Patents Examined by Alton N. Pryor
  • Granulated seeds
    Patent number: 11123765
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of granulated seed comprising seed kernels which are coated with a coating layer, the process comprising the following steps: providing seed kernels, applying a binder to the seed kernels, giving rise to seed kernels coated with a binder, and applying a coating composition comprising silica to the seed kernels coated with binder, giving rise to seed kernels coated with a coating layer. The invention furthermore relates to the use of silica as component of the coating layer of granulated seed for improving the germination ability of the seed. The invention furthermore relates to granulated seed, comprising seed kernels coated with a coating layer, characterized in that the coating layer comprises silica and that the silica is distributed within the entire coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Scheffler, Beata Maria Lortz, Thomas Rieger, Ludger Alpmann, Ulf Feuerstein, Joern Dau
  • Pesticidal compositions
    Patent number: 11116208
    Abstract: Non-water-continuous pesticidal microemulsions are described as well as methods of preparing these microemulsions and methods of using these microemulsions to prepare pesticidal application mixtures that are oil-in-water (O/W) macroemulsions. Herbicidal concentrate compositions having a high loading of an auxin herbicide are also described along with methods of preparing these concentrate compositions, and methods of using these concentrate compositions in preparing certain non-water-continuous herbicidal microemulsion compositions. Further, various herbicidal compositions having improved chemical stability and extended residual weed control are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: John W. Hemminghaus, Neha Rana, Ashoke K. SenGupta
  • Pyridone compounds and agricultural and horticultural fungicides containing the same as active ingredients
    Patent number: 11117863
    Abstract: Provided are a pyridone compound represented by Formula (1): wherein R1 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group which may be substituted, etc., R2 represents a halogen atom, a cyano group, etc., R3 and R4 are independent to each other, and each represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group which may be substituted, etc., or in combination with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded form a pyrrolidinyl group, a piperidinyl group, etc., which may be substituted, Y represents a phenyl group which may be substituted, etc., X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, and an agricultural and horticultural fungicide containing the same as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS AGRO, INC.
    Inventors: Hideki Umetani, Hideaki Ikishima, Kouji Takagi, Takeshi Fukumoto, Ryohei Naito, Tomomi Shirakawa, Hikaru Koishihara, Hisaki Yamanaka, Miyuki Kawashima, Akane Sakurada
  • Stable liquid formulations and methods of using the same
    Patent number: 11109588
    Abstract: Liquid compositions of chemically unstable pesticides and methods of using the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: GOWAN COMPANY, L.L.C.
    Inventors: James Franklin Essinger, Jr., Lin Gan, Nihal Johnny Behrens
  • Microalgae-based compositions for benefiting plants and methods of application
    Patent number: 11109595
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for improving characteristics of plants and soil by administering an effective amount of a microalgae-based composition in low concentration applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Heliae Development, LLC
    Inventors: Sandip Shinde, Manikandadas Mathilakathu Madathil, Laura Carney
  • Insecticidal compounds
    Patent number: 11104671
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are as defined in claim 1; or a tautomer, isomer, enantiomer, salt or N-oxide thereof; to intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Jérôme Yves Cassayre, Myriem El Qacemi, André Stoller
  • Anti-viral paints and coatings and articles comprising same
    Patent number: 11102983
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are material composition formulated for mitigating activity of a virus on a surface of an article. Methods of preparing such a material composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Reactive Surfaces Ltd., LLP
    Inventor: Claude Steven McDaniel
  • Biomass compositions and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 11102985
    Abstract: The present invention discloses biomass compositions for improving shelf life, increasing fruit water retention, and/or decreasing needle-drop in conifer species and methods for making the same. The composition comprises pasteurized microalgae selected from Chlorella, Aurantiochytrium, Scenedesmus, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: HELIAE DEVELOPMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Laura Carney, Michael Miller, Amy Rial, Connor Osgood
  • Herbicide combination
    Patent number: 11102978
    Abstract: Combinations comprising sulfonylureas and an additional herbicide are disclosed, along with compositions and methods utilizing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: UPL LIMITED EUROPE
    Inventors: Jean-Jacques Heller, Stansfield Vaughn, Alexander Cornelis Van Der Laan, Jaidev Rajnikant, Vikram Rajnikant Shroff
  • Laminaria based compositions for benefitting plants and methods of application
    Patent number: 11102984
    Abstract: One or more compositions and methods for applying compositions, for improving characteristics of plants and soil are disclosed. The methods can be utilized by administering an effective amount of a macroalgal based composition (e.g., algal composition), such as comprising an extract of the biomass of an algae. Low concentration of the composition may be used for the application, to provide effective results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Heliae Development, LLC
    Inventors: Sandip Shinde, Michael Warner
  • Alkanolamine sulfate water conditioners
