Patents Examined by Jane C. Oswecki
  • Liquid pyraclostrobin-containing crop protection formulations
    Patent number: 8741809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel liquid formulation for crop protection which comprises a) pyraclostrobin; b) at least one organic solvent S1 with a water solubility of less than 2 g/l at 20° C.; c) at least one organic solvent S2 with a water solubility of at least 2 g/l at 20° C., where S2 comprises at least one solvent S2.1 with a water solubility of more than 200 g/l at 20° C. and optionally at least one solvent S2.2 with a water solubility of 2 to 200 g/l at 20° C.; d) at least one anionic surface-active substance SA1; e) at least one nonionic surface-active substance SA2; and f) water. The invention also relates to the use of the crop protection formulation for treatment of plants and seed, and to corresponding methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ulrike Troppmann, Wolfgang Meier, Guenter Oetter, Ulrich Steinbrenner, Tatjana Levy, Jurith Montag, Tanja Brunner, Reiner Weiler
  • Process for the production of particles comprising active agrochemical ingredients in amorphous form
    Patent number: 8735321
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is a process for the preparation of particles which comprise two agrochemical active ingredients in amorphous form, where a melt comprising the two molten agrochemical active ingredients is emulsified in an aqueous solution and cooled. A further object is the use of an agrochemical active ingredient for inhibiting the crystallization of another agrochemical active ingredient in a preparation process for particles which comprise the two agrochemical active ingredients in amorphous form, where a melt comprising the two molten agrochemical active ingredients is emulsified in an aqueous solution and cooled. A further object is particles which comprise two agrochemical active ingredients in amorphous form. The use in plant protection is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ulrike Troppmann, Winfried Mayer, Sebastian Koltzenburg, Rafel Israels, Andreas Bauder, Ulf Schlotterbeck
  • Photo-curable resin for cosmetic application
    Patent number: 8734772
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cosmetic compositions comprising (a) at least one styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer bearing at least one group chosen from styrylpyridine and styrylpyridinium groups and (b) at least one co-film forming agent and/or at least one plasticizer. The cosmetic composition optionally further comprises at least one pigment and at least one solvent. Also disclosed herein are methods for making up and/or enhancing the appearance of a keratinous substrate comprising (1) forming a film on the keratinous substrate by applying to said keratinous substrate a cosmetic composition comprising (a) at least one styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer bearing at least one group chosen from styrylpyridine and styrylpyridinium groups and (b) at least one co-film forming agent and/or at least one plasticizer and (2) exposing the film to radiation chosen from UV and visible light radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: XianZhi Zhou, Jean-Thierry Simonnet, Hy Si Bui, Chunhua Li
  • Biocide compositions (IV)
    Patent number: 8728978
    Abstract: Suggested are biocide compositions, comprising (a) esters based on ketocarboxylic acids, (b) biocides, and optionally (c) oil components or co-solvents and/or (d) emulsifiers. The compositions exhibit an improved stability even if stored at temperatures between 5° and 40° C. over a longer period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Joaquin Bigorra Llosas, Stéphanie Merlet, Ramon Valls, Stefan Busch
  • Use of dithiine derivatives in crop protection and the protection of materials
    Patent number: 8729118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of new and known dithiine derivatives for controlling unwanted microorganisms, more particularly phytopathogenic fungi, in crop protection, in the household and hygiene sector and in the protection of materials, and also to new dithiine derivatives, to processes for preparing them, to their use, and to crop protection compositions comprising these new dithiine derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Seitz, Jürgen Benting, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann
  • Process for solubilizing hydrophobic active ingredients in aqueous medium
    Patent number: 8728504
    Abstract: A process for solubilizing hydrophobic active ingredients in aqueous medium, which comprises using, as an assistant, at least one hyperbranched polymer (A) which is obtainable by reacting at least one hyperbranched polymeric compound having at least one primary or secondary amino group per molecule (a), selected from (a1) hyperbranched polyamides and (a2) hyperbranched polyureas, with (b) at least one mono-, di- or oligosaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Bruchmann, Holger Türk, Daniel Schönfelder, Monika Haberecht, Dietmar Appelhans, Victor Boyko
  • Stable aqueous solutions of silane quat ammonium compounds
    Patent number: 8728540
    Abstract: Textiles coated with aqueous compositions of silane quaternary ammonium compounds and alkali metal bicarbonates are provided with deodorization properties and protection from allergens, irritants, molds, dust mites, bacteria, and fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bolkan, Christine Beneciuk, Melvin H. Czechowski, Mark Ventura, David Stott, Nicole Nguyen, Steven T. Adamy
  • Spiroheterocyclic pyrrolidinedione herbicidal compositions
    Patent number: 8722578
    Abstract: Herbicidal compositions containing as active ingredients spiroheterocyclic pyrrolidine dione compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Werner Zambach, Ottmar Franz Hueter, Jean Wenger, Marcela Goeghova, Thomas Pitterna, Peter Maienfisch, Stephane André´Marie Jeanmart, Michel Muehlebach
  • Microstructural protein preparations containing adsorbed biologically active substances and their application in medicine and cosmetics
    Patent number: 8715701
    Abstract: Protein preparations containing biologically active compounds and the application of the protein preparations obtained, particularly as a component of medicinal and cosmetic preparations as protective substances or in the regeneration of cells and tissues of the human organism, and which can comprise a component of culture media for dermal or hepatic tissues, or for stem cells destined for use in the regeneration of cells and tissues in the human organism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Instytut Medycyny Doswiadczalnej I Klinicznej
    Inventors: Andrzej Lipkowski, Anna Grabowska, Katarzyna Kurzepa, Aleksandra Szczucinska
  • Method of reducing mycotoxin contamination of the harvest
    Patent number: 8716180
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reducing mycotoxin contamination of a plant and/or harvested plant material, said method comprising treating plant propagation material with one or more fungicides, germinating or growing said plant propagation material to produce a plant, and harvesting plant material from said plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Edmond Sztor, Pascal Poels, Michael Oostendorp, Franz Brandl
  • Pyridazine compounds for controlling invertebrate pests
    Patent number: 8710056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridazine compounds of formulae I or II and the salts and N-oxides thereof, wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted isoxazole or isothiazole radical; V is C(Rv) or N; W is C(Rw) or N; with the proviso that either V or W is N; Rt, Ru, Rv, Rw are H, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl and the like; X1 is S, O or NR1a, wherein R1a is selected H, C1-C10-alkyl and the like; X2 is OR2a, NR2bR2c, S(O)mR2d, wherein m is 0, 1 or 2, R2a is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like, R2b, R2c are H, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like, or R2b and R2c together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound form a heterocycle, and R2d is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl and the like; and R1 is H, CN, C1-C10-alkyl and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ronan Le Vezouet, Sebastian Soergel, Christian Defieber, Steffen Gross, Karsten Koerber, Deborah L. Culbertson, Douglas D. Anspaugh
  • Spiro fused 1-amino-piperdine pyrrolidine dione derivatives with pesticidal activity
    Patent number: 8703165
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful as pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Pitterna, Michel Muehlebach, Jurgen Harry Schaetzer
  • Metformin glycinate salt for blood glucose control
    Patent number: 8703183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metformin glycinate salt and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. The method includes administration of the metformin glycinate salt by various routes selected from oral, intravenous injectable, intramuscular injectable, nasal, intraperitoneal, or sublingual, in order to achieve a reduction in blood glucose levels. The invention further relates to the synthesis of a new 1,1-dimethylbiguanide glycinate salt, called Metformin Glycinate. The resulting salt exhibits advantages over other metformin salts. These advantages are due, in the first place, to the fact that the glycine counterion exhibits hypoglycemic effects by itself. Moreover, the salt exhibits more rapid absorption, reaching higher plasma concentrations than those produced with metformin hydrochloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Laboratorios Silanes S.A. de C.V.
