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: 20090118123
    Abstract: Suitable for controlling harmful plants in sugar beet crops composed of tolerant or resistant mutants or transgenic sugar beet plants are 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 and (A3) imidazolinones or their salts and (B) herbicides from the group consisting of (B0) one or more structurally different herbicides from the abovementioned group (A) or (B1) foliar- and predominantly soil-acting herbicides which are active against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, or (B2) herbicides which are active predominantly against dicotyledonous harmful plants, and (B3) herbicides which are predominantly foliar-acting and which can be employed against monocotyledonous harmful plants, or (B4) herbicides which are both foliar- and soil-acting and which can be employed against monoc
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Stuebler, Hermann Bieringer, Lothar Willms
  • Patent number: 7479471
    Abstract: The compounds of the formula (I) and salts thereof in which R1 to R5, X1 to X4, Y1, Y2 and n and m are as defined in formula (I) according to claim 1 are suitable for use as herbicides and plant growth regulators and can be prepared by the process claimed in claim 6, via in some cases novel intermediates (see claim 11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Klemens Minn, Hartmut Ahrens, Hansjörg Dietrich, Lothar Willms, Thomas Auler, Hermann Bieringer, Hubert Menne
  • Publication number: 20080293676
    Abstract: Insecticidal compositions characterized by an effective amount of an active ingredient combination comprising (a) one or more compounds selected from the group of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, sodium channel modulators, chitin biosynthesis inhibitors, juvenile hormone mimetics, chloride channel activators, ecdysone agonists, GABA-controlled chloride channel antagonists or acaricides, and (b) at least one crop plant tolerance promoter compound from the group of compounds specified in the description, which are used for controlling arthropods, and also methods of controlling arthropods through the treatment of plants and their seed with these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Wolfram Andersch, Heike Hungenberg, Wolfgang Thielert, Lothar Willms
  • Publication number: 20080269059
    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: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Frank Ziemer, Lothar Willms, Christopher Rosinger, Thomas Auler, Erwin Hacker, Udo Bickers
  • Publication number: 20080261810
    Abstract: Insecticidal compositions, characterized by an effective amount of a combination of active compounds comprising (a) at least one compound of the formula (I) in which Het, A, R and X are as defined in the description, and (b) at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound from the group of compounds listed in the description, which are used for controlling arthropods, and also methods for controlling arthropods by treating plants and their seed with said compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Wolfram Andersch, Heike Hungenberg, Wolfgang Thielert, Lothar Willms
  • Publication number: 20080254991
    Abstract: 4-(3-Aminobenzoyl)-1-ethylpyrazoles and their use as herbicides What is described are 4-(3-aminobenzoyl)-1-ethylpyrazoles of the general formula (I) and their use as herbicides. In this general formula (I), R1 and R2are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals, such as alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl. Y is hydrogen or a protective group, such as tosyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: 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: 20080254990
    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: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: 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: 20080254992
    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: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: 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: 20080221167
    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: July 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Rudiger Fischer, Christian Funke, Achim Hense, Wolfram Andersch, Heike Hungenberg, Wolfgang Thielert, Udo Reckmann, Lothar Willms, Christian Arnold
  • Patent number: 7422998
    Abstract: Suitable for controlling harmful plants in sugar beet crops composed of tolerant or resistant mutants or transgenic sugar beet plants are 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 and (A3) imidazolinones or their salts and (B) herbicides from the group consisting of (B0) one or more structurally different herbicides from the abovementioned group (A) or (B1) foliar- and predominantly soil-acting herbicides which are active against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, or (B2) herbicides which are active predominantly against dicotyledonous harmful plants, and (B3) herbicides which are predominantly foliar-acting and which can be employed against monocotyledonous harmful plants, or (B4) herbicides which are both foliar- and soil-acting and which can be employed against monocot
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Aventis CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Stuebler, Hermann Bieringer, Lothar Willms
  • Patent number: 7414011
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4, I, R5, Q, R4, W, X, Y, V and Z, are as defined in the specification, which are suitable for use as herbicides or plant growth regulators. Also disclosed are processes for preparing the compounds of formula (I) or salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Hoechst Schering Agrevo GmbH
    Inventors: Hansjörg Dietrich, Christian Waldraff, Lothar Willms, Hermann Bieringer, Christopher Rosinger, Felix Thürwächter, Thomas Auler
  • Patent number: 7396939
    Abstract: What is described are 3-cyclopropyl-4-(3-amino-2-methylbenzoyl)pyrazoles of the formula (I) and their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are various radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Monika Schmitt, Lothar Willms, Ines Heinemann, Andreas Van Almsick, Thomas Auler, Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Dieter Feucht
  • Patent number: 7390827
    Abstract: A description is given of derivatives of benzoylpyrazoles of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I) R1a, R1b, R1c, R2, R3, R4 and R5 stand for various radicals, X for a bridging atom, L for a carbon chain and Y for a chalcogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Seitz, Andreas van Almsick, Lothar Willms, Thomas Auler, Hermann Bieringer, Hubert Menne
  • Patent number: 7312180
    Abstract: A description is given of 4-(4-trifluoromethylpyrazolyl)pyrimidines of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this general formula (I), R1, R2, R3 and R4 are various radicals and Y is an aromatic or heteroaromatic radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Gerhard Hoffmann, Hendrik Helmke, Lothar Willms, Thomas Auler, Heinz Kehne, Martin Hills, Dieter Feucht
  • Publication number: 20070244008
    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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Almsick, Lothar Willms, Hermann Bieringer, Hubert Menne, Thomas Auler
  • Patent number: 7282469
    Abstract: A description is given of 4-trifluoromethylpyrazolyl-substituted pyridines and pyrimidines of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), R1, R2, R3 and R4 stand for various radicals, A for an aromatic or heteroaromatic radical, and Z denotes a nitrogen or carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Gerhard Hoffmann, Hendrik Helmke, Lothar Willms, Thomas Auler, Hermann Bieringer, Hubert Menne
  • Patent number: 7211673
    Abstract: A description is given of 4-trifluoromethylpyrazolyl-substituted pyridines and pyrimidines of formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I) R1, R2, R3 and R4 are various radicals, A is an aromatic or heteroaromatic radical, and Z is a nitrogen or carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Michael G. Hoffmann, Hendrik Helmke, Lothar Willms, Thomas Auler, Hermann Bieringer, Hubert Menne
  • Publication number: 20070066481
    Abstract: What is described are herbicidal compositions comprising herbicidal compounds of the formula (I) and a compound of the formula (II) which acts as a safener. In the formulae (I) and (II), the symbols R1 to R17 denote hydrogen, halogen, nitro and various organic radicals. These herbicidal compositions have a particularly high compatibility with useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Ziemer, Hermann Bieringer, Christopher Rosinger, Erwin Hacker, Lothar Willms
  • Patent number: 7189848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) The compound according to the invention is suitable for the preparation of herbicidal active substances such as sulfonylureas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Lorenz, Hans-Joachim Ressel, Lothar Willms
  • Patent number: 7189679
    Abstract: 3-Amino-2-thiomethylbenzoylpyrazoles of the formula (I) and their use as herbicides are described. In this formula (I) R1 to R9 are various radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Monika Schmitt, Andreas van Almsick, Lothar Willms, Thomas Auler, Heinz Kehne, Martin Hills, Dieter Feucht