other types of flooding. A still further discovery is that crop plant yields are enhanced by combining DFU and nitrogen fertilizer to the soil of the crop plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Stoller Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Liptay, Jerry Stoller
  • Actinomycete strain composition and its use
    Patent number: 9206212
    Abstract: Novel actinomycete strain composition and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE CADI AYYAD-FACULTE DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA, MARRAKECH-MAROC
    Inventors: Marie-Joëlle Virolle, Hanane Hamdali, Yedir Ouhdouch, Mohamed Hafidi, Ahmed Benharref, Ahmed Lebrihi, Marie Carmen Monje
  • Nanoparticles compositions containing polymers and anthranilic acid diamide insecticides for propagule coating
    Patent number: 9204644
    Abstract: Disclosed is an insecticidal composition comprising by weight based on the total weight of the composition: (a) from about 0.25 to about 25% of one or more anthranilic diamide insecticides; (b) from about 2.5 to about 25% of a poly(lactic acid) polymer component having a water dispersability of at least about 5% by weight at 20° C. and an average molecular weight ranging from about 700 to about 4,000 daltons; wherein the ratio of component (b) to component (a) is about 1:1 to about 1:10 by weight; and (c) from about 20 to about 50% of a composition comprising either (i) a poly(lactide-co-glycolide) copolymer and a methyl poly(ethylene glycol) copolymer, or (ii) an acrylate/methacrylate-based polymer or copolymer and a methyl poly(ethylene glycol) copolymer; wherein the methyl poly(ethylene glycol) copolymer has a water solubility of at least about 5% by weight at 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric P Holowka, Stephanie C Vrakas
  • Plant growth regulation compositions and methods using gibberellin biosynthesis inhibitor combinations
    Patent number: 9198417
    Abstract: Described are plant growth regulation compositions and methods utilizing combinations of Class A and Class B gibberellin biosynthesis inhibitors. Preferred methods and compositions involve the combination of trinexapac-ethyl with either or both of flurprimidol and paclobutrazol, in particular to provide a synergistic effect in the regulation of the growth of turfgrass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: SePro Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond B. Cooper, Roger Storey
  • Herbicide formulations containing an etheramine and alkylamine alkoxylate surfactant system
    Patent number: 9192158
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicide, an etheramine alkoxylate surfactant, an alkylamine alkoxylate surfactant having a high degree of alkoxylation and compatibilizer comprising, in some embodiments, an alkylamine alkoxylate surfactant having a low degree of alkoxylation or an alkylpolyglucoside surfactant. The herbicidal compositions are herbicidally efficacious and cause low eye irritation and low crop injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: David Z. Becher, David Eaton, John Hemminghaus
  • Use of finely dispersed metal particles in a material, a skin patch and an orthopedic article
    Patent number: 9187613
    Abstract: A material which is provided for use in direct contact with the skin of a user and which contains a percentage in silver that is finely dispersed in said material. The material is provided with a content in another metal that is finely dispersed in the material in addition to the silver content. The metals of the group including aluminum, magnesium, zinc, bronze, titanium and platinum are suitable either individually or in combination and in amounts between 0.1 and 1% by weight. The use of the metal particles is also suitable to conceal discolorations in a pigmented or dyed synthetic material when the material is used in air or on the skin. The metal particles do not impair the properties of the material. The material can be used to produce skin patches of any kind, especially for use in orthopedics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventor: Klaus-Peter Anhalt
  • Use of glycerol ethers as activators of the biological effects of a herbicide, fungicide or insecticide substance
    Patent number: 9179668
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of glycerol ethers as agents that activate the biological effects of at least one substance selected from a herbicide, fungicide or insecticide. The invention essentially relates to the use of glycerol ether as an agent that activates the biological effects of at least one substance selected from a herbicide, or fungicide or insecticide, said glycerol ether having formula (1), wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having between 1 and 18 carbon atoms and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having between 1 and 18 carbon atoms, preferably a methyl or ethyl group. The invention also relates to a phytosanitary composition containing one such glycerol ether, as well as to a phytosanitary treatment method using said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: FONDS DE DEVELOPPEMENT DES FILIERES DES OLEAGINEUX ET PROTEAGINEUX FIDOP
    Inventors: Bernard Parant, Emmanuel Roussel, Yann Raoul
  • Compositions and products containing R-equol, and methods for their making
    Patent number: 9173866
    Abstract: A composition for use in making commercial food and skin products comprising R-equol. The composition can be used to make articles of commerce such as food supplements, pharmaceuticals, and medicaments. The compositions are useful in a method of delivering R-equol to a mammal to prevent or treat a disease or associated condition, including hormone-dependent diseases or conditions such as cardiovascular disease, lipid disorder, osteopenia, osteoporosis, liver disease, and acute ovarian estrogen deficiency. The R-equol enantiomer can be produced by chiral-phase column separation from a racemic mixture of equol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Australian Health & Nutrition Association Limited
