Patents by Inventor Nicholas Phillips
Nicholas Phillips 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: 9980486Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein A1a, A1b, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), and to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Glynn Mitchell, Gordon Richard Munns, Matthew Carl Plane, Nicholas Phillip Mulholland
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Publication number: 20170251670Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein A1a, A1b, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), and to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Glynn MITCHELL, Gordon Richard MUNNS, Matthew Carl PLANE, Nicholas Phillip MULHOLLAND
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Patent number: 9701662Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein A1, A2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants, and to intermediates used to synthesize said compounds.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Glynn Mitchell, Nicholas Phillip Mulholland
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Publication number: 20170066745Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein A1, A2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants, and to intermediates used to synthesise said compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Glynn Mitchell, Nicholas Phillip Mulholland
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Publication number: 20160073631Abstract: The present invention provides stereoselective processes for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) wherein P is phenyl, naphthyl, a 6-membered heteroaryl group containing one or two nitrogen atoms as ring members, or a 10-membered bicyclic heteroaryl group containing one or two nitrogen atoms as ring members, and wherein the phenyl, naphthyl and heteroaryl groups are optionally substituted; R1 is chlorodifluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl; R2 is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; n is 0 or 1; including the process comprising (a-i) reacting a compound of formula II wherein P, R1 and R2 are as defined for the compound of formula I; with nitromethane in the presence a chiral catalyst to give a compound of formula III wherein P, R1 and R2 are as defined for the compound of formula I; and (a-ii) reductively cyclising the compound of formula III to give the compound of formula I.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicants: Syngenta Participations AG, Syngenta LimitedInventors: Myriem EL QACEMI, Helmars SMITS, Jerome Yves CASSAYRE, Nicholas Phillip MULHOLLAND, Peter RENOLD, Edouard GODINEAU, Thomas PITTERNA
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Patent number: 9233920Abstract: The present invention provides stereoselective processes for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) wherein P is phenyl, naphthyl, a 6-membered heteroaryl group containing one or two nitrogen atoms as ring members, or a 10-membered bicyclic heteroaryl group containing one or two nitrogen atoms as ring members, and wherein the phenyl, naphthyl and heteroaryl groups are optionally substituted; R1 is chlorodifluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl; R2 is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; n is 0 or 1; including the process comprising (a-i) reacting a compound of formula II wherein P, R1 and R2 are as defined for the compound of formula I; with nitromethane in the presence a chiral catalyst to give a compound of formula III Wherein P, R1 and R2 are as defined for the compound of formula I; and (a-ii) reductively cyclizing the compound of formula III to give the compound of formula I.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignees: Syngenta Participations AG, Syngenta LimitedInventors: Myriem El Qacemi, Helmars Smits, Jerome Yves Cassayre, Nicholas Phillip Mulholland, Peter Renold, Edouard Godineau, Thomas Pitterna
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Patent number: 9144501Abstract: A fracture reduction implant for treating a vertebral compression fracture and instruments and methods for implanting the fracture reduction device utilizing a minimally invasive lateral approach are described. The implant may be inserted into a fractured vertebra through a T-shaped cut formed in the vertebral wall. The T-shaped cut may be formed in the lateral aspect of the wall. After insertion, a portion of the implant may be elevated within the vertebral body to reduce the fracture. The implant may include a base assembly, elevator plate, and a support column. The support column may be locked to the base assembly after insertion.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.Inventors: Luiz Pimenta, Lukas Eisermann, Matthew Copp, Nicholas Phillips
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Patent number: 8962628Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) wherein R4 is of sub-formula (a) or (b) and wherein the other substituents are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are potentially useful as herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Alaric James Avery, Alain De Mesmaeker, Nicholas Phillip Mulholland, Nigel James Willetts, Paul Anthony Worthington
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Publication number: 20140323300Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), and to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITEDInventors: William Guy Whittingham, Nicholas Phillip Mulholland, Russell Viner, Alison Clare Elliott, Katy Louise Bridgwood, John Martin Clough, Kevin Beautement, Glynn Mitchell, Gordon Munns
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Publication number: 20140206633Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of formula IB wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, L, Y1, Y2, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims, comprising reacting a compound of formula (II) wherein Y1, Y2, L, A1, A2, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined for the compound of formula (I); with hydroxylamine in the presence of water, a base and a chiral phase transfer catalyst, which chiral phase transfer catalyst is a quinine derivative. The invention also relates to compounds of formula IB and enantiomerically enriched mixtures comprising compounds of formula IB.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLCInventors: Nicholas Phillip Mulholland, Edouard Godineau, Jérôme Yves Cassayre, Peter Renold, Myriem El Qacemi, Guillaume Revol
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Publication number: 20130303370Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) wherein R4 is of sub-formula (a) or (b) and wherein the other substituents are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are potentially useful as herbicides.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicants: SYNGENTA LIMITED, SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Alaric James Avery, Alain De Mesmaeker, Nicholas Phillip Mulholland, Nigel James Willetts, Paul Anthony Worthington
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Patent number: 8569301Abstract: The present invention relates to 6,6-dioxo-6-thia-1,4-diaza-naphthalene derivatives of formula (I) where R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4 and R5 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and to methods of using compounds of formula (I) to control plant growth.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Nigel James Willetts, Nicholas Phillip Mulholland, Paul Anthony Worthington, Alaric James Avery
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Publication number: 20130237583Abstract: The present invention provides stereoselective processes for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) wherein P is phenyl, naphthyl, a 6-membered heteroaryl group containing one or two nitrogen atoms as ring members, or a 10-membered bicyclic heteroaryl group containing one or two nitrogen atoms as ring members, and wherein the phenyl, naphthyl and heteroaryl groups are optionally substituted; R1 is chlorodifluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl; R2 is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; n is 0 or 1; including the process comprising (a-i) reacting a compound of formula II wherein P, R1 and R2 are as defined for the compound of formula I; with nitromethane in the presence a chiral catalyst to give a compound of formula III Wherein P, R1 and R2 are as defined for the compound of formula I; and (a-ii) reductively cyclising the compound of formula III to give the compound of formula I.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLCInventors: Myriem El Qacemi, Helmars Smits, Jerome Yves Cassayre, Nicholas Phillip Mulholland, Peter Renold, Edouard Godineau, Thomas Pitterna
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Publication number: 20120115726Abstract: The present invention relates to 6,6-dioxo-6-thia-1,4-diaza-naphthalene derivatives of formula (I) where R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4 and R5 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and to methods of using compounds of formula (I) to control plant growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLCInventors: Nigel James Willetts, Nicholas Phillip Mulholland, Paul Anthony Worthington, Alaric James Avery
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Patent number: 8014192Abstract: Reference magnetic elements or bits with a range of magnetic volumes smaller than the minimum size used for actual data storage are written or patterned in the data storage device. The reference elements or bits have dimensions such that their magnetization will relax in a shorter time than that of the minimum expected relaxation time of the storage elements or bits. Probing of the magnetization of the reference elements or bits allows the detection of the probable onset of magnetization relaxation in the storage elements or bits therefore signaling that the re-writing (re-magnetizing) of the storage elements or bits is necessary. Such a scheme can be organized over rows, columns, or sectors.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2003Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Gavin Nicholas Phillips, Hans Marc Bert Boeve
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Publication number: 20100088608Abstract: A system, method, and storage medium for an online community building portal, including at least one contributor, where the contributor produces and submits content localized for a particular geographic area which is then reviewed by at least one editor who is familiar with the particular geographic area; at least one computer communicably coupled to a remote computer where the computer can transmit the reviewed content to a user who is using the remote computer in a single viewer which is customizable by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventors: Lonnie Schiller, Nicholas Phillips
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Publication number: 20080279025Abstract: A memory (10) is organized as a matrix rows and columns of memory cell circuits (100) and comprises bit line conductors (12) coupled to rows of the memory cells (100). A sensing circuit (14) is coupled to the bit line conductors (12). The sensing circuit (14) is arranged to form respective data signals, each by comparing a respective signal from a plurality of the bit line conductors (12) with a reference level that is common for the bit line conductors (12). A reference level selection circuit (16) with inputs coupled to the plurality of bit line conductors (12) is arranged to control the reference level. The reference level selection circuit (16) selects the reference level dependent on respective analog signal levels on the plurality of the bit line conductors (12), so that analog signal levels from at least respective ones of the plurality of bit line conductors (12) lie on respective sides of the reference level.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2005Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.Inventors: Victor Martinus Gerardus Van Acht, Albert W. Marsman, Boon Keat Chong, Nicolaas Lambert, Pierre Hermanus Woerlee, Teunis Jan Ikkink, Aalbert Stek, Hans Marc Bert Boeve, Gavin Nicholas Phillips
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Publication number: 20050259302Abstract: An illumination panel for illuminating an object, comprising a substrate, a light diffractive grating and a light source. The substrate is made from an optically transparent material having first and second area surfaces disposed substantially parallel to each other and a light input surface for conducting a light beam into the substrate. The light diffractive grating is mounted to the first areal surface and has a slanted fringe structure embodied therein for diffracting the light beam falling incident thereto, along a first diffractive order of the slanted fringe structure. The light source produces a light beam for transmission through the input surface and direct passage through the substrate to the slanted fringe structure so as to produce an output light beam of areal extent that emerges from either the first or second areal surface along the first diffractive order, for use in illuminating an object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2002Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventors: Michael Metz, Nicholas Phillips, Zane Coleman, John Caulfield, Carl Flatow
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Patent number: 4645108Abstract: A dispensing carton for plastic bags is disclosed in which the bags may be removed from aperture openings located on three different sides of the carton. A blank for the dispensing carton is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1985Date of Patent: February 24, 1987Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventors: James R. Gavin, Nicholas Phillips
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Patent number: D297415Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1985Date of Patent: August 30, 1988Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventors: James R. Gavin, Nicholas Phillips