Patents by Inventor Richard F. Burow

Richard F. Burow 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).

  • Compositions and methods for protecting cultivated plants from herbicidal injury
    Patent number: 7902118
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a herbicide wherein it is desired that the compound not be retained by the plant foliage, and a repellant adjuvant, wherein the repellant modifies the surface properties of the composition so that retention of the composition on foliage of a cultivated plant is reduced are described. In particular, the herbicide composition comprises a repellant adjuvant that is an aqueous solution of an alkyltrialkoxysilane such as methyltrimethoxysilane and a water soluble silane coupling agent such as N-(2-aminoethyl) -3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane or an aqueous solution of an organosiliconate such as sodium methyl siliconate. Methods are described for using these compositions to prevent weeds without injury to cultivated plants, which plants include crop plants, food plants, turfgrass, ornamental plants, and garden plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignees: Board of Trustees of MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Penner, Christy L. Sprague, Richard F. Burow
  • Compositions and methods for protecting cultivated plants from herbicidal injury
    Patent number: 6936569
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a herbicide wherein it is desired that the compound not be retained by the plant foliage, and a repellant adjuvant, wherein the repellant modifies the surface properties of the composition so that retention of the composition on foliage of a cultivated plant is reduced are described. In particular, the herbicide composition comprises a repellant adjuvant that is an aqueous solution of an alkyltrialkoxysilane such as methyltrimethoxysilane and a water soluble silane coupling agent such as N-(2-aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane or an aqueous solution of an organosiliconate such as sodium methyl siliconate. Methods are described for using these compositions to prevent weeds without injury to cultivated plants, which plants include crop plants, food plants, turfgrass, ornamental plants, and garden plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignees: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Penner, Christy L. Sprague, Richard F. Burow
  • Compositions and methods for protecting cultivated plants from herbicidal injury
    Publication number: 20020010096
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a herbicide wherein it is desired that the compound not be retained by the plant foliage, and a repellant adjuvant, wherein the repellant modifies the surface properties of the composition so that retention of the composition on foliage of a cultivated plant is reduced are described. In particular, the herbicide composition comprises a repellant adjuvant that is an aqueous solution of an alkyltrialkoxysilane such as methyltrimethoxysilane and a water soluble silane coupling agent such as N-(2-aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane or an aqueous solution of an organosiliconate such as sodium methyl siliconate. Methods are described for using these compositions to prevent weeds without injury to cultivated plants, which plants include crop plants, food plants, turfgrass, ornamental plants, and garden plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University
    Inventors: Donald Penner, Christy L. Sprague, Richard F. Burow
  • Compositions and methods for protecting cultivated plants from herbicidal injury
    Patent number: 6235682
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a herbicide wherein it is desired that the compound not be retained by the plant foliage, and a repellant adjuvant, wherein the repellant modifies the surface properties of the composition so that retention of the composition on foliage of a cultivated plant is reduced are described. In particular, the herbicide composition comprises a repellant adjuvant that is an aqueous solution of an alkyltrialkoxysilane such as methyltrimethoxysilane and a water soluble silane coupling agent such as N-(2-aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane or an aqueous solution of an organosiliconate such as sodium methyl siliconate. Methods are described for using these compositions to prevent weeds without injury to cultivated plants, which plants include crop plants, food plants, turfgrass, ornamental plants, and garden plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignees: Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University, Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Penner, Christy L. Sprague, Richard F. Burow