Patents by Inventor Alan Morris

Alan Morris 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: 20230002357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein X, Y1, Y2, Z1, Z2, R1, R2, R5, R6 and n are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I) and to the use of compounds of Formula (I) for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Jeffrey Steven WAILES, James Alan MORRIS, Louisa WHALLEY, Joseph Andrew TATE, Zoe Jane ANDERSON, Sean NG, Mary Bernadette ASPINALL, Catherine Mary HOLDEN
  • Publication number: 20220400676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein Q, R1, R2, R4 and n are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I) and to the use of compounds of Formula (I) for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: James Alan MORRIS, Janice BLACK, Sally Elizabeth RUSSELL, Louisa WHALLEY, Sean NG
  • Patent number: 11472792
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising (A) a compound of formula (I): wherein R1 is methyl or methoxy, R2 is hydrogen, methyl or ethoxy and A is a substituted heteroaryl group, or an N-oxide or salt form thereof, and (B) one or more further herbicides; as well as the use of such compositions in controlling plants or inhibiting plant growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Sally Elizabeth Russell, Sean Ng, James Alan Morris
  • Publication number: 20220308476
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to printing systems and methods that may include an ink composition including electrically charged ink particles dispersed in a hydrocarbon liquid and a multilayer film. The multilayer film may include a polymeric core layer; and one or more printing layers adjacent to the polymeric core layer. The one or more printing layers may include at least 50 wt. % of an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer having acid and acrylate functional groups. The ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer having acid and acrylate functional groups may include from 0.5 wt. % to 4 wt. % methacrylic or acrylic acid; from 0.5 wt. % to 4 wt. % acrylate, from 7 wt. % to 40 wt. % vinyl acetate; and the balance ethylene, based on the total weight of the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer having acid and acrylate functional groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicants: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Casarrubias, Nicolas Cardoso Mazzola, Barry Alan Morris, Jorge Caminero Gomes
  • Publication number: 20220281848
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein Q is selected from the group consisting of and R1, R2, R3, Y, R4, R5, n, R6, W and R9 are disclosed herein. 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: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: James Alan Morris, Travis Chandler McMahon, Thomas Martin Stevenson, Matthew James Campbell, Sean Ng, Sally Elizabeth Russell
  • Publication number: 20220275180
    Abstract: Polymer blends, films, and coated substrates that include the polymer blends. The polymer blends include at least 90% by weight low density polyethylene polymer and from 1 to 10% by weight ionomer. The LDPE polymer has a melt index (I2)from 2 g/10 mins to 6 g/10 mins, and a molecular weight distribution from 5 to 11 as determined by a conventional gel permeation chromatography method. The ionomer includes an ethylene acid copolymer, in which from 15% to 70% of acid groups are neutralized by sodium cation based on the total number of acid groups in the acid copolymer. The ethylene acid copolymer is the polymerized reaction product of: at least 50% by wt. ethylene, from 2 wt. % to 40 wt. % of monocarboxylic acid monomer, and from 0 to 20 wt. % of alkyl acrylate, based on the total wt. % of the monomers present in the ethylene acid copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jong Young Lee, Yifan Dong, Barry Alan Morris, Teresa P. Karjala, Eva-Maria Kupsch
  • Publication number: 20220127229
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides of the compounds and salts of the compounds and N-oxides: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q1, Q2, J, Y1, and Y2 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds, N-oxides and salts, and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of such a compound, N-oxide, salt or composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Duncan Satterfield, Matthew James CAMPBELL, James Francis BEREZNAK, William Guy WHITTINGHAM, Glynn MITCHELL, Christopher John MATHEWS, James Nicholas SCUTT, James Alan MORRIS, Jonathan Wesley Paul DALLIMORE, Katharine Mary INGRAM, Timothy Robert DESSON, Kenneth LING
  • Publication number: 20220119630
    Abstract: An aqueous ionomer dispersion, and method of manufacturing thereof, comprising an ionomer composition and water, wherein the ionomer composition comprises: a) at least 20 wt. %, based on the total weight percent of the ionomer composition, of an ionomer; and b) up to 80 wt. %, based on the total weight percent of the ionomer composition, of a polyolefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Robert S. Moglia, Stacey A. Saba, Hari Katepalli, Matthew J. Crimmins, Jessica Ye Huang, James Richard De Garavilla, Richard Tien Hua Chou, Barry Alan Morris
  • Publication number: 20220080709
    Abstract: A multilayer structure includes an oriented polyethylene film and a barrier layer disposed on at least one surface of the oriented polyethylene film. The oriented polyethylene film comprises at least one layer having a polymer blend of at least one ethylene-based polymer and at least one ethylene acid copolymer. The ethylene-based polymer has a density of 0.910 to 0.960 g/cm3 and a melt index (I2) of 0.3 to 10 g/10 mins. The ethylene acid copolymer is the polymerized reaction product of ethylene monomer, monomer selected from the group consisting of monocarboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acids, anhydrides, and monoesters thereof, and optionally alkyl acrylate monomer. From 0 to 90 mol. % of total acid units of the ethylene acid copolymer may be neutralized with a neutralizing salt solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Performance Materials NA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianping Pan, Luis Duque, Karlheinz Hausmann, Barry Alan Morris, Thomas Galatik
  • Patent number: 11230538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidally active pyridino-/pyrimidino-pyridine derivatives. The invention further provides processes and intermediates used for the preparation of such derivatives. The invention further extends to herbicidal compositions comprising such derivatives, as well as to the use of such compounds and compositions in controlling undesirable plant growth: in particular the use in controlling weeds, in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Neil Brian Carter, Emma Briggs, Christiana Kitsiou, Kenneth Ling, James Alan Morris, Joseph Andrew Tate, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, John Williams
  • Publication number: 20210395540
    Abstract: An aqueous ionomer dispersion, and method of manufacturing thereof, comprising an ionomer composition and water, wherein the ionomer composition comprises: a) at least 20 wt. %, based on the total weight percent of the ionomer composition, of an ionomer; and b) up to 80 wt. %, based on the total weight percent of the ionomer composition, of a polyolefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Robert S. Moglia, Stacey A. Saba, Hari Katepalli, Matthew J. Crimmins, Jessica Ye Huang, James Richard De Garavilla, Richard Tien Hua Chou, Barry Alan Morris, Daniel L. Dermody, Kyle Anderson
  • Publication number: 20210387976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein Q, R1, R2, n and m are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I) and to the use of compounds of Formula (I) for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventors: Jeffrey Steven WAILES, Janice BLACK, James Alan MORRIS, Emma BRIGGS, Joseph Andrew TATE, Mary Bernadette ASPINALL, Sean NG
  • Patent number: 11180508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the synthesis of herbicidal pyrazolidinedione compounds. In particular, a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. The present invention further relates to novel intermediate compounds utilized in said process, and methods for preparing said intermediate compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: James Alan Morris, Alexandr Shafir, Mallikharjuna Gonu, Iffat Bilal, David Alexander Sale
  • Patent number: 11180453
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides of the compounds and salts of the compounds and N-oxides: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q1, Q2, J, Y1, and Y2 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds, N-oxides and salts, and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of such a compound, N-oxide, salt or composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Duncan Satterfield, Matthew James Campbell, James Francis Bereznak, William Guy Whittingham, Glynn Mitchell, Christopher John Mathews, James Nicholas Scutt, James Alan Morris, Jonathan Wesley Paul Dallimore
  • Patent number: 11059806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazole derivatives of formula (X) wherein ring A is a pyrazole and substituents RB1, RB2, n, RQ1, RQ2, RQ3, and RQ4 are as defined in claim 1, their manufacture, and their use in the manufacture of agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Sally Elizabeth Russell, James Alan Morris
  • Publication number: 20210204546
    Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidally active pyridino-/pyrimidino-pyridine derivatives, as well as to processes and intermediates used for the preparation of such derivatives. The invention further extends to herbicidal compositions comprising such derivatives, as well as to the use of such compounds and compositions in controlling undesirable plant growth: in particular the use in controlling weeds, in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Neil Brian CARTER, Emma BRIGGS, Kenneth LING, James Alan MORRIS, Melloney MORRIS, Jeffrey Steven WAILES, John WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20210171540
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the synthesis of herbicidal pyrazolidinedione compounds. In particular, a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. The present invention further relates to novel intermediate compounds utilized in said process, and methods for preparing said intermediate compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: James Alan MORRIS, Alexandr SHAFIR, Mallikharjuna GONU, Iffat BILAL, David Alexander SALE
  • Publication number: 20210147389
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazole derivatives of formula (X) wherein ring A is a pyrazole and substituents RB1, RB2, n, RQ1, RQ2, RQ3, and RQ4 are as defined in claim 1, their manufacture, and their use in the manufacture of agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Sally Elizabeth RUSSELL, James Alan MORRIS
  • Patent number: 11000789
    Abstract: A filter element may include a tubular element, first and second end caps, each associated with an opposite end of the tubular element, filter media positioned around the tubular element and between the first and second end caps, a biasing element associated with the tubular element, and a retainer element positioned at a first end of the tubular element. The retainer element may include a retainer aperture including a central circular portion and two opposite lateral slots extending from opposite sides of the central circular portion, and two arcuate shoulder segments extending between opposite sides of the two opposite lateral slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Bryant Alan Morris, Jeffrey R. Ries, Timothy J. Bennett
  • Publication number: 20210130319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidally active pyridino-/pyrimidino-pyridine derivatives. The invention further provides processes and intermediates used for the preparation of such derivatives. The invention further extends to herbicidal compositions comprising such derivatives, as well as to the use of such compounds and compositions in controlling undesirable plant growth: in particular the use in controlling weeds, in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Neil Brian CARTER, Emma BRIGGS, Christiana KITSIOU, Kenneth LING, James Alan MORRIS, Joseph Andrew TATE, Jeffrey Steven WAILES, John WILLIAMS