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).

  • Patent number: 8841298
    Abstract: Substituted pyrazines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the pyrazines 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 herbicidally effective amount of at least one pyrazine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Bernd Sievernich, Anja Simon, Ricarda Niggeweg
  • Publication number: 20140243522
    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 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    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
  • Patent number: 8778838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous 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-methylethyl)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide in the form of its 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 two different non-ionic surfactants with at least one of them comprising an ethylene oxide polymer moiety or an ethylene oxide/C3-C4-alkylene oxide block copolymer moiety, and water; wherein the pH-value of the formulation is below 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Wolfgang Gregori, Sven Adam, Klaus Kolb, Juergen Jakob, Bernd Sievernich, Joerg Steuerwald, Steven Bowe, Joseph Zawierucha, Rex Liebl
  • Patent number: 8754008
    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: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    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
  • Patent number: 8754010
    Abstract: A synergistic herbicidal mixture comprising A) picolinafen; or one of its environmentally compatible salts; and B) a synergistically effective amount of at least a sulfonylurea of formula II wherein the variables A, B, X and R1 to R3 have the meanings given in the specification; and, if desired, C) at least a safener. Compositions comprising these mixtures, processes for the preparation of these compositions and their use for controlling undesired plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Cyrill Zagar, Adam F. Burnhams, Peter Dombo, Andreas Landes, Bernd Sievernich, Herve R. Vantieghem
  • Patent number: 8703650
    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-methylethyl)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide in the form of the crystalline anhydrate; 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; at least two different non-ionic surfactants selected from poly-ethoxylate-co-C3-C4-alkoxylates of C3-C20-alkanols, polyethoxylates of C8-C22-alkanols, polyester-polyoxyethylene block copolymers, polyethoxylates of mono-, di- or tristyryl phenols and polyethoxylates of vegetable oils; and at least one anionic surfactant selected from C1-C16-alkylarene sulfonates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Klaus Kolb, Wolfgang Gregori, Bernd Sievernich, Michael Krapp, Jörg Steuerwald, Heidi Emilia Saxell, Steven Bowe, Rex Liebl, Terrance M. Cannan
  • Patent number: 8653002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous suspension concentrate formulation 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-methylethyl)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide in the form of its crystalline anhydrate; at least one non-ionic surfactant selected from polyoxyethylene-polyoxy-C3-C4-alkylene block copolymers; at least one anionic surfactant comprising at least one arylsulfonate group; and water; wherein the pH value of the formulation is in the range of 3 to 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Wolfgang Gregori, Klaus Kolb, Bernd Sievernich, Heidi Emilia Saxell, Joerg Steuerwald, Steven Bowe, Rex Liebl, Terrance M. Cannan
  • Patent number: 8450301
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of piperazine compounds of formula (I) or the agriculturally useful salts of piperazine compounds of formula (I) as herbicides, the variables in formula (I) being defined as cited in the claims and the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Eike Hupe, Cyrill Zagar, Matthias Witschel, Toralf Kühn, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Frank Stelzer, Andrea Vescovi, Michael Puhl, Robert Reinhard, Bernd Sievernich, Klaus Groβmann, Thomas Ehrhardt, Michael Rack
  • Patent number: 8445407
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tetrahydrophthalimides of 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 tetrahydrophthalimide of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, Trevor William Newton, Thomas Seitz, Helmut Walter, Bernd Sievernich, Anja Simon, Ricarda Niggeweg, Klaus Grossmann
  • Patent number: 8362026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crystalline form of 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl(1-methylethyl)-amino]sulfonyl]benzamide. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of this crystalline form and to plant protection formulations which comprise this crystalline form of the phenyluracil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Joachim Gebhardt, Sandra Löhr, Michael Keil, Jan Hendrik Wevers, Peter Erk, Heidi Emilia Saxell, Gerhard Hamprecht, Werner Seitz, Guido Mayer, Bernd Wolf, Gerhard Cox, Alfred Michel, Cyrill Zagar, Robert Reinhard, Bernd Sievernich
  • Patent number: 8357695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hydrates of 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl(1-methylethyl)amino]-sulfonyl]benzamide. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of these hydrates and to plant protection formulations which comprise hydrates of the phenyluracil I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Joachim Gebhardt, Sandra Löhr, Michael Keil, Jan Hendrik Wevers, Peter Erk, Heidi Emilia Saxell, Gerhard Hamprecht, Guido Mayer, Bernd Wolf, Gerhard Cox, Alfred Michel, Werner Seitz, Cyrill Zagar, Robert Reinhard, Bernd Sievernich
  • Patent number: 8338337
    Abstract: Substituted pyridines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the pyridines 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 herbicidally effective amount of at least one pyridine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Eike Hupe, Christian Pilger, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andrea Vescovi, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Robert Reinhard, Anja Simon, Ricarda Niggeweg, Bernd Sievernich, Thomas Seitz
  • Publication number: 20120302441
    Abstract: A synergistic herbicidal mixture comprising A) picolinafen; or one of its environmentally compatible salts; and B) a synergistically effective amount of at least a sulfonylurea of formula II wherein the variables A, B, X and R1 to R3 have the meanings given in the specification; and, if desired, C) at least a safener. Compositions comprising these mixtures, processes for the preparation of these compositions and their use for controlling undesired plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Cyrill Zagar, Adam F. Burnhams, Peter Dombo, Andress Landes, Bernd Sievernich, Herve R. Vantieghem
  • Publication number: 20120302444
    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-methylethyl)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide in the form of the crystalline anhydrate; 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; at least two different non-ionic surfactants selected from poly-ethoxylate-co-C3-C4-alk0xylat.es of C3-C20-alkanols, polyethoxylates of C8-C22-alkanols, polyester-polyoxyethylene block copolymers, polyethoxylates of mono-, di- or tristyryl phenols and polyethoxylates of vegetable oils; and at least one anionic surfactant selected from C1-C16-alkylarene sulfonates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Klaus Kolb, Wolfgang Gregori, Bernd Sievernich, Michael Krapp, Jörg Steuerwald, Heidi Emilia Saxell, Steven Bowe, Rex Liebl, Terrance M. Cannan
  • Publication number: 20120231954
    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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Wolfgang Gregori, Sven Adam, Klaus Kolb, Jürgen Jakob, Bernd Sievernich, Jörg Steuerwald, Steven Bowe, Joseph Zawierucha, Rex Liebl
  • Publication number: 20120214668
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tetrahydrophthalimides of 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 tetrahydrophthalimide of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, Trevor William Newton, Thomas Seitz, Helmut Walter, Bernd Sievernich, Anja Simon, Ricarda Niggeweg, Klaus Grossmann
  • Publication number: 20120149577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous suspension concentrate formulation 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-methylethyl)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide in the form of its crystalline anhydrate; at least one non-ionic surfactant selected from polyoxyethylene-polyoxy-C3-C4-alkylene block copolymers; at least one anionic surfactant comprising at least one arylsulfonate group; and water; wherein the pH value of the formulation is in the range of 3 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Wolfgang Gregori, Klaus Kolb, Bernd Sievernich, Heidi Emilia Saxell, Joerg Steuerwald, Steven Bowe, Rex Liebl, Terrance M. Cannan
  • Publication number: 20120100991
    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: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    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: 20120077678
    Abstract: Substituted pyrazines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the pyrazines 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 herbicidally effective amount of at least one pyrazine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Bernd Sievernich, Anja Simon, Ricarda Niggeweg
  • Publication number: 20120071322
    Abstract: Substituted pyrazines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the pyrazines 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 herbicidally effective amount of at least one pyrazine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Atelzer, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Bernd Sievernich, Anja Simon, Ricarda Niggeweg