Patents Assigned to E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
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Publication number: 20210051958Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a compound of Formula B, Formula C, or Formula D: wherein Q is a 3- to 10-membered ring system containing ring members selected from carbon atoms and up to 4 heteroatoms independently selected from up to 2 O, up to 2 S, and up to 4 N, wherein up to 3 carbon atom ring members are independently selected from C(?O) and C(?S) and such ring system is optionally substituted with up to 5 substituents independently selected from RA; each RA is independently halogen, hydroxy, SF5, C(O)(C1-C8 alkyl), C(O)O(C1-C8 alkyl), N(C1-C8 alkyl)(C1-C8 alkyl), C(O)N(C1-C8 alkyl)(C1-C8 alkyl), C(?S)N(C1-C8 alkyl)(C1-C8 alkyl), SO2N(C1-C8 alkyl)(C1-C8 alkyl), OC(O)(C1-C8 alkyl), OC(O)O(C1-C8 alkyl), OC(O)N(C1-C8 alkyl)(C1-C8 alkyl), N(C1-C8 alkyl)C(O)O(C1-C8 alkyl), N(C1-C8 alkyl)C(O)N(C1-C8 alkyl)(C1-C8 alkyl), OSO2(C1-C8 alkyl), OSO2N(C1-C8 alkyl)(C1-C8 alkyl), N(C1-C8 alkyl)SO2(C1-C8 alkyl), or C1-C8 alkyl, C1-C8 haloalkyl, C2-C8 alkenyl, C2-C8 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkylType: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: DONALD J. DUMAS, JUNBAE HONG
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Patent number: 10912298Abstract: Disclosed are single liquid-phase herbicide compositions comprising by weight, from 0.1 to 20% of one or more sulfonylurea herbicides, from 0 to 40% of one or more biologically active agents other than sulfonylurea herbicides, from 0.1 to 20% of one or more lignosulfonates, from 0 to 99.8% of one or more fatty acid esters of C1-C4 alkanols, and from 0 to 50% of one or more additional formulating ingredients.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: George B. Beestman, James J. Reap
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Publication number: 20200404911Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formulae 1, 1a, 1b and 2, wherein R1, R1a, R1b, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formulae 1, 1a and 1b, and methods for controlling a parasitic nematode comprising contacting the parasitic nematode or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or composition of Formulae 1, 1a, 1b and 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: GEORGE PHILIP LAHM, ANDREW JON DEANGELIS, MATTHEW JAMES CAMPBELL
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Patent number: 10876132Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with one or more nucleic acid sequence encoding insecticidal protein(s) and one or more silencing element(s). In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The molecular and breeding stacks find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignees: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Scott Henry Diehn, Xu Hu, Albert L. Lu, Lu Liu, James Kevin Presnail, Gary A. Sandahl, Ute Schellenberger, Gusui Wu
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Publication number: 20200399653Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: JENNIFER KARA BARRY, DEBORAH CLARK, JAMES J ENGLISH, AZALEA S ONG, ERIC SCHEPERS, JULIE QI, JANET RICE
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Patent number: 10865190Abstract: A process for producing furan dicarboxylic acid or an ester thereof from a feedstock comprising hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) and humins is disclosed. Humins are a byproduct from reactions forming HMF from sugars and are typically removed from the HMF prior to any further processing. A humins-containing HMF feedstock is utilized to produce furan dicarboxylic acids and ester substantially free from humins.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Pranit S Metkar, Ronnie Ozer, Bhuma Rajagopalan
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Publication number: 20200385749Abstract: The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-004114-3 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: CLARA ALARCON, MATTHEW CURTIS HARMON, M. ALEJANDRA PASCUAL, JAMES C REGISTER, III, CHRISTOPHER J SCELONGE, JOSHUA K YOUNG, CATHY XIAOYAN ZHONG
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Patent number: 10820590Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formulae 1, 1a, 1b and 2, wherein R1, R1a, R1b, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formulae 1, 1a and 1b, and methods for controlling a parasitic nematode comprising contacting the parasitic nematode or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or composition of Formulae 1, 1a, 1b and 2.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: George Philip Lahm, Andrew Jon Deangelis, Matthew James Campbell
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Patent number: 10822383Abstract: Disclosed herein are proteins capable of forming glucans having alpha-1,2 linkages/branches, reactions and methods for producing such glucan, compositions comprising such glucan, and various applications thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Qiong Cheng, Robert DiCosimo, Jahnavi Chandra Prasad, Zhenghong Zhang
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Patent number: 10827610Abstract: This invention is directed to substrates and articles utilizing these substrates that provide improved performance of printable electronics on polymer substrates. In particular, the improved substrates relate to polymer films and electrical conductors printed on them. Application of a thin polymeric coating to the polymer film provides the improved performance of the printed conductors.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Michael Stephen Wolfe, H David Rosenfeld, Robin Kobren
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Publication number: 20200340005Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic high oleic acid/ALS inhibitor-tolerant soybean plants are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides soybean plants having a DP-305423-1 event which imparts a high oleic acid phenotype and tolerance to at least one ALS-inhibiting herbicide. The soybean plant harboring the DP-305423-1 event comprises genomic/transgene junctions having at least the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:8, 9, 14, 15, 20, 21, 83 or 84. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the DP-305423-1 event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the soybean DP-305423-1 events are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: KENT BRINK, ROBERT F CRESSMAN, JR., ANTHONY J KINNEY, KNUT MEYER, KEVIN L STECCA, NATALIE N WEBER, CATHY XIAOYAN ZHONG
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Publication number: 20200323159Abstract: The discovery is in the field of plant breeding and improvement, related specifically to a hybrid field corn seed production method that utilizes floret development variant donors as female inbreds or modified inbreds. The methods increase yield in a production field and speeds and aids production. Also provided are field corn ears with the floret development phenotype and seed from the ears.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicants: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: DARIA SCHMIDT, AARON WALTZ
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Patent number: 10781458Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignees: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Jennifer Kara Barry, Deborah Clark, James J English, Azalea S Ong, Eric Schepers, Julie Qi, Janet Rice
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Patent number: 10784383Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, a first oxide component, a second, non-oxide, magnesium-containing component, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor device substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Lapkin K Cheng, Kurt Richard Mikeska
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Patent number: 10756047Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive paste for bonding that comprises a metal powder and a solvent, wherein the metal powder comprises a first metal powder having a particle diameter (D50) of 10 to 150 nm and a second metal powder having a particle diameter (D50) of 151 to 500 nm. The paste is useful for manufacturing an electronic device comprising a substrate with an electrically conductive layer and an electrical or electronic component, which are reliably bonded together using the paste.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: Takuya Konno
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Patent number: 10752781Abstract: The present invention pertains to an aqueous ink containing mixtures of solvent dyes and disperse dyes suitable for printing on hydrophobic textile substrates.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: James A. Silver
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Patent number: 10745711Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic high oleic acid/ALS inhibitor-tolerant soybean plants are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides soybean plants having a DP-305423-1 event which imparts a high oleic acid phenotype and tolerance to at least one ALS-inhibiting herbicide. The soybean plant harboring the DP-305423-1 event comprises genomic/transgene junctions having at least the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:8, 9, 14, 15, 20, 21, 83 or 84. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the DP-305423-1 event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the soybean DP-305423-1 events are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Anthony J Kinney, Kent Brink, Robert F. Cressman, Jr., Knut Meyer, Kevin L. Stecca, Natalie N. Weber, Cathy Xiaoyan Zhong
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Patent number: 10745344Abstract: Disclosed are methods for preparing compounds of Formula 1 and 1A. The first method utilizes a benzyl carbamate amine protecting group and an intermediate of Formula 4. The second method utilizes a tert-butyl carbamate amine protecting group and an intermediate of Formula 7. The third method utilizes a dibenzyl amine protecting group. Also disclosed is a compound, phenylmethyl N-[2-oxo-2-[(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)amino]ethyl]carbamate (a compound of Formula 4). Further disclosed is a method for preparing a compound of Formula 14 from a compound of Formula 15 and a compound of Formula 1 or 1A.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Joerg Bruening
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Patent number: 10741300Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste composition for printing the front side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick-film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal and an oxide composition dispersed in an organic medium that includes microgel particles and an organopolysiloxane.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Hoang Vi Tran, Hee Hyun Lee, Michael Stephen Wolfe
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Patent number: 10731722Abstract: Provided herein is a jounce bumper (18) for mounting in a vehicle suspension system (2) comprising a shock absorber (6), the jounce bumper (18) having a central bore (20) extending in an axial direction (A). The jounce bumper (18) comprises an elastically compressible bumper portion (24) comprising a plurality of convolutes stacked in an axial direction (A) of the jounce bumper (18), each convolute comprising a crest (26) and a root (28). A cross-section of the compressible portion (24) perpendicular to the axial direction (A) is non-circular, the non-circular shape being configured to provide a variable compression resistance in relation to an axial compression displacement (Cd) of the jounce bumper (18).Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Peter Laszlo Szekely, Bryan Morris, Sebastien Thomasson