Patents by Inventor Carla N. Yerkes

Carla N. Yerkes 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).

  • Patent number: 8791048
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) clomazone. The compositions and methods provided herein control undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights of way (ROW).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Agrosciences LLC
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann
  • Patent number: 8754229
    Abstract: 3-alkoxy, thioalkyl and amino-4-amino-6-(substituted)picolinic acids having a halogen, alkyl or mono-, di- tri- and tetra-substituted aryl substituents in the 6-position, and their acid derivatives, are herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Epp, Christian T. Lowe, James M. Renga, Paul R. Schmitzer, Joseph D. Eckelbarger, Katherine A. Guenthenspberger, Thomas L. Siddall, Carla N. Yerkes, Lindsey Gayle Fischer, Natalie Christine Giampietro, Jeremy Kister, Joshua Roth
  • Patent number: 8658791
    Abstract: 6-Amino-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic acids having alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl substituents in the 5-position and 4-aminopicolinic acids having alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl substituents in the 3-position, and their amine and acid derivatives, are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Epp, Paul R. Schmitzer, Terry W. Balko, Carla N. Yerkes
  • Publication number: 20140031227
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing and method for controlling undesirable vegetation utilizing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) glufosinate-ammonium, glyphosate dimethylammonium, glyphosate isopropylammonium, glyphosate trimesium, glufosinate or glyphosate, or an agriculturally acceptable derivative thereof. The methods and compositions herein provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, vegetables, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, plantation crops, aquatics, industrial vegetation management (IVM) or rights of way (ROW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann
  • Publication number: 20140031222
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) a PS II inhibitor, including but not limited to, atrazine, bentazon-sodium, bromoxynil, chlorotoluron, cyanazine, diuron, hexazinone, ioxynil, isoproturon, linuron, methibenzuron, metribuzin, propanil, pyridate, siduron, simazine, simetryne, tebuthiuron and terbuthylazine, or a salt or ester thereof. The compositions and methods provided herein provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) or rights of way (ROW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann, Norbert M. Satchivi, Paul R. Schmitzer
  • Publication number: 20140031221
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing and methods for controlling undesirable vegetation utilizing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) a cellulose biosynthesis inhibitor, e.g., indaziflam and isoxaben. The methods and compositions described herein provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) or rights-of-way (ROW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann
  • Publication number: 20140031214
    Abstract: Provided herein are herbicidal compositions containing and methods for controlling undesirable vegetation utilizing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, e.g., 2,4-D, aminocyclopyrachlor, aminopyralid, clomeprop-P, clopyralid, dicamba, diclorprop-P, fluoroxypyr meptylheptyl ester (MHE), MCPA, picloram, quinclorac, triclopyr, and halauxifen-methyl (methyl 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)picolinate), or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. The compositions and methods provided herein provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann, Norbert M. Satchivi, Paul R. Schmitzer
  • Publication number: 20140031211
    Abstract: A synergistic herbicidal composition containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) dimethoxy-pyrimidine acids, including but not limited to bispyribac-sodium, pyribenzoxim, pyriftalid, pyriminobac-methyl and pyrimisulfan provide synergistic weed control of undesirable vegetation e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded, and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, vegetables, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, industrial vegetation management (IVM) or rights of way (ROW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann
  • Publication number: 20140031213
    Abstract: A synergistic herbicidal composition containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) an imidazolinone, including but not limited to imazethapyr ammonium, imazamox ammonium, imazapic ammonium, imazapyr isopropylamine salt, imazamethabenz-methyl and imazaquin isopropylamine salt, provide control of undesirable vegetation e.g., in direct-seeded rice, water-seeded rice, transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, vegetables, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights of way (ROW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann, Paul R. Schmitzer
  • Publication number: 20140031216
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing and methods of controlling undesirable vegetation utilizing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) halosulfuron-methyl, pyrazosulfuron-ethyl or esprocarb, or an agriculturally acceptable derivative thereof. The compositions and methods provided herein provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, oilseed rape, vegetables, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) or rights of way (ROW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann
  • Publication number: 20140031218
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions comprising (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) a sulfonylurea e.g., amidosulfuron, azimsulfuron, bensulfuron-methyl, chlorsulfuron, cyclosulfamuron, ethametsulfuron-methyl, ethoxysulfuron, flazasulfuron, flucetosulfuron, flupyrsulfuron-methyl sodium, foramsulfuron, imazosulfuron, iofensulfuron, iodosulfuron-methyl sodium, mesosulfuron-methyl, metsulfuron-methyl, nicosulfuron, orthosulfamuron, primisulfuron-methyl, propyrisulfuron, prosulfuron, pyrimisulfan, pyroxasulfone, rimsulfuron, sulfometuron-methyl, sulfosulfuron, thifensulfuron-methyl, triafamone, triasulfuron, tribenuron-methyl or trifloxysulfuron-sodium, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. The compositions and methods provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in crops and other settings, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Richard K. Mann, Carla N. Yerkes, Norbert M. Satchivi, Paul R. Schmitzer
  • Publication number: 20140031220
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) a protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor, e.g., acifluorfen, azafeniden, bifenox, carfentrazone-ethyl-ethyl, flumioxazin, ipfencarbazone, oxadiargyl, oxadiazon, oxyfluorfen, pentoxazone, pyraclonil, pyraflufen-ethyl and saflufenacil, or a salt or ester thereof. The compositions and methods provided herein provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights-of-way (ROW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann, Paul Schmitzer
  • Publication number: 20140031219
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) microtubule inhibiting herbicide, e.g., dimethenamid, dithiopyr, oryzalin, pendimethalin, propyzamide, and thiazopyr, or derivative thereof. The methods and compositions provided herein provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights-of-way (ROW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann
  • Publication number: 20140031215
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing (a) a compound of or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) bromobutide, daimuron, oxaziclomefone or pyributicarb, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. The compositions and methods provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) or rights of way (ROW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann
  • Publication number: 20140031210
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) clomazone. The compositions and methods provided herein control undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights of way (ROW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann
  • Publication number: 20140031228
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing and methods utilizing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) an ACCase inhibitors, including. e.g., clethodim, clodinafop-propargyl, cyhalofop-R-butyl, diclofop-methyl, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, 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, corn/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) or rights of way (ROW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Richard K. Mann, Carla N. Yerkes, Monte R. Weimer, Nelson M. Carranza
  • Publication number: 20140031224
    Abstract: A safened herbicidal composition for use in rice comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) a safener or a compatible herbicide capable of safening such as a chemical from the quinolinyloxyacetate family of chemicals, bicyclonon, daimuron, dimepiperate, fenclorim, furilazole, halosulfuron, isoxadifen-ethyl, mefenpyr-diethyl, naphthalic anhydride (NA), or agriculturally acceptable salts, esters, or mixtures thereof, for use in direct-seeded, water-seeded or transplanted rice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann
  • Publication number: 20140031217
    Abstract: Provided herein are herbicidal composition containing and method of controlling undesirable vegetation utilizing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) an auxin transport inhibitor. Exemplary auxin transport inhibitors include chlorflurenol-methyl, diflufenzopyr, flurenol and naptalam, or an agriculturally acceptable derivative thereof. The methods and compositions described herein provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, vegetables, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crop, industrial vegetation management (IVM) or rights of way (ROW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann
  • Publication number: 20140031212
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing and methods of controlling undesirable vegetation utilizing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) HPPD inhibitors e.g., benzobicyclon, benzofenap, isoxaflutole, mesotrione, pyrazolynate, sulcotrione, and tefuryltrione, or a salt or ester thereof. The compositions and methods provided herein provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded rice, water-seeded rice, transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, vegetables, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, plantation crops, aquatics or industrial vegetation management (IVM) or rights-of-way (ROW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann
  • Publication number: 20130324412
    Abstract: N-Alkoxyamides of 4-aminopicolinic acids and 6-amino-4-pyrimidinecarboxylates are selective herbicides for corn, canola and sugar beet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Joseph D. Eckelbarger, Paul R. Schmitzer, Carla N. Yerkes, Timothy A. Boebel, Norbert M. Satchivi, Gregory T. Whiteker