Patents by Inventor Alan Morris

Alan Morris has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11927134
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided, having a turbomachine and a rotor assembly driven by the turbomachine and operable at a first blade passing frequency (f1) greater than or equal to 2,500 hertz and less than or equal to 5,000 hertz during a high power operating condition; a heat exchanger positioned within an annular duct and extending substantially continuously along the circumferential direction, wherein an effective transmission loss (ETL) for the heat exchanger positioned within the annular duct is between 5 decibels and 1 decibels for a high power operating condition, and wherein the heat exchanger comprises a heat transfer section defining an acoustic length (Li), and wherein an Operational Acoustic Reduction Ratio (OARR) is greater than or equal to 0.75 to achieve the ETL at the high power operating condition, the OARR equal to: sin ? ? ( 2 × ? × f 1 a 1 × L i ) 2 wherein a1 is equal to 13,200 inches per second during the high power operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Scott Alan Schimmels, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Timothy Richard DePuy, Steven B. Morris
  • Publication number: 20240032541
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein X1, Y1, Y2, Z1, Z2, R1, R2, R6, R9 and n are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I) and to the use of compounds of Formula (I) for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Jeffrey Steven WAILES, Russell Colin VINER, James Alan MORRIS, Mary Bernadette ASPINALL, Catherine Mary HOLDEN, Philip Michael ELVES, Sean NG
  • Publication number: 20240025853
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides of the compounds and salts of the compounds and N-oxides: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q1, Q2, J, Y1, and Y2 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds, N-oxides and salts, and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of such a compound. N-oxide, salt or composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Duncan SATTERFIELD, Matthew James CAMPBELL, James Francis BEREZNAK, Guy William WHITTINGHAM, Glynn MITCHELL, Christopher John MATHEWS, James Nicholas SCUTT, James Alan MORRIS, Jonathan Wesley Paul DALLIMORE, Timothy Robert DESSON, Katharine Mary INGRAM, Kenneth LING
  • Publication number: 20230413820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein A1, A2, A3, Q, X, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I) and to the use of compounds of Formula (I) for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: James Alan MORRIS, Catherine Mary HOLDEN, Samuel Vaughan WATKIN, Philip Michael ELVES
  • Patent number: 11851420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nitro-vinyl-pyrazole compounds of formula (B) wherein ring A, RB2 and RB3 are as defined in claim 1, as well as the manufacture of such compounds and their subsequent use in the production of agrochemicals and/or pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: James Alan Morris, Sally Elizabeth Russell, Sean Ng
  • Patent number: 11846912
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to printing systems and methods that may include an ink composition including electrically charged ink particles dispersed in a hydrocarbon liquid and a multilayer film. The multilayer film may include a polymeric core layer; and one or more printing layers adjacent to the polymeric core layer. The one or more printing layers may include at least 50 wt. % of an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer having acid and acrylate functional groups. The ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer having acid and acrylate functional groups may include from 0.5 wt. % to 4 wt. % methacrylic or acrylic acid; from 0.5 wt. % to 4 wt. % acrylate, from 7 wt. % to 40 wt. % vinyl acetate; and the balance ethylene, based on the total weight of the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer having acid and acrylate functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Casarrubias, Nicolas Cardoso Mazzola, Barry Alan Morris, Jorge Caminero Gomes
  • Patent number: 11787765
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides of the compounds and salts of the compounds and N-oxides: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q1, Q2, J, Y1, and Y2 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds, N-oxides and salts, and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of such a compound, N-oxide, salt or composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Duncan Satterfield, Matthew James Campbell, James Francis Bereznak, William Guy Whittingham, Glynn Mitchell, Christopher John Mathews, James Nicholas Scutt, James Alan Morris, Jonathan Wesley Paul Dallimore
  • Publication number: 20230312478
    Abstract: The present invention relates novel di- and tri-substituted pyrazolo-lactam/thiolactam-carboxamide compounds, methods for their production, and intermediates for use in such methods. 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 in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: James Alan MORRIS, Sally Elizabeth RUSSELL
