Patents Examined by Erin E Hirt
  • Patent number: 12649722
    Abstract: Compounds of the Formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I) and to the use of compounds of Formula (I) for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Suzanna Jane Dale, Zoe Jane Anderson, Louisa Whalley, Gordon Richard Munns, James Alan Morris, Paul Matthew Burton
  • Patent number: 12635687
    Abstract: Described herein is the preparation of an aqueous hop extract and a boiling water hop extract prepared from dried hop cones that were ground prior to extraction. As discussed below, extracts were prepared from a number of different hop varieties and were tested against a number of clinically relevant bacterial strains. As discussed herein, surprisingly, the boiling water extract showed greater antibacterial activity than the aqueous extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Nature Recombined Sciences Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard Sarna, Kian-Guan Lim, Mingyang Sun, Silvia Cardona, John Sorensen, Anna Motnenko
  • Patent number: 12637438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors of the general formula (I) where the variables are defined herein. The invention features processes and intermediates for preparing the benzoxazinones of formula (I), compositions comprising them, and their use as herbicides—i.e. for controlling harmful plants. The invention also features methods for controlling unwanted vegetation comprising allowing an herbicidal effective amount of at least one benzoxazinone of formula (I) to act on plants, their seed, and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Enko Chem, Inc.
    Inventors: Neville John Anthony, Paul Galatsis, David Jeffrey Lauffer, Peter Stchur, III
  • Patent number: 12628826
    Abstract: Described herein are fungicidal compositions and methods of controlling and/or suppressing phytopathogenic fungi and fungus-like pathogens and maintaining crop health. Particularly described are fungicidal compositions and methods of controlling the phytopathogenic fungi and the Aphanomyces fungus-like pathogen and maintaining crop health in crops susceptible to infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignees: UPL CORPORATION LIMITED, UPL EUROPE LTD
    Inventors: Brian Schilling, Trent McCrea
  • Patent number: 12612394
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), and their use as herbicides. In said formula, R1 to R9 represent groups such as hydrogen, halogen or organic groups such as alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or alkoxy; X is a bond or a divalent unit; Y is hydrogen, cyano, hydroxyl or a linear or cyclic organic group. The invention further refers to a composition comprising such compound and to the use thereof for controlling unwanted vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gunther Zimmermann, Tobias Seiser, Ruth Campe, Thomas Seitz, Eva Hollenbach, Peter Dombo, Jens Lerchl, Trevor William Newton, Markus Kordes
  • Patent number: 12599134
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for post-emergent weed control, which comprises applying an effective amount of a composition comprising herbicide A (component A), acetochlor (component B) and optionally at least one herbicide C (component C) to emerged weeds, or an area, where weeds are growing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Liliana Parra Rapado, Tobias Seiser, Brady Scott Asher, Silke Zeyer
  • Patent number: 12564192
    Abstract: Provided are a herbicidal composition and a method for controlling weeds that have a superior weed controlling effect. The present herbicidal composition comprises one or more uracil compounds selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by formula (I) and a compound represented by formula (II), and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of the herbicide compound group B and the safener group C, wherein a weight ratio of the uracil compounds to one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of the herbicide compound group B and the safener group C is 1:0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Jin, Akihiro Tomita
  • Patent number: 12543734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for post-emergent weed control, which comprises applying an effective amount of a composition comprising herbicide A (component A), dimethenamid (component B) and optionally herbicide C (component C) to emerged weeds, or an area, where weeds are growing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Liliana Parra Rapado, Tobias Seiser, Douglas Findley, Misha Rose Manuchehri Byrd, Fernanda Nunes Bressanin, Brady Scott Asher, Dustin Franklin Lewis, Silke Zeyer
  • Patent number: 12538923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for post-emergent weed control, which comprises applying an effective amount of a composition comprising herbicide A (component A), imazethapyr (component B) and optionally herbicide C (component C) to emerged weeds, or an area, where weeds are growing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Liliana Parra Rapado, Tobias Seiser, Fernanda Nunes Bressanin, Douglas Findley, Misha Rose Manuchehri Byrd, Dustin Franklin Lewis, Brady Scott Asher, Silke Zeyer
  • Patent number: 12534468
    Abstract: Compositions or an assembly of a series of biomimetic compounds include chemical structures that mimic or structurally resemble a nucleic acid base pair. Complexes of nanotubes and agents are useful to deliver agents into the cells or bodily tissues of individuals for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. Exemplary compounds include those of Formula (I), (III), (V) or (VII), or of Formula (II), (IV), (VI) or (VIII).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Rhode Island Hospital
    Inventors: Qian Chen, Hongchuan Yu, Yupeng Chen
  • Patent number: 12528800