    Patent number: 11096389
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an agricultural composition containing an agriculturally active ingredient and a water conditioning agent. The water conditioning agent is an alkanolammonium sulfate. Embodiments of the present disclosure further include a method of conditioning water while maintaining comparable volatility in an agricultural formulation by adding at least one water conditioning agent to an agriculturally active ingredient, wherein the water conditioning agent comprises at least one alkanolamine sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Indorama Ventures Oxides LLC
    Inventors: Alan J Stern, Matthew T Meredith
  • Fertilizer and agrochemical formulation
    Patent number: 11083192
    Abstract: A transparent, homogeneous liquiform fertilizer and agrochemical formulation that includes an active agrochemical that is not a fertilizer and a fertilizer together with glycol ether wherein the water solubility of the active agrochemical at 25° C. is more than 100 ppm is provided. The particle diameter of particles in the transparent, homogeneous liquiform fertilizer and agrochemical formulation is less than 100 nm by using a particle size distribution analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS AGRO, INC., HYPONEX JAPAN CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Daisuke Inoue, Koichi Kiyotani, Yutaka Shiota
  • Phytosanitary composition
    Patent number: 11076601
    Abstract: The invention concerns a combination of ingredients comprising a fraction of palm, a fraction of bamboo, a fraction of an aquatic plant, a fraction of tropical forest tree, milk, feather and urine and/or earthworm excrements, said ingredients having undergone fermentation, as well as its use as phytosanitary composition and in particular fertilizer and the manufacture of a sanitary composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: BIOBOON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yamaji Sumitomo, Laurent Dumortier
  • Benzoxaborole compounds
    Patent number: 11058117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the compound of formula (I), wherein the variables are defined according to the description, for controlling unwanted vegetation. Further the invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I),compositions comprising them a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one azine of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, Danny Geerdink, Thomas Mietzner, Laetitia Souillart, Thomas Seitz, Eva Hollenbach, Gerd Kraemer, Trevor William Newton
  • Methods and compositions for increasing the amounts of phosphorus available for plant uptake from soils
    Patent number: 11059759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of enhancing growth conditions for plants by growing the plants in soil containing, in proximity to the plant roots, both a phosphorus source and at least two strains of the fungus Penicillium, particularly P. bilaiae, more particularly strains NRRL 50162 and NRRL 50169.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Novozymes Biologicals Limited
    Inventors: Garry Lawrence Hnatowich, Shelagh Jean Steckler, Mary Leggett, Kari Priest
  • Stable high strength oil-in-water emulsions
    Patent number: 11058108
    Abstract: Novel high-strength herbicidal oil-in-water emulsions containing a water soluble salt of glyphosate and an oil soluble herbicide active ingredient show enhanced stability to oil phase coalescence and active ingredient crystallization by the use of specific surfactants and water immiscible organic solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Corteva Agriscience LLC
    Inventors: Hong Zhang, Holger Tank, F. Nelson Keeney, Mei Li, Marco Antonio Tavares Do Nascimento
  • Soluble fertilizer formulation and method for use thereof
    Patent number: 11059758
    Abstract: A method for producing a co-polymer of fulvic acid and poly-metallic humates (CPFAPH) including performing a decomposition reaction via electrolysis of an initial water substratum to produce an end product comprising hydrolyzates; and performing a polymerization of the hydrozylates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Igor Taganov, Anita Paldanius, Matti Tiainen
  • Germination promoters
    Patent number: 11039613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I) for the promotion of seed germination, to processes for preparing the compounds, to seeds comprising the compounds, to seed germination promoting compositions comprising the compounds and to methods of using the compounds for promoting the germination of seeds. In particular, the compounds are useful in promoting germination of corn under cold stress conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Alain De Mesmaeker, Claudio Screpanti, Alexandre Franco Jean Camille Lumbroso
  • active ingredient compositions for modulating plant characteristics
    Patent number: 11039622
    Abstract: Methods of improving characteristics of plants and soil by administering an effective amount of a Kappaphycus based composition in low concentration applications are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Heliae Development, LLC
    Inventors: Sandip Shinde, Manikandadas Mathilakathu Madathil
  • Metam salts and polysulfide soil treatment
    Patent number: 11039618
    Abstract: A stable concentrated solution of a metam salt and a polysulfide, particularly calcium polysulfide, can be used to treat for soil pathogens, including the pathogen responsible for potato early die. Calcium polysulfide alone in sufficient concentration and dosage provides activity against the same pathogen. It is believed that the high concentrations of the compounds, that is, the high concentration of lime sulfur admixed with a metam, results in lower rates of degradation that result from calcareous soil, increased soil adsorption or retention, and improved distribution of metam or methyl isothiocyanate (MITC) in the soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle England Coleman, Michael Massoud Hojjatie, Bernard Oscar Olsen, Kurt Carl Volker