Patents by Inventor Bernd Sievernich

Bernd Sievernich 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).

  • Publication number: 20180368408
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising pyroxasulfone. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Helmut KRAUS, Bernd SIEVERNICH, Mariano ETCHEVERRY, Richard R. EVANS, Ryan Louis NIELSON, Cyrill ZAGAR
  • Publication number: 20180199568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising pethoxamid. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Helmut KRAUS, Bernd SIEVERNICH, Mariano ETCHEVERRY, Richard R. EVANS, Ryan Louis NIELSON, Cyrill ZAGAR, Rex A. LIEBL
  • Publication number: 20180199572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising metolachlor or S-metolachlor. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Helmut KRAUS, Bernd SIEVERNICH, Mariano ETCHEVERRY, Richard R. EVANS, Ryan Louis NIELSON, Cyrill ZAGAR, Rex A. LIEBL
  • Publication number: 20180192649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising imazamox, any of its individual isomers or agriculturally acceptable salts, esters or amides thereof. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Helmut KRAUS, Bernd SIEVERNICH, Mariano ETCHEVERRY, Richard EVANS, Ryan Louis NIELSON, Cyrill ZAGAR, Rex LIEBL
  • Publication number: 20180192647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising at least one chloroacetamide selected from acetochlor and pretilachlor. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Helmut KRAUS, Bernd SIEVERNICH, Mariano ETCHEVERRY, Richard EVANS, Ryan Louis NIELSON, Cyrill ZAGAR, Rex LIEBL
  • Publication number: 20180184657
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising dimethenamid or dimethenamid-P. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Helmut KRAUS, Bernd SIEVERNICH, Mariano ETCHEVERRY, Richard R. EVANS, Ryan Louis NIELSON, Cyrill ZAGAR, Rex A. LIEBL
  • Publication number: 20180184659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising specific pigment synthesis inhibitors selected from beflubutamide, flurtamone and clomazone. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Helmut KRAUS, Bernd SIEVERNICH, Mariano ETCHEVERRY, Richard R. EVANS, Ryan Louis NIELSON, Cyrill ZAGAR, Rex A. LIEBL
  • Publication number: 20180184658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising saflufenacil. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Helmut KRAUS, Bernd SIEVERNICH, Mariano ETCHEVERRY, Richard R. EVANS, Ryan Louis NIELSON, Cyrill ZAGAR, Rex A. LIEBL
  • Publication number: 20180184660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising specific inhibitors of protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO inhibitors) selected from flumioxazin and sulfentrazone. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Helmut KRAUS, Bernd SIEVERNICH, Mariano ETCHEVERRY, Richard R. EVANS, Ryan Louis NIELSON, Cyrill ZAGAR, Rex A. LIEBL
  • Patent number: 9999223
    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: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Sievernich, William Karl Moberg, Anja Simon, Helmut Walter, Richard R. Evans
  • Publication number: 20170325455
    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 acetolactat 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: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd SIEVERNICH, William Karl MOBERG, Anja SIMON, Helmut WALTER, Richard R. EVANS
  • Patent number: 9629366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition which comprises pyroxasulfone along with any one or more of glyphosate, glufosinate, or their salts. The herbicidal composition may also comprise one or more of an ALS inhibitor, a PPO inhibitor, an auxine, an HPPD inhibitor, a PDS inhibitor, a PSII inhibitor, a microtublin inhibitor or a VLCFA inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Sievernich, William Karl Moberg, Anja Simon, Helmut Walter, Richard R. Evans
  • Publication number: 20170042159
    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: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Bernd SIEVERNICH, William Karl MOBERG, Anja SIMON, Helmut WALTER, Richard R. EVANS
  • Patent number: 9545104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid suspension concentrate formulations for plant protection comprising: 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl(1-methylethy)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide in the form of the anhydrate; N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine in the form of its free acid, in the form of the ammonium salt or a substituted ammonium salt or a mixture thereof; at least one diluent selected from: hydrocarbon solvents having a boiling point of at least 100° C.; and —C1-C8-alkyl esters of C8-C26-fatty acids, mono- and di-C1-C4-alkyl amides of C8-C26-fatty acids; optionally at least one diluent that differs from diluents c) and that is selected from organic solvents having at least one oxygen atom; at least one non-ionic surfactant comprising a polyalkoxylate moiety; and at least one anionic surfactant containing a sulfonate group or a sulfate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Wolfgang Gregori, Sven Adam, Klaus Kolb, Jürgen Jakob, Bernd Sievernich, Jörg Steuerwald, Steven Bowe, Joseph Zawierucha, Rex Liebl
  • Patent number: 9497961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel composition for improving the effectiveness of herbicides, to the use of this composition for improving the effectiveness of herbicides, to a herbicidal agent which comprises this composition and at least one herbicide, and to the use of this herbicidal agent for controlling undesired plant growth. The composition comprises: (a) at least one C1-C4-alkyl ester of at least one aliphatic C14-C22-carboxylic acid, where the at least one carboxylic acid consists to at least 70% by weight of aliphatic carboxylic acids having 18 carbon atoms; (b) at least one anionic surfactant which is selected from the esterification products of monohydroxy-functional alkyl polyethers with inorganic polyprotonic acids; (c) at least one aliphatic C14-C22-carboxylic acid; (d) optionally at least one antifoam; and (e) at least one aromatic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Rainer Berghaus, Markus Becker, Bernd Sievernich, Herve R. Vantieghem
  • Patent number: 9253984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidally active compositions, which comprise 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name pyroxasulfone] and at least one herbicide B and at least one herbicide B which is selected from group consisting of synthetic auxins and auxin transport inhibitors. The invention furthermore relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation, which comprises applying an herbicidal composition according to the present invention to the undesirable plants. Application can be done before, during and/or after, preferably during and/or after, the emergence of the undesirable plants. The herbicide A and the at least one herbicide B can be applied simultaneously or in succession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Sievernich, Anja Simon, William Karl Moberg, Richard R. Evans
  • Patent number: 9220268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoxazinones of the general formula (I) wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the benzoxazinones of the formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one benzoxazinones of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, Trevor William Newton, Thomas Seitz, Helmut Walter, Bernd Sievernich, Anja Simon, Ricarda Niggeweg, Klaus Groβmann, Liliana Parra Rapado, Richard Roger Evans
  • Publication number: 20150250181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoxazinones of the general formula (I) wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the benzoxazinones of the formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one benzoxazinones of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias WITSCHEL, Trevor William NEWTON, Thomas SEITZ, Helmut WALTER, Bernd SIEVERNICH, Anja SIMON, Ricarda NIGGEWEG, Klaus GROßMANN, Liliana PARRA RAPADO, Richard Roger EVANS
  • Publication number: 20150189877
    Abstract: A herbicide formulation comprising a1) at least one herbicidal active substance from the class of the ACC inhibitors; a2) optionally at least one safener; a3) optionally at least one further herbicidal active substance other than (a1) and (a2); b) one or more solvents of formula (I), R—CO—NR1R2??(I) where R is a C3-C18-hydrocarbon radical, R1, R2 are identical or different and are a C1-C14-hydrocarbon radical or a C1-C14-hydroxyhydrocarbon radical; c) one or more aromatic solvents; d) one or more surfactants from the group of the C8-C22-alkyl alcohols which are alkoxylated, where the terminal hydroxyl groups of these compounds are optionally capped by an alkyl, cycloalkyl or acryl radical having 1-24 carbon atoms; e) one or more emulsifiers; f) optionally one or more auxiliaries and g) optionally water is suitable in particular for controlling undesired grasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Bernd Sievernich, Torsten Meid
  • Patent number: 9066519
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoxazinones of the general formula (I) wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the benzoxazinones of the formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one benzoxazinones of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, Trevor William Newton, Thomas Seitz, Helmut Walter, Bernd Sievernich, Anja Simon, Ricarda Niggeweg, Klaus Groβmann, Liliana Parra Rapado, Richard Roger Evans