Patents by Inventor Richard E. Ferrett

Richard E. Ferrett 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).

  • Safening crops from the phytotoxic effects of herbicidally active N-phosphonomethyl-glycines
    Publication number: 20010051591
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of protecting a plant from phytotoxic injury from application to a locus thereof of a herbicidally effective amount of at least one N-phosphonomethyl-glycine. The method comprises applying to the locus of the plant the herbicidally effective amount of the N-phosphonomethyl-glycine and prior thereto, together therewith, or subsequent thereto, applying to the locus a safening amount of at least one salt. The present invention is also directed to herbicidal compositions containing such N-phosphonomethyl-glycine and salt(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Richard E. Ferrett, David W. Keifer