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).

  • Patent number: 10167297
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substituted pyridine compound of the formula I or an agriculturally suitable salt or N-oxide thereof, wherein the variables in the formula I are defined as in the description. Substituted pyridine compounds of formula I are useful as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gilbert Besong, Matthias Witschel, Thomas Seitz, Liliana Parra Rapado, Richard Evans, Kristin Hanzlik, Gerd Kraemer, Michael Rack
  • Publication number: 20180371488
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Patent number: 10100329
    Abstract: 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 PPO-inhibiting 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 Leu397 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: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Jens Lerchl, Stefan Tresch, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Matthias Witschel, Raphael Aponte, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Patent number: 10087460
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Publication number: 20180271094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of phenylpyrimidines of formula (I) or their agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives as herbicides, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, specific phenylpyrimidines of formula (I), processes and intermediates for preparing the phenylpyrimidines 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 phenylpyrimidine of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Florian VOGT, Matthias WITSCHEL, Thomas SEITZ, Anna Aleksandra MICHROWSKA-PIANOWSKA, Liliana PARRA RAPADO, Richard EVANS, Gerd KRAEMER, Trevor William NEWTON, Kristin HANZLIK, Doreen SCHACHTSCHABEL, Klaus KREUZ
  • Patent number: 10041087
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Patent number: 10023590
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substituted pyridine compound of the formula I or an agriculturally suitable salt or N-oxide thereof, wherein the variables in the formula I are defined as in the description. Substituted pyridine compounds of formula I are useful as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gilbert Besong, Matthias Witschel, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Thomas Seitz, Liliana Parra Rapado, Trevor William Newton, Gerd Kraemer, Richard Roger Evans, Michael Rack
  • Publication number: 20180064111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal combination which comprises: a) a herbicide A which is 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, b) a single herbicide B selected from sulfentrazone, flumioxazin, dicamba and their salts and esters, and c) at least one herbicide C different from herbicides A and B which is selected from C.1) herbicides of the group of acetolactate synthase inhibitors, C.2) herbicides of the group of protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors, C.3) herbicides of the group of synthetic auxins, C.4) herbicides of the group of microtubule inhibitors, C.5) herbicides of the group of acetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitors, C.6) herbicides of the group of photosystem II inhibitors, C.7) herbicides of the group of pigment synthesis inhibitors, and C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: BASF Agro B.V.
    Inventors: Dario MASSA, Richard EVANS, Tobias SEISER, Matthias WITSCHEL, Rex LIEBL, Alexandre FRATESCHI
  • Publication number: 20180016234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phenylpyridines of formula (I) wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the phenylpyridines 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 phenylpyridine of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Matthias WITSCHEL, Tobias SEISER, Manuel JOHANNES, Dario MASSA, Trevor William NEWTON, Richard EVANS, Raphael APONTE
  • Publication number: 20180007901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal combination which comprises: a) a herbicide A which is 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, b) a herbicide B which is glufosinate or one of its salts, and c) at least one herbicide C different from herbicides A and B which is selected from C.1) herbicides of the group of acetolactate synthase inhibitors which are selected from the group of triazolopyrimidine herbicides, sulfonylamino-carbonyl-triazolinone herbicides and pyrimidinyl(thio) benzoate herbicides, C.2) herbicides of the group of protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors, C.3) herbicides of the group of synthetic auxins, C.4) herbicides of the group of microtubule inhibitors, C.5) herbicides of the group of acetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitors, C.6) herbicides of the group of photosystem II inhibitors, C.7) herbicides of the group of pigment synthesis inhibitors, and C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Dario MASSA, Richard EVANS, Matthias WITSCHEL, Tobias SEISER, Rex LIEBL, Alexandre FRATESCHI
