Patents by Inventor Charles W. Finch
Charles W. Finch 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).
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Publication number: 20240008481Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation in an aquatic environment in which a rice plant is growing. In the method of this invention, a herbicidally effective amount of pendimethalin or of a composition comprising pendimethalin is applied to the aquatic environment before emergence of the undesirable vegetation and after germination of the rice seedlings. The method is particularly suitable for weed control in flooded rice fields.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Walid A. Al-Akhdar, Charles W. Finch, Christa Diane Kirk
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Publication number: 20230039941Abstract: The presently claimed invention relates to a method for protecting plants or plant protecting material from attack or infestation by insects, fungi, arachnids, nematodes and unwanted weeds by treatment of root/shoot/seeds/soil by the use of active compounds in combina-tion with enzymes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Wen Xu, Frederick Jaeger, Huazhang Huang, Michael Warden, Adrienne Huston Davenport, Michael Liszka, Charles W. Finch
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Patent number: 9504253Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid pesticide compositions which contain at least one N-phenylsemicarbazone of the formula A wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 haloalkyl or C1-C4 haloalkoxy and R3 is C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 haloalkyl or C1-C4 haloalkoxy. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the liquid pesticide compositions and to spray liquors of the invention, respectively, and to their use for plant and material protection.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2007Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Charles W. Finch, William M. Fletcher, Monica Walker
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Patent number: 9198412Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the performance of a pesticide comprising the step of contacting an adjuvant and the pesticide, wherein the pesticide is present in a concentration of less than 10 wt % in the resulting composition containing the adjuvant and the pesticide, and wherein the adjuvant contains a guanidine of formula (A) as defined below, and/or a salt thereof. The invention also relates to a composition comprising an auxin-herbicide and said adjuvant; to a use of said adjuvant for enhancing the performance of a pesticide; and to a method of controlling undesired vegetation, which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of said composition to act on plants, their habitat or on seed of said plants.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Gerhard Genari, Thomas Kroehl, Matthias Bratz, Terrance Cannan, Steven Bowe, Chad Brommer, John Frihauf, Charles W. Finch, Walter Thomas
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Patent number: 9089128Abstract: The present invention relates to a use of a copolymer comprising N-vinyllactam, and vinylimidazol or a quaternized vinylimidazol in polymerized form as dispersing agent in an aqueous composition containing a water-insoluble pesticide. Further on, it relates to an aqueous composition which contains a copolymer comprising in polymerized form at least 20 mol % N-vinyllactam, and at least 1 mol % vinylimidazol or a quaternized vinylimidazol, a water-insoluble pesticide, and a dissolved salt. The invention also relates to a method for preparing the said composition by mixing water, the water-insoluble pesticide, the salt and the copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Murat Mertoglu, Matthias Bratz, Jürgen Jakob, Winfried Mayer, Stefan Fischer, Son Nguyen Kim, Charles W. Finch
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Publication number: 20140171319Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid aqueous composition, which has a pH value of at least 7.0, comprising a pesticide and a base selected from an alkali salt of hydrogencarbonate; a method for preparing said composition comprising a step of contacting a pesticide and a base selected from an alkali salt of hydrogencarbonate; and a method of combating harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi, which comprises contacting plants, seed, soil or habitat of plants in or on which the harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi are growing or may grow, plants, seed or soil to be protected from attack or infestation by said harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi with an effective amount of the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Gerhard Genari, Thomas Kroehl, Matthias Bratz, Terrance Cannan, Steven Bowe, Chad Brommer, John Frihauf, Charles W. Finch, Walter Thomas
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Patent number: 8741324Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid pesticide concentrate compositions which comprise at least one organic pesticide compound that is sparingly or even insoluble in water and which upon dilution with water form stable aqueous nanoparticulate formulations. The liquid pesticide concentrate compositions of the invention comprise: a) at least one organic pesticide compound C having a water solubility of not more than 1 g/l at 25° C./1013 mbar, b) at least one organic solvent S having a water solubility at least 10 g/l at 25° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2005Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Charles W. Finch, Thomas Byrne, Hassan Oloumi-Sadeghi
