Patents by Inventor Alain De Mesmaeker

Alain De Mesmaeker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160060218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strigolactam derivatives, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Mathilde Denise LACHIA, Alain DE MESMAEKER, Emmanuelle VILLEDIEU-PERCHERON, Hanno Christian WOLF, Pierre Joseph Marcel JUNG, Franciscus Cornelis LANFERMEIJER, Paul Willem Jan VAN DEN WIJNGAARD, Claudio SCREPANTI
  • Patent number: 9241489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel non-steroidal brassinosteroid mimetic derivatives, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Joerg Leipner, Mathilde Denise Lachia, Alain De Mesmaeker
  • Publication number: 20160002161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strigolactam derivatives, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Mathilde Denise LACHIA, Alain DE MESMAEKER, Claudio SCREPANTI, Hanno Christian WOLF, Pierre Joseph Marcel JUNG
  • Publication number: 20150376150
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel non-steroidal brassinosteroid mimetic derivatives of formula (I) as defined herein, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicants: SYNGENTA LIMITED, SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Mathilde Denise LACHIA, Pierre Joseph Marcel JUNG, Joerg LEIPNER, David BROCKLEHURST, Alain DE MESMAEKER, Sebastian Volker WENDEBORN
  • Patent number: 9210929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strigolactam derivatives of formula (I), to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Mathilde Denise Lachia, Alain De Mesmaeker, Emmanuelle Villedieu-Percheron, Hanno Christian Wolf, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Franciscus Cornelis Lanfermeijer, Paul Willem Jan Van Den Wijngaard, Claudio Screpanti
  • Patent number: 9131688
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strigolactam derivatives of formula (I), to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Mathilde Denise Lachia, Alain De Mesmaeker, Emmanuelle Villedieu-Percheron, Hanno Christian Wolf, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Frank Lanfermeijer, Paul Van Den Wijngard, Claudio Screpanti
  • Patent number: 9119398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strigolactam derivatives, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Villedieu-Percheron, Didier Zurwerra, Mathilde Denise Lachia, Hanno Christian Wolf, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Franciscus Lanfermeijer, Paul Van Den Wijngaard, Claudio Screpanti, Alain De Mesmaeker
  • Patent number: 9115043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel a process for the preparation of 9-dichloromethylene-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,4-methano-naphthalen-5-ylamine which process comprises a) reacting cyclopentadiene in the presence of a radical initiator and CXCI3, wherein X is chloro or bromo, to a compound of formula I1, or aa) reacting cyclopentadiene with CXCI3, wherein X is chloro, in the presence of a metal catalyst to a compound of formula I1, wherein X is chloro, b) reacting the compound of formula I1 with a base in the presence of an appropriate solvent to the compound of formula III, c) and converting the compound of formula III in the presence of 1,2-dehydro-6-nitrobenzene to the compound of formula IV, and d) hydrogenating the compound of formula IV in the presence of a metal catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
    Inventors: Denis Gribkov, Bjorn Antelmann, Fanny Giordano, Harald Walter, Alain De Mesmaeker
  • Publication number: 20150189876
    Abstract: The invention relates to pesticidal mixtures. In particular, it relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising at least one crop enhancer compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Mathilde Denise Lachia, Alain De Mesmaeker, Hanno Christian Wolf, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung
  • Publication number: 20150152091
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of crop enhancement. In particular, it relates to a method of enhancing crop plants by applying to the plants, plant parts, plant propagation material, or a plant growing locus, a compound of formula (I), and to the use of said compound for enhancing crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Mathilde Denise Lachia, Alain De Mesmaeker, Christian Hanno Wolf, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung
  • Publication number: 20150141712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel a process for the preparation of 9-dichloromethylene-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,4-methano-naphthalen-5-ylamine which process comprises a) reacting cyclopentadiene in the presence of a radical initiator and CXCl3, wherein X is chloro or bromo, to a compound of formula I1, or aa) reacting cyclopentadiene with CXCl3, wherein X is chloro, in the presence of a metal catalyst to a compound of formula I1, wherein X is chloro, b) reacting the compound of formula I1 with a base in the presence of an appropriate solvent to the compound of formula III, c) and converting the compound of formula III in the presence of 1,2-dehydro-6-nitrobenzene to the compound of formula IV, and d) hydrogenating the compound of formula IV in the presence of a metal catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicants: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG, SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Denis Gribkov, Bjorn Antelmann, Fanny Giordano, Harald Walter, Alain De Mesmaeker
  • Publication number: 20150087508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strigolactam derivatives, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Villedieu-Percheron, Didier Zurwerra, Mathilde Denise Lachia, Hanno Christian Wolf, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Franciscus Lanfermeijer, Paul Van Den Wijngaard, Claudio Screpanti, Alain De Mesmaeker
  • Patent number: 8962628
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) wherein R4 is of sub-formula (a) or (b) and wherein the other substituents are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are potentially useful as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Alaric James Avery, Alain De Mesmaeker, Nicholas Phillip Mulholland, Nigel James Willetts, Paul Anthony Worthington
  • Patent number: 8946280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strigolactam derivatives of formula (I) to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Mathilde Denise Lachia, Alain De Mesmaeker, Hanno Christian Wolf, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung
  • Publication number: 20150005167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel non-steroidal brassinosteroid mimetic derivatives, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicants: Syngenta Limited, Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Joerg Leipner, Mathilde Denise Lachia, Alain De Mesmaeker, Matthew Murdoch Woodhead McLachlan
  • Publication number: 20140371073
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel non-steroidal brassinosteroid mimetic derivatives, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Joerg Leipner, Mathilde Denise Lachia, Alain De Mesmaeker
  • Publication number: 20140371070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel non-steroidal brassinosteroid mimetic derivatives of formula (I), to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Joerg Leipner, Mathilde Denise Lachia, Alain De Mesmaeker
  • Publication number: 20140336052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strigolactam derivatives of formula (I), to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Mathilde Denise Lachia, Alain De Mesmaeker, Emmanuelle Villedieu-Percheron, Hanno Christian Wolf, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Frank Lanfermeijer, Paul Van Den Wijngard, Claudio Screpanti
  • Publication number: 20140302993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strigolactam derivatives of formula (I), to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Mathilde Denise Lachia, Alain De Mesmaeker, Emmanuelle Villedieu-Percheron, Hanno Christian Wolf, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Franciscus Cornelis Lanfermeijer, Paul Willem Jan Van Den Wijngaard, Claudio Screpanti
  • Publication number: 20140045697
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel androstan derivatives, methods for their production, and their use for influencing plant growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Anna Elizabeth Louw-Gaume, Alain De Mesmaeker, Mathilde Denise Lachia