Patents by Inventor Peter Maienfisch

Peter Maienfisch 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).

  • Publication number: 20110136866
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein A, p, R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, m, R7, n and R8 are as defined in claim 1. Furthermore, the present invention relates to intermediates used to prepare compounds of formula (I), to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests and to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Pitterna, Jerome Yves Cassayer, Camilla Corsi, Peter Maienfisch
  • Publication number: 20110118356
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, G1, G2, R1, R2, L, Q1, and Q2 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Antoine Daina, Christopher Richard Ayles Godfrey, Peter Renold, Peter Maienfisch
  • Publication number: 20110071200
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I) or Formula (II) where W is C—R3; X is C—R4; Y is C—R5; R1 and R6, independently of each other, is, for example, H, C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl or C1-C6-alkyl-C(?O); R2 is H; and R3, R4 and R5, independently of each other, are, for example, H, halogen, cyano, nitro, C1-C6-alkyl, or C1-C6-haloalkyl; provided that in formula II R1 is H and R6 is as defined above; and in formula I that (a) at least one of R1 and R3 to R6 is other than hydrogen, (b) R3 or R4 is other than C1 when in each instance the remaining five groups of R1 to R6 are hydrogen, and (c) (i) R3 is other than methyl, (ii) R4 is other than C1, (iii) R5 is other than C1 and (iv) R3 is not C1 when R5 is methoxy, when in each instance (i) to (iv) R1 is H, R6 is MeC(?O), and remaining groups of R2 to R5 are hydrogen; and/or salts thereof; and their use as as pesticidal agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Werner Zambach, Ottmar Franz Hueter, Peter Renold, Thomas Pitterna, Peter Maienfisch
  • Publication number: 20110071191
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein R1 is pyrid-4-yl optionally substituted by one to four substituents independently selected from halogen, C1-3 alkyl or C1-3 haloalkyl; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-4 haloalkyl or C1-4 haloalkoxy; R3 is trifluoromethyl, difluoromethyl or difluoromethoxy and R4 is hydrogen, fluoro or chloro, or R3 is fluoro, chloro or bromo and R4 is fluoro, chloro or trifluoromethyl; and R5 is hydrogen or halogen; or salts or N-oxides thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to intermediates used to prepare compounds of formula (I), to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests and to insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Jerome Yves Cassayre, Camilla Corsi, Thomas Pitterna, Peter Maienfisch
  • Publication number: 20110009261
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) where, for example, W, X and Y are each CH; R1 and R6 together with the adjacent nitrogen forms a 3 to 10-membered saturated ring, wherein the ring may contain, in addition to the nitrogen and carbon ring members, 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms and/or heteroatom groups as ring members, independently of one another, selected from the group consisting of sulfur, CO, SO, SO2 and N—R7 and/or the ring may carry 1, 2 or 3 radicals, independently of one another, each selected, for example, from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, nitro, amino, and C1-C6-alkyl. R2 is, for example, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-haloalkoxy or C1-C6-alkoxy-C1-C6-alkoxy, and R7 is for example, R10C(?O), C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6-haloalkyl; and/or salts thereof; and their use as pesticidal agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Maienfisch, Ottmar Hueter, Peter Renold, Werner Zambach, Thomas Pitterna
  • Publication number: 20110003991
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula I wherein Y is a single bond, C?O, C?S or S(O)m where m is 0, 1 or 2; the ring is a 6-membered aromatic or is a 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic ring; Ra, R1, R2, R4 and R8 are specified organic groups; n and p are independently 0-4; or salts or N-oxides thereof or compositions containing them in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs. Novel compounds are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Jérôme CASSAYRE, Peter MAIENFISCH, Fredrik CEDERBAUM, Louis-Pierre MOLLEYRES, Camilla CORSI, Thomas PITTERNA
  • Publication number: 20100311582
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) where, for example, W, X and Y are each CH; R1 and R6, independently of each other, are for example, selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, R7C(?O), and a ring system; provided that at least one of R1 and R6 is a —C2-C6-alkenylthio-C1-C6-alkyl, —C1-C6-alkoxy-C(?O)NRx-C1-C6-alkyl, —partially or fully unsaturated ring system containing in at least one ring in the ring system at least one hetero atom selected from N, O and S, which ring system is bound (i.e. through the N bonded to R1 and R6 in formula I) either directly or via a a C1-C6-alkylene group to the remainder of the compound, —partially or fully unsaturated ring system containing a ring that is bound to the remainder of the compound (i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Pitterna, Peter Renold, Ottmar Franz Hueter, Peter Maienfisch, Werner Zambach
  • Publication number: 20100311777
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in the claims, is useful as a pesticide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Werner Zambach, Ottmar Franz Hueter, Jean Wenger, Marcela Goeghova, Thomas Pitterna, Peter Maienfisch, Michel Muehlebach
  • Publication number: 20100279999
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, G1, L, R1, R2, R3, R4, Y1, Y2 and Y3 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Renold, Werner Zambach, Peter Maienfisch, Michel Muehlebach
  • Patent number: 7807679
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula (I) wherein Y is a single bond, C?O, C?S or S(O)m where m is 0, 1 or 2; the ring is a 6-membered aromatic or is a 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic ring; Ra, R1, R2, R4 and R8 are specified organic groups; n and p are independently 0-4; or salts or N-oxides thereof or compositions containing them in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs. Novel compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Jérôme Cassayre, Peter Maienfisch, Fredrik Cederbaum, Louis-Pierre Molleyres, Camilla Corsi, Thomas Pitterna
  • Publication number: 20100240712
    Abstract: Novel aromatic compounds of formula (I): wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, R1, R2, R5, G1, G2, Q1, Q2, Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal or molluscicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode or mollusc pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Andre Denis Stoller, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Christopher Richard Ayles Godfrey, William Lutz, Peter Maienfisch, Werner Zambach
  • Publication number: 20100227862
    Abstract: A method of combating and controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs which comprises applying to a pest, to a locus of a pest, or to a plant susceptible to attack by a pest an insecticidally, acaricidally, nematicidally or molluscicidally effective amount of a compound of formula (I) wherein Y is a single bond, C?O, C?S or S(O)m where m is 0, 1 or 2; and R1, R3, R2 and R8 are defined organic, groups, p is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 or salts or N-oxides thereof; novel compounds and composition's containing them are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Pitterna, Jerome Cassayre, Louis-Pierre Molleyres, Peter Maienfisch
  • Publication number: 20100216850
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, G1, G2, R1, R2, R3, R4, Q1, Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or TV-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal or molluscicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode or mollusc pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Peter Renold, Christopher Richard Ayles Godfrey, William Lutz, Peter Maienfisch, Werner Zambach
  • Publication number: 20100210574
    Abstract: What is described are a compound of the formula wherein n is 0 or 1; A-B is —CH?CH— or —CH2—CH2—; R1 is C1-C12-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl or C2-C12-alkenyl; R2 is for example C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C12-alkenyl or C2-C12-alkinyl; which are optionally substituted with one to five substituents selected from the group consisting of OH, halogen, CN, —N3, —NO2, C3-C8-Cycloalkyl, norbornylenyl-, C3-C8-Cycloalkenyl; C3-C8-halocycloalkyl, C1-C12-alkoxy, C1-C6-alkoxy-C1-C6-alkoxy, C3-C8-cycloalkoxy, C1-C12-haloalkoxy, C1-C12-alkylthio, C3-C8-cycloalkylthio, C1-C12-haloalkylthio, C1-C12-alkylsulfinyl, C3-C8-cycloalkylsulfinyl, C1-C12-haloalkylsulfinyl, C3-C8-halocycloalkylsulfinyl, C1-C12-alkylsulfonyl, C3-C8-cycloalkylsulfonyl, C1-C12-haloalkylsulfonyl, C3-C8-halocycloalkylsulfonyl, —NR4R6, —X—C(?Y)—R4, —X—C(?Y)—Z—R4, —P(?O)(OC1-C6-alkyl)2, aryl, heterocyclyl, aryloxy, arylthio and heterocyclyloxy; R3 is for example H, C1-C12-alkyl or C1-C12-alkyl which is optionally substituted and, where applicable, to E/Z isomers, mix
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Maienfisch, Fiona Murphy Kessabi, Jerome Cassayre, Laura Quaranta, Thomas Pitterna, Ottmar Franz Hueter, Pierre Jung
  • Publication number: 20100204504
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of using certain compounds of formula (I), (II) and (III) in the synthesis of an insecticide intermediate of formula (IV), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, to processes for preparing these compounds, to processes which use these compounds to prepare insecticide intermediates, and to certain novel compounds of formula (II?) and (III?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Andre Denis Stoller, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Christopher Richard Ayles Godfrey, Peter Maienfisch, Werner Zambach
  • Publication number: 20100173959
    Abstract: A method of controlling or preventing pest damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, and/or plant organs that grow at a later point in time, which comprises applying on the plant propagation material or locus thereof a compound I or II represented by formula (I) and (II) wherein R1 is represented, for example, by H; R6 is represented, for example, by H; R2 is represented, for example, by halogen; R3 to R5 is represented, for example, by H; and n is either 0 or 2; or an enantiomer, diastereomer, or salt, thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Renold, Ottmar Franz Huetter, Peter Maienfisch, Werner Zambach, Thomas Pitterna, Christoph Grimm
  • Patent number: 7737261
    Abstract: Avermectin B1 and avermectin B1 monosaccharide derivative compounds having an alkoxymethyl substituent in the 4?- or 4?-position; a process for preparing and using these compounds and their tautomers; pesticides whose active compound is selected from these compounds and their tautomers; and a process for preparing these compounds and compositions are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Corp Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Maienfisch, Fiona Murphy Kessabi, Jérôme Cassayre, Laura Quaranta, Thomas Pitterna, Ottmar Franz Hueter, Pierre Jung
  • Publication number: 20100130601
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, R1, R2, R3, G1, G2, G3 and Q are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Pierre Jung, Christopher Richard Ayles Godrey, William Lutz, Peter Maienfisch, Andre Stoller, Werner Zambach
  • Patent number: 7704961
    Abstract: Described is a compound of the formula (I) wherein the bond between carbon atoms 22 and 23 is a single or double bond; m is 0 or 1; R1, is C1-C12alkyl, C3-C8cycloalkyl or C2-C12alkenyl; and either (A) R2 is —N(R3)R4, and (1) X is 0, wherein R3 is, for instance, hydrogen, unsubstituted or mono- to pentasubstituted C1-C12alkyl, and R4 is, for instance, mono- to pentasubstituted C1-C12alkyl, unsubstituted or mono- to pentasubstituted C3-C12cycloalkyl; or (2) X is S, wherein R3 is, for instance, hydrogen, unsubstituted or mono- to pentasubstituted C1-C12alkyl, and R4 is, for instance, hydrogen, unsubstituted or mono- to pentasubstituted C1-C12alkyl; or (3) X is 0 or S, wherein R3 and R4 together are, for instance, a three- to seven membered alkylene or a four- to seven-membered alkenylene bridge; or (B) R2 is OR5, X is 0 or S, wherein R5 is, for instance, C1-C12alkyl, mono- to pentasubstituted C1-C12alkyl; or, if appropriate, an E/Z isomer, E/Z isomer mixture and/or tautomer thereof, in each case in free form or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Fiona Murphy Kessabi, Thomas Pitterna, Peter Maienfisch, Jérôme Cassayre, Laura Quaranta, Pierre Jung, Ottmar Franz Hueter
  • Publication number: 20100076078
    Abstract: Novel compounds of formula (I): wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, R1, R2, G1, G2, Q1 and Q2 are as defined in claim 1; or salts or N-oxides thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CORP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Pierre Jung, Stephen Trah, Christopher Richard Ayles Godfrey, William Lutz, Peter Maienfisch, Werner Zambach