Patents by Inventor Matthias Pfenning
Matthias Pfenning 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).
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Patent number: 9814233Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide, a surfactant and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to a concentrate comprising the surfactant and the alkoxylate; and to a process for preparing the composition by bringing into contact the concentrate and a pesticide; or by bringing into contact the pesticide, the surfactant and the alkoxylate; and to the use of the surfactant by addition to a mixture comprising the pesticide and the alkoxylate. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Paul Klingelhoefer, Marc Nolte, Richard Roger Evans, Gerd Kraemer, Silke Zeyer, Matthias Pfenning
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Patent number: 9681661Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling parasitic weeds, comprising applying to the host plant, the weeds and/or their habitat herbicidal mixtures or compositions comprising one, two or three acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor(s) and one, two or three plant growth regulator(s) (PGR) which act as ethylene modulators. The present invention also relates to a method for improving the yield of the crop plant comprising applying to the host plant, and/or their habitat mixtures comprising components as defined herein. The present invention also relates to herbicidal mixtures comprising one, two or three acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor(s) selected from imazamox or tribenuron-methyl and one, two or three plant growth regulator(s) (PGR) selected from prohexadione, prohexadione-calcium, trinexapac or trinexapac-ethyl, compositions comprising said mixtures and their use for the control of parasitic weeds.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.Inventors: Matthias Pfenning, Hagen Bremer
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Publication number: 20140336051Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising: a) a herbicide compound A, which is selected from the group of imidazolinones; and b) an adjuvant B, which is a surfactant selected from the groups b1 to b5: b1) a nonionic surfactant of the formula R1Xn and polyalkoxylated derivatives thereof, wherein R1 is selected from aliphatic or aromatic residues having at least eight carbon atoms; X is selected from hydroxy, —O—(C1-C6-alkyl), —O—(C3-C6-alkenyl), amine, amide, or ester; and n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; b2) an anionic surfactant of the formula R1Yn, wherein R1 is selected from aliphatic or aromatic residues having at least eight carbon atoms; Y is selected from carboxylate, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate, or phosphonate; and n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; b3) a cationic surfactant; b4) a zwitterionic surfactant; or b5) a polymeric surfactant; and wherein the weight ratio of the herbicide compound A and the adjuvant B is from 2:1 to 1:60; and the use of the said compositions for controlling undesirable vegetation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Matthias Pfenning, Joerg Polzin, Hagen Bremer
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Publication number: 20140309110Abstract: Herbicidally active compositions, which comprise 4-amino-3,6-dichloropyridine-2-carboxylic acid (common name: aminopyralid), 2-[(RS)-4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl]-5-methoxymethylnicotinic acid (common name: imazamox) and at least one herbicide B from the group of the lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibitors, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors, auxin herbicides, mitosis inhibitors, protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase inhibitors, growth substances, and a variety of other herbicides selected from aziprotryn, barban, bensulide, benzthiazuron, benzofluor, buminafos, buthidazole, buturon, cafenstrole, chlorbufam, xhlorofenprop-methyl, chloroxuron, cinmethylin, cumyluron, cycluron, cyprazine, cyprazole, dibenzyluron, dipropetryn, dymron, eglinazin-ethyl, endothall, ethiozin, flucabazone, fluorbentranil, flupoxam, isocarbamid, isopropalin, karbutilate, mefluidide, monuron, napropamide, napropanilide, nitralin, oxaciclomefone, phenisopham, piperophos, procyazine, profluralin, pyriType: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Yannick GRIVEAU, Hagen BREMER, Matthias PFENNING
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Publication number: 20140309111Abstract: Herbicidally active compositions, which comprise 4-amino-3,6-dichloropyridine-2-carboxylic acid (common name: aminopyralid), 2-[(RS)-4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl]-5-methoxymethylnicotinic acid (common name: imazamox) and at least one herbicide B from the group of the lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibitors, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors, auxin herbicides, mitosis inhibitors, protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase inhibitors, growth substances, and a variety of other herbicides selected from aziprotryn, barban, bensulide, benzthiazuron, benzofluor, buminafos, buthidazole, buturon, cafenstrole, chlorbufam, xhlorofenprop-methyl, chloroxuron, cinmethylin, cumyluron, cycluron, cyprazine, cyprazole, dibenzyluron, dipropetryn, dymron, eglinazin-ethyl, endothall, ethiozin, flucabazone, fluorbentranil, flupoxam, isocarbamid, isopropalin, karbutilate, mefluidide, monuron, napropamide, napropanilide, nitralin, oxaciclomefone, phenisopham, piperophos, procyazine, profluralin, pyriType: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Yannick GRIVEAU, Hagen BREMER, Matthias PFENNING
