Patents Examined by Janice Y Silverman
  • Near-IR activatable fluorescent small molecules with dual modes of cytotoxicity
    Patent number: 11661433
    Abstract: Near-infrared activatable fluorescent small molecules for the photodynamic treatment of cancer are provided. Methods of treatment include contacting a plurality of cells of the cancer with a near-infrared activatable fluorescent small molecule and directing a near-IR light to the molecule for an amount of time sufficient to induce release of the active platinum species and a reactive oxygen species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Matthew Hartman, Koushambi Mitra
  • Compounds and methods useful for treating or preventing cancers
    Patent number: 11633415
    Abstract: The present invention includes CSNK1A1 inhibitors that are useful in treating or preventing a cancer in a subject. In certain embodiments, the cancer comprises a hematological cancer, such as but not limited to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and/or MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome, including 5q-MDS). In other embodiments, the cancer comprises colon cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Steven M. Corsello, Todd R. Golub, Eric Stefan, Robert Hilgraf
  • Herbicidal compounds
    Patent number: 11608323
    Abstract: The invention relates to pyrrolone compounds of the formula (I) wherein X, R1, R2, R3, Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd are as defined in the specification. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds to control plant growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG, SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: James Alan Morris, Jutta Elisabeth Boehmer, Ravindra Sonawane, Timothy Robert Desson, Sally Elizabeth Russell, Kenneth Ling, Alan Joseph Hennessy, Matthew Brian Hotson, Adrian Longstaff, Sr., Mangala Phadte, Claire Janet Russell, Jake Goodwin-Tindall
  • Pyrrolidinones herbicides
    Patent number: 11589583
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q1, Q2, Y1, and Y2 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Duncan Satterfield, Thomas Paul Selby, David Andrew Travis, Kanu Maganbhai Patel, Andrew Edmund Taggi
  • Pyrrolidinones as herbicides
    Patent number: 11528906
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q1, Q2, Y1, and Y2 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Duncan Satterfield, Thomas Paul Selby
  • Low foaming high electrolyte compositions
    Patent number: 11497208
    Abstract: Compositions are provided which i) consists essentially of a siloxane defoamer and an alkoxylated C4-10 alcohol, ii) are aqueous concentrates comprising composition i), an adjuvant, and an electrolyte, and iii) are aqueous formulations obtainable by diluting compositions ii). Furthermore the use of compositions i) and ii) for in the preparation of agricultural formulations iii) and the use of such formulations iii) to treat a field or plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventor: Turgut Battal
  • Intra-mammary teat sealant formulation and method of using same to reduce or eliminate visual defects in aged cheeses
    Patent number: 11491185
    Abstract: Described is an intra-mammary teat sealant and a corresponding method of forming a physical barrier in the teat canal of a non-human animal for prophylactic treatment of mammary disorders during the animal's dry period. The method includes the step of infusing a bismuth-free teat seal formulation into the teat canal of the animal. The method also prevents the formation of black spot defect in dairy products, especially cheddar cheese, made from the milk of animals so treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventor: Scott A. Rankin
  • 2-(het)aryl-substituted fused bicyclic heterocycle derivatives as pesticides
    Patent number: 11339155
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, A1, A2, A3 and n each have the meanings given above, to their use as acaricides and/or insecticides for controlling animal pests and to processes and intermediates for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: Bayer CropScience Aktiengesellschaft, Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ruediger Fischer, Dominik Hager, Laura Hoffmeister, Nina Kausch-Busies, Marc Mosrin, David Wilcke, Matthieu Willot, Kerstin Ilg, Daniela Portz, Ulrich Goergens, Andreas Turberg
  • Biological fungicide composed by plant extracts
    Patent number: 11166466
    Abstract: The invention describes a natural fungicide which comprises gallnut and myrobalan extracts which exhibit a synergistic effect against Alternaria brassicicola, and can be used to control crop fungal diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: JH Biotech Inc.
    Inventors: Wang Ching Ho, Ching Ting Feng, Hsinhung John Hsu