Patents by Inventor John Robert James

John Robert James 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).

  • Method of improving turfgrass abiotic stress tolerance
    Patent number: 11737464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling abiotic stress on turfgrass using an effective non-phytotoxic amount of acibenzolar-s-methyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventor: John Robert James
  • METHOD OF CONTROLLING WEEDS IN WARM SEASON TURFGRASS
    Publication number: 20220386615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling dallisgrass or tropical signalgrass in warm-season turfgrass, comprising applying to the warm-season turfgrass or to the locus of the warm-season turfgrass an effective rate of pinoxaden.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: John Robert JAMES, Lukas DANT
  • METHOD FOR IMPROVING TURFGRASS ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20220287306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling abiotic stress on warm-season turfgrass using an effective amount of acibenzolar-s-methyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICATIONS AG
    Inventors: John Robert JAMES, Lukas DANT
  • Method of controlling weeds in warm season turfgrass
    Patent number: 11412736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling dallisgrass or tropical signalgrass in warm-season turfgrass, comprising applying to the warm-season turfgrass to the locus of the warm-season turfgrass an effective rate of pinoxaden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: John Robert James, Lukas Dant
  • Method for improving turfgrass abiotic stress tolerance
    Patent number: 11395491
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling abiotic stress on warm-season turfgrass using an effective amount of acibenzolar-s-methyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: John Robert James, Lukas Dant
  • METHOD OF IMPROVING TURFGRASS ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20220104494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling abiotic stress on turfgrass using an effective non-phytotoxic amount of acibenzolar-s-methyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventor: John Robert James
  • Method for improving turfgrass abiotic stress tolerance
    Patent number: 11234440
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling abiotic stress on turfgrass using an effective non-phytotoxic amount of acibenzolar-s-methyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventor: John Robert James
  • METHOD FOR IMPROVING TURFGRASS ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20200170255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling abiotic stress on turfgrass using an effective non-phytotoxic amount of acibenzolar-s-methyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: John Robert James
  • Method of controlling phytopathogenic diseases on turfgrass
    Patent number: 10568327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling dollar spot on turfgrass, in particular low to moderate disease pressure, using a fungicidally effective non-phytotoxic amount of (A) chlorothalonil and (B) acibenzolar-s-methyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: John Robert James, Michael Agnew
  • Method of improving turfgrass abiotic stress tolerance
    Patent number: 10555525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling abiotic stress on turfgrass using an effective non-phytotoxic amount of acibenzolar-s-methyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: John Robert James
  • Method of controlling phytopathogenic diseases on turfgrass
    Patent number: 10524474
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling pythium blight on turfgrass, in particular low to moderate disease pressure, using a fungicidally effective non-phytotoxic amount of (A) chlorothalonil and (B) acibenzolar-s-methyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: John Robert James, Michael Agnew
  • METHOD OF CONTROLLING WEEDS IN WARM SEASON TURFGRASS
    Publication number: 20190364898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling dallisgrass or tropical signalgrass in warm-season turfgrass, comprising applying to the warm-season turfgrass to the locus of the warm-season turfgrass an effective rate of pinoxaden.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: John Robert JAMES, Lukas DANT
  • METHOD FOR IMPROVING TURFGRASS ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20180303098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling abiotic stress on warm-season turfgrass using an effective amount of acibenzolar-s-methyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: John Robert James, Lukas Dant
  • METHOD OF IMPROVING TURFGRASS ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20170339958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling abiotic stress on turfgrass using an effective non-phytotoxic amount of acibenzolar-s-methyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: John Robert James
  • Method of improving turfgrass abiotic stress tolerance
    Patent number: 9770028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling abiotic stress on turfgrass using an effective non-phytotoxic amount of acibenzolar-s-methyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: John Robert James
  • Herbicidal compositions
    Patent number: 9480252
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling weeds using mixtures of HPPD inhibiting herbicides and plant growth regulators. It also relates to mixtures of HPPD inhibiting herbicides and plant growth regulators per se, and compositions comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Cordingley, Cheryl Lynn Dunne, John Robert James, Andreas Zoschke
  • HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160106097
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising mesotrione and a pyridine herbicide. The invention also relates to methods of controlling the growth of weeds, and to the use of this composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
    Inventors: Cheryl Lynn Dunne, John Robert James
  • Herbicidal composition and method of use thereof
    Patent number: 9259002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising mesotrione and a pyridine herbicide such as dithiopyr, triclopyr, fluoroxypyr or thiazopyr. The invention also relates to methods of controlling the growth of weeds, and to the use of this composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Cheryl Lynn Dunne, John Robert James
  • Herbicidal composition and method of use thereof
    Patent number: 8962526
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method of controlling the growth of weeds, in particular barnyard grass, giant foxtail, large crabgrass, fall panicum, goosegrass and/or woolly cupgrass, using a herbicidal composition comprising trinexapac-ethyl and at least one HPPD inhibiting herbicide. It also relates to the use of this composition, particularly on turfgrass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Cheryl Lynn Dunne, John Robert James, Matthew Robert Cordingley, Andreas Zoschke
  • CROP ENHANCEMENT
    Publication number: 20140187426
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of crop enhancement. In particular, it relates to a method of enhancing crop plants by applying cis-jasmone to the plants, plant parts, plant propagation material, or a plant growing locus, and to the use of cis-jasmone for enhancing crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Johannes Haas, Christoph Grimm, John Robert James