Patents Examined by Jane C. Oswecki
  • Drug loaded polymeric nanoparticles and methods of making and using same
    Patent number: 8609142
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods of making nanoparticles having about 0.2 to about 35 weight percent of a therapeutic agent; and about 10 to about 99 weight percent of biocompatible polymer such as a diblock poly(lactic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: BIND Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Troiano, Michael Figa, Abhimanyu Sabnis
  • (4-haloalkyl-3-thiobenzoyl)cyclohexanediones and use thereof as herbicides
    Patent number: 8603947
    Abstract: A description is given of (4-haloalkyl-3-thiobenzoyl)cyclohexanediones of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), X, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals such as alkyl. A and Z are oxygen or alkylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Ahrens, Dieter Feucht, Elmar Gatzweiler, Isolde Haeuser-Hahn, Christopher Hugh Rosinger
  • Methods and compositions for providing salicyclic acid-independent pathogen resistance in plants
    Patent number: 8603945
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and compositions for modulating disease resistance in plants and transgenic plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Colleen Marie Knoth, Thomas Eulgem, Thomas Girke
  • Condensed anthran I lami de derivatives as insecticides
    Patent number: 8598078
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in Claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts and all stereoisomers and tautomeric forms of the compounds of formula I can be used as agrochemical active ingredients and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
    Inventors: Olivier Loiseleur, Roger Graham Hall, André Denis Stoller, Gerald Wayne Craig, André Jeanguenat, Andrew Edmunds
  • 3-halo-(arly)-4-iminotetrahydropicolinates and their use as herbicides
    Patent number: 8598086
    Abstract: 3-Halo-6-(aryl)-4-iminotetrahydropicolinic acids having mono-, di- tri- and tetra-substituted aryl substituents in the 6-position, and their acid derivatives, are herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLC.
    Inventors: James M. Renga, Paul R. Schmitzer, Gregory T. Whiteker, Kim E. Arndt, Noormohamed M. Niyaz, Christian T. Lowe
  • Preparation of azide-modified carbon surfaces for coupling to various species
    Patent number: 8592565
    Abstract: The invention relates to carbon surfaces modified with one or more azide groups. The invention also relates to methods of modifying carbon surfaces with one or more azide groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Christopher E. D. Chidsey, Anando Devadoss, Neal K. Devaraj
  • Plant cryoprotectant compositions and methods of use
    Patent number: 8580708
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cryoprotection of plants. The compositions and methods disclosed herein provide a means for protecting plants from frost or freeze damage or death due to sudden exposure to low temperature conditions. The present disclosure further relates to methods for providing cryoprotection to plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
    Inventors: David Francko, Kenneth G. Wilson, Qingshun Quinn Li, Maria Alejandra Equiza
  • Spiroheterocyclic thiofuran dione derivatives
    Patent number: 8574607
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) useful as pesticides are disclosed, wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Jürgen Harry Schaetzer, Thomas Pitterna, Long Lu, Yaming Wu, Peter Renold, Francesca Perruccio, Jérome Yves Cassayre, Michel Mueglebach
  • (4-trifluoromethyl-3-thiobenzoyl)cyclohexanediones and use thereof as herbicides
    Patent number: 8563779
    Abstract: A description is given of (4-trifluoromethyl-3-thiobenzoyl)cyclohexanediones of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), X, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals such as alkyl. A and Z are oxygen or alkylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Ahrens, Andreas Van Almsick, Elmar Gatzweiler, Dieter Feucht, Isolde Haeuser-Hahn, Stefan Lehr, Christopher Hugh Rosinger
  • A-87774 compounds or salts thereof, production method thereof and agrochemicals containing the same as active ingredient
    Patent number: 8563266
    Abstract: There are provided novel A-87774 compounds or salts thereof having a herbicidal activity or a plant growth regulating activity, a microorganism producing the same, a production method thereof, an agrochemical (in particular, herbicide or plant growth regulator) containing the same as an active ingredient, a method for using the same, and a culture of the microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshio Shigematsu, Yoshiko Sugie, Masaaki Kizuka
  • Method for activating and stabilizing dissolved hydrogen in water
    Patent number: 8562860
    Abstract: A method for activating hydrogen molecules dissolved in water and stabilizing the concentration of the hydrogen molecules is provided. The method for activating and stabilizing hydrogen molecules dissolved in water is characterized by allowing hydrogen ions to coexist with the hydrogen molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Osao Sumita
  • 3-aminocarbonyl-substituted benzoylcyclohexanediones and their use as herbicides
    Patent number: 8557741
    Abstract: What is described are 3-aminocarbonyl-substituted benzoylcyclohexanediones of the formula (I) as herbicides. In this formula (I), R1 to R5 are radicals such as hydrogen, organic radicals such as alkyl, and other radicals such as halogen. X is alkylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Chieko Ueno, Simon Dörner-Rieping, Andreas Van Almsick, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Jan Dittgen, Dieter Feucht, Isolde Häuser-Hahn
  • Divinyl ether derivatives capable of releasing active aldehydes and ketones and methods of use for perfuming surfaces
    Patent number: 8557262
    Abstract: The present invention provides divinyl ether derivatives capable of releasing in a controlled manner at least one active aldehyde and/or ketone into the surrounding environment. The invention relates to the use of these divinyl ether derivatives as perfuming or flavoring ingredients, as well as to the perfuming compositions and consumer articles containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Gary Bernard Womack, Robert Langley Fuller, Glenn Paul Johannes Verhovnik, Nathalie Pinel, Magali Lateulere, Marie Buy
