Patents Examined by S. Mark Clardy
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Patent number: 7053025Abstract: A plant growth stimulator useful for promoting and maintaining plant growth, wherein said stimulator is post-microbial culture inoculation nutrient medium consisting of black tea and a carbohydrate source, wherein the culture is consisting of Acetobacter xylinum, Candida sp. and Zygosaccharomyces rouxii, and a process for the preparation of the plant growth stimulator, and further, a method of promoting and maintaining the growth of plants using the plant stimulator having multiple disease resistance activity.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchInventor: Nirmala Avinash Sahasrabudhe
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Patent number: 7049270Abstract: A herbicidal composition is provided comprising an aqueous solution of N-phosphonomethylglycine, predominantly in the form of the potassium salt thereof, at a concentration of at least 300 g a.e./l of the composition; and a surfactant component in solution or stable suspension, emulsion, or dispersion in the water, comprising one or more surfactants in a total amount of about 20 to about 300 g/l of the composition, wherein the composition has a viscosity of less than about 250 centipoise at 0° C. or a Gardner color value less than 10.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2001Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Patrick J. Lennon, Xiangyang Chen, Graciela B. Arhancet, Jeanette A. Glaenzer, Jane L. Gillespie, Jeffrey A. Graham, David Z. Becher, Daniel R. Wright, Henry E. Agbaje, Xiaodong C. Xu, William Abraham, Ronald J. Brinker, Norman R. Pallas, Al S. Wideman, Martin D. Mahoney, Susan L. Henke
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Patent number: 7041624Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of specific quaternized bioregulatory active ingredients in combination with triazole derivatives, in particular metconazole or an agriculturally utilizable salt thereof. Corresponding compositions are likewise described.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2002Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Reiner Kober, Wilhelm Rademacher, Jürgen Fries, Hans Ziegler
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Patent number: 7041625Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods of inhibiting ethylene responses in plants and plant materials, and particularly relates to methods of inhibiting various ethylene responses including plant maturation and degradation, by exposing plants to cyclopropene derivatives and compositions thereof wherein the cyclopropene is associated with another ring system.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Richard Martin Jacobson, Martha Jean Kelly, Fiona Linette Wehmeyer, Edward C. Sisler
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Patent number: 7037879Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to confer pest resistance to plants of Poaceae without using any chemically synthesized pesticides. The pest resistance can be conferred to plants of Poaceae by isolating from a natural plant an endophytic bacterium capable of expressing pest resistance, artificially culturing the endophytic bacterium, and introducing the bacteria to a Poaceae plant of interest.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2002Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Society for Techno-Innovation of Agriculture Forestry Fisheria and Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Imada, Naoya Hiruma, Tsuyoshi Isawa, Munehiro Noda, Yohsuke Kurihara, Madoka Kon
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Patent number: 7030062Abstract: A herbicidal formulation comprising of incorporating the herbicide in a micelle or vesicle and adsorbing said micelle or vesicle containing herbicide on clay mineral. The formulation is suitable in particular for negatively charged herbicides at pH above 6. The herbicidal formulation provides slow release and reduced leaching of the herbicide to deep soil layers, thus reducing contamination of underground water and soil. Furthermore, the herbicide is maintained in the target vicinity, thus its efficiency is enhanced and a smaller concentration may be used.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2002Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of JerusalemInventors: Shlomo Nir, Baruch Rubin, Yael Mishael, Thomas Undabeytia, Onn Rabinovitch, Tamara Polubesova
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Patent number: 7022735Abstract: The present invention provides a microbicide composition for plants, containing at least two active ingredient components in an amount producing synergistic activity, together with an appropriate filler, wherein component I is the compound 2-[.alpha.-{[(.alpha.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2002Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Paul Margot, Gertrude Knauf-Beiter
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Patent number: 7022648Abstract: The present invention is directed to new compositions of matter comprising the reaction products of a carboxylic acid and a urea having the formula where R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, substituted and unsubstituted alkyl, allyl, vinyl and alkoxyl groups having from 1–6 carbon atoms, substituted and unsubstituted phenyl groups and the halides. Preferably, the reaction product of the present invention is N,N?-diformylurea or N,N?-diacetylurea. These reaction products, e.g., diformylurea, have been found to produce significantly improved growth in a variety of agricultural products when applied to the seed, to the surrounding soil or to the foliage of the emerging plant. Because of the similarity in the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen structure of these reaction products with many biological compounds, it is believed that the reaction products of the present invention may find use in a variety of biological applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2003Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Stoller Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Frank William Dean
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Patent number: 7019036Abstract: Pesticidal compositions which are environmentally safe, consisting essentially of a minimum risk pesticide in combination with one or more inert ingredients are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2003Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: ABR, LLCInventor: Bryan Hiromoto
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Patent number: 7015177Abstract: A solid formulation of an agrochemical is prepared by forming a melt containing at least one agrochemical and at least one thermoplastic binder having a melting point or glass temperature of greater than 35° C., briquetting the melt by dividing it into drops in a first step and solidifying these drops by cooling in a second step, characterized in that the melt additionally comprises a liquid non-volatile solvent for the agrochemical.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2002Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Richard David Knott, Rowena Roshanthi Landham, Eric Van Der Drift
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Patent number: 7012042Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a sprayable composition for coating pipe for protecting it from one or more of root intrusion or root growth when the coated pipe is placed underground. Such sprayable formulation includes a 2,6-dinitroaniline herbicide; a polymer pellet impregnated with a 2,6-dinitroanililne herbicide-sorbed colloidal clay; and a film-forming polymer. Another aspect is pipe coated with the dried residue of a coating of a 2,6-dinitroaniline herbicide; a polymer pellet impregnated with a 2,6-dinitroaniline herbicide-sorbed colloidal clay; and a film-forming polymer, wherein the coated pipe is protected from one or more of root intrusion or root growth when the coated pipe is placed underground.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2003Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Growguard, LLC, Inc.Inventors: Dominic A. Cataldo, Edward S. Lipinsky, Peter Van Voris, Daren L. Beck, Richard Beck
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Patent number: 7012040Abstract: Herbicide combinations (A)+(B), if appropriate in the presence of safeners, with an effective content of (A) broad-spectrum herbicides from the group (A1) glufosinate (salts) and related compounds (A2) glyphosate (salts) and related compounds such as sulfosate, (A3) imidazolinones, (A4) herbicidal azoles from the group of the protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (PPO inhibitors) (A5) cyclohexanedione herbicides and (A6) heteroaryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicides and (B) one or more herbicides from the group of the compounds consisting of (B0) one or more structurally different herbicides from the abovementioned group (A) or (B1) foliar- and soil-acting herbicides against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants or (B2) herbicides which can be employed selectively in maize against dicots, or (B3) foliar- and soil-acting herbicides which can be employed selectively in maize, predominantly against dicotyledonous harmful plants, ?or herbicides from several of groups (B0) to (B3) are suitabType: GrantFiled: August 10, 1999Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Hoechst Schering AgrEvo GmbHInventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Bieringer, Lothar Willms
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Patent number: 7008904Abstract: Herbicidal compositions are provided which cause rapid symptomology while delivering long term control of regrowth of plants. The herbicidal compositions comprise N-phosphonomethylglycine or a herbicidal derivative thereof, a bipyridilium or a herbicidal derivative thereof, and at least one surfactant. A herbicidal spray composition is preparable from a particulate solid concentrate or a liquid concentrate. Also provided is a method for killing or controlling the growth of plants comprising the step of contacting the foliage of said plants with an aqueous herbicidal composition of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2001Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Monsanto Technology, LLCInventors: Ron P. Crockett, Andrew Dyszlewski, Richard M. Kramer, Domingo C. Riego, Joseph J. Sandbrink, Donald L. Suttner, Dennis H. Williamson, Daniel R. Wright
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Patent number: 7001869Abstract: The invention includes a seed treatment composition containing plant macronutrients, micronutrients, a pest inhibitor and at least one growth regulator. The composition additionally contains a vitamin component, an amino acid component, a penetrant and an energy source. The invention also includes treated seed having a treatment material on at least a portion of a seed surface. The treatment material contains macronutrients, micronutrients, vitamins, humic acid, a pest inhibitor, a mold inhibitor, an absorbant, a penetrant and growth regulators. The invention includes methods of formulating seed treatment compositions and methods of treating seeds.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2002Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Inventor: William S. Johnson
