Patents by Inventor John Benjamin Taylor

John Benjamin Taylor 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: 10375956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein: R8 and R9, independently of each other, are hydrogen, fluorine or C1-C3alkyl; R10 is hydrogen or methyl (preferably hydrogen); and the other 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: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Ian Henry Aspinall, Stephane Andre Marie Jeanmart, James Nicholas Scutt, John Benjamin Taylor
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20160128326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein: R8 and R9, independently of each other, are hydrogen, fluorine or C1-C3alkyl; R10 is hydrogen or methyl (preferably hydrogen); and the other 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: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Ian Henry ASPINALL, Stephane Andre Marie JEANMART, James Nicholas SCUTT, John Benjamin TAYLOR
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9107415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein: X is methyl or chlorine; R1 is methyl or chlorine; R2 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, cyclopropyl, vinyl, ethynyl, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methoxy, ethoxy or fluoromethoxy; and G, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein; wherein the compound of formula (I) is optionally present as an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are 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: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: Syngenta Particpations AG, Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Alaric James Avery, Mangala Mahadev Phadte, James Nicholas Scutt, John Benjamin Taylor, Russell Colin Viner, Jeffrey Steven Wailes
  • Patent number: 9096560
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Stephane André Marie Jeanmart, Russell Colin Viner, John Benjamin Taylor, William Guy Whittingham, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, Sarah Margaret Targett, Christopher John Mathews, Mangala Govenkar, Matthew Robert Cordingley, Claire Janet Russell, Melloney Tyte
  • Patent number: 8956999
    Abstract: Pyrandione, thiopyrandione and cyclohexanetrione compounds of formula (I), which are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: Syngenta Limited, Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Stephane André Marie Jeanmart, Christopher John Mathews, John Benjamin Taylor, Mangala Govenkar, Stephen Christopher Smith
  • Patent number: 8889595
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignees: Syngenta Participations AG, Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: John Benjamin Taylor, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, Stephane André Marie Jeanmart, Mangala Govenkar
  • Publication number: 20140323303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein: X is methyl or chlorine; R1 is methyl or chlorine; R2 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, cyclopropyl, vinyl, ethynyl, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methoxy, ethoxy or fluoromethoxy; and G, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein; wherein the compound of formula (I) is optionally present as an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are 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: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: Syngenta Participations AG, Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Alaric James Avery, Mangala Mahadev Phadte, James Nicholas Scutt, John Benjamin Taylor, Russell Colin Viner, Jeffrey Steven Wailes
  • Patent number: 8791303
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are suitable for use as herbicides: wherein R is methyl, ethyl, vinyl, ethynyl or cyclopropyl, R1 is hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C3-C7cycloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy, C1-C6haloalkoxy, vinyl, propenyl, ethynyl, propynyl, halogen, or optionally substituted phenyl, R2 is methyl, ethyl, vinyl, ethynyl or methoxy, R3 and R4 are hydrogen or together form a double bond, A is C3-C7cycloalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted once or twice by C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy, C1-C6alkylcarbonyloxy, C2-C6alkenyl, ?O or ?N—R10, or A is cyclohexyl substituted once, at the 4-position, by one (C3-C6cycloalkyl)methoxy, C3-C6cycloalkyloxy, C2-C5alkenyl-CH2-oxy, or benzyloxy substituent, or A is decahydro-1-naphthyl or decahydro-2-naphthyl, or A is optionally substituted phenyl, and G is hydrogen or an agriculturally acceptable metal, sulfonium, ammonium or a latentiating group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Jason Foley, Stephane André Marie Jeanmart, Adrian Longstaff, Robert William Parsons, Claire Janet Russell, John Benjamin Taylor, Jeffrey Steven Wailes
  • Patent number: 8598365
    Abstract: Bicyclic dione compounds, and derivatives thereof, which are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Stephane André Marie Jeanmart, Christopher John Mathews, John Benjamin Taylor, Steve Smith
  • Patent number: 8541594
    Abstract: Bicyclic dione compounds, and derivatives thereof, which are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Stephane André Marie Jeanmart, Christopher John Mathews, John Benjamin Taylor, Steve Smith
  • Patent number: 8530667
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Stephane André Marie Jeanmart, John Benjamin Taylor, Melloney Tyte, Christopher John Mathews, Stephen Christopher Smith
  • Publication number: 20130053385
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, or compositions containing them in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: SYNGENTA LIMITED, SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Stephane Andre Marie Jeanmart, Russell Viner, John Benjamin Taylor, William Guy Whittingham, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, Sarah Margaret Targett, Christopher John Mathews, Michel Muehlebach
  • Publication number: 20120178623
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are suitable for use as herbicides: wherein R is methyl, ethyl, vinyl, ethynyl or cyclopropyl, R1 is hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C3-C7cycloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy, C1-C6haloalkoxy, vinyl, propenyl, ethynyl, propynyl, halogen, or optionally substituted phenyl, R2 is methyl, ethyl, vinyl, ethynyl or methoxy, R3 and R4 are hydrogen or together form a double bond, A is C3-C7cycloalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted once or twice by C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy, C1-C6alkylcarbonyloxy, C2-C6alkenyl, ?O or ?N—R10, or A is cyclohexyl substituted once, at the 4-position, by one (C3-C6cycloalkyl)methoxy, C3-C6cycloalkyloxy, C2-C5alkenyl-CH2-oxy, or benzyloxy substituent, or A is decahydro-1-naphthyl or decahydro-2-naphthyl, or A is optionally substituted phenyl, and G is hydrogen or an agriculturally acceptable metal, sulfonium, ammonium or a latentiating group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Jason Foley, Stephane André Marie Jeanmart, Adrian Longstaff, Robert William Parsons, Claire Janet Russell, John Benjamin Taylor, Jeffrey Steven Wailes
  • Publication number: 20120065064
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: John Benjamin Taylor, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, Stephane André Marie Jeanmart, Mangala Govenkar
  • Publication number: 20120040826
    Abstract: Bicyclic dione compounds, and derivatives thereof, which are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephane André Marie Jeanmart, Christopher John Mathews, John Benjamin Taylor, Steve Smith
  • Publication number: 20110263428
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Stephane Andre Marie Jeanmart, Russell Colin Viner, John Benjamin Taylor, William Guy Whittingham, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, Sarah Margaret Targett, Christopher John Mathews, Mangala Govenkar, Matthew Robert Cordingley, Claire Janet Russell, Melloney Tyte
  • Publication number: 20100298140
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephane Andre Marie Jeanmart, John Benjamin Taylor, Melloney Tyte, Christopher John Mathews, Steve Smith
  • Publication number: 20100279868
    Abstract: Pyrandione, thiopyrandione and cyclohexanetrione compounds of formula (I), which are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Stephane Andre Marie Jeanmart, Christopher John Mathews, Steve Smith, John Benjamin Taylor, Mangala Govenkar