  • Microcapsules comprising a lipophilic surfactant and oil
    Patent number: 8546306
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous dispersion comprising microcapsules, the capsule wall of which is formed from radically polymerized monomers and the capsule core of which comprises at least one oil, in which the capsule core comprises at least one lipophilic surfactant and the continuous phase of the dispersion comprises at least one agrochemical. In addition, the invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aqueous dispersion by (i) providing an aqueous dispersion comprising microcapsules, the capsule wall of which is formed from radically polymerized monomers and the capsule core of which comprises at least one oil and at least one lipophilic surfactant (microcapsule crude dispersion), and (ii) mixing with at least one agrochemical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tatjana Levy, Marc Rudolf Jung, Rainer Berghaus, Hans-Peter Hentze, Tobias Joachim Koplin, Jurith Montag, Anke Reinold, Christian Sowa
  • Active compound combinations
    Patent number: 8546305
    Abstract: The invention relates to active compound combinations, in particular a fungicidal and/or insecticidal composition, comprising Isotianil (3,4-dichloro-N-(2-cyanophenyl)-5-isothiazolecarboxamide) and at least one further insecticide of the anthranilamide group and optionally one further insecticide of the neonicotinoids. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for curatively or preventively controlling the phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms and/or pests of plants or crops, to the use of a combination according to the invention for the treatment of seed, to a method for protecting a seed and not at least to the treated seed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Lutz Assmann, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Peter Dahmen, Heike Hungenberg, Wolfgang Thielert
  • Chemical compounds and their use as pesticides
    Patent number: 8541343
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful as a pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Pitterna, Michel Muehlebach, Jurgen Harry Schaetzer
  • Chemical compounds
    Patent number: 8524896
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) where, for example, W, X and Y are each CH; R1 and R6 together with the adjacent nitrogen forms a 3 to 10-membered saturated ring, wherein the ring may contain, in addition to the nitrogen and carbon ring members, 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms and/or heteroatom groups as ring members, independently of one another, selected from the group consisting of sulfur, CO, SO, SO2 and N—R7 and/or the ring may carry 1, 2 or 3 radicals, independently of one another, each selected, for example, from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, nitro, amino, and C1-C6-alkyl. R2 is, for example, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-haloalkoxy or C1-C6-alkoxy-C1-C6-alkoxy, and R7 is for example, R10C(?O), C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6-haloalkyl; and/or salts thereof; and their use as pesticidal agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Peter Maienfisch, Ottmar Hueter, Peter Renold, Werner Zambach, Thomas Pitterna
  • Method for encapsulating oils in an aqueous medium with hase polymer emulsions, products obtained, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 8524260
    Abstract: The invention consists of a method for manufacturing an aqueous formulation containing at least one oil, and comprising the steps of mixing at least one associative polymer, one oil, and water, encapsulating the oil by increasing the pH to a value greater than 8, potentially precipitating the mixture by reducing the pH to a value less than 6, and potentially isolating the resulting particles by removing the water. The aqueous formulations, as with the aqueous dispersions, and the resulting solid particles constitute other objects of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Coatex S.A.S.
    Inventors: Jean Moro, David Platel, Jean-Marc Suau, Olivier Guerret
  • Trifluromethoxyphenyl-substituted tetramic acid derivatives pesticides and/or herbicides
    Patent number: 8507537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel trifluoromethoxyphenyl-substituted tetramic acid derivatives of the formula (I), in which J, X, Y, A, B, D and G have the meanings given above, to a number of processes for their preparation, and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides. The invention further provides selective herbicidal compositions which comprise, firstly, trifluoromethoxyphenyl-substituted tetramic acid derivatives and, secondly, a crop plant compatibility-improving compound. The invention further relates to the boosting of the action of crop protection compositions comprising compounds of the formula (I) through the additions of ammonium salts or phosphonium salts and optionally penetrants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Stefan Lehr, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Jan Dittgen, Dieter Feucht, Eva-Maria Franken, Waltraud Hempel, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne, Peter Losel, Olga Malsam, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Erich Sanwald, Ulrich Gorgens, Stefan Antons, Wolfgang Ebenbeck, Axel Pleschke, Marielouise Schneider, Ralf Wischnat
  • Agricultural composition with PH colour indicators
    Patent number: 8492314
    Abstract: The present invention provides a concentrate for dilution with water in the preparation of an agricultural composition for application to crops, soil or animals. The concentrate is recommended for use with agricultural chemicals whose agricultural activity varies with the pH of the water. It comprises an active ingredient and a combination of pH indicators for coloring the water, the pH indicators being selected so as to indicate different colors of spray water at different pH levels. The proportions of active ingredient and pH indicators are selected so that when the concentrate is added to water, the pH indicators indicate visually upper and lower pH limits for optimum activity of the agricultural chemical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: AECI Limited
    Inventors: Hendrik Frederik Greyling, Hugo R Minnaar, Martin D Bloomberg