Patents by Inventor Rachel Colegate

Rachel Colegate 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).

  • Weed control
    Patent number: 6924252
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for controlling the growth of weeds at a locus in a solid growing medium which comprises treating the locus with a composition comprising an isoxazole herbicide to provide progressive or sequential delivery or release of isoxazole herbicide into the surface layer of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Aventis Agriculture Limited
    Inventors: David Alan Roberts, Robert Zerrouk, Rachel Colegate
  • Pesticide treatment
    Publication number: 20020028255
    Abstract: A method of accelerating the decomposition of an isoxazole and/or a dione pesticide by contacting them with halogen and/hypohalite. A crop seed containing a halogen and/or hypohalite within the seed or at its surface or in a coating on the seed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Rachel Colegate, Mary C. Wells-Knecht, Anibal Lopes