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).

  • Publication number: 20150335023
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: 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.
  • Patent number: 9144240
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Gregory Russell Armel, Vernon Arie Wittenbach
  • Publication number: 20140350251
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: DAVID ALAN CLARK, BRUCE LAWRENCE FINKELSTEIN, GREGORY RUSSELL ARMEL, VERNON ARIE WITTENBACH
  • Publication number: 20140323436
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: 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.
  • Patent number: 8802597
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Gregory Russell Armel, Vernon Arie Wittenbach
  • Patent number: 8586611
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: John Joseph Bisaha, Patrick Ryan Kovacs, Renee Marie Lett, Jeffrey Keith Long, Robert James Pasteris, Boris Abramovich Klyashchitsky, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Brenton Todd Smith
  • Publication number: 20110269712
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: John Joseph Bisaha, Patrick Ryan Kovacs, Renne M. Lett, Jeffrey Keith Long, Robert James Pasteris, Boris Abramovich Klyashchitsky, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Brenton Todd Smith
  • Patent number: 8012499
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Stephen Frederick McCann
  • Publication number: 20110092544
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE nemours and company
    Inventor: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein
  • Publication number: 20110077156
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU POND DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: DAVID ALAN CLARK, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Gregory Russell Armel, Vernon Arie Wittenbach
  • Patent number: 7863220
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Gregory Russell Armel, Vernon Arie Wittenbach
  • Publication number: 20100160385
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein
  • Publication number: 20100120714
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: 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.
  • Patent number: 7629463
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20090269300
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Stephen Frederick McCann
  • Patent number: 7560564
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Gary David Annis, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein
  • Patent number: 7541377
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Stephen Frederick McCann, Thomas Paul Selby, Ying Song, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20080132524
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7375232
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7288554
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Tom Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson