Patents by Inventor Melanie Sanford

Melanie Sanford 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).

  • Process for fluorinating compounds
    Patent number: 9988322
    Abstract: Methods of preparing a fluorinated aryl or heteroaryl substrate by combining a quaternary ammonium cyanide and an aryl or heteroaryl substrate substituted with at least one chloro, bromo, sulfonyl, or nitro group to thereby provide a mixture, and combining the mixture with hexafluorobenzene to thereby provide the fluorinated substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Laura Allen, Melanie Sanford, Douglas Bland
  • Process for fluorinating compounds
    Patent number: 9878983
    Abstract: Disclosed are mild temperature (e.g., from 0 to 80° C.) SNAr fluorinations of a variety of halide and sulfonate substituted aryl and heteroaryl substrates using NMe4F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Melanie Sanford, Sarah Ryan, Sydonie Schimler, Yang Cheng, Douglas Bland
  • PROCESS FOR FLUORINATING COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20170066721
    Abstract: Disclosed are mild temperature (e.g., from 0 to 80° C.) SNAr fluorinations of a variety of halide and sulfonate substituted aryl and heteroaryl substrates using NMe4F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Melanie Sanford, Sarah Ryan, Sydonie Schimler, Yang Cheng, Douglas Bland
  • Process for fluorinating compounds
    Patent number: 9493415
    Abstract: Methods of preparing a fluorinated substrate by combining potassium fluoride, a quaternary ammonium salt, and a substrate substituted with at least one chloro, bromo, sulfonyl, or nitro group to thereby provide the fluorinated substrate are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Laura Allen, Melanie Sanford, Shin Hee Lee, Douglas Bland, Yang Cheng, Gary Roth, Joseck M. Muhuhi
  • Process for fluorinating compounds
    Patent number: 9221757
    Abstract: Methods of preparing a fluorinated substrate by combining potassium fluoride, imidazolium salt, and a substrate substituted with at least one chloro, bromo, sulfonyl, or nitro group to thereby provide the fluorinated substrate are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Melanie Sanford, Shin Hee Lee, Laura Allen
  • PROCESS FOR FLUORINATING COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20150141654
    Abstract: Methods of preparing a fluorinated substrate by combining potassium fluoride, a quaternary ammonium salt, and a substrate substituted with at least one chloro, bromo, sulfonyl, or nitro group to thereby provide the fluorinated substrate are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Laura Allen, Melanie Sanford, Shin Hee Lee, Douglas Bland, Yang Cheng, Gary Roth, Joseck M. Muhuhi
  • PROCESS FOR FLUORINATING COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20150133673
    Abstract: Methods of preparing a fluorinated substrate by combining potassium fluoride, imidazolium salt, and a substrate substituted with at least one chloro, bromo, sulfonyl, or nitro group to thereby provide the fluorinated substrate are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Melanie Sanford, Shin H. Lee, Laura Allen
  • PROCESS FOR FLUORINATING COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20150133672
    Abstract: Methods of preparing a fluorinated aryl or heteroaryl substrate by combining a quaternary ammonium cyanide and an aryl or heteroaryl substrate substituted with at least one chloro, bromo, sulfonyl, or nitro group to thereby provide a mixture, and combining the mixture with hexafluorobenzene to thereby provide the fluorinated substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Laura Allen, Melanie Sanford, Douglas Bland