Patents by Inventor David BROCKLEHURST

David BROCKLEHURST 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: 20220403406
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, a weed control method. In one example, a method comprises applying to the locus a weed controlling amount of a pesticide composition comprising a FatA acyl-ACP thioesterase-inhibiting herbicide, wherein the crop plants are modified such that they comprise a FatA acyl-ACP thioesterase which provides the crop plant with tolerance against the FatA acyl-ACP thioesterase-inhibiting herbicide. Recombinant polynucleotides and suitable for use in the methods, and edited FatA acyl-ACP thioesterases are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventors: Richard Dale, Shujie Dong, David Brocklehurst, Anthea Karin Batchelor, Marta Andreia Hortes Simoes, Irene Gonzalez Thuillier
  • Publication number: 20220235368
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, methods and compositions for weed control, for example, a method of selectively controlling weeds at a locus comprising crop plants and weeds by applying to the locus a weed controlling amount of a pesticide composition comprising a SDPS-inhibiting herbicide, wherein the crop plants are modified such that they comprise a SDPS which provides the crop plant with tolerance against the SPDS-inhibiting herbicide. Compositions also include, inter alia, recombinant polynucleotides suitable for use in the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventors: Richard Dale, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, Anne Mary Seville, Christian Guy Noble, Anthea Karin Batchelor, Leslie Jillian Goodwin, Rachael Elizabeth Blain, Marta Andreia Horta Simoes, David Brocklehurst, Michael Phillip Langford
  • Patent number: 10399950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel non-steroidal brassinosteroid mimetic derivatives of formula (I) as defined herein, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Syngenta Partcipations AG
    Inventors: Mathilde Denise Lachia, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Joerg Leipner, David Brocklehurst, Alain De Mesmaeker, Sebastian Volker Wendeborn
  • Publication number: 20150376150
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel non-steroidal brassinosteroid mimetic derivatives of formula (I) as defined herein, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicants: SYNGENTA LIMITED, SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Mathilde Denise LACHIA, Pierre Joseph Marcel JUNG, Joerg LEIPNER, David BROCKLEHURST, Alain DE MESMAEKER, Sebastian Volker WENDEBORN