Patents by Inventor Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein
Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein 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).
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Publication number: 20150335023Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein W is O or S; V is a direct bond or NR3; Q is or CR6aR6b, O, NR7, C?N—O—R7 or C(?O); Y is —C(R5)?N—O—(CR8aR8b)p—X—(CR9aR9b)q—SiR10aR10bR10c; or a phenyl ring substituted as defined in the disclosure; or Z; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6a, R6b, R7, R8a, R8b, R9a, R9b, R10a, R10b, R10c, Z, p and q are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: BRUCE LAWRENCE FINKELSTEIN, ANDREW EDMUND TAGGI, JEFFREY KEITH LONG, PAULA LOUISE SHARPE, CHI-PING TSENG, STEPHEN FREDERICK MCCANN, AMY X. DING, STEVEN LEWIS SWANN, JR.
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Patent number: 9144240Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, and their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts, are disclosed which are useful for controlling undesired vegetation wherein R1 is cyclopropyl optionally substituted with 1-5 R5, isopropyl optionally substituted with 1-5 R6, or phenyl optionally substituted with 1-3 R7; R2 is ((O)jC(R15)(R16))kR; R is CO2H or a herbicidally effective derivative of CO2H; R3 is halogen, cyano, nitro, OR20, SR21 or N(R22)R23; R4 is —N(R24)R25 or —NO2; j is 0 or 1; and k is 0 or 1; provided that when k is 0, then j is 0; and R5, R6, R7, R15, R16, R20, R21, R22, R23, R24 and R25 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I and a method for controlling undesired vegetation which involves contacting the vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Gregory Russell Armel, Vernon Arie Wittenbach
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Publication number: 20140350251Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, and their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts, are disclosed which are useful for controlling undesired vegetation wherein R1 is cyclopropyl optionally substituted with 1-5 R5, isopropyl optionally substituted with 1-5 R6, or phenyl optionally substituted with 1-3 R7; R2 is ((O)jC(R15)(R16))kR; R is CO2H or a herbicidally effective derivative of CO2H; R3 is halogen, cyano, nitro, OR20, SR21 or N(R22)R23; R4 is —N(R24)R25 or —NO2; j is 0 or 1; and k is 0 or 1; provided that when k is 0, then j is 0; and R5, R6, R7, R15, R16, R20, R21, R22, R23, R24 and R25 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I and a method for controlling undesired vegetation which involves contacting the vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: DAVID ALAN CLARK, BRUCE LAWRENCE FINKELSTEIN, GREGORY RUSSELL ARMEL, VERNON ARIE WITTENBACH
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Publication number: 20140323436Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein W is O or S; V is a direct bond or NR3; Q is or CR6aR6b, O, NR7, C?N—O—R7 or C(?O); Y is —C(R5)?N—O—(CR8aR8b)p—X—(CR9aR9b)q—SiR10aR10bR10c; or a phenyl ring substituted as defined in the disclosure; or Z; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6a, R6b, R7, R8a, R8b, R9a, R9b, R10a, R10b, R10c, Z, p and q are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Bruce Lawrence FINKELSTEIN, Andrew Edmund TAGGI, Jeffrey Keith LONG, Paula Louise SHARPE, Chi-Ping TSENG, Stephen Frederick MCCANN, Amy X DING, Steven Lewis SWANN, JR.
