Patents by Inventor Erwin Hacker

Erwin Hacker 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: 8728977
    Abstract: A description is given of herbicidal compositions comprising A) tefuryltrione and B) at least one additional herbicide. These compositions exhibit a superior action in comparison with the herbicides applied separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Chieko Ueno, Erwin Hacker, Georg Bonfig-Picard, Frank Ziemer
  • Patent number: 8716184
    Abstract: A herbicide combination comprising a) at least one herbicide (A) selected from the group consisting of glyphosate (A1) and its agrochemically compatible salts, and glufosinate (A2) and its agrochemically compatible salts, and b) a herbicide (B) which is a hydrate of the compound 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)-pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl-(1-methylethyl)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide, and the use thereof for controlling harmful plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Alfred Angermann, Stefan Lehr, Hubert Menne, Lothar Willms, Erwin Hacker, Britta Olenik
  • Publication number: 20140024531
    Abstract: The invention relates to herbicidal compositions comprising an effective amount of an active ingredient combination composed of (a) at least one substituted thien-3-ylsulfonylamino(thio)carbonyl-triazolin(thi)one of the formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description, or salts of the compounds of the formula (I) and (b) one or more compounds from a second group of herbicides which comprises selected 4-HPPD inhibitors, and, if desired, additionally (c) a crop plant tolerance promoter compound. The invention further relates to the use of the compositions for controlling unwanted plant growth and to a process for producing the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Markus DOLLINGER, Hans-Joachim Santel, Ernst Rudolf Gesing, Erwin Hacker
  • Patent number: 8614166
    Abstract: Herbicide combinations (A)+(8), if appropriate in the presence of safeners, with an effective content of (A) broad-spectrum herbicides from the group (A1) glufosinate (salts) and related compounds (A2) glyphosate (salts) and related compounds such as sulfosate, (A3) imidazolinones such as imazethapyr, imazapyr, imazaquin, imazamox or their salts and (A4) herbicidal azoles from the group of the protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (PPO inhibitors) and (A5) the hydroxybenzonitriles and (B) herbicides from the group consisting of (B0) one or more structurally different herbicides from the abovementioned group (A), (B1) foliar- and soil-acting herbicides which are effective against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, (B2) predominantly foliar-acting herbicides which are effective against dicotyledonous harmful plants, (B3) predominantly foliar-acting herbicides which are effective against monocotyledonous harmful plants, and (B4) foliar- and soil-acting herbicides which are effective again
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Bieringer, Lothar Willms
  • Patent number: 8586503
    Abstract: Herbicide combinations comprising an effective amount of components (A) and (B), where component (A) is/are one or more herbicides of the formula (I) or salts thereof, in which R1 is H or a group of the formula CZ1Z2Z3, where Z1, Z2 and Z3 are as defined in claim 1, R2 and R3 are each H, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkynyl having in each case up to 4 carbon atoms or acyl, R4 is H, (C1-C6)-alkyl or (C1-C6)-alkoxy; R5, R6, R7 and R8 are each H, (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C3)-haloalkyl, halogen, (C1-C3)-alkoxy, (C1-C3)-haloalkoxy or cyano; A is CH2 or O or a direct bond, and the component (B) is one or more herbicides from the group of compounds consisting of (B1) thiencarbazone, tembotrione, SYN-523, pyroxsulam, penoxsulam, SYN-449, (B2) pyrasulfotole, trifloxysulfuron, saflufenacil, aminopyralid, ethofumesate, aminocyclopyrachlor and (B3) pyroxasulfone (KIH-485) are suitable for controlling harmful plants or for regulating the growth of plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Martin Hess, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Georg Bonfig-Picard, Thomas Auler
  • Publication number: 20130252813
    Abstract: Herbicide combinations (A)+(B), with an effective content of (A) broad-spectrum herbicides from the group (A1) glufosinate (salts) and related compounds, (A2) glyphosate (salts) and related compounds such as sulfosate and (A3) imidazolinones or their salts and (B) herbicides from the group consisting of (B0) one or more structurally different herbicides from the abovementioned group (A) or (B1) foliar- and predominantly soil-acting herbicides active against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, or (B2) herbicides active predominantly against dicotyledonous harmful plants, and (B3) predominantly foliar-acting herbicides which can be employed against monocotyledonous harmful plants, or (B4) herbicides which are both foliar- and soil-acting and which can be employed against monocotyledonous harmful plants, or of herbicides of more than one of groups (B0) to (B4), for controlling harmful plants in, or the growth, yield or constituents of sugar beet crops sugar beet crops tolerating the herbi
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Stuebler, Hermann Bieringer, Lothar Willms
  • Patent number: 8536094
