Patents by Inventor Timothy Malefyt

Timothy Malefyt 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).

  • SYNERGISTIC METHODS OF USING BENZOXABOROLE COMPOUNDS AND PRESERVATIVE GASES AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL FOR CROPS
    Publication number: 20170251673
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for using benzoxaborole compounds in combination with preservative gases, such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide, as an antimicrobial that synergistically controls pathogens of agricultural crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Rodrigo CIFUENTES, Daniel MacLEAN, Renee ENGLE-GOODNER, Timothy MALEFYT
  • METHODS OF TREATING CROP PLANTS
    Publication number: 20150282479
    Abstract: A method of treating dicot seedlings comprises contacting dicot seedlings with a composition comprising at least one cyclopropene one or more times prior to transplanting the dicot seedlings. A method of treating crop plants comprises contacting crop plants one or more times with a composition comprising at least one cyclopropene while the crop plants are at a specific development stage, such as reproductive stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Martin Basel, Jon Frederick Fobes, Edward Charles Kostansek, Robert Lynn Oakes, Arden Nathan Reed, Todd Bryan Edgington, Timothy Malefyt, Al Green
  • METHODS FOR INCREASING CROP YIELD
    Publication number: 20140235447
    Abstract: The subject invention is based on unexpected more than additive effect of multiple applications of at least one cyclopropene on crop yield as compared to single applications. Provided are methods of increasing yield of a plant comprising contacting the plant with multiple applications of a cyclopropene. In one aspect, the method comprises (a) contacting the plant with a first composition comprising a cyclopropene; and (b) contacting the plant with a second composition comprising a cyclopropene; thereby increasing the yield of the plant in comparison to a plant not contacted with the first composition and/or the second composition. In another aspect, the method comprises contacting the plant with two or more separate applications of a composition comprising at least one cyclopropene thereby increasing the yield of the plant in comparison to a plant not treated or contacted with two or more separate applications of a composition comprising at least one cyclopropene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC, AgroFresh Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy MALEFYT, Andrew John LEADBEATER
  • Banana treatments
    Patent number: 8377489
    Abstract: There is provided a method for treating bananas comprising contacting said bananas with a liquid composition comprising a cyclopropene molecular encapsulation agent complex, wherein the duration of said contacting is from 1 second to 4 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Todd Bryan Edgington, Timothy Malefyt, Alvaro R. Ureña-Padilla
  • Banana Treatments
    Publication number: 20100047408
    Abstract: There is provided a method for treating bananas comprising contacting said bananas with a liquid composition comprising a cyclopropene molecular encapsulation agent complex, wherein the duration of said contacting is from 1 second to 4 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Todd Bryan Edgington, Timothy Malefyt, Alvaro R. Urena-Padilla
  • Synergistic herbicidal methods and compositions
    Patent number: 6277787
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the synergistic control of undesirable plants such as Ipomoea, Cyperus, Sida and Euphorbia which comprises applying to the plants or their locus a synergistically effective amount of a combination of glyphosate and an imidazolinone compound. Further provided are synergistic herbicidal compositions comprising glyphosate and an imidazolinone compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Co.
    Inventors: Timothy Malefyt, Robert M. Watkins, Frederick P. Salzman
  • Synergistic herbicidal methods and compositions
    Patent number: 6214768
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the synergistic control of undesirable plants such as Ipomoea, Cyperus, Sida and Euphorbia which comprises applying to the plants or their locus a synergistically effective amount of a combination of glyphosate and an imidazolinone compound. Further provided are synergistic herbicidal compositions comprising glyphosate and an imidazolinone compound, and specifically concentrated aqueous herbicidal compositions of imidazolinyl acid salts and glyphosate salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Co.
    Inventors: Kelly Neoob DeCarvalao Castro, Timothy Malefyt, Robert M. Watkins, Wilson Mendonca, Frederick P. Salzman
  • Method for safening gramineous crops against pyridine imidazolinone herbicides
    Patent number: 4992092
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for protecting a gramineous crop from injury caused by a pyridine imidazolinone herbicidal compound by applying to the crop a chemical safener in a non-phytotoxic antidotal amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Birk, Timothy Malefyt