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Patent number: 6992045Abstract: Pesticidal concentrate and spray compositions are described which exhibit enhanced efficacy due to the addition thereto of a compound which increases cell membrane permeability, suppresses oxidative burst, or increases expression of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2001Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Xiaodong C. Xu, Ronald J. Brinker, Tracy L. Reynolds, William Abraham, Jeffrey A. Graham
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Patent number: 6992047Abstract: A method of producing a controlled release form of an agricultural active material includes the provision of an organic liquid composition in which the active is present, but where the liquid composition is free from aromatic solvents and is maintained below the normal melting point of the active. The liquid composition is formed into small droplets and the droplets are enclosed by a non-water soluble shell to provide microcapsules, the shell of which is designed to release the agricultural active at a pre-selected controlled rate when the microcapsule is exposed to natural environmental conditions. Controlled release forms of agricultural actives are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2002Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Jawed Asrar, Yiwei Ding
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Patent number: 6992046Abstract: The present invention concerns an aqueous phytopathological formulation comprising a hydrosoluble salt of at least one aminophosphate or aminophosphonate type herbicide; at least one principal surfactant selected from alkylbetaines and alkyl(amidoalkyl)betaines, and at least one additive selected from at least one of the following compounds: (i) amines or etheramines comprising at least one hydrocarbon radical containing 2 to 24 carbon atoms, optionally polyalkoxylated; (ii) acid or non acid phosphate mon- or di-esters, optionally polyalkoxylated; (iii) alkali metal, alkaline-earth metal, ammonium, alkylammonium, alkanolammonium, iron, zinc or manganese salts of a mineral acid.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2004Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Rhodia ChimieInventors: Valerio Bramati, Joël Coret, Scott Edwards, Paul Gioia
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Patent number: 6989351Abstract: A brassinosteroid metabolism inhibitor, which comprises as an active ingredient a compound represented by the following formula (I) or (II): wherein R1 and R2 independently represent hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or a lower alkoxyalkyl group, R4 represents a phenyl group which may be substituted, X represents a single bond or —CH2—, R11 represents a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group or a phenyl group which may be substituted, R12 represents a lower alkyl group or a phenyl group which may be substituted, and R13 represents a phenyl group which may be substituted, or a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2001Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Assignee: RikenInventors: Tadao Asami, Shigeo Yoshida
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Patent number: 6979455Abstract: An antimicrobial concentrate is manufactured from a carrier, one or more antimicrobial agents and optionally one or more modifiers, the carrier having a modified ethylene polymer and optionally an olefin polymer and a method of producing the concentrate by producing the carrier, having the modified ethylene polymer and optionally the olefin polymer, then compounding the carrier with one or more antimicrobial agents and optionally one or more modifiers, to form the concentrate, which does not exhibit chalking and clumping of antimicrobial agent on the surface thereof. An antimicrobial blend that is manufactured from the antimicrobial concentrate, a resin and optionally an additive and a method of producing the blend by combining the concentrate with the resin.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2002Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Microban Products CompanyInventors: Ivan W. Ong, Paul Albee
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Patent number: 6979664Abstract: Lipo Chitooligosaccharide (LCO) [NodBj-V(C18:1,Mefuc)] isolated from Bradyrhizobium japonicum strain 532C was able to stimulate seed germination/seedling emergence, or in the case of potato, sprouting, of a number of crop plants representing eight distantly related plant families (Poaceae, Fabaceae, Brassicaceae, Cucurbitaceac, Malvaceae, Asteraceae, Chenopodiaceae and Solanaceae) of plants, at 25 and/or at 15° C. It also promoted sprouting potato minitubers. Other LCOs [NodRM-V(C16:2,5) and LCO from R. leguminosarum] were also shown to also display growth-promoting effects on the tested crop plants. The compositions comprising at least one LCO are shown to be effective in promoting growth under both laboratory and field conditions. The invention thus also relates to methods for promoting seed germination and/or seedling emergence and/or growth of plants comprising subjecting the seeds and/or plants to an effective amount of an agricultural composition comprising at least one LCO.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1999Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignees: Bios Agriculture Inc., McGill UniversityInventors: Donald Smith, Pan Bo, Yinghai Deng, Pierre Migner, Feng Zhang, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj, Ahsan Habib