Patents by Inventor Kenneth Wayne Ratts

Kenneth Wayne Ratts 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).

  • Substituted carbamoyl sulfines and their manufacture
    Patent number: 3969407
    Abstract: Substituted carbamoyl sulfines are prepared from dichloromethane sulfenyl chlorides by reaction with an aqueous base or by oxidation of thioformyl chlorides by a peracid. The compounds of this invention are pesticidally active and particularly useful as selective herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1971
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1976
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Wendell Gary Phillips, Kenneth Wayne Ratts
  • Method for increasing the sucrose content of growing plants
    Patent number: 3961934
    Abstract: The 12001974 sucrose content of sugar cane plants is increased by treating the plants, prior to harvest, with N-acetyl or chloroacetyl derivatives of aminomethylenephosphonic acid, and certain esters and salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventor: Kenneth Wayne Ratts
  • Substituted dichloromethyl thiocyanates and their manufacture
    Patent number: 3959330
    Abstract: Substituted dichloromethyl thiocyanates are prepared from substituted dichloromethane sulfenyl chlorides by reaction with an ionized cyanide in the presence of water and an immiscible organic solvent. These compounds are pesticidally active and particularly useful as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1971
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Wendell Gary Phillips, Kenneth Wayne Ratts