Patents Assigned to Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
  • Herbicide composition and weed-controlling method using the same
    Patent number: 7741246
    Abstract: Provided is a herbicide composition which comprises a combination in a specific proportion of 2-[(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)hydroxymethyl]-6-methoxymethyl-N-difluoromethanesulfonylanilide as the component (A) and either one of fifteen kinds of compounds including 4-(2-chlorophenyl)-N-cyclohexyl-N-ethyl-4,5-dihydro-5-oxo-1H-tetrazole-1-carboxamide as the component (B), none of which has been used in combination with the compound as the component (A). By an application of the herbicide composition to a paddy field in a specific dose, an excellent herbicidal effect is obtained against various kinds of weeds growing in paddy fields and the chemical damages thereof to paddy rice is extremely low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawasaki, Takeshige Miyazawa
  • 1,2 Benzoisothiazole derivative, and agricultural or horticultural plant disease- controlling agent
    Patent number: 7714140
    Abstract: A 1,2-benzoisothiazole derivative or a salt thereof is not harmful to a crop and is remarkably effective against agricultural or horticultural plant diseases such as Pyricularia oryzae, Septoria nodorum, Pseudoperonospora cubensis and Colletotrichum orbiculare, and an agricultural or horticultural plant disease-controlling agent containing the derivative or its salt as an active ingredient. The 1,2-benzoisothiazole derivative is represented by the general formula [I]: (wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and R2 is a methyl group or a halogen atom), or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignees: Kumiai Chemical Industry, Co. Ltd., Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nagata, Atsushi Kogure, Isao Kaneko, Norihisa Yonekura, Ryo Hanai
  • GROWTH REGULATORS FOR GRAMINEOUS WEEDS
    Publication number: 20100099567
    Abstract: The invention provides a growth regulator for gramineous weeds, particularly those growing in turf, which comprises, as an active ingredient, cytokinin and/or an ethylene-producing substance in combination with cytokinin; and a method for regulating the growth of gramineous weeds with the relevant growth regulator more economically with ease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicants: Rikengreen Co., Ltd., KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Iori Shinichi
  • HERBICIDE COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20100069247
    Abstract: A herbicide composition contains, as a component A, one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of specific isoxazoline derivatives represented by the general formula [I] (wherein R1 to R4 represent each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, etc.; and Q represents —S(O)n-(CR5R6)m-, wherein n is an integer of 0 to 2, m is an integer of 1 to 3, and R5 and R6 represents each an alkyl group, etc.) and salts thereof; and, as a component B, a cyclohexanedione type compound, a phenylpyrazoline type compound or a sulfonyl aminocarbonyl triazine type compound and the like; as the active ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yamaji, Ryo Hanai, Shuji Ohno
  • Granular agrochemical composition
    Patent number: 7638506
    Abstract: Provided is a granular agrochemical composition by which the problems accompanying the prior art granular agrochemical compositions can be overcome, which can be prepared in a simple formulation and by which sustained releasability of the agrochemically active ingredient is obtained so that the load on the environments can be decreased and the chemical damages caused by the agrochemically active ingredient can be alleviated or prevented. The granular agrochemical composition contains an acidic agrochemically active ingredient, a cationic surfactant and a basic substance. Inter alia, a pH of 5 or higher is obtained in a 1% by mass aqueous suspension thereof. Preferably, the acidic agrochemically active ingredient should have a pKa of 2 to 7 and the cationic surfactant should be one which is gelled or exhibits swellability in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eisuke Ozaki, Kazunori Kurita, Tetsuo Ohkawa
  • 3-arylphenyl sulfide derivative and insecticide and miticide
    Patent number: 7612105
    Abstract: 3-Arylphenyl sulfide derivatives represented by general formula (I): (wherein R is a C2-C6 alkyl group, a C2-C6 alkenyl group, a C2-C6 alkynyl group or the like, B0 to B2 and B3 are hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, cyano groups, C1-C4 haloalkyl groups or the like, n is 0, 1 or 2, and Ar is a phenyl ring, a pyridine ring, a thiophene ring, a pyrazole ring or the like), and insecticides and miticides containing the 3-arylphenyl sulfide derivatives as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignees: Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Toriyabe, Nobuo Takefuji, Minoru Itou, Tetsuya Hirade, Kiyotoshi Nishiyama, Mitsuharu Asahida, Yasunobu Maeda, Nobuhide Wada, Toyokazu Fujisawa, Hiroyuki Yano, Masaaki Komatsu, Osamu Tada
  • 3,4-Dihalogenoisothiazole Derivative, and Agricultural or Horticultural Plant Disease-Controlling Agent
    Publication number: 20090240057
    Abstract: A 3,4-dihalogenoisothiazole derivative represented by the general formula [I] (wherein R1 is a halogen atom; A is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and R is a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C2-C5 alkenyl group, a C2-C5 alkynyl group, a C3-C6 cycloalkyl group, a phenyl group or a 5- to 10-membered heterocyclic group containing at least one of oxygen atom, sulfur atom and nitrogen atom), or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. AND IHARA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nagata, Atsushi Kogure, Isao Kaneko, Norihisa Yonekura, Ryo Hanai
  • 3-ARYLPHENYL SULFIDE DERIVATIVE AND INSECTICIDE AND MITICIDE
    Publication number: 20090170883
    Abstract: 3-Arylphenyl sulfide derivatives represented by general formula (I): (wherein R is a C2-C6 alkyl group, a C2-C6 alkenyl group, a C2-C6 alkynyl group or the like, B0 to B2 and B3 are hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, cyano groups, C1-C4 haloalkyl groups or the like, n is 0, 1 or 2, and Ar is a phenyl ring, a pyridine ring, a thiophene ring, a pyrazole ring or the like), and insecticides and miticides containing the 3-arylphenyl sulfide derivatives as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicants: KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., IHARA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Toriyabe, Nobuo Takefuji, Minoru Itou, Tetsuya Hirade, Kiyotoshi Nishiyama, Mitsuharu Asahida, Yasunobu Maeda, Nobuhide Wada, Toyokazu Fujisawa, Hiroyuki Yano, Masaaki Komatsu, Osamu Tada
  • ?-Ketol unsaturated fatty acid derivative and plant growth regulating agent using same
    Patent number: 7544821
    Abstract: ?-Ketol unsaturated fatty acid derivatives represented by the general formula (1); and plant growth regulators containing the same, which develop plant growth regulation performance such as flower bud formation acceleration in low concentrations and are excellent in stability: wherein R1 is straight-chain C1-5 alkyl or a straight-chain unsaturated C3-5 hydrocarbon group having one or two double bonds; and R2 is straight-chain C1-15 alkylene or a straight-chain unsaturated C2-15 hydrocarbon chain having one to three double bonds, with the proviso that the number of carbon-carbon double bonds is at most four.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignees: Shiseido Company, Ltd., Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mineyuki Yokoyama, Shoko Yamaguchi, Satoshi Watanabe
  • 1,2 Benzoisothiazole Derivative, and Agricultural or Horticultural Plant Disease- Controlling Agent
    Publication number: 20090137646
    Abstract: A 1,2-benzoisothiazole derivative or a salt thereof is not harmful to a crop and is remarkably effective against agricultural or horticultural plant diseases such as Pyricularia oryzae, Septoria nodorum, Pseudoperonospora cubensis and Colletotrichum orbiculare, and an agricultural or horticultural plant disease-controlling agent containing the derivative or its salt as an active ingredient. The 1,2-benzoisothiazole derivative is represented by the general formula [I]: (wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and R2 is a methyl group or a halogen atom), or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. and IHARA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nagata, Atsushi Kogure, Isao Kaneko, Norihisa Yonekura, Ryo Hanai
  • Herbicidal Composition
    Publication number: 20090082206
    Abstract: Provided is a herbicidal composition comprising a herbicidally active compound selected from a difluoromethanesulfonylanilide compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxyalkyl group; or a salt thereof encapsulated in a microcapsule, or a herbicidal composition comprising the herbicidally active compound encapsulated in a microcapsule and a benzoic acid compound represented by the general formula (II): wherein R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, or an amino group; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom or an alkyl group. The herbicidal composition exert a pharmacological effect for a prolonged period of time, can alleviate or prevent any harmful effect and can reduce the environmental load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ikeuchi, Tetsuo Ohkawa
  • 3-TRIAZOLYLPHENYL SULFIDE DERIVATIVE AND INSECTICIDE/ACARICIDE/NEMATICIDE CONTAINING THE SAME AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT
    Publication number: 20090076282
    Abstract: To provide novel 3-triazolylphenyl sulfide derivatives having excellent soil treatment activity as insecticides, miticides or nematicides for agricultural and horticultural plants. 3-Triazolylphenyl sulfide derivatives represented by the formula [1]: wherein R is a cyclopropylmethyl group or a trifluoroethyl group, B2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a methyl group, B4 is a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group or a C1-C6 alkyl group, and each of A1 and A3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group which may be substituted or an amino group which may be substituted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicants: KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD, IHARA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Keiji Toriyabe, Mikio Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Ito, Shiori Kinpara, Hiroyuki Yano, Satoru Takahashi, Norihisa Yonekura, Ryuji Hamaguchi