    Inventor: Jose Manuel FranciscoOchoa Lara
  • Cleansing composition
    Patent number: 8703108
    Abstract: Cleansing compositions include a mixture of alkyl ether carboxylic acids and/or salts thereof, each having a structure according to formula (1): R1—O—(CH2CH2O)n—CH2—COOM??(1) where R1 is an alkyl group having 4 to 22 carbon atoms, n is a number of from 0 to 20, and M is a hydrogen atom, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium, or organic ammonium. The mixture includes alkyl ether carboxylic acids and/or salts having at least two different alkyl groups R1, an average carbon number of alkyl groups R1 of alkyl ether carboxylic acids and/or salts in the mixture is from 10.8 to 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Takeuchi, Masahiro Miyaki, Naoko Yamamoto, Natsuko Toshida, Jurgen Benade
  • Non-irritating benzoyl peroxide
    Patent number: 8697130
    Abstract: Crystalline benzoyl peroxide particles having a particle size no greater than 25 microns and formed by wet milling in the absence of solvents and wherein the crystalline benzoyl peroxide is not irritating to the skin. A therapeutic or cosmetic composition comprising a water-based gel containing the crystalline benzoyl peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Essential Ingredients, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Gerlach, Mike Davies
  • Cyclopropene compositions
    Patent number: 8691728
    Abstract: Provided is a composition comprising (a) at least one cyclopropene molecular encapsulating agent complex, and (b) at least one salt other than calcium chloride, wherein the ratio of dry weight of said salt to dry weight of said cyclopropene molecular encapsulating agent complex is from 0.03 to 500, and wherein said composition either (i) has 30% or less water by weight, based on the weight of said composition, and has at least one said salt that is non-deliquescent, or (ii) has more than 30% water by weight, based on the weight of said composition, and has a ratio of dry weight of said salt to weight of said water of 0.05 or higher. Also provided are methods of storing and using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Edward Charles Kostansek, Bridget Marie Stevens
  • Drug, drug guidance system, magnetic detection system, and drug design method
    Patent number: 8691261
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a drug delivery system which makes it possible to solve the existing technical problems and is easily usable in practice. A drug, which comprises an organic compound or an inorganic compound and has been magnetized by modifying a side chain and/or crosslinking side chains, is induced by a magnetic force into target tissues or an affected part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Eguchi, Yoshihiro Ishikawa
  • Surfactant compositions
    Patent number: 8685887
    Abstract: The present application relates to surfactant compositions comprising a) at least one phosphated arylphenol alkoxylate surfactant having an average degree of alkoxylation of from 4-8; and b) at least one alkylamine alkoxylate surfactant having an average degree of alkoxylation of from 2-12 and to the use of these compositions in pesticide formulations comprising solid or encapsulated pesticidally active ingredients or formulation aids and methods for improving the re-suspension properties of pesticide suspensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Randall Charles Cush, Sarah Beth Cush, Michael James Hopkinson, Jason Keiper
  • Citric acid esters
    Patent number: 8680318
    Abstract: The current invention is drawn to a series of citrate esters having high melting domains and liquid domains at room temperature. This that results in an ability to alter hardness, melt point and skin feel, making outstanding waterproofing and emollient properties when applied to skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Surfatech Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin A. O'Lenick
  • Herbicidal formulation
    Patent number: 8680011
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved granular formulation of herbicide glyphosate in form of ammonium salt using environmentally friendly adjuvants, and a process for preparation thereof. The formulation minimizes the use of some inactive ingredients without compromising the effectiveness of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: Excel Crop Care Limited, C C Shiroff Research Institute
    Inventors: Dipesh Kantisen Shroff, Ashwin Champraj Shroff, Ashok Kundanmal Jain, Rajendra Pralhad Chaudhari, Sanjay Dhirajlal Vadodaria, Sanjay Shambhubhai Vaghela, Vandana Chandrakant Mhatre, Bhakti Rajesh Thakkar