    Inventors: Kenneth David Reginald Setchell, Sidney John Cole
  • Amides, use of amides as solvents for organic compounds, compositions and emulsions containing amides, and method for treating a plant
    Patent number: 9169195
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to the use of amides of the following general formula (I) wherein R1 is a linear or branched hydrocarbyl group containing 9 to 14 carbon atoms; R2 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl and benzyl; and R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl and ethyl, as solvents for organic agriculturally active ingredients, compositions comprising organic agriculturally active ingredients and such amides, methods for treating a plant utilizing such compositions, as well as some of the amides as such and methods for their production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Adrianus Marinus Groenewegen, Kornelis Overkempe, Peter Westbye
  • Pseudozyma aphidis as a biocontrol agent against various plant pathogens
    Patent number: 9161545
    Abstract: Biocontrol agents are provided, which protect plant and plant material from pests and pathogens, and promote the growth of plants. Also provided are compositions comprising the same, methods for protecting plant and plant material and promoting growth in plants, and uses of said biocontrol agent in the preparation of a pesticidal composition and a growth-promoting composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.
    Inventors: Marganit Levy, Aviva Gafni
  • Herbicidal compositions comprising 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof and flurtamone, diflufenican, or picolinafen
    Patent number: 9161536
    Abstract: Provided herein are herbicidal compositions and methods employing combinations of (a) a compound of the formula (I) or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of flurtamone, diflufenican, and picolinafen. Some embodiments employ flufenacet as an additional herbicidal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Bryston L. Bangel, Norbert M. Satchivi
  • Agricultural pesticide formulation
    Patent number: 9155308
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stable aqueous pesticide bifenthrin formulation having reduced toxicity and liquid fertilizer compatibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: UPL Limited
    Inventors: Prakash Mahadeo Jadhav, Stephen S. Skorczynski, Jaidev Rajinikant Shroff
  • Synergistic pesticidal compositions and related methods
    Patent number: 9155304
    Abstract: A pesticidal composition comprises a synergistically effective amount of a chloride channel activator compound and a pesticide selected from N-(3-chloro-1-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-N-ethyl-((3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)thio) propanamide (I), N-(3-chloro-1-(pyridine-3-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-N-ethyl-((3,3,3,3-trifluoropropyl) sulfinyl)propanamide (II), or any agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. A method of controlling pests comprises applying the pesticidal composition near a population of pests. A method of protecting a plant from infestation and attack by pests comprises contacting the plant with the synergistic pesticidal composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Luis E. Gomez, Ricky Hunter, Mike Shaw, Tony K. Trullinger, Mary E. Kubiszak, John Herbert
  • Anthranilic diamide/polymer propagule-coating compositions
    Patent number: 9149039
    Abstract: Disclosed is an insecticidal composition comprising by weight based on the total weight of the composition: (a) from about 9 wt % (weight percent) to about 82 wt % of one or more anthranilic diamide insecticides; (b) from about 9 wt % to about 82 wt % of a triblock copolymer component having a water solubility of at least about 5% by weight at 20° C.; wherein the ratio of component (b) to component (a) is about 1:10 to about 10:1 by weight; and (c) from about 9 wt % to about 82 wt % of a polymer crosslinking agent having water solubility of least about 5% by weight at 20° C.; wherein the ratio of component (b) to component (c) is about 1:10 to about 10:1 by weight, and wherein the weight percents are based on the total weights of (a)+(b)+(c). Also disclosed is a geotropic propagule coated with the insecticidal composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric P Holowka, Stephanie C Vrakas
  • Synergistic pesticidal compositions and related methods
    Patent number: 9149040
    Abstract: A pesticidal composition comprises a synergistically effective amount of a flonicamid-based selective homopteran feeding blocker compound and a pesticide selected from N-(3-chloro-1-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-N-ethyl-3-((3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)thio)propanamide (I), N-(3-chloro-1-(pyridine-3-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-N-ethyl-3-((3,3,3-trifluoropropyl) sulfinyl)propanamide (II), or any agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. A method of controlling pests comprises applying the pesticidal composition near a population of pests. A method of protecting a plant from infestation and attack by pests comprises contacting the plant with the synergistic pesticidal composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Luis E. Gomez, Ricky Hunter, Mike Shaw, Tony K. Trullinger, Mary E. Kubiszak