    Abstract: Herbicide combinations (A)+(B), if appropriate in the presence of safeners, with an effective content of (A) broad-spectrum herbicides from the group (A1) glufosinate (salts) and related compounds (A2) glyphosate (salts) and related compounds such as sulfosate, (A3) imidazolinones such as imazethapyr, imazapyr, imazaquin, imazamox or their salts and (A4) herbicidal azoles from the group of the protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (PPO inhibitors) and (B) one or more herbicides from the group consisting of (B0) one or more structurally different herbicides from the abovementioned group (A) or (B1) foliar- and soil-acting herbicides effective against selectively in rice monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants (residual action) or (B2) herbicides which are effective selectively in rice against dicotyledonous harmful plants and/or sedges, and/or (B3) foliar-acting herbicides which are effective selectively in rice against monocotyledonous harmful plants, and/or (B4) foliar- and soil-acting herbi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Bieringer, Lothar Willms
  • Patent number: 8530384
    Abstract: The invention relates to herbicidal compositions comprising an effective amount of an active ingredient combination composed of (a) at least one substituted thien-3-ylsulfonylamino(thio)carbonyltriazolin(thi)one of the formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description, —or salts of the compounds of the formula (I)— and (b) one or more compounds from a second group of herbicides which comprises selected 4-HPPD inhibitors, and, if desired, additionally (c) a crop plant tolerance promoter compound. The invention further relates to the use of the compositions for controlling unwanted plant growth and to a process for producing the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Markus Dollinger, Hans-Joachim Santel, Ernst Rudolf Gesing, Erwin Hacker
  • Patent number: 8530386
    Abstract: Suitable for controlling harmful plants in sugar beet crops composed of tolerant or resistant mutants or transgenic sugar beet plants are herbicide combinations (A)+(B), if appropriate in the presence of safeners, with an effective content of (A) broad-spectrum herbicides from the group (A1) glufosinate (salts) and related compounds, (A2) glyphosate (salts) and related compounds such as sulfosate and (A3) imidazolinones or their salts and (B) herbicides from the group consisting of (B0) one or more structurally different herbicides from the abovementioned group (A) or (B1) foliar- and predominantly soil-acting herbicides which are active against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, or (B2) herbicides which are active predominantly against dicotyledonous harmful plants, and (B3) herbicides which are predominantly foliar-acting and which can be employed against monocotyledonous harmful plants, or (B4) herbicides which are both foliar- and soil-acting and which can be employed against monoc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Stuebler, Hermann Bieringer, Lothar Willms
  • Patent number: 8492313
    Abstract: A description is given of herbicidal compositions comprising A) tembotrione and B) at least one additional herbicide. These compositions exhibit a superior action in comparison with the herbicides applied separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Elmar Gatzweiler, Klaus Trabold, Erwin Hacker, Frank Ziemer, Alfred Angermann
  • Patent number: 8426342
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of one or more compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof, wherein the groups R1 to R8 are defined as set forth herein, optionally in the presence of additional agrochemical active ingredients, for selective weed control on turf or lawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Michael Kilian, Eckhard Rose, Erwin Hacker, Hansjoerg Dietrich, Klemens Minn, Donald Myers
  • Publication number: 20130023413
    Abstract: The invention provides herbicide combinations and provides for the use of herbicide combinations for control of weeds in soybean and leguminous species, wherein the particular herbicide combination comprises (A) a herbicide from the group of compounds of the formula (A1) in which Z is hydroxyl, —NHCH(CH3)CONHCH(CH3)COOH or —NHCH(CH3)CONHCH[CH2CH(CH3)2]COOH, or esters or salts thereof, (B) a herbicide of the formula (B1) in which X is N or CH and R is CO2H or a herbicide-active derivative, and the soybean and leguminous species are tolerant to the herbicides (A) and (B) present in the combination, optionally in the presence of safeners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Erwin HACKER, Hansjörg DIETRICH, Klaus TRABOLD, Elmar GATZWEILER, Frank ZIEMER
  • Patent number: 8357629
    Abstract: A herbicide combination comprising of components (A) and (B) exhibit synergistic herbicidal effects, where (A) is one or more herbicides selected from the group consisting of heteroaryloxy- and aryloxy-phenoxypropionic acids, their salts and esters and cyclohexanediones, and (B) is one or more herbicides selected from the group consisting of (B1) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against mono-cotyledonous plants, (B2) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against dicotyledonous harmful plants and cyperaceae, (B3) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against cyperaceae and (B4) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against mono-cotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants and cyperaceae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Bieringer, Thomas Auler, Alvaro Melendez
  • Patent number: 8338332
    Abstract: Herbicide combinations (A)+(B), if appropriate in the presence of safeners, with an effective content of (A) broad-spectrum herbicides from the group (A1) glufosinate (salts) and related compounds (A2) glyphosate (salts) and related compounds such as sulfosate, (A3) imidazolinones such as imazethapyr, imazapyr, imazaquin, imazamox or their salts and (A4) herbicidal azoles from the group of the protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (PPO inhibitors) and (A5) the hydroxybenzonitriles and (B) herbicides from the group consisting of (B0) one or more structurally different herbicides from the abovementioned group (A), (B1) foliar- and soil-acting herbicides which are effective against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, (B2) predominantly foliar-acting herbicides which are effective against dicotyledonous harmful plants, (B3) predominantly foliar-acting herbicides which are effective against monocotyledonous harmful plants, and (B4) foliar- and soil-acting herbicides which are effective against
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Bieringer, Lothar Willms
  • Publication number: 20120322657
    Abstract: There are described herbicidal compositions which comprise at least one herbicidally active compound of the formula (I) and at least one crop-plant-protecting compound as safener. In this formula (I), V is an optionally substituted radical selected from the group consisting of isoxazol-4-yl, pyrazol-4-yl, cyclohexane-1,3-dion-2-yl and 3-oxopropionitril-2-yl and R9 is nitro, amino, halogen or a carbon-containing radical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Frank ZIEMER, Lothar Willms, Hermann Bieringer, Erwin Hacker
  • Publication number: 20120252670
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), or salts thereof, in which R1 to R4 are as defined in formula (I) of claim 1 are suitable as useful-plant-protecting agents for reducing or preventing harmful effects of agrochemicals on the useful plants and their method of preparation are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Frank ZIEMER, Lothar Willms, Christopher Rosinger, Thomas Auler, Erwin Hacker, Udo Bickers
  • Patent number: 8236729
    Abstract: Herbicide combinations comprising an effective amount of components (A) and (B), where component (A) is one or more herbicides of the formula (I) or salts thereof, in which R1 is H or a group of the formula CZ1Z2Z3, where Z1, Z2 and Z3 are as defined in claim 1, R2 and R3 are each H, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkynyl having in each case up to 4 carbon atoms or acyl, R4 is H, (C1-C6)-alkyl or (C1-C6)-alkoxy; R5, R6, R7 and R8 are each H, (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C3)-haloalkyl, halogen, (C1-C3)-alkoxy, (C1-C3)-haloalkoxy or cyano; A is CH2 or O or a direct bond, and component (B) is one or more herbicides from the group of compounds consisting of (B1) soil-acting herbicides particularly suitable for pre-emergence application against monocotyledonous or dicotyledonous harmful plants, (B2) foliar-acting herbicides particularly suitable for post-emergence application against monocotyledonous or dicotyledonous harmful plants, and (B3) soil-acting and foliar-acting herbicides suitable fo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Eckhard Rose, Hansjörg Dietrich
  • Patent number: 8158559
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicide combination comprising components (A) and (B) where (A) denotes one or more compounds or salts thereof from the group described by the general formula (I): in which R1 is halogen, preferably fluorine or chlorine, R2 is hydrogen and R3 is hydroxyl or R2 and R3 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached are a carbonyl group C?O and R4 is hydrogen or methyl; and (B) denotes one or more herbicides from the group of the pyrimidines consisting of: (B1-1) ancymidol, (B1-2) flurprimidol, (B1-3) pyrimisulfan, (B2-1) bispyribac-sodium, (B2-2) pyribenzoxim, (B2-3) pyriminobac-methyl, (B2-4) pyribambenz-isopropyl, (B2-5) pyribambenz-propyl, (B3-1) pyriftalid, (B3-2) pyrithiobac-sodium, (B4-1) benzfendizone, (B4-2) bromacil, (B4-3) butafenacil, (B4-4) lenacil, (B4-5) terbacil, (B4-6) SYN-523, (B4-7) saflufenacil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Christian Waldraff, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Chieko Ueno, Georg Bonfig-Picard, Stefan Schnatterer, Shinichi Shirakura
  • Patent number: 8158558
    Abstract: Herbicide combinations comprising an amount of components (A) and (B) have improved herbicidal action: (A) one or more herbicides of the formula (I) or salts thereof in which R1 is (C1-C8)-alkyl, (C3-C4)-alkenyl, (C3-C4)-alkynyl or (C1-C4)-alkyl which is mono- to tetrasubstituted by radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen and/or (C1-C2)-alkoxy, R2 is I or CH2NHSO2CH3, R3 is methyl or methoxy and Z is N or CH; and (B) denotes one or more herbicides which act selectively in some monocotyledonous crops against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants, which herbicides are selected from the group of compounds consisting of (B1) flucarbazone, (B2) BAY MKH 6561 (procarbazone), (B3) florasulam, (B4) halosulfuron, (B5) tritosulfuron, (B6) picolinafen, (B7) cinidon-ethyl, (B8) mesotrione, (B9) metosulam, (B10) clopyralid, (B11) flufenacet, (B12) flumetsulam, (B13) flupoxam, (B14) prosulfocarb, (B15) flurtamone, (B16) aclonifen, (B17) hexazinone, (B18) asulam, (B19) diuron, (B20)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Bieringer, Hans Philipp Huff, Erwin Hacker
  • Publication number: 20110294663
    Abstract: The invention provides herbicide combinations and the use of herbicide combinations for controlling harmful plants in corn crops wherein the herbicide combination in question comprises (A) a herbicide from the group of the compounds of the formula (A1) in which Z represents hydroxyl, —NHCH(CH3)CONHCH(CH3)COOH or —NHCH(CH3)CONHCH[CH2CH(CH3)2]COOH, or an ester or salt thereof, and (B) a herbicide of the formula (B1) in which X represents N or CH and R represents CO2H or a herbicidally active derivative thereof, and the corn crops are tolerant, if appropriate in the presence of safeners, to the herbicides (A) and (B) present in the combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Erwin HACKER, Hansjörg DIETRICH, Klaus Trabold, Elmar GATZWEILER, Frank ZIEMER