Patents Examined by Mina Haghighatian
  • Patent number: 10206389
    Abstract: Stabilized liquid cyclopropene compositions are provided which comprise flowable, non-aqueous dispersion concentrates comprising a) a continuous substantially water-immiscible liquid phase and b) a dispersed solid phase comprising cured polymer particles prepared from a polymerizable thermoset resin which particles contain at least one cyclopropene complex, optionally a non-porous particulate mineral, and optionally a non-cross-linkable mobile chemical distributed therein, and wherein the outside surfaces of the particles comprise a colloidal solid material. The compositions of the invention can be used directly or with dilution to combat pests or as plant growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Jeffrey David Fowler, Sejong Kim
  • Patent number: 10202361
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, (N-oxides), and salts thereof, wherein A, R1, R2 Q and J are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Martin Stevenson, Matthew James Campbell
  • Patent number: 10201611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing estrogen-sensitive tumours in a mammal, said method comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an estrogenic component to said mammal, wherein the estrogenic component is selected from the group consisting of: substances represented by the following formula in which formula R1, R2, R3, R4 independently are a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or an alkoxy group with 1-5 carbon atoms; precursors capable of liberating a substance according to the aforementioned formula when used in the present method; and mixtures of one or more of the aforementioned substances and/or precursors. The estrogenic component according to the invention does not have undesirable proliferative effects on breast and/or endometrial tissue and displays sufficient estrogenicity to prevent that its administration will lead to hypoestrogenism and/or climacteric complaints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: DONESTA BIOSCIENCE B.V.
    Inventors: Herman Jan Tijmen Coelingh Bennink, Evert Johannes Bunschoten
  • Patent number: 10195139
    Abstract: Disclosed is a preparation for transnasal application, which has improved fluidability. Specifically disclosed is a preparation for transnasal application, which comprises at least a complex comprising a fluidability-improving component comprising a first crystalline cellulose (A) having specified powder properties, tricalcium phosphate (B) having specified powder properties, and a second crystalline cellulose (C) having specified powder properties or a starch (D) having specified powder properties, and physiologically active substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nagata, Shunji Haruta
  • Patent number: 10183099
    Abstract: Catechol-bearing polycarbonates (catechol polymers) were prepared comprising i) a catechol repeat unit comprising a side chain catechol group, ii) a cationic repeat unit comprising a side chain cationic group selected from the group consisting of quaternary amine groups, quaternary phosphine groups, and combinations thereof, and iii) a PEG repeat unit comprising a side chain poly(ethylene oxide) group having a degree of polymerization of about 5 to about 30. The catechol polymers form antimicrobial and antifouling films on a variety of substrate surfaces, in particular silicone rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Agency For Science, Technology And Research
    Inventors: Xin Ding, James L. Hedrick, Chuan Yang, Yi Yan Yang
  • Patent number: 10182572
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to herbicide compositions and methods of inducing phytotoxicity in a plant, by administering an aqueous composition to foliar portions of the plant. This aqueous composition includes at least one nutrient, and at least one adjuvant, and has a pH of about 4 to about 7. In some embodiments, the aqueous composition comprises an organic or mineral acid. In some embodiments, the phytotoxicity is topical. In some embodiments, the phytoxicity is systemic. Without being limited by theory, the nutrient is absorbed by the plant in excess, thereby killing the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: BELVEDERE FOLIAR LLC
    Inventor: David A. Cobb
  • Patent number: 10165775
    Abstract: This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”): and processes related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Noormohamed M. Niyaz, Negar Garizi, Yu Zhang, Tony K. Trullinger, Ricky Hunter, Ann M. Buysse, Asako Kubota, Paul R. LePlae, Jr., Daniel I. Knueppel, Christian T. Lowe, Dan Pernich, David A. Demeter, Timothy C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10159254
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a method of improving the tolerance of a plant, which has been genetically engineered to over express a p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD), to a HPPD inhibiting herbicide, said method comprising applying to said plant a water-soluble iron-containing compound. The present invention further relates to a method of selectively controlling weeds at a locus, the locus comprising weeds and crop plants, the crop plants having been genetically engineered to overexpress a HPPD which confers tolerance to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide, the method comprising application to the locus of (i) a weed controlling amount of a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide and (ii) a water-soluble iron-containing compound. The present invention further relates to herbicidal compositions comprising a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide and a water-soluble iron-containing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Rakesh Jain, Brett Robert Miller, Gordan Dean Vail, Bryan James Ulmer
  • Patent number: 10159645
    Abstract: Aerosol formulations comprising glycopyrronium bromide in combination with formoterol are useful for the prevention or treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The formulation further comprises a HFA propellant, a co-solvent, and an amount of inorganic acid sufficient to stabilize both the glycopyrronium bromide and the formoterol components. Optionally the formulation may further comprise beclometasone dipropionate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sauro Bonelli, Francesca Usberti, Enrico Zambelli
  • Patent number: 10159735
    Abstract: Novel photocleavable drug conjugates for forming drug depots comprise drugs attached to photocleavable groups. In one embodiment, the drug is linked via photocleavable group(s) to a polymer chain to form a photocleavable drug-polymer conjugate that generally forms the depot matrix. In another embodiment, the drug is crosslinked via photocleavable group(s) to themselves to form a photocleavable drug conjugate that generally forms the depot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Simon H. Friedman, Piyush K. Jain, Dipu Karunakaran, Bhagyesh R. Sarode
  • Patent number: 10154667
