Patents by Inventor Len Juras

Len Juras 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: 11109592
    Abstract: 4-Amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid and agriculturally acceptable esters or salts thereof are used in methods for selective post-emergent control of undesirable vegetation in the presence of sunflowers, sorghum, yellow mustard, spring Juncea canola, spring kale, spring turnip, spring rutabaga, spring Winfred forage brassica, or sugar beet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Corteva Agriscience LLC
    Inventors: Rory Degenhardt, Len Juras, Bill McGregor, Peter Nott, Norbert M. Satchivi, Monte R. Weimer
  • Publication number: 20210195898
    Abstract: Provided herein are safened herbicidal compositions for use in Brassica species susceptible to injury by halauxifen comprising (a) a herbicidally effective amount of halauxifen or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester of thereof, and (b) one or more of (i) a herbicide[s], capable of safening the halauxifen to the Brassica species, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, or (ii) a herbicide safener, capable of safening the halauxifen to the Brassica species, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Corteva Agriscience LLC
    Inventors: Rory Degenhardt, Len Juras, Norbert M. Satchivi, Shelley Bath, Bernard M. Harris, Andrew MacRae, Roger E. Gast, Richard K. Mann, Laura Smith
  • Publication number: 20190230924
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt or ester thereof, and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt or ester thereof, and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof, wherein (a) and (b) are each added in an amount sufficient to provide a herbicidal effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Norbert M. Satchivi, Bryston L. Bangel, Rory Frank Degenhardt, Len Juras, Paul R. Schmitzer, Jared L. Bell, Jennifer Lynn Ransberger
  • Patent number: 10231451
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt or ester thereof, and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt or ester thereof, and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof, wherein (a) and (b) are each added in an amount sufficient to provide a herbicidal effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Norbert M. Satchivi, Bryston L. Bangel, Rory Frank Degenhardt, Len Juras, Paul R. Schmitzer, Jared L. Bell, Jennifer Lynn Ransberger
  • Publication number: 20170354148
    Abstract: Provided herein are safened herbicidal compositions for use in Brassica species susceptible to injury by halauxifen comprising (a) a herbicidally effective amount of halauxifen or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester of thereof, and (b) one or more of (i) a herbicide[s], capable of safening the halauxifen to the Brassica species, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, or (ii) a herbicide safener, capable of safening the halauxifen to the Brassica species, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Rory Degenhardt, Len Juras, Norbert M. Satchivi, Shelley Bath, Bernard M. Harris, Andrew Macrae, Roger E. Gast, Richard K. Mann, Laura Smith
  • Publication number: 20170064955
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt or ester thereof, and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt or ester thereof, and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof, wherein (a) and (b) are each added in an amount sufficient to provide a herbicidal effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Norbert M. Satchivi, Bryston L. Bangel, Rory Frank Degenhardt, Len Juras, Paul R. Schmitzer, Jared L. Bell, Jennifer Lynn Ransberger
  • Patent number: 9521847
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt or ester thereof, and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt or ester thereof, and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof, wherein (a) and (b) are each added in an amount sufficient to provide a herbicidal effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Norbert M. Satchivi, Bryston L. Bangel, Rory Frank Degenhardt, Len Juras, Paul R. Schmitzer, Jared L. Bell, Jennifer Lynn Ransberger
  • Publication number: 20160135458
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt or ester thereof, and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt or ester thereof, and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof, wherein (a) and (b) are each added in an amount sufficient to provide a herbicidal effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Norbert M. Satchivi, Bryston L. Bangel, Rory Frank Degenhardt, Len Juras, Paul R. Schmitzer, Jared L. Bell, Jennifer Lynn Ransberger
  • Publication number: 20150057154
    Abstract: Provided herein are herbicidal compositions containing (a) sulfentrazone and (b) propyzamide and (a) sulfentrazone and (b) propyzamide and (c) ethalfluralin. The compositions provide synergistic weed control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, oilseed rape, mustard crops, soybeans, vegetables, pulse crops (e.g., common bean, field pea, chickpea, lentil and faba bean), pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallow land, turf, tree and vine orchards, industrial vegetation management or rights-of-way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Rory Degenhardt, Len Juras, Richard K. Mann
  • Publication number: 20140213456
    Abstract: 4-Amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid and agriculturally acceptable esters or salts thereof are used in methods for selective post-emergent control of undesirable vegetation in the presence of sunflowers, sorghum, yellow mustard, spring Juncea canola, spring kale, spring turnip, spring rutabaga, spring Winfred forage brassica, or sugar beet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Rory Degenhardt, Len Juras, Bill McGregor, Peter Nott, Norbert M. Satchivi, Monte R. Weimer