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Publication number: 20140080706Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling undesired vegetation, and/or phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired insect attack and/or regulating the growth of plants, which comprises the steps of A) preparing an aqueous tank mix which has a tank mix acidity of at least pH 5.0 comprising contacting a pesticide formulation, water, a base, and optionally an auxiliary; and B) allowing a pesticidal effective amount of said tank mix to act on crops, their habitat, on the undesired vegetation, on the respective pests, and/or on seed of said crops. It also relates to a use of a base for preparing an aqueous tank mix as defined in any of claims 1 to 10 which a tank mix acidity of at least pH 5.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Gerhard Genari, Thomas Kröhl, Matthias Bratz, Terrance M. Cannan, Steven Bowe, Chad Brommer, John Frihauf, Charles W. Finch, Walter Thomas
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Publication number: 20140066309Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the performance of a pesticide comprising the step of contacting an adjuvant and the pesticide, wherein the pesticide is present in a concentration of less than 10 wt % in the resulting composition containing the adjuvant and the pesticide, and wherein the adjuvant contains a guanidine of formula (A) as defined below, and/or a salt thereof. The invention also relates to a composition comprising an auxin-herbicide and said adjuvant; to a use of said adjuvant for enhancing the performance of a pesticide; and to a method of controlling undesired vegetation, which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of said composition to act on plants, their habitat or on seed of said plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Gerhard Genari, Thomas Kroehl, Matthias Bratz, Terrance Cannan, Steven Bowe, Chad Brommer, John Frihauf, Charles W. Finch, Walter Thomas
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Patent number: 8618022Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an aqueous suspension of an organic pesticide compound, which has a solubility in water of not more than 2 g/l at 20° C. and a melting point of not more than 110° C. and which is capable of forming at least one crystalline modification, wherein the organic pesticide compound is present in the form of essentially crystalline particles, which process comprises: a) providing an aqueous emulsion of the organic pesticide compound, wherein the organic pesticide compound is present in the form droplets of an amorphous form of the organic pesticide compound, and b) addition of an aqueous suspension of said organic pesticide compound, wherein the organic pesticide compound is present in the form of essentially crystalline particles, wherein the addition in step b) is performed at a temperature below the melting temperature of the crystalline form of the organic pesticide compound.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventor: Charles W. Finch
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Patent number: 8461084Abstract: A herbicidal mixture, comprising a) a herbicidally effective amount of an imidazolinone herbicide selected from the group consisting of imazamox, imazapic, imazapyr; b) an adjuvant comprising at least one of the following components: a partial phosphoric ester or a partial sulfuric ester of a monohydroxy-functional polyalkyl ether and optionally c) a further additive.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2007Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Byrne, Joseph Zawierucha, Charles W. Finch, Harold E. Quicke
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Publication number: 20130130905Abstract: The present invention relates to a use of a copolymer comprising N-vinyllactam, and vinylimidazol or a quaternized vinylimidazol in polymerized form as dispersing agent in an aqueous composition containing a water-insoluble pesticide. Further on, it relates to an aqueous composition which contains a copolymer comprising in polymerized form at least 20 mol % N-vinyllactam, and at least 1 mol % vinylimidazol or a quaternized vinylimidazol, a water-insoluble pesticide, and a dissolved salt. The invention also relates to a method for preparing the said composition by mixing water, the water-insoluble pesticide, the salt and the copolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Murat Mertoglu, Matthias Bratz, Jürgen Jakob, Winfried Mayer, Stefan Fischer, Kim Son Nguyen, Charles W. Finch
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Publication number: 20120128750Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an aqueous suspension of an organic pesticide compound, which has a solubility in water of not more than 2 g/l at 20° C. and a melting point of not more than 110° C. and which is capable of forming at least one crystalline modification, wherein the organic pesticide compound is present in the form of essentially crystalline particles, which process comprises: a) providing an aqueous emulsion of the organic pesticide compound, wherein the organic pesticide compound is present in the form droplets of an amorphous form of the organic pesticide compound, and b) addition of an aqueous suspension of said organic pesticide compound, wherein the organic pesticide compound is present in the form of essentially crystalline particles, wherein the addition in step b) is performed at a temperature below the melting temperature of the crystalline form of the organic pesticide compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventor: Charles W. Finch
