Patents by Inventor Dan E. Westberg

Dan E. Westberg 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: 20120022021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures comprising a) a compound of the formula I in which X, m, Q and a are as defined in the description and b) one or more ethylene modulators (II) selected from the group consisting of: inhibitors of ethylene biosynthesis which inhibit the conversion of S-adenosyl-L-methionine into 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), inhibitors of ethylene biosynthesis which block the conversion of ACC into ethylene, or inhibitors of ethylene action, and also to compositions comprising them and to their use for controlling harmful fungi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wilhelm RADEMACHER, John S. HARDEN, Dan E. WESTBERG, Joseph E. ZAWIERUCHA, Thomas J. HOLT, Hendrik YPEMA, Ted R. BARDINELLI, Albert C. EVERSON, Edson BEGLIOMINI
  • Publication number: 20120015812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures comprising a) a compound of the formula I in which X, m, Q and a are as defined in the description and b) one or more ethylene modulators (II) selected from the group consisting of: inhibitors of ethylene biosynthesis which inhibit the conversion of S-adenosyl-L-methionine into 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), inhibitors of ethylene biosynthesis which block the conversion of ACC into ethylene, or inhibitors of ethylene action, and also compositions comprising them and to their use for controlling harmful fungi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wilhelm RADEMACHER, John S. HARDEN, Dan E. WESTBERG, Joseph E. ZAWIERUCHA, Thomas J. HOLT, Hendrik YPEMA, Ted R. BARDINELLI, Albert C. EVERSON, Edson BEGLIOMINI
  • Patent number: 8044084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures comprising a) a compound of the formula I in which X, m, Q and a are as defined in the description and b) one or more ethylene modulators (II) selected from the group consisting of: inhibitors of ethylene biosynthesis which inhibit the conversion of S-adenosyl-L-methionine into 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), inhibitors of ethylene biosynthesis which block the conversion of ACC into ethylene, or inhibitors of ethylene action, and also to compositions comprising them and to their use for controlling harmful fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wilhelm Rademacher, John S. Harden, Dan E. Westberg, Joseph E. Zawierucha, Thomas J. Holt, Hendrik Ypema, Ted R. Bardinelli, Albert C. Everson, Edson Begliomini
  • Patent number: 7521395
    Abstract: A synergistic herbicidal mixture comprising A) at least one 3-heterocyclyl-substituted benzoly derivative of the formula I in which the variables have the following meanings: R1, R3 are halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl or alkylsulfonyl; R2 is a optionally substituted heterocyclic radical selected from the group: isoxazol-3-yl, isoxazol-4-yl, isoxazol-5-yl, 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-3-yl, 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-4-yl and 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-5-yl; R4 is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; R5 is alkyl, R6 is hydrogen or alkyl; or one of its environmentally compatible salts; B) nicosulfuron (II) or one of its environmentally compatible salts; and C) at least one herbicidal compound from the group triazines or one of their environmentally compatible salts, in a synergistically effective amount. Compositions comprising these mixtures, processes for the preparation of these compositions, and their use for controlling undesirable plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: William B. O'Neal, Elmar Kibler, Dan E. Westberg, Matthias Witschel, Herve R. Vantieghem
  • Publication number: 20080318781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 3-phenyluracils of formula (I) wherein the variables R1 to R7 are as defined in the description, optionally in combination with one or more other herbicides B and/or one or more safeners C for controlling weeds in soybeans, cotton, canola, flax, lentil, rice, sugar beet, sunflowers, tobacco, wheat and corn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Cyrill Zagar, Dan E. Westberg, Rex Liebl
  • Publication number: 20080280764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 3-phenyluracils of formula (I) wherein the variables R1 to R7 are as defined in the description, optionally in combination with glyphosate, optionally in combination with harvest aids C for desiccating or defoliating glyphosate resistant crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: John Harden, Dan E. Westberg, Glenn W. Oliver, John Bradley Guice, Rick Evans
  • Publication number: 20080227637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 3-phenyluracils of formula (I) wherein the variables R1 to R7 are as defined in the description, optionally in combination with one or more other herbicides B and/or one or more safeners C for controlling glyphosate resistant weeds or crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: John Bradley Guice, Gary Fellows, Oliver Glenn W., Dan E. Westberg, Leo D. Charvat, Rex Liebl
  • Publication number: 20080171660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 3-phenyluracils of formula (I) wherein the variables R1 to R7 are as defined in the description, in combination with tribenuron and optionally one or more other herbicides for controlling weeds in small-grain cereals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Dan E. Westberg, Gary Fellows, Glen W. Oliver, Mark Oostlander, Lyle Drew, Nathan Froese, Glen Forster, Roy Killins, Max Landes