Patents Examined by John Pak
  • Patent number: 12193442
    Abstract: A method of effecting at least one biological process in a plant is disclosed. The method comprises contacting a part of a seed, a plant, or the locus thereof with a mixture comprising an agriculturally acceptable mixture of (i) complex polymeric polyhydroxy acids and (ii) a phytotoxic amount of one or more alkali (earth) salts and/or a synergistic amount of at least one source of an agriculturally acceptable transition metal ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: FBSCIENCES HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Terry J. Hanson, Kenneth Scott Day, Johan Peter Stromberg
  • Patent number: 12194058
    Abstract: A composition and method of cancer treatment including a) administering to a patient a first anti-parasitic agent; b) administering to the patient a second anti-parasitic agent; and c) administering to the patient a gut microbiome modulating agent; wherein the first anti-parasitic agent and the second anti-parasitic agent are administered concurrently for a predetermined first period of time; and wherein the gut microbiome modulating agent is administered for a predetermined second period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Ceylan Isgor, Vijaya Iragavarapu
  • Patent number: 12180163
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to picolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC
    Inventors: Brian A. Loy, Nicolaas Vermeulen, Brannon Sam, Kevin G. Meyer, Chenglin Yao, Nicholas R. Babij, Jeff Petkus
  • Patent number: 12172978
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having an excellent control effect against harmful arthropods, which is represented by formula (I) [wherein A1 represents CR1b etc., A2 represents CR1c etc., T represents a C1-C10 chain hydrocarbon group which is substituted with one or more halogen atoms etc., Q represents an oxygen atom etc., R1a, R1b and R1c are identical to or different from each other, and each represents a C1-C6 alkyl group etc., R2 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group etc., R3 represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group etc., n is 0, 1 or 2, and q is 0, 1, 2 or 3.], as well as a composition for controlling harmful arthropod comprising the same compound, and a method for controlling harmful arthropod comprising applying the same compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayaka Tanaka, Yoshihiko Nokura, Yuji Nakajima
  • Patent number: 12161113
    Abstract: An additive transporter, housing additive ingredients of synergists and surfactants preferably for use in a natural, weed control application, insect control application, algae removal and/or mold removal end-use application. In certain non-limiting embodiments, the transporter can be fluid soluble. Where the transporter is fluid soluble it can be added to a container/bottle having a desired amount of water and organic acid or inorganic acid causing the transporter to dissolve and release the additive ingredients for mixing with the water and organic acid. Preferably, the additive or product enhancer ingredients can be organic ingredients and can comprise, without limitation, citric acid, potassium oleate, wintergreen oil and almond oil. Potassium citrate can also be included. As the transporter dissolves the released ingredients mix with organic acids and/or inorganic acids to provide an end-use composition for eco-friendly weed control, insect control, algae removal and/or mold removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ECOSAVEEARTH, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey I. Dreben, Alexander C. Tilt
  • Patent number: 12150447
    Abstract: Providing an auxin derivative that can exert its intended effect more efficiently, while reducing any unintended effects. A compound represented by the General Formula (1) having a specific substituent at the 5- and/or 6-position of the auxin indole ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Naoyuki Uchida, Shinya Hagihara, Kenichiro Itami, Rie Iwasaki, Keiko Torii
  • Patent number: 12144343
    Abstract: Herbicidal compositions including mixed amine oxides and aminophosphate or aminophosphonate salts, in particular, to herbicidal compositions including mixed amine oxides and high-load aminophosphate or aminophosphonate potassium salts, wherein the composition has low temperature stability (i.e., no or unobservable crystal formation) among other beneficial properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE
    Inventors: Thomas Ruch, Paul Gioia, Renato Monterosso, Krish Shanmuga
  • Patent number: 12144356
    Abstract: Insecticidal compositions include a combination of at least one pyrethroid insecticide, at least one additional insecticide, at least one N,N-dialkyl-C8-C20 alkylcarboxamide. Also disclosed are a process of preparing the insecticidal composition and a method of controlling insects with the insecticidal composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: UPL DO BRASIL INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO DE INSUMOS AGROPECUARIOS S.A., UPL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mahesh Dharma Borane, Ritesh Pagare, Luiz Campos
  • Patent number: 12133527
    Abstract: The invention relates to a formulation comprising: 2-undecanone in an amount of about 5% to about 50%; at least one hydrophobic base in an amount of about 5% to about 65%; at least one alcohol in an amount of about 5% to about 50%; and at least one emulsifier in an amount of about 5% to about 15% and methods of repelling insects and ticks by applying to a subject or a substrate a formulation of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignees: North Carolina State University, MIMIKAI
    Inventors: Richard Michael Roe, Stephanie Watson, Heather Beach
  • Patent number: 12102085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compound I an insecticidal active carboxamide derivative and at least one active compound II selected from a group M comprising acteylcholine esterase inhibitors, GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, sodium channel modulators, nicotinic acteylcholine receptor agonists/antagonists, allosteric nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activators, chloride channel activators, juvenile hormone mimics, homopteran feeding blockers, mit grow inhibitors, inhibitors of mitochondrial ATP synthase, uncouplers of the oxidative phosphorylation, inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis, moulting disruptors, ecdyson receptor agonists, octamin receptor agonists, inhibitors of the MET, voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers, inhibitors of the lipid synthesis, ryanodine receptor modulators and other compounds as defined in the description, in synergistically effective amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: BASF AGROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS B.V.
    Inventors: Tatjana Sikuljak, Markus Gewehr
  • Patent number: 12102087
    Abstract: The present invention relates to active compound combinations, in particular within a fungicide composition, which comprises (A) a thiazolylisoxazoline of formula (I) and a further fungicidally active compound (B). Moreover, the invention relates to a method for curatively or preventively controlling the phytopathogenic fungi 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: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Sebastian Hoffmann, Pierre Wasnaire
  • Patent number: 12102084
    Abstract: Provided herein are treated seeds and methods for the preparation of treated seeds comprising a biological agent and a polymeric coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, Gulam Ahmed, Shaun Raj Selness
  • Patent number: 12096776
    Abstract: A plant nutrient formulation, including: a solvent; a first plant hormone; a second plant hormone; an optional surfactant/wetting agent; and an optional colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventors: Max Berreyesa, Justin Austin Cogswell
  • Patent number: 12096768
    Abstract: Stabilized peroxycarboxylic acid compositions and the solid supported peracid stabilizers are provided. Methods of producing the solid supported peracid stabilizers are provided. The solid supported peracid stabilizers and the stable peroxycarboxylic acid compositions are particularly suitable for use in sanitizing equipment and surfaces to reduce yeasts, spores and bacteria, including those having contact with food, food products and/or components thereof, which require or benefit from infection control suitable for direct contact with such food sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Ashish Dhawan, Junzhong Li, David D. McSherry, Carter M. Silvernail, Chris Nagel
  • Patent number: 12082578
    Abstract: A herbicide composition excellent in herbicidal effect and a weeding method using the herbicide composition, and a herbicidal efficacy enhancing agent composition capable of increasing the herbicidal effect are provided. A herbicide composition containing the following components (A) to (C), wherein a mass ratio of the content of component (B) to the content of component (C), (B)/(C), is 0.25 or more and 0.6 or less: component (A): an agrochemical active ingredient of an amino acid-based herbicide; component (B): a particular polyoxyalkylene alkyl or alkenyl amine or an acid salt thereof; and component (C): a particular polyoxyalkylene alkyl or alkenyl ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahito Ui, Katsuhiko Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12075774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to agricultural methods and the use of an insecticidal active carboxamide derivative in seed treatment and soil application methods. The insecticidal carboxamide derivative is highly suitable alone or in combination with other active agricultural ingredients for controlling animal pests such as insects and/or spider mites and/or nematodes by treating the soil/growth substrate by drenching or drip application or dipping or soil injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: BASF AGROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS B.V.
    Inventors: Tatjana Sikuljak, Markus Gewehr, Anil Menon
  • Patent number: 12063934
    Abstract: Provided are one or more black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae frass formulations and combinations comprising said formulations and at least one other substance including but not limited to soil amendment, fertilizer, herbicide, pesticide, fungicide, nematicide or bactericide, uses for said formulations and combinations and methods of production of said formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Chonex, Inc.
    Inventors: Sofia Andreola, Michael Lynch, William Marion, Lori Moshman
  • Patent number: 12063932
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compound (A) according to formula (I) having the chemical name: 3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid) for inducing positive growth responses in plants, a composition comprising compound (A) and a new method of plant treatment wherein is compound (A) applied to a plant, a plant part, plant propagation material or the habitat the plant is growing in to induce positive growth responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Friedrich Kerz-Moehlendick, Sybille Lamprecht, Klaus Tietjen
  • Patent number: 12059004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition which comprises: a) at least one herbicide A selected from glyphosate, glufosinate and their salts, and b) a herbicide B which is 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name: pyroxasulfone]. The present invention relates in particular to a herbicidal composition comprising: a) at least one herbicide A selected from glyphosate, glufosinate and their salts, b) a herbicide B which is 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name: pyroxasulfone], and c) at least one further herbicide C, which is selected from the herbicide groups C.1 to C.8: C.1 herbicides of the group of acetolactate synthase inhibitors (ALS inhibitors), C.2 herbicides of the group of protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (PPO inhibitors), C.3 herbicides of the group of auxines, C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Sievernich, William Karl Moberg, Anja Simon, Helmut Walter, Richard R. Evans
  • Patent number: 12060331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidal substituted phenyl-pyridazine-diones and substituted phenyl-pyridazinone derivatives of formula (I), as well as to processes and intermediates used for the preparation of such derivatives. The invention further extends to herbicidal compositions comprising such derivatives, as well as to the use of such compounds and compositions in controlling undesirable plant growth: in particular the use in controlling weeds, such as broad-leaved dicotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Kenneth Bruce Ling, Christopher John Mathews, Timothy Jeremiah Cornelius O'Riordan, Stephen Edward Shanahan, Joseph Andrew Tate, Christiana Kitsiou, Peter Timothy Seden