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Publication number: 20120088658Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a pesticide having a solubility in water of at most 10 g/l and a polycarboxylate ether based on a) component groups of the formula Ia and/or Ib and/or Ic as defined below, and b) component groups of the general formula Il as defined below. The present invention further provides a process for producing the composition. The invention further relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or unwanted plant growth and/or unwanted insect or mite infestation and/or of regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the particular pests, the surroundings thereof or the plants to be protected from the particular pest, the soil and/or on unwanted plants and/or the crop plants and/or the surroundings thereof. The invention also relates to seed comprising the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Inventors: Torsten KNIERIEM, Charles W. FINCH, Claudia KLODWIG, Silke FLAKUS, Gerhard ALBRECHT
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Publication number: 20120009238Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for the pesticidal treatment of crops which have a final growth height of at least 140 cm, comprising the treatment with an encapsulated pesticide at a growth height of the crop of up to 120 cm. The invention further relates to a composition comprising an encapsulated pesticide and a composition comprising a mixture of an encapsulated pesticide and a non-encapsulated, additional pesticide. Finally, the invention also relates to a use of an encapsulated pesticide for the pesticidal treatment of crop which has a final growth height of at least 140 cm at a growth height of the crop of less than 120 cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2010Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Lutz Brahm, Robert John Gladwin, Josef Haber, Christian Sowa, Charles W. Finch, Petra Volz, Tobias Joachim Koplin
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Patent number: 8084482Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising (a1) a fungicidal triazole; and (b1) ethoxylated 2-propylheptanol having a mole average degree of ethoxylation from 7.5 to 8.5, to kits comprising the triazole and alcohol alkoxylate in separate containers, as well as to their uses in the agricultural field. The present invention also relates to use of ethoxylated 2-propylheptanol having a degree of ethoxylation from 7.5 to 8.5 as adjuvant and surfactant safener.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2007Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Ted R. Bardinelli, Charles W. Finch
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Publication number: 20100323888Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising (a1) a fungicidal triazole; and (b1) ethoxylated 2-propylheptanol having a mole average degree of ethoxylation from 7.5 to 8.5, to kits comprising the triazole and alcohol alkoxylate in separate containers, as well as to their uses in the agricultural field. The present invention also relates to use of ethoxylated 2-propylheptanol having a degree of ethoxylation from 7.5 to 8.5 as adjuvant and surfactant safener.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2007Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Ted R. Bardinelli, Charles W. Finch
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Publication number: 20100137375Abstract: An emulsifiable concentrate (EC) formulation, comprising a) a phenylsemicarbazone compound of the formula (I), where R1 and R2 are, independently of one another, hydrogen, cyano, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl or C1-C4-haloalkoxy and R3 is C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl or C1-C4-haloalkoxy, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, b) a solvent system, comprising b1) ?-butyrolactone, b2) one or more aliphatic and/or aromatic ketones, and b3) optionally one or more aromatic hydrocarbons c) one or more emulsifiers, d) optionally, further formulation additives, has a high storage stability and excellent performance against insect pests.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2006Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventor: Charles W. Finch
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Publication number: 20090317433Abstract: Liquid pesticide composition containing N-phenylsemicarbazone pesticide compounds The present invention relates to liquid pesticide compositions which contain at least one N-phenylsemicarbazone of the formula A wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 haloalkyl or C1-C4 haloalkoxy and R3 is C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 haloalyl or C1-C4 haloalkoxy. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the liquid pesticide compositions and to spray liquors of the invention, respectively, and to their use for plant and material protection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2007Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Charles W. Finch, William M. Fletcher, Monica Walker
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Publication number: 20090176648Abstract: A herbicidal mixture, comprising a) a herbicidally effective amount of an imidazolinone herbicide selected from the group consisting of imazamox, imazapic, imazapyr; b) an adjuvant comprising at least one of the following components: a partial phosphoric ester or a partial sulfuric ester of a monohydroxy-functional polyalkyl ether and optionally c) a further additive.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2007Publication date: July 9, 2009Inventors: Thomas Byrne, Joseph Zawierucha, Charles W. Finch, Harold E. Quicke