Patents by Inventor Fides Benfatti

Fides Benfatti 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: 20240076327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hexatoxin peptide variant comprising a. an amino acid sequence which is at least 90% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 27 to 29, wherein the amino acid sequence has at least one amino acid variant on position N27; b. an amino acid sequence which is at least 90% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 2, 6, 7, 30 or 32, wherein the amino acid sequence has at least one amino acid variant on position N28; c. an amino acid sequence which is at least 90% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8 to 24 or 31, wherein the amino acid sequence has at least one amino acid variant on position N29; d. an amino acid sequence which is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 25, wherein the amino acid sequence has at least one amino acid variant on position N30; e. an amino acid sequence which is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NOs: 26, wherein the amino acid sequence has at least one amino acid variant on position N31; or f.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Aurelien BIGOT, Fides BENFATTI, David J. CRAIK, Yen-Hua HUANG, Quentin KAAS, Conan WANG
  • Publication number: 20240049725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an insecticidal composition comprising: a. at least one cyclic peptide comprising an amino acid sequence of any of: SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2 or 6, or an amino acid sequence that is at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% identical to any of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2 or 6; and b. at least one second peptide comprising an amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NOs: 3 to 5, or an amino acid sequence that is at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% identical to any of SEQ ID NOs: 3 to 5, or a variant of a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the amino acid sequence has an amino acid variant on position N29, and which retains the biological activity of the peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Aurelien BIGOT, Fides BENFATTI, David J. CRAIK, Yen-Hua HUANG, Quentin KAAS, Mark SCHIEBLER, Conan WANG
  • Patent number: 10721933
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and agrochemically acceptable salts and enantiomers thereof, can be used as insecticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Andre Jeanguenat, Fides Benfatti, Thomas Pitterna
  • Patent number: 10687531
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) a compound of formula (1?) as defined herein, to processes for preparing them, to pesticidal, in particular insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and to combat and control pests such as insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Thomas Pitterna, André Jeanguenat, Fides Benfatti, Girish Rawal
  • Publication number: 20190223438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) a compound of formula (1?) as defined herein, to processes for preparing them, to pesticidal, in particular insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and to combat and control pests such as insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Thomas PITTERNA, André JEANGUENAT, Fides BENFATTI, Girish RAWAL
  • Patent number: 10336691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) as defined herein, to processes for preparing them, to pesticidal, in particular insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control pests such as insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Fides Benfatti, Andre Jeanguenat
  • Publication number: 20180141898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) as defined herein, to processes for preparing them, to pesticidal, in particular insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control pests such as insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Fides BENFATTI, Andre JEANGUENAT
  • Publication number: 20180093951
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and agrochemically acceptable salts thereof, can be used as insecticides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Andre JEANGUENAT, Fides BENFATTI
  • Publication number: 20180007907
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and agrochemically acceptable salts and enantiomers thereof, can be used as insecticides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Andre JEANGUENAT, Fides BENFATTI, Thomas PITTERNA
  • Publication number: 20160214974
    Abstract: A compound of formula I, (I), wherein A, Q, R1, and R2, are as defined in claim 1. Furthermore, the present invention relates to intermediates used to prepare compounds of formula (I), to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests and to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Jurgen Harry Schaetzer, Fides Benfatti, Jagadish Pabba, Sebastian Rendler, Andrew Crossthwaite
  • Publication number: 20160050930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling insects (in particular insects of the order Hemiptera, especially aphids and whitefly) that are resistant to neonicotinoid insecticides, to methods of controlling insects whereby undesired insects are affected but beneficial arthropods are not affected, using compounds of formula (I) (where A, R1 and R2 are as defined above), and, further, to novel compounds of formula (I) which are useful in the aforementioned methods and/or which possess enhanced insecticidal properties, and to compositions containing said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicants: SYNGENTA LIMITED, SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Fides Benfatti, Christopher Richard Ayles Godfrey, Andre Jeanguenat, Jagadish Pabba, Sebastian Rendler, Jurgen Harry Schaetzer, Russell Slater, Andrew Crossthwaite
  • Publication number: 20160050929
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling insects (in particular insects of the order Hemiptera, especially aphids and whitefly) that are resistant to neonicotinoid insecticides, to methods of controlling insects whereby undesired insects are affected but beneficial arthropods are not affected, using compounds of formula (I) (where A, R1 and R2 are as defined above), and, further, to novel compounds of formula I which are useful in the aforementioned methods and/or which possess enhanced insecticidal properties, and to compositions containing said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicants: SYNGENTA LIMITED, SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Fides Benfatti, Andrew Edmunds, Andre Jeanguenat, Jagadish Pabba, Sebastian Rendler, Jurgen Harry Schaetzer, Russell Slater, Andrew Crossthwaite
  • Publication number: 20160046620
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling insects (in particular insects of the order Hemiptera, especially aphids and whitefly) that are resistant to neonicotinoid insecticides, to methods of controlling insects whereby undesired insects are affected but beneficial arthropods are not affected, using compounds of formula I (where A and R1 are as defined above) and, further, to novel compounds of formula I which are useful in the aforementioned methods and/or which possess enhanced insecticidal properties, and to compositions containing said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicants: SYNGENTA LIMITED, SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Fides Benfatti, Christopher Richard Ayles Godfrey, Andre Jeanguenat, Clemens Lamberth, Jagadish Pabba, Sebastian Rendler, Jurgen Harry Schaetzer, Russell Slater, Andrew Crossthwaite