Patents by Inventor Lothar Willms

Lothar Willms 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).

  • Publication number: 20120252670
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), or salts thereof, in which R1 to R4 are as defined in formula (I) of claim 1 are suitable as useful-plant-protecting agents for reducing or preventing harmful effects of agrochemicals on the useful plants and their method of preparation are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Frank ZIEMER, Lothar Willms, Christopher Rosinger, Thomas Auler, Erwin Hacker, Udo Bickers
  • Publication number: 20120157306
    Abstract: The use of substituted fused pyrimidinones and dihydropyrimidinones of the formula (I) or salts thereof where the radicals of the formula (I) are each as defined in the description, for enhancing stress tolerance in plants to abiotic stress, and for invigorating plant growth and/or for increasing plant yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Jens FRACKENPOHL, Hans-Joachim Zeiß, Ines Heinemann, Lothar Willms, Thomas Müller, Marco Busch, Pascal Von Koskull-Döring, Isolde Häuser-Hahn, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Jan Dittgen, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Monika H. Schmitt
  • Patent number: 8178695
    Abstract: What is described are 4-(3-aminobenzoyl)-1,3-dimethylpyrazoles of the general formula (I) and their use as herbicides. In this general formula (I), R1 and R2 are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals, such as alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl. Y is hydrogen or a protective group, such as tosyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Ines Heinemann, Andreas van Almsick, Lothar Willms, Monika Schmitt, Jan Dittgen, Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Christopher Rosinger, Dieter Feucht
  • Publication number: 20120077677
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of 4-phenylbutyric acid and/or salts thereof, of the formula (I) for enhancing stress tolerance in plants to abiotic stress, preferably drought stress, and to the associated enhancement in plant growth and/or increase in plant yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Lothar Willms, Stefan Lehr, Marco Busch, Gunter Donn, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Ines Heinemann, Isolde Haeuser-Hahn, Martin Jeffrey Hills
  • Patent number: 8138118
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof in which R1 is carboxyl or a derivative of a carboxyl group, preferably a radical of the formula —CN, —C(?X)—Y—R or —C(?X)-Het, in which X is O, S or NRa or N—NRaRb, Y is O, S, NRc or NRc—NRdRe, R is H, a (subst.) hydrocarbon radical (HR) or acyl, and Het is an aliphatic nitrogen heterocycle, where each of the radicals Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd and Re is as defined for R or a radical of the formula —OR*, where R* is as defined for R, R2 is H or (subst.) HR or a heterocyclic radical, or, if Z?O or S, also an acyl radical, (R3)n are n radicals R3, as defined in claim 1, Z is a group of the formula O or S(O)x, where x=0, 1 or 2, and n is an integer 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, as safeners for crop plants or useful plants against phytotoxic actions of agrochemicals, preferably as safeners against the action of pesticides, such as herbicides, in these plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Udo Bickers, Lothar Willms, Christopher Rosinger
  • Publication number: 20120058892
    Abstract: N-(Tetrazol-5-yl)- and N-(triazol-5-yl)arylcarboxamides of the formula (I) are described as herbicides. In this formula (I), X, Y, Z and R represent radicals such as hydrogen, organic radicals such as alkyl, and other radicals such as halogen. A and B represent N and CY.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Ralf Braun, Arnim Köhn, Andreas Almsick, Hartmut Ahrens, Simon Dörner-Rieping, Lothar Willms, Isolde Häuser-Hahn, Ines Heinemann, Elmar Gatzweiler, Christopher Hugh Rosinger
  • Publication number: 20110294664
    Abstract: The invention relates to derivatives of (1-cyanocyclopropyl)phenylphosphinic acid of the formula (I) and to salts thereof, of the formula (II), for enhancing stress tolerance in plants to abiotic stress, preferably to drought stress, especially for enhancing plant growth and/or for increasing plant yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Lothar WILLMS, Hans-Joachim Zeisß, Marco Busch, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Ines Heinemann, Isolde Haeuser-Hahn, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Pascal Von Koskull-Döring
  • Publication number: 20110224077
    Abstract: Herbicide combinations (A)+(B), if appropriate in the presence of safeners, with an effective content of (A) broad-spectrum herbicides from the group (A1) glufosinate (salts) and related compounds (A2) glyphosate (salts) and related compounds such as sulfosate, (A3) imidazolinones, (A4) herbicidal azoles from the group of the protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (PPO inhibitors) (A5) cyclohexanedione herbicides and (A6) heteroaryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicides and (B) one or more herbicides from the group of the compounds consisting of (B0) one or more structurally different herbicides from the abovementioned group (A) or (B1) foliar- and soil-acting herbicides against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants or (B2) herbicides which can be employed selectively in maize against dicots, or (B3) foliar- and soil-acting herbicides which can be employed selectively in maize, predominantly against dicotyledonous harmful plants, or herbicides from several of groups (B0) to (B3) are suitable
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer CorpScience AG
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Bieringer, Lothar Willms
  • Patent number: 8017632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of selective insecticidal compositions, characterized by an effective amount of an active compound combination comprising (a) (1) at least one haloalkylnicotinic acid derivative of the formula (I) in which AA and R1A are as defined in the description, or (2) at least one phthalic acid diamide of the formula (II) in which XB, R1B, R2B, R3B, L1B, L2B and L3B are as defined in the description, or (3) at least one anthranilamide of the formula (III) in which A1C, A2C, XC, R1C, R2C, R3C, R4C, R5C, R7C, R8C and R9C are as defined in the description, and (b) at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound from the group of compounds given in the description, in particular cloquintocet-mexyl, isoxadifen-ethyl and mefenpyr-diethyl for controlling insects and/or arachnids, and a method for controlling insects and/or arachnids using the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Rüdiger Fischer, Christian Funke, Achim Hense, Wolfram Andersch, Heike Hungenberg, Wolfgang Thielert, Udo Reckmann, Lothar Willms, Christian Arnold
  • Publication number: 20110218103
    Abstract: Use of fluoroalkyl-substituted 2-amidobenzimidazoles of the formula (I), or salts thereof, for enhancing stress tolerance in plants to abiotic stress, especially for strengthening plant growth and/or for increasing plant yield, and selected processes for preparing such fluoroalkyl-substituted 2-amidobenzimidazoles of the formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Jens FRACKENPOHL, Ines HEINEMANN, Thomas MÜLLER, Hans-Joachim ZEIß, Marco BUSCH, Lothar WILLMS, Pascal VON KOSKULL-DÖRING, Dirk SCHMUTZLER, Jan DITTGEN, Christopher Hugh ROSINGER, Isolde HÄUSER-HAHN, Martin Jeffrey HILLS
  • Publication number: 20110212837
    Abstract: A herbicide combination comprising a) at least one herbicide (A) selected from the group consisting of glyphosate (A1) and its agrochemically compatible salts, and glufosinate (A2) and its agrochemically compatible salts, and b) a herbicide (B) which is a hydrate of the compound 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)-pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl-(1-methylethyl)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide, and the use thereof for controlling harmful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Alfred ANGERMANN, Stefan LEHR, Hubert MENNE, Lothar WILLMS, Erwin HACKER, Britta OLENIK
  • Publication number: 20110152084
    Abstract: There are described N-(1,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl)benzamides of the general formula (I) as herbicides. In this formula (I), X, Y, Z and R are radicals such as hydrogen, organic radicals such as alkyl, and other radicals such as halogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Arnim Köhn, Jörg Tiebes, Andreas Almsick, Hartmut Ahrens, Ines Heinemann, Rralf Braun, Monika H. Schmitt, Lothar Willms, Dieter Feucht, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Isolde Häuser-Hahn, Mark Drewes, Simon Dörner-Rieping, Jan Dittgen, Martin Adamczewski
  • Publication number: 20110143939
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) and salts thereof in which X, R1, R2, Y and n have the meanings indicated in the description, are suitable for use as safeners for crop plants or useful plants against the phytotoxic actions of agrochemicals such as pesticides in these plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schaper, Lothar Willms, Christopher Rosinger, Erwin Hacker, Eckhard Rose, Dirk Schmutzler
  • Patent number: 7943550
    Abstract: What is described are 4-(3-aminobenzoyl)pyrazoles of the general formula (I) and their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), R1 and R2 are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals, such as alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl. Y is hydrogen or a protective group, such as tosyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Ines Heinemann, Andreas van Almsick, Lothar Willms, Monika Schmitt, Jan Dittgen, Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Christopher Rosinger, Dieter Feucht
  • Patent number: 7939467
    Abstract: What is described are 4-(3-aminobenzoyI)-1-ethylpyrazoles of the general formula (I) and their use as herbicides. In this general formula (I), R1 and R2 are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals, such as alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl. Y is hydrogen or a protective group, such as tosyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Ines Heinemann, Andreas van Almsick, Lothar Willms, Monika Schmitt, Jan Dittgen, Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Christopher Rosinger, Dieter Feucht
  • Publication number: 20110059991
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of selective insecticidal compositions, characterized by an effective amount of an active compound combination comprising (a) (1) at least one haloalkylnicotinic acid derivative of the formula (I) in which AA and R1A are as defined in the description, or (2) at least one phthalic acid diamide of the formula (II) in which XB, R1B, R2B, R3B, L1B, L2B and L3B are as defined in the description, or (3) at least one anthranilamide of the formula (III) in which A1C, A2C, XC, R1C, R2C, R3C, R4C, R5C, R7C, R8C and R9C are as defined in the description, and (b) at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound from the group of compounds given in the description, in particular cloquintocet-mexyl, isoxadifen-ethyl and mefenpyr-diethyl for controlling insects and/or arachnids, and a method for controlling insects and/or arachnids using the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Rüdiger Fischer, Christian Funke, Achim Hense, Wolfram Andersch, Heike Hungenberg, Wolfgang Thielert, Udo Reckmann, Lothar Willms, Christian Arnold
  • Patent number: 7838463
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof, which R1 is COOH or a derivative thereof, preferably a radical of the formula —CN, —C(?X)—Y—R or —C(X?R?)(X?R?)—Y—R, in which R is H, a (subst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Udo Bickers, Lothar Willms, Christopher Rosinger
  • Patent number: 7579301
    Abstract: What is described are herbicidal compositions comprising herbicidal compounds of the formula I and a compound which acts as safener. In the formula I, the symbols R1 to R4 denote hydrogen, halogen, alkyl and haloalkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Monika H. Schmitt, Lothar Willms, Frank Ziemer, Christopher Rosinger, Hermann Bieringer, Philipp Huff, Erwin Hacker
  • Patent number: 7569519
    Abstract: What is described are derivatives of benzoyl derivatives of the formula (I) and their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), R1, R2 and R3 are different radicals, X is a bridge atom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur and Het is a saturated heterocyclic group which comprises oxygen and carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Andreas Van Almsick, Lothar Willms, Hermann Bieringer, Hubert Menne, Thomas Auler
  • Patent number: 7563749
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicide-safener combination, comprising (A) one or more compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof as defined in the application and (B) one or more safeners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Martin Hills, Erwin Hacker, Hansjörg Krähmer, Chris Rosinger, Udo Bickers, Frank Ziemer, Christian Waldraff, Hansjörg Dietrich, Lothar Willms, Dieter Feucht, Klaus-Helmut Müller, Ulrich Philipp