Patents Assigned to Dow AgroSciences
  • Synergistic herbicidal composition containing chloroacetanilides and picolinic acids
    Publication number: 20080242546
    Abstract: An herbicidal composition containing (a) an herbicidal chloroacetanilide component and (b) an herbicidal picolinic acid component provides synergistic control of selected broadleaf weeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Marvin E. Schultz, Peter Nagy, Hans U. Bernhard, Pierre Daniau
  • Ionic liquids derived from herbicidal carboxylic acids and certain trialkylamines or heteroarylamines
    Publication number: 20080207452
    Abstract: Ionic liquids, formed by combining a carboxylic acid herbicide with certain trialkylamines or heteroarylamines, have herbicidal activity on an acid equivalent basis at least as active as the commercially used carboxylic acid herbicide salts, but are less volatile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Vincent J. Kramer, David G. Ouse, Norman R. Pearson, Holger Tank, Mark W. Zettler
  • Compounds derived from herbicidal carboxylic acids and tetraalkylammonium or (arylalkyl) trialkylammonium hydroxides
    Publication number: 20080207453
    Abstract: Compounds formed by combining a carboxylic acid herbicide with N—((C1-C16)alkyl or arylalkyl) tri((C1-C16)alkyl)ammonium hydroxide have herbicidal activity on an acid equivalent basis at least as active as the commercially used carboxylic acid herbicide salts, but are less volatile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Vincent J. Kramer, David G. Ouse, Norman R. Pearson, Holger Tank, Mark W. Zettler
  • Process for the preparation of certain substituted sulfilimines
    Publication number: 20080207910
    Abstract: Cyano-substituted sulfilimines are produced efficiently and in high yield from the corresponding sulfides by reaction with cyanamide and hypochlorite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: David E. Podhorez, Ronald Ross, James R. McConnell
  • Corn event TC1507 and methods for detection thereof
    Patent number: 7417132
    Abstract: The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize TC1507 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequence flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Dow Agrosciences LLC
    Inventors: Eric Barbour, James Wayne Bing, Guy A. Cardineau, Robert F. Cressman, Jr., Manju Gupta, Mary E. Hartnett Locke, David Hondred, Joseph W. Keaschall, Michael G. Koziel, Terry EuClaire Meyer, Daniel Moellenbeck, Kenneth Edwin Narva, Wilas Nirunsuksiri, Steven W. Ritchie, Marjorie L. Rudert, Craig D. Sanders, Aihua Shao, Steven Jeffrey Stelman, David S. Stucker, Laura Ann Tagliani, William M. Van Zante
  • Inbred corn line BE9515
    Patent number: 7411117
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated BE9515, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line BE9515, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line BE9515 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line BE9515 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line BE9515, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line BE9515 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Dow AgroScience LLC
    Inventor: Kermit Berg Bohning
  • Enhanced nitrification inhibitor composition
    Publication number: 20080176745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved nitrification inhibitor composition and its use in agricultural applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Stephen L. Wilson, Raymond E. Boucher, Samuel M. Ferguson
  • Methylidene mevalonates and their use as herbicides
    Patent number: 7393812
    Abstract: Methylidene mevalonic acid, a material isolated from a fungal extract, and its primary alcohol and carboxylic acid derivatives, are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control. These materials are useful for weed control and for the cultivation of organically grown crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Ben Clifford Gerwick, III, Paul Richard Graupner, Stephen Craig Fields, Paul Richard Schmitzer, William Kirkland Brewster
  • Sprayable controlled-release, male annihilation technique (MAT) formulation and insect control
    Publication number: 20080118461
    Abstract: A male annihilation insecticide formulation, having a viscosity appropriate for use in aerial or backpack spray applications and suitable for on-crop or off-crop uses, comprises an insect toxicant and a male-specific attractant, such as a parapheromone, for a target insect species, such as fruit fly, dispersed and entrapped in an emulsion comprising a biodegradable wax, an emulsifiers, and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicants: Dow AgroSciences LLC, ISCA Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Boucher, Reginald Coler, Mark Hertlein, Steve Tuttle, Agenor Mafra-Neto
  • Compounds useful as pesticides
    Patent number: 7375122
    Abstract: Compounds useful to control pests are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Jack Geno Samaritoni, David Anthony Demeter, Zoltan Laszlo Benko, James Michael Gifford, Paul Allen Neese, Leonard Paul Dintenfass, Carrie Lynn Rau Schmidt
  • Transgenic plants and methods for production thereof
    Patent number: 7371935
    Abstract: Genetic constructs, transformation vectors and methods are taught for production of transgenic plants which can be selectively removed from a growing site by application of a chemical agent or physiological stress. The invention links a target gene for the trait of commercial interest to a conditionally lethal gene, which can be selectively expressed to cause plant death. By use of the genetic constructs, transformation vectors and methods of the present invention, invasion of environments and contamination of commercial non-engineered productions by transgenic plants can be avoided. Methods are also taught for transformation of Brassica species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignees: National Research Council of Canada, Dow Agrosciences LLC
