Patents by Inventor Jeffery Steven Wailes

Jeffery Steven Wailes 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).

  • Herbicidally active 2-(substituted-phenyl)-cyclopentane-1,3-dione compounds and derivatives thereof
    Patent number: 9808003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein the substituents are as defined herein, and wherein the compound of formula (I) is optionally present as an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are thought to be suitable for use as herbicides. The invention therefore also relates to a method of controlling weeds, especially grassy monocotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants, comprising applying a compound of formula (I), or a herbicidal composition comprising such a compound, to the plants or to the locus thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Alaric James Avery, John Benjamin Taylor, Russell Colin Viner, Jeffery Steven Wailes, Ian Stuart Cloudsdale, John Kenneth Dickson, Jr., Ian Henry Aspinall, Janice Black, Emma Briggs, Shuji Hachisu, Simon Hardy
  • Herbicidally active 2-(substituted-phenyl)-cyclopentane-1,3-dione compounds and derivatives thereof
    Publication number: 20160081334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein the substituents are as defined herein, and wherein the compound of formula (I) is optionally present as an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are thought to be suitable for use as herbicides. The invention therefore also relates to a method of controlling weeds, especially grassy monocotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants, comprising applying a compound of formula (I), or a herbicidal composition comprising such a compound, to the plants or to the locus thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Alaric James Avery, John Benjamin Taylor, Russell Colin Viner, Jeffery Steven Wailes, Ian Stuart Cloudsdale, John Kenneth Dickson, JR., Ian Henry Aspinall, Janice Black, Emma Briggs, Shuji Hachisu, Simon Hardy