Patents by Inventor Jerome A. Gourse

Jerome A. Gourse 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).

  • Herbicidal .alpha.-cyanobenzyl 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-benzoate
    Patent number: 4404021
    Abstract: This application discloses the compound, .alpha.-cyanobenzyl-3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoate, useful as a herbicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Assignee: Velsicol Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Jerome A. Gourse
  • Method of increasing the yields of sugar cane with phosphonic acids
    Patent number: 4299615
    Abstract: This invention discloses a method of increasing the recoverable sugar contained in sugar cane which comprises contacting the sugar cane plant with an effective amount of a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, halogen, trifluoromethyl and alkoxy; n is an integer from 0 to 5; and Z is a straight or branched alkylene group containing from 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1981
    Assignee: Velsicol Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Jerome A. Gourse