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Patent number: 8802597Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, and their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts, are disclosed which are useful for controlling undesired vegetation wherein R1 is cyclopropyl optionally substituted with 1-5 R5, isopropyl optionally substituted with 1-5 R6, or phenyl optionally substituted with 1-3 R7; R2 is ((O)jC(R15)(R16))kR; R is CO2H or a herbicidally effective derivative of CO2H; R3 is halogen, cyano, nitro, OR20, SR21 or N(R22)R23; R4 is —N(R24)R25 or —NO2; j is 0 or 1; and k is 0 or 1; provided that when k is 0, then j is 0; and R5, R6, R7, R15, R16, R20, R21, R22, R23, R24 and R25 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I and a method for controlling undesired vegetation which involves contacting the vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Gregory Russell Armel, Vernon Arie Wittenbach
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Patent number: 8586611Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of Formula (1) including all geometric and stereoisomers, N oxides, and agriculturally suitable salts thereof, agricultural compositions containing them and their use as fungicides, (1) provided that the compound of Formula 1 is other than 2-[1-[(2-chlorophenyl)acetyl]-4-piperidinyl]-N-methyl-N-[(1R)-1-phenylethyl]-4-thiazolecarboxamide and R1 is other than 4-fluorophenyl; wherein R1, R2, A, G, Q, W1, W2, X and n are otherwise as defined in the disclosure, Also disclosed are compositions containing the a compound having a formula corresponding to Formula (1) where the provisos are both omitted; and methods for controlling plant diseases caused by fungal plant pathogens which involves applying an effective amount of a compound having a formula corresponding to Formula (1) where the provisos are both omitted.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2006Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: John Joseph Bisaha, Patrick Ryan Kovacs, Renee Marie Lett, Jeffrey Keith Long, Robert James Pasteris, Boris Abramovich Klyashchitsky, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Brenton Todd Smith
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Publication number: 20110269712Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of Formula (1) including all geometric and stereoisomers, N oxides, and agriculturally suitable salts thereof, agricultural compositions containing them and their use as fungicides, (1) provided that the compound of Formula 1 is other than 2-[1-[(2-chlorophenyl)acetyl]-4-piperidinyl]-N-methyl-N-[(1R)-1-phenylethyl]-4-thiazolecarboxamide and R1 is other than 4-fluorophenyl; wherein R1, R2, A, G, Q, W1, W2, X and n are otherwise as defined in the disclosure, Also disclosed are compositions containing the a compound having a formula corresponding to Formula (1) where the provisos are both omitted; and methods for controlling plant diseases caused by fungal plant pathogens which involves applying an effective amount of a compound having a formula corresponding to Formula (1) where the provisos are both omitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2006Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: John Joseph Bisaha, Patrick Ryan Kovacs, Renne M. Lett, Jeffrey Keith Long, Robert James Pasteris, Boris Abramovich Klyashchitsky, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Brenton Todd Smith
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Patent number: 8012499Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (1), including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R3 is —C(?B)C(?O)L or —C(R11R12)C(?O)L; R4 is, inter alia, H, C1-C4 alkyl or C2-C6 alkoxycarbonyl; or R3 and R4 are taken together as —C(?O)C(?O)—, —C(?NR13)C(?O)— or —C(R11R12)C(?O)—. B is O, NR13, NOR13 Or NNR14 R15; L is OH or NR14 R15; and X, R1, R2, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15 and J are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula (1) and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2006Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Stephen Frederick McCann
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Publication number: 20110092544Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein each W and Y is independently CH2, O, C(?O), S(?O)n, NR8 or a direct bond; R4 is H, halogen, cyano, hydroxy, C1-C2 alkyl, C1-C2 haloalkyl, C2 alkenyl, C2 haloalkenyl or C2 alkynyl; m is an integer selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; and R1, R2, R3, R5, R8 and n are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE nemours and companyInventor: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein
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Publication number: 20110077156Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, and their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts, are disclosed which are useful for controlling undesired vegetation wherein R1 is cyclopropyl optionally substituted with 1-5 R5, isopropyl optionally substituted with 1-5 R6, or phenyl optionally substituted with 1-3 R7; R2 is ((O)jC(R15)(R16))kR; R is CO2H or a herbicidally effective derivative of CO2H; R3 is halogen, cyano, nitro, OR20, SR21 or N(R22)R23; R4 is —N(R24)R25 or —NO2; j is 0 or 1; and k is 0 or 1; provided that when k is 0, then j is 0; and R5, R6, R7, R15, R16, R20, R21, R22, R23, R24 and R25 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I and a method for controlling undesired vegetation which involves contacting the vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: E. I. DU POND DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: DAVID ALAN CLARK, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Gregory Russell Armel, Vernon Arie Wittenbach
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Patent number: 7863220Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, and their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts, are disclosed which are useful for controlling undesired vegetation wherein R1 is cyclopropyl optionally substituted with 1-5 R5, isopropyl optionally substituted with 1-5 R6, or phenyl optionally substituted with 1-3 R7; R2 is ((O)jC(R15)(R16))kR; R is CO2H or a herbicidally effective derivative of CO2H; R3 is halogen, cyano, nitro, OR20, SR21 or N(R22)R23; R4 is —N(R24)R25 or —NO2; j is 0 or 1; and k is 0 or 1; provided that when k is 0, then j is 0; and R5, R6, R7, R15, R16, R20, R21, R22, R23, R24 and R25 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I and a method for controlling undesired vegetation which involves contacting the vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2004Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Inventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Gregory Russell Armel, Vernon Arie Wittenbach
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Publication number: 20100160385Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein
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Publication number: 20100120714Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein W is O or S; V is a direct bond or NR3; Q is or CR6aR6b, O, NR7, C?N—O—R7 or C(?O); Y is —C(R5)?N—O—(CR8aR8b)p—X—(CR9aR9b)q—SiR10aR10bR10c; or a phenyl ring substituted as defined in the disclosure; or Z; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6a, R7, R8a, R8b, R9b, R10a, R10b, R10c, Z, p and q are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Andrew Edmund Taggi, Jefrey Keith Long, Paula Louise Sharpe, Chi-ping Tseng, Stephen Frederick Mccann, Amy X. Ding, Steven Lewis Swann, JR.
