Patents by Inventor Matthias Witschel
Matthias Witschel 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: 11572571Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a benzoxazinone-derivative herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Patent number: 11479786Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Raphael Aponte, Tobias Seiser, Stefan Tresch, Peter Alexander Bowerman, Liliana Parra Rapado, Matthias Witschel, Laetitia Souillart, Manuel Johannes, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik
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Publication number: 20220315943Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a benzoxazinone-derivative herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Johannes Hutzler, Raphael Aponte, Thomas Mietzner, Matthias Witschel, Anja Simon, Jens Lerchl, S Luke Mankin
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Publication number: 20220315944Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Patent number: 11441154Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Jens Lerchl, Stefan Tresch, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Matthias Witschel, Raphael Aponte, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Publication number: 20220274946Abstract: The present invention relates to uracilpyridines of formula (I), or their agriculturally acceptable salts, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, process for preparation their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one uracilpyridine of formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Desislava Slavcheva Petkova, Matthias Witschel, Tobias Seiser, Trevor William Newton, Laetitia Souillart
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Publication number: 20220251074Abstract: The present invention relates to amides of formula (I), wherein the variables are defined according to the description, process for preparation, their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one amide of formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Matthias Witschel, Danny Geerdink, Thomas Seitz, Gerd Kraemer, Trevor William Newton, Eva Hollenbach
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Patent number: 11306322Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Patent number: 11274313Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a benzoxazinone-derivative herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising mutated PPO enzymes having a substitution at a position corresponding to position Arg128 of SEQ ID NO:2 and an amino acid substitution at a position corresponding to position Phe420 of SEQ ID NO:2, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Johannes Hutzler, Raphael Aponte, Thomas Mietzner, Matthias Witschel, Anja Simon, Jens Lerchl, Stefan Tresch, S. Luke Mankin
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Patent number: 11247980Abstract: The present invention relates to uracilpyridines of formula (I) or their agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the uracilpyryidines of the formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one urycilpyridine of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Tobias Seiser, Matthias Witschel, Manuel Johannes, Dario Massa, Liliana Parra Rapado, Raphael Aponte, Thomas Mietzner, Trevor William Newton, Thomas Seitz, Richard R. Evans, Andreas Landes
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Publication number: 20210380999Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Patent number: 11185075Abstract: The present invention relates to phenyltriazolinones of formula (I) or their agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the uracilpyryidines of the formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one urycilpyridine of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Tobias Seiser, Manuel Johannes, Matthias Witschel, Liliana Parra Rapado, Raphael Aponte, Thomas Mietzner, Dario Massa, Thomas Seitz, Peter Dombo, Andreas Landes, Stefan Tresch, Trevor William Newton
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Patent number: 11178871Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of pyrimidine compounds of formula (I), or their agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives as herbicides, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, specific pyrimidine compounds of formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one pyrimidine compounds of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Florian Vogt, Matthias Witschel, Tobias Seiser, Veronica Lopez Carrillo, Thomas Seitz, Gerd Kraemer, Klaus Kreuz, Trevor William Newton, Klaus Reinhard, Doreen Schachtschabel
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Patent number: 11180470Abstract: The present invention relates to the pyrimidine compounds of formula (I), or their agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives as herbicides, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, use of pyrimidine compounds of formula (I) as herbicide, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one pyrimidine compounds of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Florian Vogt, Matthias Witschel, Veronica Lopez Carrillo, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Seitz, Gerd Kraemer, Klaus Reinhard, Trevor William Newton, Doreen Schachtschabel, Kristin Hanzlik
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Publication number: 20210345613Abstract: The present invention relates to the pyrimidine compounds of formula (I), or their agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives as herbicides, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, use of pyrimidine compounds of formula (I) as herbicide, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one pyrimidine compounds of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2017Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Florian VOGT, Matthias WITSCHEL, Tobias SEISER, Veronica LOPEZ CARRILLO, Thomas SEITZ, Gerd KRAEMER, Trevor William NEWTON
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Publication number: 20210340555Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase or a mutated hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase (mut-HPPD) which is resistant or tolerant to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide and/or a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type homogentisate solanesyl transferase or a mutated homogentisate solanesyl transferase (mut-HST) which is resistant or tolerant to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide, applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising mut-HPPD, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Maciej PASTERNAK, Stefan TRESCH, Johannes HUTZLER, Jens LERCHL, Thomas MIETZNER, Brigitte WESTON, Matthias WITSCHEL, Jill Paulik
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Patent number: 11149030Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tobias Seiser, Jill Marie Paulik, Matthias Witschel
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Patent number: 11064701Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the compounds of formula (I) wherein the variables are defined according to the description, for controlling unwanted vegetation Further the invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I), compositions comprising them a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one azine of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Matthias Witschel, Thomas Mietzner, Manuel Johannes, Thomas Seitz, Trevor William Newton, Gerd Kraemer, Stefan Tresch
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Patent number: 11058117Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the compound of formula (I), wherein the variables are defined according to the description, for controlling unwanted vegetation. Further the invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I),compositions comprising them a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one azine of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Matthias Witschel, Danny Geerdink, Thomas Mietzner, Laetitia Souillart, Thomas Seitz, Eva Hollenbach, Gerd Kraemer, Trevor William Newton
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Patent number: 11046971Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase or a mutated hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase (mut-HPPD) which is resistant or tolerant to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide and/or a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type homogentisate solanesyl transferase or a mutated homogentisate solanesyl transferase (mut-HST) which is resistant or tolerant to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide, applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising mut-HPPD, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Inventors: Maciej Pasternak, Stefan Tresch, Johannes Hutzler, Jens Lerchl, Thomas Mietzner, Brigitte Weston, Matthias Witschel, Jill Marie Paulik