Patents by Inventor Dieter Hofer

Dieter Hofer 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).

  • Patent number: 9656553
    Abstract: A switching device for an electrically driven vehicle, in particular a track vehicle, has a switch unit that is provided for respectively connecting and disconnecting a vehicle drive unit to and from an electrical supply line carrying high voltage and has at least two switch contacts. A drive unit is provided for driving a relative movement of the switch contacts with respect to one another. A housing unit receives the switch unit and the drive unit. The housing unit contains a support for supporting at least the switch unit. In order to provide a generic switch device for which a compact construction can be achieved, the switch unit is arranged in a lying position relative to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Richard AG
    Inventors: Thomas Baumann, Dieter Hofer
  • Publication number: 20150014110
    Abstract: A switching device for an electrically driven vehicle, in particular a track vehicle, has a switch unit that is provided for respectively connecting and disconnecting a vehicle drive unit to and from an electrical supply line carrying high voltage and has at least two switch contacts. A drive unit is provided for driving a relative movement of the switch contacts with respect to one another. A housing unit receives the switch unit and the drive unit. The housing unit contains a support for supporting at least the switch unit. In order to provide a generic switch device for which a compact construction can be achieved, the switch unit is arranged in a lying position relative to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Baumann, Dieter Hofer
  • Publication number: 20140221300
    Abstract: In an embodiment the present invention is drawn to a a method of controlling wood pests and molluscs with a macrolide compound, wherein a pesticidally active amount of a pesticide comprising, as pesticidally active compound, at least one macrolide, in free form or agrochemically utilizable salt form, as active ingredient and at least one auxiliary is applied to the pests or their environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Dieter Hofer, Marius Sutter, Franz Brandl, Roger Graham Hall, Max Angst, Bruce Lee
  • Patent number: 8697602
    Abstract: A method of controlling pests in crops of transgenic useful plants or propagation material thereof, characterized in that a pesticidal composition comprising a macrolide compound in free form or in agrochemically useful salt form as active ingredient and at least one auxiliary is applied to the pests or their environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
    Inventors: Dieter Hofer, Marius Sutter, Franz Brandl, Bruce Lee, Roger Graham Hall, Max Angst
  • Publication number: 20120088672
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of improving the growth of plants wherein at least one compound of formula (I) wherein A is 2-chloropyrid-5-yl, 2-methylpyrid-5-yl, 1-oxido-3-pyridinio, 2-chloro-1-oxido-5-pyridinio, 2,3-dichloro-1-oxido-5-pyridinio, tetrahydrofuran-3-yl, 5-methyl-tetrahydrofuran-3-yl or 2-chlorothiazol-5-yl group, R is hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl, phenyl-C1-C4alkyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl, C2-C6alkenyl or C2-C6alkynyl; Y is —N(R)(R2) or SR2; R1 and R2 are independently of each other C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkenyl, —C(?O)—CH3 or benzyl; or together form a group —CH2—CH2—, —CH2—CH2—CH2—, —CH2—O—CH2—, —CH2—S—CH2—, —CH2—NH—CH2— or —CH2—N(CH3)—CH2—; and X is N—NO2 or N—CN or CH—NO2, or, where appropriate, a tautomer thereof, in each case in free from or in salt form; is applied to the plant or the locus thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Robert SENN, Dieter HOFER, Thomas Thieme, Larry Zang
  • Publication number: 20110319262
    Abstract: A combination, suitable for agricultural use comprising (I): a compound of formula (X) and (II): one or more agents selected, independently of each other, from any one of (A) to (G): (A) a certain fungicide; (B) a certain insecticide and/or nematicide; (C) a certain protein produced by the plant pathogenic bacterium, Erwinia amylovora; (D) a certain biological strain, (E) a certain Isoflavone; (F) a plant growth regulator; and (G) a plant activator, wherein compound of formula (X) is:
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Schade, Christoph Grimm, Martin Faerber, Dieter Hofer, Kaspar Müller, Scott Campbell
  • Publication number: 20110263429
    Abstract: A combination, suitable for agricultural use comprises (I) a compound of formula (X) and (II) one or more agents selected, independently of each other, from any one of (A) to (G): (A) a certain fungicide, (B) a certain insecticide or nematicide, (C) a certain protein produced by the plant pathogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora, (D) a certain biological strain, (E) a certain Isoflavone, (F) a plant growth regulator, and (G) a plant activator, wherein compound of formula (X) is a mixture of
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Schade, Christoph Grimm, Martin Faerber, Dieter Hofer, Kaspar Müller, Scott Campbell
  • Publication number: 20110218165
    Abstract: There is now described a method of controlling pests with macrolide compounds; more specifically A) a method of controlling pests in and on transgenic crops of useful plants, such as, for example, in crops of maize, cereals, soya beans, tomatoes, cotton, potatoes, rice and mustard, with a macrolide compound, characterized in that a pesticidal composition comprising a macrolide compound in free form or in agrochemically useful salt form and at least one auxiliary is applied to the pests or their environment, in particular to the crop plant itself; B) A method of protecting plant propagation material and plant organs formed at a later point in time from attack by pests, characterized in that a pesticide comprising, as pesticidally active compound, at least one macrolide compound as active ingredient and at least one auxiliary in close spatial proximity to, or spatially together with, planting or applying the propagation material is employed to the site of planting or sowing; C) a method of controlling wood pe
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Dieter Hofer, Marius Sutter, Franz Brandl, Bruce Lee, Roger Graham Hall, Max Angst
  • Publication number: 20100173776
    Abstract: A method of increasing functional protein activity in a plant comprising applying to the plant, part of the plant, the plant propagation material thereof and/or a surrounding area thereof an effective amount of one or more neonicotinoid compounds selected from thianicotinyl compounds and tetrahydrofuranyl compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Schade, Dieter Hofer, Christoph Grimm, Domingos Pedroni, Paulo Aramaki, Eva Krupkova, Thomas Schmulling, Andy Cobb
  • Publication number: 20100144531
    Abstract: A method of increasing plant hormone activity in a plant comprising applying to the plant, part of the plant, the plant propagation material thereof and/or a surrounding area thereof an effective amount of one or more neonicotinoid compounds selected from thianicotinyl compounds and tetrahydrofuranyl compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Paulo Aramaki, Joao Carlos Nunes, Andre Oliveira, Nestor Gabriel Da Silva, Domingo Pedroni, Dieter Hofer, Michael Schade
  • Publication number: 20090093363
    Abstract: There is now described a method of controlling pests with macrolide compounds; more specifically a method of protecting plant propagation material and plant organs formed at a later point in time from attack by pests, characterized in that a pesticide comprising, as pesticidally active compound, at least one macrolide compound as active ingredient and at least one auxiliary in close spatial proximity to, or spatially together with, planting or applying the propagation material is employed to the site of planting or sowing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Dieter Hofer, Marius Sutter, Franz Brandl, Bruce Lee, Roger Graham Hall, Max Angst
  • Publication number: 20080107700
    Abstract: There is now described a method of controlling pests with macrolide compounds; more specifically A) a method of controlling pests in and on transgenic crops of useful plants, such as, for example, in crops of maize, cereals, soya beans, tomatoes, cotton, potatoes, rice and mustard, with a macrolide compound, characterized in that a pesticidal composition comprising a macrolide compound in free form or in agrochemically useful salt form and at least one auxiliary is applied to the pests or their environment, in particular to the crop plant itself; B) A method of protecting plant propagation material and plant organs formed at a later point in time from attack by pests, characterized in that a pesticide comprising, as pesticidally active compound, at least one macrolide compound as active ingredient and at least one auxiliary in close spatial proximity to, or spatially together with, planting or applying the propagation material is employed to the site of planting or sowing; C) a method of controlling wood pest
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Dieter Hofer, Marius Sutter, Franz Brandl, Roger Hall, Max Angst
  • Publication number: 20070213225
    Abstract: A method of reducing nematode-fungal interaction in a plant by treating a propagation material thereof with a nematicidally effective amount of a nematicide, and a fungicidally effective amount of a fungicide before the material is planted or sown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Dieter Hofer, David Long
  • Patent number: 7217681
    Abstract: A method of reducing nematode-fungal interaction in a plant by treating a propagation material thereof with a nematicidally effective amount of a nematicide, and a fungicidally effective amount of a fungicide before the material is planted or sown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Dieter Hofer, David Long
  • Publication number: 20050267053
    Abstract: There is now described a method of controlling pests with macrolide compounds; more specifically A) a method of controlling pests in and on transgenic crops of useful plants, such as, for example, in crops of maize, cereals, soya beans, tomatoes, cotton, potatoes, rice and mustard, with a macrolide compound, characterized in that a pesticidal composition comprising a macrolide compound in free form or in agrochemically useful salt form and at least one auxiliary is applied to the pests or their environment, in particular to the crop plant itself; B) A method of protecting plant propagation material and plant organs formed at a later point in time from attack by pests, characterized in that a pesticide comprising, as pesticidally active compound, at least one macrolide compound as active ingredient and at least one auxiliary in close spatial proximity to, or spatially together with, planting or applying the propagation material is employed to the site of planting or sowing; C) a method of controlling wood pest
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Dieter Hofer, Marius Sutter, Franz Brandl, Roger Hall, Max Angst
  • Publication number: 20050250711
    Abstract: There is now described a method of controlling pests with macrolide compounds; more specifically A) a method of controlling pests in and on transgenic crops of useful plants, such as, for example, in crops of maize, cereals, soya beans, tomatoes, cotton, potatoes, rice and mustard, with a macrolide compound, characterized in that a pesticidal composition comprising a macrolide compound in free form or in agrochemically useful salt form and at least one auxiliary is applied to the pests or their environment, in particular to the crop plant itself; B) A method of protecting plant propagation material and plant organs formed at a later point in time from attack by pests, characterized in that a pesticide comprising, as pesticidally active compound, at least one macrolide compound as active ingredient and at least one auxiliary in close spatial proximity to, or spatially together with, planting or applying the propagation material is employed to the site of planting or sowing; C) a method of controlling wood pest
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Dieter Hofer, Marius Sutter, Franz Brandl, Roger Hall, Max Angst
  • Publication number: 20050227931
    Abstract: There is now described a method of controlling pests with macrolide compounds; more specifically A) a method of controlling pests in and on transgenic crops of useful plants, such as, for example, in crops of maize, cereals, soya beans, tomatoes, cotton, potatoes, rice and mustard, with a macrolide compound, characterized in that a pesticidal composition comprising a macrolide compound in free form or in agrochemically useful salt form and at least one auxiliary is applied to the pests or their environment, in particular to the crop plant itself; B) A method of protecting plant propagation material and plant organs formed at a later point in time from attack by pests, characterized in that a pesticide comprising, as pesticidally active compound, at least one macrolide compound as active ingredient and at least one auxiliary in close spatial proximity to, or spatially together with, planting or applying the propagation material is employed to the site of planting or sowing; C) a method of controlling wood pest
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Dieter Hofer, Marius Sutter, Franz Brandl, Roger Hall, Max Angst
  • Publication number: 20050208088
    Abstract: A method of protecting a plant against shoot or foliar insects and/or representatives of the order Acarina, which comprises treating the plant propagation material thereof with (a) a nematicidally effective amount of a nematicide and (b) at least one insecticidally effective amount of an insecticide, before its planting or sowing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventor: Dieter Hofer
  • Publication number: 20050209304
    Abstract: A method of reducing nematode-fungal interaction in a plant by treating a propagation material thereof with a nematicidally effective amount of a nematicide, and a fungicidally effective amount of a fungicide before the material is planted or sown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Dieter Hofer, David Long
  • Patent number: 6875727
    Abstract: There is now described a method of controlling pests with macrolide compounds; more specifically A) a method of controlling pests in and on transgenic crops of useful plants, such as, for example, in crops of maize, cereals, soya beans, tomatoes, cotton, potatoes, rice and mustard, with a macrolide compound, characterized in that a pesticidal composition comprising a macrolide compound in free form or in agrochemically useful salt form and at least one auxiliary is applied to the pests or their environment, in particular to the crop plant itself; B) A method of protecting plant propagation material and plant organs formed at a later point in time from attack by pests, characterized in that a pesticide comprising, as pesticidally active compound, at least one macrolide compound as active ingredient and at least one auxiliary in close spatial proximity to, or spatially together with, planting or applying the propagation material is employed to the site of planting or sowing; C) a method of controlling wood pes
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Dieter Hofer, Marius Sutter, Franz Brandl, Bruce Lee, Roger Graham Hall, Max Angst