  • Publication number: 20170367340
    Abstract: The invention relates to isoxazolo[5,4-b]pyridine compounds of formula I, to the agriculturally useful salts of isoxazolo[5,4-b]pyridine compounds of formula I, and to their use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Anna Aleksandra MICHROWSKA-PIANOWSKA, Julia MAJOR, Johannes HUTZLER, Trevor William NEWTON, Richard Roger EVANS, Klaus KREUZ, Klaus GROSSMANN, Dschun SONG, Anja SIMON, Matthias WITSCHEL, William Karl MOBERG, Liliana PARRA RAPADO, Tao QU, Frank STELZER, Helmut KRAUS, Thomas SEITZ, Andree van der KLOET, Ruediger REINGRUBER
  • Publication number: 20170349604
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substituted pyridine compound of the formula I or an agriculturally suitable salt or N-oxide thereof, wherein the variables in the formula I are defined as in the description. Substituted pyridine compounds of formula I are useful as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Gilbert BESONG, Matthias WITSCHEL, Thomas SEITZ, Liliana PARRA RAPADO, Richard EVANS, Kristin HANZLIK, Gerd KRAEMER, Michael RACK
  • Publication number: 20170339955
    Abstract: N-(tetrazol-5-yl)- and N-(triazol-5-yl)arylcarboxamides of formula I and their use as herbicides, The invention relates to N-(tetrazol-5-yl)- and N-(triazol-5-yl)arylcarboxamides of formula I and their use as herbicides. In said formula I, B represents N or CH, whereas R, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 represent groups such as hydrogen, halogen or organic groups such as alkyl or phenyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Helmut KRAUS, Matthias WITSCHEL, Thomas SEITZ, Trevor William NEWTON, Liliana PARRA RAPADO, Klaus KREUZ, Johannes HUTZLER, Maciej PASTERNAK, Jens LERCHL, Richard Roger EVANS
  • Patent number: 9750256
    Abstract: The invention relates to isoxazolo[5,4-b]pyridine compounds of formula I, to the agriculturally useful salts of isoxazolo[5,4-b]pyridine compounds of formula I, and to their use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Markus Kordes, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Richard Roger Evans, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Thomas Seitz, Andree van der Kloet, Matthias Witschel, Liliana Parra Rapado, Jens Lerchl
  • Publication number: 20170121343
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substituted pyridine compound of the formula I or an agriculturally suitable salt or N-oxide thereof, wherein the variables in the formula I are defined as in the description. Substituted pyridine compounds of formula I are useful as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Gilbert BESONG, Matthias WITSCHEL, Ruediger REINGRUBER, Helmut KRAUS, Thomas SEITZ, Liliana PARRA RAPADO, Trevor William NEWTON, Gerd KRAEMER, Richard Roger EVANS, Michael RACK
  • Patent number: 9609870
    Abstract: The invention relates to isoxazolo[5,4-b]pyridine compounds of formula I, to the agriculturally useful salts of isoxazolo[5,4-b]pyridine compounds of formula I, and to their use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Richard Roger Evans, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Dschun Song, Anja Simon, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Helmut Kraus, Thomas Seitz, Andree van der Kloet, Ruediger Reingruber
  • Publication number: 20170067075
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maciej PASTERNAK, Stefan TRESCH, Johannes HUTZLER, Jens LERCHL, Thomas MIETZNER, Brigitte WESTON, Matthias WITSCHEL, Jill Marie Paulik
  • Patent number: 9549558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to azines of formula (I) wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediated for preparing them, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants and 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: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Trevor William Newton, Florian Vogt, Julia Major, Kristin Hanzlik, Liliana Parra Rapado, Markus Kordes, Thomas Seitz, Matthias Witschel, Klaus Kreuz, Johannes Hutzler, Richard Roger Evans, Jens Lerchl
  • Publication number: 20160376567
    Abstract: The present invention refers to method for producing a transgenic plant with increased herbicide tolerance or resistance as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant, comprising transforming a plant cell or a plant cell nucleus or a plant tissue with a nucleic acid molecule encoding a HPPD polypeptide, as well as to the nucleic acid, and plants with increased HPPD-inhibiting herbicide tolerance or resistance comprising the nucleic acid of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Tresch, Johannes Hutzler, Maciej Pasternak, Liliana Parra Rapado, Jens Lerchl, Gilbert Besong, Helmut Kraus, Matthias Witschel, Jill Marie Paulik
  • Publication number: 20160374339
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchi, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer