Patents by Inventor Brian R. Thoreen

Brian R. Thoreen 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).

  • Synthetic modification of Spinosyn compounds
    Patent number: 6001981
    Abstract: The compounds of the present invention are prepared directly or indirectly by modifying the compounds that are naturally produced from Saccharopolyspora spinosa. The compounds of the invention have been shown to have activity against insects and mites. The compounds are prepared by modifying the rhamnose sugar, modification of the forosamine sugar, or starting with pseuodoaglycone and then replacement with a nonsugar derivative or different sugar, modification of the 5,6,5-tricyclic and 12-membered macrocyclic lactone part of the compounds naturally produced or of the pseudoaglycone of the natural compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Carl Vincent DeAmicis, Peter Biagio Anzeveno, Jacek G. Martynow, Kevin L. McLaren, Frederick Richard Green, III, Thomas C. Sparks, Herbert A. Kirst, Lawrence Camillo Creemer, Thomas V. Worden, Joe Raymond Schoonover, Jr., James Michael Gifford, Christopher J. Hatton, Vidyadhar B. Hegde, Gary D. Crouse, Brian R. Thoreen, Michael J. Ricks
  • N-(4-pyridyl or 4-quinolinyl) arylacetamide and 4-(aralkoxy or aralkylamino) pyridine pesticides
    Patent number: 5399564
    Abstract: N-(4-Pyridyl or 4-quinolinyl) arylacetamides, for example N-((3-chloro-2-ethyl)-4-pyridyl)(4-(4-chlorophenoxy) phenyl)-acetamide, and 4-(aralkyoxy or aralkylamino)pyridines, for example 4-[2-[4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenyl]ethoxy]pyridine, are active against nematodes, insects, mites, and plant pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: DowElanco
    Inventors: Ronald E. Hackler, Glen P. Jourdan, Peter L. Johnson, Brian R. Thoreen, Jack G. Samaritoni
  • 4-(2-(4-(2-pyridinyloxy)phenyl)ethoxy)quinazoline and analogues thereof
    Patent number: 5326766
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: Het is pyridyl, pyrazinyl, pyrimidinyl, or pyridizinyl, optionally substituted with one or more groups selected from halo, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, NO.sub.2, CN, and lower alkoxy-carbonyl;Z is a C--C single bond, CH.sub.2, NH, O, S, --CH.sub.2 O--, or --OCH.sub.2 --; andthe remaining groups are as defined in the specification are useful as pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Inventors: Barry A. Dreikorn, Sylvester V. Kaster, Neil V. Kirby, Robert G. Suhr, Brian R. Thoreen