Patents by Inventor Alexander Serban

Alexander Serban 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).

  • Bis[pyrimidyloxy(thio)]benzene derivatives
    Patent number: 4248619
    Abstract: The invention concerns novel compounds of the formula I ##STR1## wherein W and X are independently chosen from oxygen and sulfur. The compounds are herbicides and in further embodiments the invention provides: herbicidal compositions containing as active ingredient a compound of formula I; processes for severely damaging or killing unwanted plants by applying to the plants or to the growth medium of the plants an effective amount of a compound of formula I; and processes for the synthesis of compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1981
    Assignee: ICI Australia Limited
    Inventors: Alexander Serban, Keith G. Watson, Richard B. Warner
  • S-methyl 3-furfurylidene-2-methyl-dithiocarbazate and its use as a fungicide
    Patent number: 4064262
    Abstract: The compound S-methyl 3-furfurylidene-2-methyl-dithiocarbazate and its use as a fungicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Assignee: ICI Australia Limited
    Inventors: Alexander Serban, Richard Burridge Warner, Keith Thomas Alcock
  • 3-Chloro-5-acetamidaisoquinoline as a herbicide
    Patent number: 3930837
    Abstract: Biologically active compositions of matter comprising substituted isoquinolines and salts thereof. Certain of the compounds and their salts are novel. Acaricidal, fungicidal, herbicidal and insecticidal activity is demonstrated. In particular 3-chloro-5-acetamido-isoquinoline shows good activity as a selective pre-emergence herbicide, and 4-bromo-5-nitro-isoquinoline shows good fungicidal activity against Erysiphe graminis (wheat powdery mildew).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1972
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Assignee: ICI Australia Limited
    Inventor: Alexander Serban