Patents by Inventor Martin Hills

Martin Hills 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: 8252723
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and n are as defined in claim 1 as herbicides and plant growth regulators. The invention also relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) and salts thereof (see claim 5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Harald Jakobi, Oswald Ort, Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Christopher Rosinger, Dieter Feucht
  • 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: 20120101287
    Abstract: The invention related to an optically active compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein the various symbols are as defined in the description, to processes for their preparation, to compositions thereof, and to their use as herbicides or plant growth regulators. The invention also relates to novel intermediates of formula (III), (V) and (XIII) as defined in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Ahrens, Hansjöerg Dietrich, Klemens Minn, Thomas Auler, Hermann Bieringer, Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Hubert Menne
  • Patent number: 8153788
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof, in which in which R1 is an optionally substituted amino group or analogous group, and R2 to R7 are each as described herein, are suitable as herbicides and crop growth regulators. The compounds (I) can be prepared by the processes described, via intermediates including novel intermediates for example of the formula (III).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Inventors: Hartmut Ahrens, Hansjörg Dietrich, Thomas Auler, Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Dieter Feucht, Stefan Herrmann, Kristian Kather, Stefan Lehr
  • Patent number: 8114991
    Abstract: Amino-1,3,5-triazines N-substituted with chiral bicyclic radicals, process for their preparation, compositions thereof, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators. The invention relates to an optically active compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein the various symbols are as defined in the description, to processes for their preparation, to compositions thereof, and to their use as herbicides or plant growth regulators. The invention also relates to novel intermediates of formula (III), (V) and (XIII) as defined in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Ahrens, Hansjörg Dietrich, Klemens Minn, Thomas Auler, Hermann Bieringer, Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Hubert Menne
  • Patent number: 8084398
    Abstract: Benzoylpyrazoles represented by the following formula (I), and use thereof as herbicides. R1 represents alkyl; R2 represents alkyl or cycloalkyl; R3 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, alkylsulfonyl, optionally substituted phenylsulfonyl, acyl or acylalkyl; X represents halogen or alkyl; Y represents halogen; n represents 2 or 3, and T represents the above group T1 or T2, wherein R4 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy or alkylthio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Shinichi Narabu, Yasushi Yoneta, Akihiko Yanagi, Shinichi Shirakura, Seiji Ukawa, Teruyuki Ichihara, Shin Nakamura, Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Jan Dittgen, Dieter Feucht, Christopher Rosinger
  • Publication number: 20110306499
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) in which W, X, Y, Z and CKE have the meanings given above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides, and also to selective herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, the compounds of the formula (I) and, secondly, at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound. The invention further relates to the boosting of the action of crop protection compositions comprising compounds of the formula (I) through the additions of ammonium salts or phosphonium salts and optionally penetrants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bretschneider, Reiner Fischer, Rolf Pontzen, Christian Arnold, Ulrich Görgens, Olga Malsam, Udo Reckmann, Erich Sanwald, Stefan Lehr, Jan Dittgen, Dieter Feucht, Martin Hills, Christopher Rosinger
  • Publication number: 20110215669
    Abstract: A rotor assembly comprises a rotor body defining a pole, a winding encircling the pole, a compression member located radially inwards of the winding, and compression means located between the compression member and the rotor body and operable to urge the compression member in an outward direction to apply a compressive load to the winding. A method of assembly of the rotor is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Goodrich Control Systems
    Inventors: Daniel Jonathan Spitz, Peter Martin Hill
  • Publication number: 20110213160
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel 2,4,6-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I), in which CKE, W, X and Y are as defined above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides, and also to selective herbicidal compositions comprising firstly the 2,4,6-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols and secondly at least one compound which improves crop plant tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Thomas BRETSCHNEIDER, Reiner Fischer, Oliver Gaertzen, Klaus Kunz, Stefan Lehr, Dieter Feucht, Peter Lösel, Olga Malsam, Guido Bojack, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Jeffrey Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Chris Rosinger