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of formula (I), and the N-oxides, stereoisomers, tautomers and agriculturally or veterinarily acceptable salts thereof wherein the variables are defined according to the description, (I) The compounds of formula (I), as well as the N-oxides, stereoisomers, tautomers and agriculturally or veterinarily acceptable salts thereof, are useful for combating or controlling invertebrate pests, in particular arthropod pests and nematodes. The invention also relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests by using these compounds and to plant propagation material and to an agricultural and a veterinary composition comprising said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Pulakesh Maity, Arun Narine, Rupsha Chaudhuri, Sunderraman Sambasivan, Ashokkumar Adisechan, Rizwan Shabbir Shaikh, Devendra Vyas
  • Patent number: 12485161
    Abstract: The invention relates to the combination of a sulforaphane precursor, an enzyme capable of converting the sulforaphane precursor to sulforaphane, an enzyme potentiator, and a milk thistle extract or powder. The invention also relates to the combination of a sulforaphane or a derivative thereof and a milk thistle extract or powder. The invention also relates to the combination of a broccoli extract or powder and a milk thistle extract or powder. The invention provides compositions and methods relating to these combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: Nutramax Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Cornblatt, Grace Cornblatt, Anton Bzhelyansky, Robert Henderson
  • Patent number: 12458635
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a solid dispersion of N-[2,4-Bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-hydroxyphenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide, methods of manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention, and methods of administering pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: William Rowe, Patricia Hurter, Christopher Young, Kirk Dinehart, Marinus Jacobus Verwijs, Kirk Overhoff, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Martyn Botfield, Alfredo Grossi
  • Patent number: 12453349
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising (a) a pyridine carboxylate herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof and (b) an HPPD inhibitor herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation, comprising applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying in soil or water to control the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) a pyridine carboxylate herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof and (b) an HPPD inhibitor herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Inventors: Jeremy Kister, Norbert M. Satchivi
  • Patent number: 12427230
    Abstract: Provided are a method for fabricating a human nasal turbinate-derived mesenchymal stem cell-based 3D bioprinted construct, and a use thereof, wherein the human nasal turbinate-derived mesenchymal stem cell-based, 3D bioprinted construct is advantageous over conventional mesenchymal stem cell-based, 3D bioprinted constructs in that the former can survive and proliferate stably in vitro and/or in vivo and shows high osteogenic differentiation ability as well, therefore is expected to make a great contribution to the practical use of cellular therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sung Won Kim, Jung Yeon Lim, Sun Hwa Park, Byeong Gon Yoon, Dong-Woo Cho, Jinah Jang, Seok Won Kim
  • Patent number: 12426596
    Abstract: A method for preserving wood by contacting wood with a composition comprising a polyurethane polymer, non-aqueous solvents, and a wood preservative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Inventors: Selvanathan Arumugam, David A. Laganella, Randall W. Stephens
  • Patent number: 12408671
    Abstract: A synergistic agricultural formula including at least one diacyl or diaryl urea, such as a N,N?-diformylurea, and at least one mixture of nutrients, such as a mixture of micronutrients and/or macronutrients. This synergistic agricultural formula gives those skilled in the art the ability to regulate important phenotypical parameters that lead to a variety of important agronomic and horticulture traits which improve crop yield parameters leading beyond that of its individual components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Corteva Agriscience, LLC
    Inventors: Ritesh Sheth, Jerry Stoller, Robert R. Shortell
  • Patent number: 12396455
    Abstract: This disclosure features combinations that include a paraffinic oil and one or more anti-settling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Nutrien AG Solutions (Canada) Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Fefer, Jun Liu, Tomoki Ruo
  • Patent number: 12331027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridylethers of formula (I) or their agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives, wherein the variables are defined accord-ing to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the pyridylethers of formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one pyridylether of formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Inventors: Manuel Johannes, Laetitia Souillart, Matthias Witschel, Tobias Seiser, Liliana Parra Rapado, Raphael Aponte, Thomas Mietzner, Trevor William Newton, Thomas Seitz, Peter Dombo
  • Patent number: 12324435
    Abstract: A composition including (a) at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide (T), where the (thio)phosphoric acid triamide (T) is one of N-n-butylthiophosphoric acid triamide (NBPT) and N-n-propylthiophosphoric acid triamide (NPPT), and (b) at least one specific herbicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Barbara Nave, Joachim Dickhaut, Mihiret Tekeste Sisay, Alexander Wissemeier, Wolfram Zerulla, Gregor Pasda, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Claudia Klodwig, Mark Allan Howard, Laura Ivey Vance, Andrew J. Woodyard, Nicholas T. Fassler, Markus Schmid, James T. Wofford