Patents by Inventor Gary A. Meier

Gary A. Meier 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).

  • 1,4-diaryl-1-cyclopropyl-4-substituted butanes as insecticides and acaricides
    Patent number: 5223536
    Abstract: The 1,4-diaryl-1-cyclopropyl-4-substituted butane pesticides of the following formula are effective as insecticides and acaricides: ##STR1## in which X and Y are independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkylalkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, haloalkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, trialkylamino, nitro, or cyano; or X and Y together are --OCH.sub.2 O-- or --OCF.sub.2 O-- bridging the 2-3 or 3-4 positions of the phenyl ring; Ar is 3-phenoxyphenyl, 4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl, 6-phenoxypyridin-2-yl, or 2-methyl(1,1'-biphenyl)-3-yl;R is cyano, methyl, trifluoromethyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or halogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas G. Cullen, Scott McN. Sieburth, Gary A. Meier, John F. Engel
  • Ethynylbenzothiophene pesticides
    Patent number: 5073564
    Abstract: Ethynylbenzothiophene compounds of the following formula are effective as pesticides. ##STR1## wherein R is selected from ##STR2## R.sup.1 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower haloalkyl, and phenylethynyl;R.sup.2 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, lower haloalkenyl, haloalkenylthio, phenyl lower alkenyl, formyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, carboxy lower alkenyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl lower alkenyl, phenyl, 2-thienyl, and methylthien-2-yl;R.sup.3 is selected from alkyl, lower trialkylsilyl, lower haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, methylthien-2-yl, 2-thienyl, and benzothien-2-yl;R.sup.4 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower haloalkyl, lower alkoxy, lower haloalkylthio, lower alkoxycarbonyl, amino, and alkylcarbonylamino; andR.sup.5 is selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl and lower haloalkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Roush, Steven G. Davis, Kathryn A. Lutomski, Gary A. Meier, Richard B. Phillips, Susan E. Burkart
  • Insecticidal cyclopropyl di(aryl) 2-butenes
    Patent number: 4975451
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which Ar is substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, naphthyl, or thienyl; and Ar.sup.1 is 3-phenoxyphenyl, 4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl, 2-methyl[1-1'-biphenyl]-3-yl, or 6-phenoxy-2-pyridyl, exhibit pyrethroid-like insecticidal and acaricidal activity and are relatively nontoxic to fish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas G. Cullen, Scott McN. Sieburth, Gary A. Meier, John F. Engel, Leslie W. Stratton, Alan W. Fritz
  • Insecticidal cyclopropyl-substituted di(aryl) compounds
    Patent number: 4808762
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which Ar is substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, naphthyl, or thienyl; Z is oxygen, sulfur, or methylene; and Ar' is 2-methyl[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl, 3-phenoxyphenyl, 4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl, or 6-phenoxy-2-pyridyl exhibit pyrethroid-like insecticidal and acaricidal activity and are relatively harmless to aquatic fauna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Gary A. Meier, Scott M. Sieburth, Thomas G. Cullen, John F. Engel