Patents by Inventor Thomas Auler
Thomas Auler 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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Patent number: 9102623Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AGInventors: Frank Ziemer, Lothar Willms, Christopher Rosinger, Thomas Auler, Erwin Hacker, Udo Bickers
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Patent number: 8987500Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, D, G, W, X, Y and Z are as defined above, to a plurality of processes for the preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides and/or microbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising both the 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) and a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Bayer CropScience AGInventors: Reiner Fischer, Thomas Bretschneider, Ernst Rudolf F. Gesing, Dieter Feucht, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Peter Lösel, Olga Malsam, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne
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Publication number: 20140256716Abstract: The invention relates to the use of C16-C18-carboxylic acid dibutylamides in agrochemical formulations, agrochemical formulations which comprise such compounds and the use as tank mix additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBHInventors: Peter Baur, Martin Steinbeck, Ingo Wetcholowsky, Thomas Auler, Alison Daniels, Rolf Pontzen
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Patent number: 8791050Abstract: 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 monocotyledonous 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 monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants and cyperaceae.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHInventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Bieringer, Thomas Auler, Alvaro Melendez
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Patent number: 8765638Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHInventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Bieringer, Thomas Auler, Alvaro Melendez
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Publication number: 20140121285Abstract: Alkyl ether sulfates having 1 to 9 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain and 1 to 20 alkyleneoxy units in the ether moiety are suitable for use as low-foam additives for enhancing the activity of water-soluble or partially water-soluble agrochemicals. They can be used to produce low-foam preparations for crop protection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHInventors: Peter Baur, Thomas Auler, Roland Deckwer, Stephanie Giessler
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Publication number: 20140057790Abstract: The invention relates to novel 2-acyloxypyrrolin-4-ones of the formula (I) in which A, B, G, W, X, Y and Z have the meaning given above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides. The invention also relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, the 2-acyloxypyrrolin-4-ones and, secondly, a crop plant compatibility-improving compound. The present invention furthermore relates to the boosting of the action of crop protection compositions comprising, in particular, 2-acyloxypyrrolin-4-ones, through the addition of ammonium salts or phosphonium salts and optionally penetrants, to the corresponding compositions, to processes for producing them and to their application in crop protection as insecticides and/or nematicides and/or acaricides and/or for preventing unwanted plant growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Inventors: Guido Bojack, Taraneh Farida, Reiner Fscher, Stefan Lehr, Albert Schnatterer, Thomas Auler, Ulrich Görgens, Heinz Kehne, Olga Maslam
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Publication number: 20140039215Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, D, G, W, X, Y and Z are as defined above, to a plurality of processes for the preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides and/or microbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising both the 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) and a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHInventors: Reiner FISCHER, Thomas BRETSCHNEIDER, Ernst Rudolf F. GESING, Dieter FEUCHT, Karl-Heinz KUCK, Peter LÖSEL, Olga MALSAM, Christian ARNOLD, Thomas AULER, Martin Jeffrey HILLS, Heinz KEHNE
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Patent number: 8637432Abstract: Alkyl ether sulfates having 1 to 9 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain and 1 to 20 alkyleneoxy units in the ether moiety are suitable for use as low-foam additives for enhancing the activity of water-soluble or partially water-soluble agrochemicals. They can be used to produce low-foam preparations for crop protection.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2007Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AGInventors: Peter Baur, Thomas Auler, Roland Deckwer, Stephanie Giessler
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Patent number: 8629084Abstract: The invention relates to novel iodophenyl-substituted cyclic ketenols of the formula (I) in which CKE, J, X and Y are as defined above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides, and also to selective herbicidal compositions comprising firstly iodophenyl-substituted cyclic ketonols of the formula (I) and secondly at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2005Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Bayer CropScience AGInventors: Reiner Fischer, Thomas Bretschneider, Kerstin Ilg, Stefan Lehr, Dieter Feucht, Olga Malsam, Udo Reckmann, Guido Bojack, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne, Waltraud Hempel, Erich Sanwald
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Patent number: 8586783Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, D, G, W, X, Y and Z are as defined above, to a plurality of processes for the preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides and/or microbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising both the 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) and a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Bayer CropScience AGInventors: Reiner Fischer, Thomas Bretschneider, Ernst Rudolf F. Gesing, Dieter Feucht, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Peter Lösel, Olga Malsam, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne
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Patent number: 8586503Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AGInventors: Erwin Hacker, Martin Hess, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Georg Bonfig-Picard, Thomas Auler
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Patent number: 8507537Abstract: The present invention relates to novel trifluoromethoxyphenyl-substituted tetramic acid derivatives of the formula (I), in which J, X, Y, A, B, D and G have the meanings given above, to a number of processes for their preparation, and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides. The invention further provides selective herbicidal compositions which comprise, firstly, trifluoromethoxyphenyl-substituted tetramic acid derivatives and, secondly, a crop plant compatibility-improving compound. The invention further relates to the boosting of the action of crop protection compositions comprising compounds of the formula (I) through the additions of ammonium salts or phosphonium salts and optionally penetrants.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2007Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Bayer CropScience AGInventors: Reiner Fischer, Stefan Lehr, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Jan Dittgen, Dieter Feucht, Eva-Maria Franken, Waltraud Hempel, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne, Peter Losel, Olga Malsam, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Erich Sanwald, Ulrich Gorgens, Stefan Antons, Wolfgang Ebenbeck, Axel Pleschke, Marielouise Schneider, Ralf Wischnat
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Patent number: 8410289Abstract: The invention relates to novel 3?-alkoxy spirocyclic tetramic and tetronic acids of formula (I), wherein A, B, D, Q1, Q2, G, W, X, Y and Z are as defined in the description, to several methods and intermediate products for the production and the use thereof in the form of pesticides and/or herbicides and/or microbicides, to selective herbicide agents, 3?-alkoxy spicrorylic tetramic and tetronic acids and to at least one compound which improves cultivated plants compatibility.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2005Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AGInventors: Reiner Fischer, Oliver Gaertzen, Stefan Lehr, Thomas Bretschneider, Dieter Feucht, Olga Malsam, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne, Chris Rosinger
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Patent number: 8383853Abstract: The invention relates to novel 2,6-diethyl-4-methylphenyl-substituted tetramic acid derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, B, D and G are as defined above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides, and also to selectively herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, the 2,6-diethyl-4-methylphenyl-substituted tetramic acid derivatives of the formula (I) and, secondly, at least one crop plant tolerance promoter compound.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AGInventors: Reiner Fischer, Stefan Lehr, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Dieter Feucht, Olga Malsam, Guido Bojack, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Jeffrey Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Chris Rosinger
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Patent number: 8357629Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 12, 2002Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AGInventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Bieringer, Thomas Auler, Alvaro Melendez
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Publication number: 20130018202Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, D, G, W, X, Y and Z are as defined above, to a plurality of processes for the preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides and/or microbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising both the 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) and a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Bayer CropScience AGInventors: Reiner Fischer, Thomas Bretschneider, Ernst Rudolf F. Gesing, Dieter Feucht, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Peter Lösel, Olga Malsam, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne
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Publication number: 20120252670Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Frank ZIEMER, Lothar Willms, Christopher Rosinger, Thomas Auler, Erwin Hacker, Udo Bickers
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Patent number: 8168566Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, D, G, W, X, Y and Z are as defined above, to a plurality of processes for the preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides and/or microbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising both the 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) and a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Bayer CropScience AGInventors: Reiner Fischer, Thomas Bretschneider, Ernst Rudolf F. Gesing, Dieter Feucht, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Peter Lösel, Olga Malsam, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne
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Patent number: 8168832Abstract: The invention relates to novel 2,4,6-trialkylphenyl-substituted cyclopentane-1,3-diones of the formula (I) in which X, Y, A, B, Q1, Q2 and G have the meanings given above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides, and also to selective herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, the 2,4,6-trialkylphenyl-substituted cyclopentane-1,3-diones of the formula (I) and, secondly, at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AGInventors: Reiner Fischer, Stefan Lehr, Dieter Feucht, Ulrich Görgens, Olga Malsam, Alfred Angermann, Guido Bojack, Alan Graff, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Jan Dittgen