  • Publication number: 20110195840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicide combination comprising components (A) and (B), where (A) is one or more herbicides from the group of the compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and A are as defined in claim 1; and (B) is one or more herbicides different from herbicide (A), preferably from the group of compounds consisting of (B1) herbicides which can be employed selectively and which are effective mainly against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, (B2) herbicides which can be employed selectively and which are effective mainly against dicotyledonous harmful plants and (B3) herbicides which can be employed selectively and which are effective mainly against monocotyledonous harmful plants, (B4) herbicides which can be employed non-selectively and which are effective against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, for example for use in the non-selective field or in crops which are specifically tolerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Martin Hills, Erwin Hacker, Hansjörg Krähmer, Christian Waldraff, Hansjörg Dietrich, Klaus Trabold, Dieter Feucht, Klaus-Helmut Müller, Ulrich Philipp
  • Patent number: 7962397
    Abstract: An online auction process for derivative securities is used to determine a fair market value of an asset or benefit provided to others, such as employee stock options. In one embodiment, the derivative securities track the intrinsic value realized by employees when exercising the employee stock options granted to them by their employers. The derivative securities may include rules for handling modifications to an employee stock option grant and/or rules for handling forfeitures of some or all of the employee stock options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Zions Bancorporation
    Inventors: William David Hemingway, James G. Livingston, Evan Martin Hill, Rick Davis Burtenshaw, Gary Bernard Hansen, Eric John Pehrson, Larry Ross Denham, Ronald C. Hanks, James Reed Cooper, James Brady Palmer, Robert Lynn Bartleson, Jonathan Eric Bacon, Shelene Brown, Richard J. Sullivan, Nick Robert Watne, Henry Conrad Wurts, Doyle L. Arnold, Thomas E. Laursen
  • 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: 7943551
    Abstract: What is described are 3-cyclopropyl-4-(3-thiobenzoyl)pyrazoles of the general formula (I) and their use as herbicides In this formula (I), R1, R2, R3, X and Y are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals, such as alkyl. R4 is hydrogen or a protective group, such as tosyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Ahrens, Andreas van Almsick, Stefan Lehr, Monika Schmitt, Jan Dittgen, Dieter Feucht, Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Christopher Rosinger
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7932211
    Abstract: What is described are 4-(4-trifluoromethyl-3-thiobenzoyl)pyrazoles of the general formula (I) and their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), R1, R2, R3 and R4 are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals, such as alkyl. Y is hydrogen or a protective group, such as tosyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Ahrens, Andreas van Almsick, Monika Schmitt, Jan Dittgen, Martin Hills, Heinz Kehne, Christopher Rosinger, Stefan Lehr, Dieter Feucht
  • Publication number: 20110028318
    Abstract: There are described compounds of the formula (I) in which the respective substituents have the meanings given in the description. The compounds of the formula (I) can be used as herbicides and plant growth regulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Klaus-Helmut Mueller, Ernst Rudolf Gesing, Christian Waldraff, Heînz Kehne, Dieter Feucht, Jeffrey Martin Hills, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Jan Dittgen
  • Patent number: 7855166
    Abstract: Sulfonylamino(thio)carbonyl compounds are used to control unwanted plants or to regulate growth in plants. Sulfonylamino(thio)carbonyl compounds are applied to plants, the seed or the area on which the plants are growing to control the growth of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Waldraff, Hansjörg Dietrich, Heinz Kehne, Martin Hills, Thomas Auler, Klaus-Helmut Müller, Dieter Feucht
  • Publication number: 20100317524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) and/or salts thereof The compound is suitable in the field of crop protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Christian Waldraff, Hansjörg Dietrich, Oswald Ort, Heinz Kehne, Martin Hills, Thomas Auler, Klaus-Helmut Müller, Dieter Feucht
  • Patent number: RE43769
    Abstract: An online auction process for derivative securities is used to determine a fair market value of an asset or benefit provided to others, such as employee stock options. In one embodiment, the derivative securities track the intrinsic value realized by employees when exercising the employee stock options granted to them by their employers. The derivative securities may include rules for handling modifications to an employee stock option grant and/or rules for handling forfeitures of some or all of the employee stock options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Zions Bancorporation
    Inventors: William David Hemingway, James G. Livingston, Evan Martin Hill, Rick Davis Burtenshaw, Gary Bernard Hansen, Eric John Pehrson, Larry Ross Denham, Ronald C. Hanks, James Reed Cooper, James Brady Palmer, Robert Lynn Bartleson, Jonathan Eric Bacon, Shelene Brown, Richard J. Sullivan, Nick Robert Watne, Henry Conrad Wurts, Doyle L. Arnold, Thomas E. Laursen
  • Patent number: RE43986
    Abstract: An online auction process for derivative securities is used to determine a fair market value of an asset or benefit provided to others, such as employee stock options. In one embodiment, the derivative securities track the intrinsic value realized by employees when exercising the employee stock options granted to them by their employers. The derivative securities may include rules for handling modifications to an employee stock option grant and/or rules for handling forfeitures of some or all of the employee stock options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Zions Bancorporation
    Inventors: William David Hemingway, James G. Livingston, Evan Martin Hill, Rick Davis Burtenshaw, Gary Bernard Hansen, Eric John Pehrson, Larry Ross Denham, Ronald C. Hanks, James Reed Cooper, James Brady Palmer, Robert Lynn Bartleson, Jonathan Eric Bacon, Shelene Brown, Richard J. Sullivan, Nick Robert Watne, Henry Conrad Wurts, Doyle L. Arnold, Thomas E. Laursen