    Inventors: Wilfred A. Keller, Steven F. Fabijanski, Paul G. Arnison, Joseph K. Hammerlindl, Steven R. Webb
  • Selective reduction of spinosyn factors Et-J and Et-L to spinetoram
    Publication number: 20080108800
    Abstract: Spinetoram is selectively produced in excellent yields by hydrogenating a mixture of 3?-O-ethyl spinosyn J and 3?-O-ethyl spinosyn L in a water miscible organic solvent using hydrogen gas and a heterogeneous catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: David E. Podhorez, Gary A. Roth, David C. Molzahn, Timothy Adaway
  • Sulfuryl fluoride fumigation process
    Patent number: 7368291
    Abstract: A process is provided for determining the amount of sulfuryl fluoride in the atmosphere of an enclosed area that has been fumigated with sulfuryl fluoride (SO2F2). This process comprises: (A) sampling said atmosphere of said enclosed area to obtain a gaseous sample; (B) selectively removing water from said gaseous sample by passing said gaseous sample through a perevaporation zone to obtain a perevaporated sample, wherein said perevaporation zone comprises a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro-3,6-dioxa-4-methyl-7-octene-sulfonic acid; and (C) analyzing said perevaporated sample in a sulfuryl fluoride detector to determine the amount of sulfuryl fluoride in said perevaporated sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Malcolm Wayne Warren, James Lawrence Witt
  • Poultry Vaccine, for Necrotic Enteritis, Comprising a Mutated Clostridium Perfringens Alpha Toxin Antigen, and Methods of Producing the Vaccine
    Publication number: 20080102079
    Abstract: This invention pertains in part to the development of a vaccine for poultry against necrotic enteritis (NE). The vaccine utilizes a protective antigen that is a mutated, full-length, non-toxic Clostridium perfringens (Cp) ?-toxin protein (Mcpa). Utility of this vaccine was demonstrated by reduction of lesion severity in NE challenge trails, for example. Also disclosed herein are novel approaches for producing this vaccine in significant quantities. One exemplified approach involves producing NE vaccine (mutated alpha toxin) in bacterial expression systems, preferably utilizing the Pseudomonas fluorescens system, for commercial use in controlling NE in the poultry industry. The subject vaccines can be administered preferably to chickens in several different ways. A novel, Type VI alpha toxin from chicken isolates of Cp is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: William Ainley, Janna Armstrong, Krishna Madduri, Donald Merlo, Kelley Smith, Mark Thompson, Steven Webb, Liu Shen
  • 2-(Poly-substituted aryl)-6-amino-5-halo-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic acids and their use as herbicides
    Publication number: 20080091016
    Abstract: 6-Amino-5-halo-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic acids having poly-substituted aryl substituents in the 2-position, and their amine and acid derivatives, are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Epp, Paul Schmitzer, James Ruiz, Terry Balko, Thomas Siddall, Carla Yerkes
  • Bisdithiocarbamate fungicide stabilizers
    Publication number: 20080085935
    Abstract: A composition comprising at least one bisdithiocarbamate fungicide and at least one zinc additive is provided. Processes related thereto are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Norman R. Pearson, Daniel L. Dermody, Melissa A. Mushrush, Christopher J. Tucker
  • Bisdithiocarbamate fungicide stabilization
    Publication number: 20080085934
    Abstract: A composition comprising at least one bisdithiocarbamate fungicide and at least one zinc additive is provided. Processes related thereto are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Norman R. Pearson, Daniel L. Dermody, Melissa A. Mushrush, Christopher J. Tucker
  • MODIFIED CHIMERIC CRY35 PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20080085856
    Abstract: This invention provides modified, insecticidal Cry35 proteins with enhanced properties as compared to wild-type Cry35 proteins. The modifications to these proteins were based in part on analysis of the atomic coordinates and three-dimensional (3D) structure of the ˜45 kDa 149B1 protein and other proteins in the Cry35 class. The subject invention also includes polynucleotides that encode these modified proteins, and transgenic plants that produce these modified proteins. This invention further provides methods of controlling plant pests, including rootworms, with these modified proteins. The modified proteins of the subject invention include chimeric toxins involving exchanged segments, domains, and motifs as discussed herein. The subject invention also provides methods of modifying Cry35 proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: H. SCHNEPF, Kenneth NARVA, Steven EVANS
  • Canola cultivar NQC02CNX12
    Patent number: 7355100
    Abstract: A canola cultivar designated NQC02CNX12, plants and seeds of the NQC02CNX12 canola cultivar, methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the NQC02CNX12 cultivar with itself or with another canola plant, and hybrid canola seeds and plants produced by crossing the NQC02CNX12 cultivar with another canola cultivar or plant are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Dow Agrosciences LLC
    Inventor: Thomas James Kubik
  • High-throughput methods of screening DNA for deletions and other mutations
    Patent number: 7354715
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to high-throughput methods of screening DNA for mutations. These methods offer various unexpected advantages over current methods. In a preferred embodiment, the subject invention includes pooling DNA samples from many plants that were subjected to mutagenesis. Methods of the subject invention include highly sensitive means for detecting individual mutants, preferably deletions, in large pools or collections of DNA samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Avutu Sambi Reddy, Max Otto Ruegger, James Patrick Connell, Thomas Skokut