Patents by Inventor Prithvi R. Bhalla

Prithvi R. Bhalla 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).

  • Turfgrass management compositions
    Patent number: 5591693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compositions comprising imidazolinone compounds that are suitable for use in turfgrass management. The invention also provides methods for altering the growth and reducing mowing frequency, suppressing seed head formation and controlling undesirable vegetation in turfgrass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Prithvi R. Bhalla, Robert M. Herrick, Donald W. Gates
  • Turfgrass management compositions
    Patent number: 5340791
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compositions comprising imidazolinone compounds that are suitable for use in turfgrass management. The invention also provides methods for altering the growth and reducing mowing frequency, suppressing seed head formation and controlling undesirable vegetation in turfgrass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Prithvi R. Bhalla, Robert M. Herrick, Donald W. Gates
  • Turfgrass management composition using a 2-imidazole-2-yl nicotinic acid derivative composition
    Patent number: 5116403
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compositions comprising imidazolinone compounds that are suitable for use in turfgrass management. The invention also provides methods for altering the growth and reducing moving frequency, suppressing seed head formation and controlling undesirable vegetation in turfgrass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Prithvi R. Bhalla, Robert M. Herrick, Donald W. Gates
  • Dinitroaniline yield enhancing agents for legumes
    Patent number: 4699646
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to increase the yield of stem, root and of leguminous crops by applying a yield enhancing amount of a dinitroaniline compound to the leaves and stems of said plants or to soil containing the seeds thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Co.
    Inventors: David L. Whitehead, Prithvi R. Bhalla
  • Method for the control of stem growth and stem stiffness of graminaceous crops
    Patent number: 4643755
    Abstract: The invention is a novel method for the control of the relative stem growth of graminaceous crops, comprising applying to the foliage, stems, roots or seeds of said plants, or to the soil in which said plants are grown, a plant growth regulating amount of a substituted phenylnitramine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Thomas D. O'Neal, Prithvi R. Bhalla, Barrington Cross
  • Method to alter or control the development and/or the life cycle of various plant species
    Patent number: 4431440
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to influence, alter or control the growth, development and/or life cycle of desirable and undesirable plants, comprising: applying to same a biologically effective amount of certain substituted quinazolinones.The invention also relates to certain novel quinazolinones, useful to influence, alter or control the growth, development and/or life cycle of desirable and undesirable plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Prithvi R. Bhalla, Bryant L. Walworth
  • Substituted N-nitroaniline compounds and inorganic and organic salts thereof useful for enhancing auxiliary branching, canopy flowering and crop yield of plant and as lodging inhibitors therefor
    Patent number: 4367339
    Abstract: There are provided di- tri- and tetrasubstituted N-nitroaniline compounds and inorganic and organic salts thereof which are effective for increasing axillary branching, improving canopy and enhancing flowering of herbaceous ornamental plants and graminaceous crops, leguminous crops, cotton and sunflowers. The salts are also effective as yield enhancing agents and lodging inhibitors for the crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1983
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Thomas D. O'Neal, Prithvi R. Bhalla, Barrington Cross