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of controlling a broadleaf volunteer crop, comprising applying to the broadleaf volunteer crop, an area adjacent the broadleaf volunteer crop, or to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of the broadleaf volunteer crop, a herbicidally effective amount of a 6-arylpicoline carboxylic acid, a 2-arylpyrimidine carboxylic acid, or a salt or ester thereof, wherein the broadleaf volunteer crop is genetically modified soybean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Paul Richard Schmitzer, Kent William Davies, Monte Ray Weimer
  • Patent number: 10143196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical product, comprising an antibacterial hard material coating, which is applied to a main body and which comprises biocide. Said hard material coating includes at least one inner layer and one outer layer, wherein the biocide concentration in the outer layer is substantially constant and greater than the biocide concentration in the inner layer and the biocide concentration in the inner layer is greater than or equal to 0.2 at %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKON
    Inventors: Carmen Leonor Colmenares Mora, Arnd Mueller, Albert Peter Gerhard Janssen
  • Patent number: 10137198
    Abstract: A lipid layer forming composition comprises a volatile silicone oil of a boiling point above 180° C., a polar lipid, optionally a C2-C4 aliphatic alcohol, optionally a pharmacologically or cosmetically active agent or a protective agent. The lipid layer forming composition can be applied to a biological surface by spraying, dipping or brushing to form a stable polar lipid layer on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: LIPIDOR AB
    Inventors: Anders Carlsson, Jan Holmback
  • Patent number: 10123538
    Abstract: A process is provided for preparing a glyphosate salt solution that comprises potassium and IPA cations in a desired mole ratio, and that has a glyphosate a.e. concentration not less than about 400 g/l. The process includes adding glyphosate acid to a glyphosate potassium salt solution having a glyphosate assay of at least about 40% a.e. by weight, to form a slurry. The process also includes introducing isopropylamine, in an amount sufficient to neutralize the added glyphosate acid, to the slurry with mixing until all glyphosate is dissolved, to form a mixed glyphosate salt solution comprising potassium and IPA cations in the desired mole ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: David R. Eaton, Jeffrey A. Graham, Henry Agbaje
  • Patent number: 10104892
    Abstract: Herbicidally and fungicidally active 3-heteroarylisoxazoline-5-carboxamides and 3-heteroarylisoxazoline-5-thioamides of the formula (I) are described. In this formula (I), R represents radicals such as hydrogen, halogen and organic radicals such as substituted alkyl. A is a bond or a divalent unit. Y is a chalcogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Thomas Frenzel, Klaus Bernhard Haaf, Stephen David Lindell, Lothar Willms, Hansjoerg Dietrich, Dirk Schmutzler, Elmar Gatzweiler, Christopher Hugh Rosinger
  • Patent number: 10105292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one continuous oil phase, characterized in that the oil phase comprises a) at least one non-volatile non-cyclic silicone oil with a viscosity at 25° C. ranging from 4 to 5000 mm2/s, better still from 4 to 1000 mm2/s and even better still from 4 to 200 mm2/s and b) at least one lipophilic organic UV-screening agent; and c) hydrophobic silica aerogel particles with a specific surface area per unit of mass (SM) ranging from 200 to 1500 m2/g, preferably from 600 to 1200 m2/g and better still from 600 to 800 m2/g, and a size, expressed as the volume mean diameter (D[0.5]), of less than 1500 ?m, preferably ranging from 1 to 30 ?m, more preferentially from 5 to 25 ?m, better still from 5 to 20 ?m and even better still from 5 to 15 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Laure Fageon, Mathilde Lemal
  • Patent number: 10104889
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method for the stimulation of the natural defense and the induction of resistance to diseases in plants by simultaneous activation of genes related to the route of the salicylic acid, the jasmonic acid/ethylene and the hypersensitive response. The invention also includes the use of brassinosteroids for the preventive and curative treatment against plant diseases caused by pathogens. In addition, includes a method for the prevention and treatment of the Huanglongbing disease in citrus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotechnología
    Inventors: Orlando Borrás Hidalgo, Eduardo Canales López, Merardo Pujol Ferrer, Carlos Guillermo Borroto Nordelo, Yamilet Coll García
  • Patent number: 10098342
    Abstract: Herbicide delivery systems comprising a potassium salt of a herbicidal carboxylic acid coated onto a solid carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventor: Robert Buttimor
  • Patent number: 10098345
    Abstract: A disinfestation sheet includes a carrier layer with a first and second surface with active pesticidal particles formed therein. The active pesticidal particles contain pesticidal ingredients selected from pyrethroid family or the like. The carrier layer has channels formed therein. The channels form one or more paths between one or more pesticidal particles and at least one of the first and the second surfaces to allow diffusion of the active pesticidal ingredient from the pesticidal particles to at least one of the first and the second surfaces of the carrier layer. The disinfestation sheet may further comprise antioxidant compounds. The disinfestation sheet may also have a base layer attached to the second surface of the carrier layer, an adhesive grip layer attached to the base layer and a support layer attached to the grip layer, where in the support layer is detachable. The carrier layer may also comprise ridges extending outwardly from the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Dong Lin Eugene Tan
  • Patent number: 10085443
    Abstract: This invention relates to the application of herbicides in sewer liens to kill tree roots inside the lines and preventing re-growth into the lines for years after application. It relates to the discovery that latex polymers, organosilicone surfactants, deposition agents and other surfactants can be used to “glue” the herbicides to pipe surfaces. This discovery allows the use of plant killing herbicides to treat roots in sewer lines—killing them—which results in their subsequent removal by decay and erosion processes. It also allows for the use of the herbicides to prevent regrowth back into the sewer lines by applying the herbicides in a compound which adheres to the sewer line surfaces and forms a long term coating on the pipe and joint surfaces where the roots might attempt to grow back in. The compound resists erosion and washing away preventing long term root re-infestations in the sewer lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Olvidium, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Wayne Tobiason