Patents by Inventor Christoph Luthy

Christoph Luthy 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: 20110218341
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula I wherein X is (i), (ii) or (iii) Y is O, S(O)m, NR3, CR5R6, CR5R6—CR7R8, O—CR7R8, S(O)m—CR7R8, NR3—CR7R8, CR5R6—O, CR5R6—S(O)m, CR5R6—NR3, SO2—NR3, NR3—SO2, NR3—O or O—NR3; m is 0, 1, or 2; the ring (T) is a 5- or 6-membered aromatic or heteroaromatic ring; R1 to R10 are specified organic groups and n and is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; or salts or N-oxides thereof or compositions containing them in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs. Novel compounds are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicants: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC., SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Anthony Cornelius O'Sullivan, Jürgen Harry Schaetzer, Christoph Lüthy, Alison Clare Elliott, Christopher John Mathews
  • Patent number: 7960310
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula (I) wherein X is (i), (ii) or (iii), formula (i), formula (ii), formula (iii) Y is O, S(O)m, NR3, CR5R6, CR5R6—CR7R8, O—CR7R8, S(O)m—CR7R8, NR3—CR7R8, CR5R6—O, CR5R6—S(O)m, CR5R6—NR3, SO2—NR3, NR3—SO2, NR3—O or O—NR3; m is 0, 1, or 2; the ring (T) formula (T) is a 5- or 6-membered aromatic or heteroaromatic ring; R1 to R10 are specified organic groups and n and is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; or salts or N-oxides thereof or compositions containing them in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs. Novel compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: Syngenta Participations AG, Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Cornelius O'Sullivan, Jürgen Harry Schaetzer, Christoph Lüthy, Alison Clare Elliott, Christopher John Mathews
  • Publication number: 20100280085
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula (I) wherein X is (i), (ii) or (iii), where the substituents have the meanings assigned to them in claim 1, or compositions containing them in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs. Novel compounds are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Christoph Luthy, Anthony Cornelius O'Sullivan, Jurgen Harry Schaetzer
  • Patent number: 7776888
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts and all stereoisomers and tautomeric forms of the compounds of formula I are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Renaud Beaudegnies, Andrew Edmunds, Christoph Lüthy, Roger Graham Hall, Sebastian Volker Wendeborn, Jürgen Schaetzer
  • Patent number: 7745495
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein A1 is C(R1R2)p; A2 is C(R6R7)q; p is 1 or 2; q is 1 or 2; each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 which may be the same or different, represents hydrogen, methyl or ethyl and R9 is C1-C4alkyl; R10 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C3alkyl or C1-C3-haloalkyl, and agronomically acceptable salts/isomers/enantiomers/tautomers/N-oxides of those compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastian Volker Wendeborn, Renaud Beaudegnies, Andrew Edmunds, Christoph Luthy, Jurgen Schaetzer
  • Patent number: 7691785
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Edmunds, Alain De Mesmaeker, Christoph Luthy, Jurgen Schaetzer
  • Publication number: 20100048699
    Abstract: A compound of formula I where the substituents have the meanings assigned to them in claim 1, compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) and the use of such compounds and/or compositions controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicants: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC., SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Juergen Harry Schaetzer, Christoph Luthy, William Lutz, Donn Warwick Moseley, Anthony Cornellius O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20100035756
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: SYNGENTA LIMITED, SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Christoph Luthy, Roger Graham Hall, Andrew Edmunds, Suzanna Riley, Martin Diggelmann
  • Publication number: 20090197767
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein A1 is C(R1R2)p; A2 is C(R6R7)q; p is 1 or 2; q is 1 or 2; each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 which may be the same or different, represents hydrogen, methyl or ethyl and R9 is C1-C4alkyl; R10 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C3alkyl or C1-C3-haloalkyl, and agronomically acceptable salts/isomers/enantiomers/tautomers/N-oxides of those compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Sebastian Volker Wendeborn, Renaud Beaudegnies, Andrew Edmunds, Christoph Luthy, Jürgen Schaetzer
  • Publication number: 20080274891
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Edmunds, Alain De Mesmaeker, Christoph Luthy, Jurgen Schaetzer
  • Patent number: 7378375
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Edmunds, Alain De Mesmaeker, Christoph Lüthy, Jürgen Schaetzer
  • Publication number: 20070167631
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and agronomically acceptable salts/N-oxides/isomers/enantiomers of those compounds are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Christoph Luthy, Andrew Edmunds, Renaud Beaudegnies, Sebastian Wendeborn, Jurgen Schaetzer, William Lutz
  • Patent number: 7135574
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, by conversion of a compound of formula II reaction of that compound with a compound of formula IV X—C(O)—Q,??(IV) wherein X is a leaving group, to form a compound of formula V and treatment of that compound in the presence of a base with catalytic amounts of cyanide ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Hermann Schneider, Christoph Lüthy, Andrew Edmunds
  • Publication number: 20060052247
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts and all stereoisomers and tautomeric forms of the compounds of formula I are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Renaud Beaudegnies, Andrew Edmunds, Christoph Luthy, Roger Hall, Sebastian Wendeborn, Jurgen Schaetzer
  • Publication number: 20050256003
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts and all stereoisomeric and tautomeric forms of compounds of formula (I) are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Christoph Luthy, Renaud Beauedegnies, Andrew Edmunds, Roger Hall, Sebastian Wendeborn
  • Patent number: 6911547
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of bicyclic 1,3-diketone salts of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently of the others hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl; A and E are each independently of the other C1-C2alkylene, which may be substituted once or up to four times by a C1-C4alkyl group, and M+is an alkali metal ion, alkaline earth metal ion or ammonium ion, by oxidation of a compound of formula II to a compound of formula III and subsequent conversion to a compound of formula I either in the presence of a base and a catalytic amount of a cyanide or in the presence of an alkali metal alcoholate or alkaline earth metal alcoholate, and to novel bicyclic enol lactone intermediates of formula III for use in that process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Hermann Schneider, Christoph Lüthy
  • Patent number: 6855831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of formula I: wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, by conversion of a compound of formula II: reaction of that compound with a compound of formula IV: X—C(O)—Q??(IV), wherein X is a leaving group, to form a compound of formula V: and treatment of that compound in the presence of a base with catalytic amounts of cyanide ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Hermann Schneider, Christoph Lüthy, Andrew Edmunds
  • Patent number: 6838564
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as herbicides
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Edmunds, Alain De Mesmaeker, Christoph Lüthy, Jürgen Schaetzer
  • Publication number: 20040242456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel, herbicidally active N-alkylsulfonamino derivatives of Formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defines in claim 1, to processes for their preparation, to compositions comprising those compounds, and to their use in controlling weeds, especially in crops of useful plants, or in inhibiting plant growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Christoph Luthy, Andrew Edmunds, Roger Graham Hall
  • Publication number: 20040192910
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically tolerable salts and all stereoisomers and tautomers of the compounds of formula I, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Christoph Luthy, Andrew Edmunds