Patents by Inventor Klaus Kolb

Klaus Kolb 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: 20230157284
    Abstract: The invention relates to an agrochemical composition comprising the potassium salt of dicamba and an adjuvant selected from a) a polyalkylene oxide block-copolymer, b) a hyperbranched polycarbonate, and c) a solvent selected from C1-C6-alkyl lactate, C3-C6-lactone and N—C1-C15-alkyl pyrrolidone. It also relates to a method of controlling undesired vegetation, and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the agrochemical composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment, or the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment; to a method for producing the agrochemical composition; to an adjuvant composition for increasing the solubility of the potassium salt of dicamba in an aqueous composition comprising a mixture of additive a) or additive b) with additive c) fine droplet formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Claude Taranta, Wolfgang Meier, Marc Nolte, Frank Dinies, Stephan Koehler, Michael Krapp, Klaus Kolb
  • Publication number: 20230148590
    Abstract: The invention relates to an agrochemical composition comprising a salt of dicamba and an N—C2-C15-alkyl pyrrolidone. It also relates to a method of controlling undesired vegetation, and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the agrochemical composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment, or the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment; to a method for producing the agrochemical composition; to an adjuvant composition for increasing the solubility of the salt of dicamba in an aqueous composition comprising an N—C2-C15-alkyl pyrrolidone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Claude Taranta, Steven Joseph Bowe, Ronald Repage, Stephan Koehler, Katja Marxer, Thomas Bork, Wolfgang Meier, Marc Nolte, Frank Dinies, Michael Krapp, Klaus Kolb
  • Publication number: 20230145432
    Abstract: Agrochemical aqueous formulations comprising A) An agriculturally acceptable salt of dicamba, B) At least one anionic surfactant that comprises at least one naphthalene sulfonate C) an aqueous solvent, D) Optionally at least one thickener, E) Optionally other pesticides, F) Optionally other formulation auxiliaries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Christian Sowa, Klaus Kolb, Michael Krapp, Wolfgang Meier, Steven Joseph Bowe, Sanjeev Kumar Bangarwa, Matthias Bratz, Anja Simon, Claude Taranta, Marc Nolte
  • Publication number: 20230041050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a salt comprising an anionic pesticide (A) and a cationic polyamine of the formula (B) as described in the description. The invention further relates to an agrochemical composition comprising said salt. It also relates to a method for preparing said salt comprising combining the pesticide in its neutral form or as salt, and the polyamine in its neutral form or as salt. In addition, the invention relates to a method of combating harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi. It also relates to a method of controlling undesired vegetation. Finally, the invention relates to seed comprising said salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Klaus Kolb, Michael Krapp, Wolfgang Gregori, Matthias Bratz, Marc Nolte, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Steven Joseph Bowe, Sanjeev Kumar Bangarwa, Anja Simon
  • Patent number: 11375712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agrochemical aqueous suspension concentrate comprising a pesticide in the form of pesticide particles and at least 5 wt % of an adjuvant dissolved in the aqueous phase, wherein the adjuvant is of the formula (I) as defined herein. The invention also relates to the adjuvant as defined in formula (I). Furthermore, the invention relates to a process for the preparation of the suspension concentrate by contacting water, the pesticide, and the adjuvant. The present invention further relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Klaus Kolb, Katja Marxer, Anja Simon, Rainer Berghaus
  • Patent number: 11089780
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising microcapsules, which comprise a polyurea shell and a core, wherein the core comprises pendimethalin and the shell comprises a polymerization product of a tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate, and a polyamine with at least three amine groups, and where the polymerization product comprises less than 5 wt % of further isocyanate monomers in polymerized form, based on the weight of the tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate; a method for preparing the composition comprising the steps of contacting water, the pendimethalin, the tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate, and the polyamine; and to a method of controlling undesired plant growth, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Klaus Kolb, Wolfgang Gregori, Ulrich Steinbrenner, Liliana Parra Rapado
  • Patent number: 11019816
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing microparticles which comprise cinmethylin and a polymeric material which surrounds or embeds cinmethylin, and at least one herbicide different from cinmethylin. The invention further relates to a method for preparing such compositions and the use of such compositions for controlling undesired vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Henning Urch, Martina Schmitt, Klaus Kolb, Diana Franz, Evgueni Klimov, Helmut Kraus
  • Patent number: 10765112
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising microcapsules, which comprise a polyurea shell and a core, wherein the core comprises a water-insoluble pesticide and the shell comprises a polymerization product of a tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate, an cycloaliphatic diisocyanate, and an aliphatic diamine; to a method for preparing the composition comprising the steps of contacting water, the pesticide, the tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate, the cycloaliphatic diisocyanate, and the aliphatic diamine; and to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, or the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Klaus Kolb, Wolfgang Gregori, Ulrich Steinbrenner, Liliana Parra Rapado
  • Publication number: 20190373894
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing microparticles which comprise cinmethylin and a polymeric material which surrounds or embeds cinmethylin, and at least one herbicide different from cinmethylin. The invention further relates to a method for preparing such compositions and the use of such compositions for controlling undesired vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Henning URCH, Martina SCHMITT, Klaus KOLB, Diana FRANZ, Evgueni KLIMOV, Helmut KRAUS
  • Publication number: 20190364888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microcapsules comprising a core, wherein the core comprises cinmethylin, and a polyurea shell, wherein the shell comprises a polyaddition product of diphenylmethane diisocyanate or an oligomer thereof and at least one amine having at least two primary amino groups; to a composition comprising such microcapsules; to a method for preparing such microcapsules or such a composition; to a composition obtainable by said preparation method; and to the use of such microcapsules or compositions for controlling undesired vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Henning URCH, Diana FRANZ, Marc NOLTE, Gerd KRAEMER, Amandine MICHEL, Klaus KOLB
  • Publication number: 20190350197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising microcapsules, wherein the micro-capsules comprise a polyurea shell and a core, wherein the core comprises cinmethylin and the shell comprises a polymerization product of a tetramethylxylylene and an aliphatic diamine diisocyanate, and, optionally, a cycloaliphatic diisocyanate; to a method for preparing the composition comprising the steps of contacting water, cinmethylin, the diisocyanate and the aliphatic diamine; and to a method of controlling undesired plant growth and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Klaus KOLB, Marc NOLTE, Wolfgang GREGORI, Martina SCHMITT, Diana FRANZ, Helmut KRAUS
  • Publication number: 20190343121
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a a composition comprising microcapsules, which comprise a polyurea shell and a core, wherein the core comprises cinmethylin and the shell comprises a polymerization product of a tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate, and a polyamine with at least three amine groups, and where the polymerization product comprises less than 5 wt % of further isocyanate monomers in polymerized form, based on the weight of the tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate; a method for preparing the composition comprising the steps of contacting water, the cinmethylin, the tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate, and the polyamine; and to a method of controlling undesired plant growth, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Klaus KOLB, Marc NOLTE, Wolfgang GREGORI, Martina SCHMITT, Diana FRANZ, Helmut KRAUS
  • Publication number: 20180360034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising microcapsules, which comprise a polyurea shell and a core, wherein the core comprises pendimethalin and the shell comprises a polymerization product of a tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate, and a polyamine with at least three amine groups, and where the polymerization product comprises less than 5 wt % of further isocyanate monomers in polymerized form, based on the weight of the tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate; a method for preparing the composition comprising the steps of contacting water, the pendimethalin, the tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate, and the polyamine; and to a method of controlling undesired plant growth, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Klaus KOLB, Wolfgang GREGORI, Ulrich STEINBRENNER, Liliana PARRA RAPADO
  • Publication number: 20180242575
    Abstract: Provided herein are microcapsules comprising a capsule core and a capsule shell. The capsule shell includes a core surrounding a layer of a polyvinyl alcohol and an adjacent layer of a polyoxazoline, and the capsule core includes a water-insoluble pesticide. Further provided herein is a process for producing the microcapsule, including: a) preparation of an oil-in-water emulsion with a disperse phase which includes the pesticide and an aqueous continuous phase and the polyvinyl alcohol, and b) subsequent addition of one or more of the polyoxazoline. The process relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi, undesired plant growth, and/or undesired insect or mite attack, and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the microcapsules act on the respective pests, their environment, the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil, on undesired plants, on the crop plants, and/or on the environment of each plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Ewelina Burakowska-Meise, Valeria Bem, Joanna Mecfel-Marczewski, Evgueni Klimov, Klaus Kolb, Matthias Bratz, Steven Bowe, Ronald Repage, John Frihauf
  • Publication number: 20180177182
    Abstract: The present invention relates to emulsifiable concentrates (ECs) comprising topramezone, bromoxynil and at least one herbicide safener. The invention also relates to the process for preparation, use and methods of use of said concentrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Klaus KOLB, Katja MARXER, Gerd KRAEMER, Johannes WEIMER, Scott COLE
  • Publication number: 20180168147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising microcapsules, which comprise a polyurea shell and a core, wherein the core comprises a water-insoluble pesticide and the shell comprises a polymerization product of a tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate, an cycloaliphatic diisocyanate, and an aliphatic diamine; to a method for preparing the composition comprising the steps of contacting water, the pesticide, the tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate, the cycloaliphatic diisocyanate, and the aliphatic diamine; and to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, or the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Klaus KOLB, Wolfgang GREGORI, Ulrich STEINBRENNER, Liliana PARRA RAPADO
  • Patent number: 9980481
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing granules comprising the steps of A) preparing an adjuvanted slurry by milling an aqueous composition Al containing a pesticide and a silica absorbent to yield a pesticidal slurry, and adding an adjuvant to the pesticidal slurry; and B) granulating the adjuvanted slurry, wherein the granulation comprises a fluidized bed granulation or sprouted bed granulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Torsten Knieriem, Klaus Kolb, Payam Michael Miraki Ardestani
  • Publication number: 20170258076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agrochemical aqueous suspension concentrate comprising a pesticide in the form of pesticide particles and at least 5 wt % of an adjuvant dissolved in the aqueous phase, wherein the adjuvant is of the formula (I) as defined herein. The invention also relates to the adjuvant as defined in formula (I). Furthermore, the invention relates to a process for the preparation of the suspension concentrate by contacting water, the pesticide, and the adjuvant. The present invention further relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Klaus Kolb, Katja Marxer, Anja Simon, Rainer Berghaus
  • Patent number: 9545104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid suspension concentrate formulations for plant protection comprising: 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl(1-methylethy)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide in the form of the anhydrate; N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine in the form of its free acid, in the form of the ammonium salt or a substituted ammonium salt or a mixture thereof; at least one diluent selected from: hydrocarbon solvents having a boiling point of at least 100° C.; and —C1-C8-alkyl esters of C8-C26-fatty acids, mono- and di-C1-C4-alkyl amides of C8-C26-fatty acids; optionally at least one diluent that differs from diluents c) and that is selected from organic solvents having at least one oxygen atom; at least one non-ionic surfactant comprising a polyalkoxylate moiety; and at least one anionic surfactant containing a sulfonate group or a sulfate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Wolfgang Gregori, Sven Adam, Klaus Kolb, Jürgen Jakob, Bernd Sievernich, Jörg Steuerwald, Steven Bowe, Joseph Zawierucha, Rex Liebl
  • Patent number: 9265250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a concentrate, comprising: a) 100 to 400 g/l of a dinitroaniline; b) 5 to 100 g/l of an imidazolinone ammonium salt or substituted ammonium salt; c) 20 to 100 g/l of water; d) 15 to 150 g/l of an anionic surface-active substance which has at least one sulfonic acid group; e) 5 to 100 g/l of a polymeric, nonionic surface-active substance which has at least one polyethylene oxide group and at least one radical selected from poly-C3-C4-alkylene oxide groups; f) 50 to 250 g/l of a nonionic surface-active substance selected from ethoxylated fatty acid esters of polyhydroxyl compounds, alkyl polyglucosides, ethoxylated C4-C16-alkylphenols and ethoxylated C8-C22-alkanols; g) a hydrocarbon solvent ad 1 l; where the quantitative data of components a) to f) in g/l are based on the total volume of the active ingredient concentrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Klaus Kolb, Graham Seaman