  • Publication number: 20230303498
    Abstract: Compounds of the Formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I) and to the use of compounds of Formula (I) for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Suzanna Jane DALE, Zoe Jane ANDERSON, Louisa WHALLEY, Gordon Richard MUNNS, James Alan MORRIS, Paul Matthew BURTON
  • Publication number: 20230301300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of herbicidal substituted phenyl-pyridazine-diones and substituted phenyl-pyridazinone derivatives of formula (I), in combination with herbicidal pyrazolo-lactam-carboxamides of formula (II) to control undesirable plant growth, in controlling weeds, including broad-leaved and/or narrow-leaved, monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Kenneth LING, Christopher John MATHEWS, Adrian LONGSTAFF, James Alan MORRIS, Sally Elizabeth RUSSELL, Sean NG
  • Publication number: 20230286952
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds of formula (II) and compositions/methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Sally Elizabeth RUSSELL, Sean NG, James Alan MORRIS
  • Publication number: 20230286954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazole derivatives of formula (X) wherein ring A is a pyrazole and substituents RB1, RB2, n, RQ1, RQ2, RQ3, and RQ4 are as defined in claim 1, their manufacture, and their use in the manufacture of agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Sally Elizabeth RUSSELL, James Alan MORRIS
  • Publication number: 20230286957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein Q, R1 and R2 areas defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I) and to the use of compounds of Formula (I) for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Catherine Mary HOLDEN, James Alan MORRIS, Alison Jane THOMPSON, Samuel Vaughan WATKIN
  • Patent number: 11708501
    Abstract: An aqueous ionomer dispersion, and method of manufacturing thereof, comprising an ionomer composition and water, wherein the ionomer composition comprises: a) at least 20 wt. %, based on the total weight percent of the ionomer composition, of an ionomer; and b) up to 80 wt. %, based on the total weight percent of the ionomer composition, of a polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Robert S. Moglia, Stacey A. Saba, Hari Katepalli, Matthew J. Crimmins, Jessica Ye Huang, James Richard De Garavilla, Richard Tien Hua Chou, Barry Alan Morris, Daniel L. Dermody, Kyle Anderson
  • Patent number: 11680057
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazole derivatives of formula (X) wherein ring A is a pyrazole and substituents RB1, RB2, n, RQ1, RQ2, RQ3, and RQ4 are as defined in claim 1, their manufacture, and their use in the manufacture of agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Sally Elizabeth Russell, James Alan Morris
  • Publication number: 20230114845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nitro-vinyl-pyrazole compounds of formula (B) wherein ring A, RB2 and RB3 are as defined in claim 1, as well as the manufacture of such compounds and their subsequent use in the production of agrochemicals and/or pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: James Alan MORRIS, Sally Elizabeth RUSSELL, Sean NG
  • Patent number: 11608323
    Abstract: The invention relates to pyrrolone compounds of the formula (I) wherein X, R1, R2, R3, Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd are as defined in the specification. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds to control plant growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG, SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: James Alan Morris, Jutta Elisabeth Boehmer, Ravindra Sonawane, Timothy Robert Desson, Sally Elizabeth Russell, Kenneth Ling, Alan Joseph Hennessy, Matthew Brian Hotson, Adrian Longstaff, Sr., Mangala Phadte, Claire Janet Russell, Jake Goodwin-Tindall
  • Publication number: 20230024283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I) and to the use of compounds of Formula (I) for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: James Alan MORRIS, Katharine Mary INGRAM, Suzanna Jane DALE, David BURNS
  • Patent number: 11548873
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nitro-vinyl-pyrazole compounds of formula (B) wherein ring A, RB2 and RB3 are as defined in claim 1, as well as the manufacture of such compounds and their subsequent use in the production of agrochemicals and/or pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: James Alan Morris, Sally Elizabeth Russell, Sean Ng
  • Publication number: 20230002357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein X, Y1, Y2, Z1, Z2, R1, R2, R5, R6 and n are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I) and to the use of compounds of Formula (I) for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Jeffrey Steven WAILES, James Alan MORRIS, Louisa WHALLEY, Joseph Andrew TATE, Zoe Jane ANDERSON, Sean NG, Mary Bernadette ASPINALL, Catherine Mary HOLDEN