  • Method for assessing sensitivity of a rice blast fungus to a scytalone dehydratase inhibitor
    Patent number: 7504203
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for assessing sensitivity of a rice blast fungus to a scytalone dehydratase inhibitor, comprising the steps of: (a) and (b), which (a) identifies an amino acid in an amino acid sequence of a scytalone dehydratase isolated from the rice blast fungus, where the amino acid corresponds to valine at position 75 of SEQ ID NO: 4; and (b) assesses the sensitivity of the rice blast fungus to the scytalone dehydratase inhibitor, where if the amino acid identified in step (a) is methionine, the sensitivity of the rice blast fungus to The scytalone dehydratase inhibitor is assessed to be lower than that of a wild-type rice blast fungus which endogenously produces the scytalone dehydratase of SEQ ID NO: 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichiro Kaku, Satoshi Watanabe, Kiyoshi Kawai, Tsutomu Shimizu, Kozo Nagayama
  • Aminopyrimidine Derivative and Plant Disease Control Agent for Agricultural or Horticultural Use
    Publication number: 20090042917
    Abstract: A plant disease control agent contains, as an active ingredient, at least one aminopyrimidine derivatives represented by General Formula [I]: wherein R is a C2-10 alkyl group; R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent such as an optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl group; X is hydrogen or a substituent selected from a predefined substituent group; Y is a substituent selected from a predefined substituent group; and m is an integer from 0 to 3, and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicants: KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., IHARA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichiro Bessho, Masao Nakatani, Yuuki Hirano, Hirokazu Arai, Atsushi Kogure, Norihisa Yonekura, Ryo Hanai
  • Molting hormone receptor and method for screening ligand to the receptor
    Patent number: 7422863
    Abstract: The present invention provides a completely novel molting hormone receptor, which is used for efficiently screening a substance that can be applied to a disinfestant or the like. An insect molting hormone receptor comprising the following polypeptide (a) and polypeptide (b) or (c): (a) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2; and (c) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignees: Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Hiromichi Nagasawa
    Inventors: Hiromichi Nagasawa, Norihiko Izawa, Yutaka Kurihara, Shinji Nagata, Takafumi Maruyama
  • Scytalone dehydrogenase gene showing tolerance to agricultural pesticide
    Patent number: 7399625
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gene that can be used extensively in studies relating to resistant rice blast fungi. The gene codes for either one of the following proteins (a) or (b): (a) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2; or (b) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2 by deletion, substitution or addition of one or more amino acids, which exhibits scytalone dehydratase activity in the presence of a scytalone dehydratase inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichiro Kaku, Satoshi Watanabe, Kiyoshi Kawai, Tsutomu Shimizu, Kozo Nagayama
  • HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20080153704
    Abstract: To provide a herbicidal composition which is highly safe to crop plants and which is capable of controlling weeds problematic in e.g. paddy fields, upland fields and non-agricultural fields over a wide range of from preemergence to postemergence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yamaji, Hisashi Honda, Masanori Kobayashi, Ryo Hanai
  • Pyrazole derivatives and process for the production thereof
    Publication number: 20070249844
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazole derivatives useful as production intermediates for isoxazoline derivatives having an excellent herbicidal effect and selectivity between crops and weeds as well as processes for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicants: Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Nakatani, Minoru Ito, Masahiro Miyazaki
  • Difluoroalkene derivative, pest control agent containing the same, and intermediate therefor
    Patent number: 7273878
    Abstract: A difluoroalkene derivative which is sufficiently effective in controlling various pests even when used in a small dose and is highly safe for crops, natural enemies to the pests, and animals; and an intermediate for the derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignees: Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Abe, Ryuji Tamai, Minoru Ito, Masatoshi Tamaru, Hiroyuki Yano, Satoru Takahashi, Norimichi Muramatsu
  • Pyrazole derivatives and process for the production thereof
    Patent number: 7256298
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazole derivatives useful as production intermediates for isoxazoline derivatives having an excellent herbicidal effect and selectivity between crops and weeds as well as processes for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignees: Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Nakatani, Minoru Ito, Masahiro Miyazaki