Patents by Inventor Dan Westberg

Dan 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: 20070093389
    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: November 5, 2004
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Wilhelm Rademacher, John Harden, Dan Westberg, Joseph Zawierucha, Thomas Holt, Hendrik Ypema, Ted Bardinelli, Albert Everson, Edson Begliomini
  • Publication number: 20060009358
    Abstract: A synergistic herbicidal mixture comprising A) at least one 3-heterocyclyl-substituted benzoyl 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; and B) at least the compound of formula IIa or one of its environmentally compatible salts; or the compound of formula IIb or one of its environmentally compatible salts; and, if desired, C) at least one further herbicidal compound; in a synergistically effective amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Elmar Kibler, William O'Neal, Matthias Witschel, Herve Vantiegheim, Dan Westberg
  • Publication number: 20050256002
    Abstract: A synergistic herbicidal mixture comprising A) at least one 3-heterocyclyl-substituted benzoyl 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-dihydro-isoxazol-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; and B) the compound of formula II or one of its environmentally compatible salts; and C) at least one further herbicidal compound from the group of the acetolactate synthase inhibitors (ALS), lipid biosynthesis inhibitors and photosynthesis inhibitors; in a synergistically effective amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: William O'Neal, Elmar Kibler, Dan Westberg, Matthias Witschel, Herve Vantiegheim