Patents by Inventor Ashley Slater

Ashley Slater 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: 8642509
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reducing phytotoxicity to crops (especially maize) caused by a herbicidal benzoylisoxazole and/or dione derivative of formula (I) or an agriculturally acceptable salt or metal complex thereof; which method comprises applying to the locus of the crop an antidotally effective amount of an antidote compound, optionally with a partner herbicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Aventis Cropscience UK Limited
    Inventors: Ken Pallett, Ashley Slater
  • Publication number: 20060240984
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reducing phytotoxicity to crops (especially maize) caused by a herbicidal benzoylisoxazole and/or dione derivative of formula (I) or an agriculturally acceptable salt or metal complex thereof; which method comprises applying to the locus of the crop an antidotally effective amount of an antidote compound, optionally with a partner herbicide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Ken Pallett, Ashley Slater
  • Patent number: 6887829
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the growth of weeds at a locus which comprises applying to said locus: (a) 2-(2?-nitro-4?-methylsulfonylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or metal complex thereof; and (b) a triazine herbicide with the exclusion of atrazine; and their use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience S.A.
    Inventors: Ken Pallett, Ashley Slater
  • Patent number: 6878675
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising (a) 2-(2?-nitro-4?-methylsulfonylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or metal complex thereof; and (b) N-isopropyl-(5-trifluoromethyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-4-(4?-fluoro-oxycetanilide); and their use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience S.A.
    Inventors: Ken Pallett, Ashley Slater
  • Patent number: 6835694
    Abstract: A method for controlling the growth of weeds at a locus which comprises applying to the locus an effective amount of: (a) a urea herbicide of general formula (1); and (b) 2-(2′-nitro-4′-methylsulfonylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione or an agriculturally acceptable salt or metal complex thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience S.A.
    Inventors: Ken Pallett, Ashley Slater
  • Publication number: 20040072691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising (a) 2-(2′-nitro-4′-methylsulfonylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or metal complex thereof; and (b) N-isopropyl-(5-trifluoromethyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-4-( 4′-fluoro-oxycetanilide); and their use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Ken Pallett, Ashley Slater
  • Publication number: 20040053784
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the growth of weeds at a locus which comprises applying to said locus: (a) 2-(2′-nitro-4′-methylsulfonylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or metal complex thereof; and (b) a triazine herbicide with the exclusion of atrazine; and their use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Ken Pallett, Ashley Slater
  • Publication number: 20040053785
    Abstract: A method for controlling the growth of weeds at a locus which comprises applying to the locus an effective amount of: (a) a urea herbicide of general formula (1); and (b) 2-(2′-nitro-4′-methylsulfonylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione or an agriculturally acceptable salt or metal complex thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Ken Pallett, Ashley Slater
  • Patent number: 6156701
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a method of selectively controlling undesirable vegetation in corn, comprising application of an herbicidally effective amount of an isoxazole having the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a straight- or branched-chain alkyl having up to six carbon atoms, to the locus of such vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Agro
    Inventors: Alan Gamblin, Ashley Slater