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Patent number: 7629463Abstract: This invention pertains to compounds of Formula I, their N-oxides and suitable salts wherein A is O or S; G is a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or a 5- or 6-membered nonaromatic heterocyclic ring optionally including one or two ring members selected from the group consisting of C(?O), SO or S(O)2, each ring optionally substituted with from one to four R2; each J is independently a phenyl ring, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or an aromatic 8-, 9- or 10-membered fused carbobicyclic or heterobicyclic ring system, wherein each ring or ring system is optionally substituted with from one to four R3; and R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are as defined in the disclosure. A composition comprising a compound of Formula I, and a method for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Publication number: 20090269300Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (1), including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R3 is —C(?B)C(?O)L or —C(R11R12)C(?O)L; R4 is, inter alia, H, C1-C4 alkyl or C2-C6 alkoxycarbonyl; or R3 and R4 are taken together as —C(?O)C(?O)—, —C(?NR13)C(?O)— or —C(R11R12)C(?O)—. B is O, NR13, NOR13 Or NNR14 R15; L is OH or NR14 R15; and X, R1, R2, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15 and J are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula (1) and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2006Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventors: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Stephen Frederick McCann
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Patent number: 7560564Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula (I), N-oxides and suitable salts thereof, wherein A and B are independently O or S; each J is independently a phenyl ring, a naphthyl ring system, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or an aromatic 8-, 9- or 10-membered fused heterobicyclic ring system wherein each ring or ring system is optionally substituted with 1 to 4 R5; K is, together with the two contiguous linking carbon atoms, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring optionally substituted with 1 to 3 R4; and R1 R2, R3, R4, R5 and n are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I), an N-oxide thereof or a suitable salt of the compound (e.g., as a composition described herein).Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2005Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Gary David Annis, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein
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Patent number: 7541377Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula I, and N-oxides and salts thereof wherein A, B, R1 through R5, R7 through R9, X and Y are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I. Also disclosed are compositions for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising the compounds of Formula I.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Stephen Frederick McCann, Thomas Paul Selby, Ying Song, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Publication number: 20080132524Abstract: This invention pertains to compounds of Formula I, their N-oxides and suitable salts wherein A is O or S; G is a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or a 5- or 6-membered nonaromatic heterocyclic ring optionally including one or two ring members selected from the group consisting of C(?O), SO or S(O)2, each ring optionally substituted with from one to four R2; each J is independently a phenyl ring, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or an aromatic 8-, 9- or 10-membered fused carbobicyclic or heterobicyclic ring system, wherein each ring or ring system is optionally substituted with from one to four R3; and R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are as defined in the disclosure. A composition comprising a compound of Formula I, and a method for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 7375232Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, their N-oxides and salts are disclosed wherein A is O or S; G is a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or a 5- or 6-membered nonaromatic heterocyclic ring optionally including one or two ring members selected from C(?O), SO or S(O)2, each ring optionally substituted with one to four R2; each J is independently a phenyl ring, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or an aromatic 8-, 9- or 10-membered fused carbobicyclic or heterobicyclic ring system, wherein each ring or ring system is optionally substituted with one to four R3; and R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are as defined in the disclosure. A composition comprising a compound of Formula I, and a method for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2002Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 7288554Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula I, their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts (I) wherein J is a phenyl ring, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or an aromatic 8-, 9- or 10-membered fused carbobicyclic or heterobicyclic ring system wherein each ring or ring system is substituted with from one to four substituents independently selected from R5; and A, B, G, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and n are as defined in the disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2002Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Tom Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson