Patents by Inventor John Lindsey Flexner
John Lindsey Flexner 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).
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Patent number: 10570413Abstract: Trap and/or refuge crops and methods of use in managing corn rootworm and other insect pests of maize are provided. Some methods involve using trap crops comprising plants with enhanced susceptibility to one or more insect pests to lure and kill insect pests. Other methods involve using refuge crops comprising plants with enhanced susceptibility to one or more insect pests to monitor insect pest populations in an area or to promote mating between insecticide resistant and insecticide non-resistant insects.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignees: Purdue Research Foundation, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC.Inventors: John Lindsey Flexner, Gurmukh S. Johal, Dilbag S. Multani, James K. Presnail, Scott V. Tingey
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Publication number: 20190292543Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods of molecular biology and gene silencing to control pests.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: VIRGINIA CRANE, JOHN LINDSEY FLEXNER, XU HU, ADANE KASSA, ALBERT L. LU, XIPING NIU, ZAIQI PAN, AMIT SETHI, GUSUI WU
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Publication number: 20150337330Abstract: Trap and/or refuge crops and methods of use in managing corn rootworm and other insect pests of maize are provided. Some methods involve using trap crops comprising plants with enhanced susceptibility to one or more insect pests to lure and kill insect pests. Other methods involve using refuge crops comprising plants with enhanced susceptibility to one or more insect pests to monitor insect pest populations in an area or to promote mating between insecticide resistant and insecticide non-resistant insects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: John Lindsey Flexner, Gurmukh S. Johal, Dilbag S. Multani, James K. Presnail, Scott V. Tingey
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Patent number: 9173400Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for protecting a propagule or a plant grown therefrom from invertebrate pests comprising contacting the propagule or the locus of the propagule with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also relates to propagules treated with a compound of Formula I and compositions comprising a Formula I compound for coating propagules.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Richard Alan Berger, Isaac Billy Annan, George Philip Lahm, John Lindsey Flexner, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 8937089Abstract: Disclosed are mixtures and compositions for controlling invertebrate pests relating to combinations comprising (a) 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, and its N-oxides, and suitable salts thereof and a component (b) wherein the component (b) is at least one compound or agent selected from neonicotinoids, cholinesterase inhibitors, sodium channel modulators, chitin synthesis inhibitors, ecdysone agonists, lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, macrocyclic lactones, GABA-regulated chloride channel blockers, juvenile hormone mimics, ryanodine receptor ligands, octopamine receptor ligands, mitochondrial electron transport inhibitors, nereistoxin analogs, pyridalyl, flonicamid, pymetrozine, dieldrin, metaflumizone, biological agents, and suitable salts of the foregoing.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Isaac Billy Annan, John Lindsey Flexner, Hector Eduardo Portillo, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Publication number: 20140223609Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 and Cry2 polypeptides. Methods for using the polypeptides and nucleic acids of embodiments of the invention to synergistically enhance resistance of plants to insect predation are encompassed in embodiments of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicants: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INCInventors: John Lindsey Flexner, Deirdre Kapka-Kitzman, Lisa Procyk, Bruce H. Stanley, Jianzhou Zhao
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Publication number: 20140141972Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for protecting a propagule or a plant grown therefrom from invertebrate pests comprising contacting the propagule or the locus of the propagule with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also relates to propagules treated with a compound of Formula I and compositions comprising a Formula I compound for coating propagules.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: E I DU PONT NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: RICHARD ALAN BERGER, Isaac Billy Annan, George Philip Lahm, John Lindsey Flexner, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 8637552Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for protecting a propagule or a plant grown therefrom from invertebrate pests comprising contacting the propagule or the locus of the propagule with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also relates to propagules treated with a compound of Formula I and compositions comprising a Formula I compound for coating propagules.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Richard Alan Berger, Isaac Billy Annan, George Philip Lahm, John Lindsey Flexner, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Publication number: 20130031677Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for protecting a propagule or a plant grown therefrom from invertebrate pests comprising contacting the propagule or the locus of the propagule with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also relates to propagules treated with a compound of Formula I and compositions comprising a Formula I compound for coating propagules.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: RICHARD ALAN BERGER, Issac Billy Annan, John Lindsey Flexner, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Publication number: 20110293533Abstract: Disclosed are mixtures and compositions for controlling invertebrate pests relating to combinations comprising (a) 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, and its N-oxides, and suitable salts thereof and a component (b) wherein the component (b) is at least one compound or agent selected from neonicotinoids, cholinesterase inhibitors, sodium channel modulators, chitin synthesis inhibitors, ecdysone agonists, lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, macrocyclic lactones, GABA-regulated chloride channel blockers, juvenile hormone mimics, ryanodine receptor ligands, octopamine receptor ligands, mitochondrial electron transport inhibitors, nereistoxin analogs, pyridalyl, flonicamid, pymetrozine, dieldrin, metaflumizone, biological agents, and suitable salts of the foregoing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: E.I. DU PONT NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Isaac Billy Annan, John Lindsey Flexner, Hector Eduardo Portillo, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 8022067Abstract: Disclosed are mixtures and compositions for controlling invertebrate pests relating to combinations comprising (a) 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, and its N-oxides, and suitable salts thereof and a component (b) wherein the component (b) is at least one compound or agent selected from neonicotinoids, cholinesterase inhibitors, sodium channel modulators, chitin synthesis inhibitors, ecdysone agonists, lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, macrocyclic lactones, GABA-regulated chloride channel blockers, juvenile hormone mimics, ryanodine receptor ligands, octopamine receptor ligands, mitochondrial electron transport inhibitors, nereistoxin analogs, pyridalyl, flonicamid, pymetrozine, dieldrin, metaflumizone, biological agents, and suitable salts of the foregoing.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2005Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Isaac Billy Annan, John Lindsey Flexner, Hector Eduardo Portillo, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Publication number: 20100152194Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for protecting a propagule or a plant grown therefrom from invertebrate pests comprising contacting the propagule or the locus of the propagule with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also relates to propagules treated with a compound of Formula I and compositions comprising a Formula I compound for coating propagules.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2010Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Richard Alan Berger, Isaac Billy Annan, John Lindsey Flexner, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 7696232Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for protecting a propagule or a plant grown therefrom from invertebrate pests comprising contacting the propagule or the locus of the propagule with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also relates to propagules treated with a compound of Formula I and compositions comprising a Formula I compound for coating propagules.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Richard A. Berger, Isaac Billy Annan, George Philip Lahm, John Lindsey Flexner, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Publication number: 20090076092Abstract: Disclosed is a method for disrupting reproductive performance of an adult arthropod pest comprising contacting the adult arthropod pest or its environment with a sub-lethal, reproduction-disruptive amount of a carboxamide arthropodicide, its N-oxide, or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventors: Issac Billy Annan, John Lindsey Flexner, Paula Cristina Rodrigues Gouveia Marcon, Hector Eduardo Portillo
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Publication number: 20040209923Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for protecting a propagule or a plant grown therefrom from invertebrate pests comprising contacting the propagule or the locus of the propagule with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I: its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also relates to propagules treated with a compound of Formula I and compositions comprising a Formula I compound for coating propagules.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: Richard A Berger, John Lindsey Flexner