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Patent number: 8809233Abstract: Herbicidally active compositions, which comprise 4-amino-3,6-dichloropyridine-2-carboxylic acid (common name: aminopyralid), 2-[(RS)-4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl]-5-methoxymethylnicotinic acid (common name: imazamox) and at least one herbicide B from the group of the lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibitors, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors, auxin herbicides, mitosis inhibitors, protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase inhibitors, growth substances, and a variety of other herbicides selected from aziprotryn, barban, bensulide, benzthiazuron, benzofluor, buminafos, buthidazole, buturon, cafenstrole, chlorbufam, xhlorofenprop-methyl, chloroxuron, cinmethylin, cumyluron, cycluron, cyprazine, cyprazole, dibenzyluron, dipropetryn, dymron, eglinazin-ethyl, endothall, ethiozin, flucabazone, fluorbentranil, flupoxam, isocarbamid, isopropalin, karbutilate, mefluidide, monuron, napropamide, napropanilide, nitralin, oxaciclomefone, phenisopham, piperophos, procyazine, profluralin, pyriType: GrantFiled: June 16, 2009Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Yannick Griveau, Hagen Bremer, Matthias Pfenning
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Publication number: 20140228216Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling parasitic weeds, comprising applying to the host plant, the weeds and/or their habitat herbicidal mixtures or compositions comprising one, two or three acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor(s) and one, two or three plant growth regulator(s) (PGR) which act as ethylene modulators. The present invention also relates to a method for improving the yield of the crop plant comprising applying to the host plant, and/or their habitat mixtures comprising components as defined herein. The present invention also relates to herbicidal mixtures comprising one, two or three acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor(s) selected from imazamox or tribenuron-methyl and one, two or three plant growth regulator(s) (PGR) selected from prohexadione, prohexadione-calcium, trinexapac or trinexapac-ethyl, compositions comprising said mixtures and their use for the control of parasitic weeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: BASF AGROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS B.V.Inventors: Matthias Pfenning, Hagen Bremer
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Publication number: 20140082772Abstract: The present invention provides herbicide-tolerant winter-type Brassica plants. The present invention also provides methods for controlling the growth of weeds by applying an herbicide to which herbicide-tolerant plants of the invention are tolerant. Plants of the invention express an AHAS enzyme that is tolerant to the action of one or more AHAS enzyme inhibitors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2011Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventors: Herve Vantieghem, Matthias Pfenning, Hagen Bremer, Ron Kehler, Alfons Schoenhammer
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Publication number: 20140073510Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjuvant for enhancing the activity of pesticides comprising a polar solvent and a phosphate ester of the formula (A) (as described hereinbelow), it being possible for the phosphate ester of the formula (A) to be present as the free acid and/or as a salt, and where the polar solvent is miscible with water in any ratio and has a flash point of above 60° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Matthias Pfenning
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Publication number: 20130331262Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide, a surfactant and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to a concentrate comprising the surfactant and the alkoxylate; and to a process for preparing the composition by bringing into contact the concentrate and a pesticide; or by bringing into contact the pesticide, the surfactant and the alkoxylate; and to the use of the surfactant by addition to a mixture comprising the pesticide and the alkoxylate. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Paul Klingelhoefer, Marc Nolte, Richard Roger Evans, Gerd Kraemer, Silke Zeyer, Matthias Pfenning
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Publication number: 20110092366Abstract: Herbicidally active compositions, which comprise 4-amino-3,6-dichloropyridine-2-carboxylic acid (common name: aminopyralid), 2-[(RS)-4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl]-5-methoxymethylnicotinic acid (common name: imazamox) and at least one herbicide B from the group of the lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibitors, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors, auxin herbicides, mitosis inhibitors, protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase inhibitors, growth substances, and a variety of other herbicides selected from aziprotryn, barban, bensulide, benzthiazuron, benzofluor, buminafos, buthidazole, buturon, cafenstrole, chlorbufam, xhlorofenprop-methyl, chloroxuron, cinmethylin, cumyluron, cycluron, cyprazine, cyprazole, dibenzyluron, dipropetryn, dymron, eglinazin-ethyl, endothall, ethiozin, flucabazone, fluorbentranil, flupoxam, isocarbamid, isopropalin, karbutilate, mefluidide, monuron, napropamide, napropanilide, nitralin, oxaciclomefone, phenisopham, piperophos, procyazine, profluralin, pyriType: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Yannick Griveau, Hagen Bremer, Matthias Pfenning
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Publication number: 20110092367Abstract: Herbicidally active compositions, which comprise 4-amino-3,6-dichloropyridine-2-carboxylic acid (herbicide A) and at least one herbicide B from the group of the lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, a method for controlling undesirable vegetation, their use for controlling undesirable vegetation, and formulations comprising such compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Yannick Griveau, Hagen Bremer, Matthias Pfenning