Patents by Inventor Rhoda W. Joseph

Rhoda W. Joseph 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).

  • Broad-spectrum antimicrobially active compounds
    Patent number: 5883134
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling or inhibiting the growth of microorganisms comprising introducing in, at, or on a locus an antimicrobially effective amount of an antimicrobially active nitroethene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Adam Chi-Tung Hsu, Peter Osei-Gyimah, Barry C. Lange, Rhoda W. Joseph
  • Substituted 3-thioacryloyl compounds and their use as antimicrobial agents
    Patent number: 5464832
    Abstract: A thioacryloyl compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein Z is selected from the group consisting of OR, R and NR.sup.1 R.sup.2 ;R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; (C.sub.1 -C.sub.18)alkyl; (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)alkenyl; (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)haloalkynyl; 2-(5-chlorothienyl)methyl; phenyl optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of halo-, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)alkoxy-, nitro-, and (C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)alkyl; phenacyl optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of ring halo-, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)alkoxy-, nitro-, and (C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)alkyl; arylalkyl optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of ring halo-, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)alkoxy-, nitro-, and (C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)alkyl;R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently selected from (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)alkyl and phenyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Peter Osei-Gyimah, Samuel E. Sherba, Barry C. Lange, Rai J. Mehta, Rhoda W. Joseph
  • Use of substituted 3-thioacryloyl compounds as antimicrobial agents
    Patent number: 5302592
    Abstract: Use as microbicides of thioacryloyl compounds of the formula ##STR1## Compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Peter Osei-Gyimah, Samuel E. Sherba, Raj J. Mehta, Barry C. Lange, Rhoda W. Joseph