Patents by Inventor Richard K. Mann

Richard K. Mann 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).

  • Publication number: 20180007899
    Abstract: An herbicidal composition containing (a) oxyfluorfen and (b) haloxyfop or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof provides control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in crops, including but not limited to direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, cotton, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, including, but not limited to, citrus, grapes and tree nuts, aquatics, vegetables (e.g., onions, shallots, peppers, tomatoes, artichokes, cole crops, guava, papaya and strawberries), industrial vegetation management, deciduous trees, conifers, perennial crops and plantation crops (including, but not limited to, coffee and palm oil) and rights of way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Fernando Ovalle Orjuela, Orlando Aguilar, Paola Luciana Mautong Plaza, Richard K. Mann, Roger E. Gast
  • Patent number: 9854801
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicidal effective amount of (a) an ethylene inhibitor, and (b) a compound defined by Formula (I), or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof: wherein X is hydrogen or fluorine. The ethylene inhibitor can be 1-methylcyclopropene. The weight ratio of 1-methylcyclopropene, in g ai/ha to the compound defined by Formula (I), or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, in g ai/ha can be from 1:1000 to 400:1. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to limit the emergence or growth of vegetation the composition described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Richard K. Mann, Carla N. Yerkes
  • Publication number: 20170354148
    Abstract: Provided herein are safened herbicidal compositions for use in Brassica species susceptible to injury by halauxifen comprising (a) a herbicidally effective amount of halauxifen or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester of thereof, and (b) one or more of (i) a herbicide[s], capable of safening the halauxifen to the Brassica species, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, or (ii) a herbicide safener, capable of safening the halauxifen to the Brassica species, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Rory Degenhardt, Len Juras, Norbert M. Satchivi, Shelley Bath, Bernard M. Harris, Andrew Macrae, Roger E. Gast, Richard K. Mann, Laura Smith
  • Publication number: 20170347649
    Abstract: Provided herein are herbicidal compositions containing of (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an ALS-inhibiting herbicide, wherein the ALS-inhibiting herbicide is diclosulam, cloransulam, chlorimuron, or thifensulfuron, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. The compositions provide synergistic weed control of undesirable vegetation in areas including, but not limited to, soybean, cotton, corn, sorghum, sunflower, sugarcane, sugar beets, alfalfa, cereals (including but not limited to wheat, barley, rice and oats), non-crop, fallow-bed, perennial crop, fruiting crop, or plantation crop areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: James M. Gifford, Richard K. Mann, Ändrea Christine McVeigh-Nelson, David G. Ouse, Christopher J. Voglewede
  • Patent number: 9737073
    Abstract: Provided herein are herbicidal compositions containing of (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an ALS-inhibiting herbicide, wherein the ALS-inhibiting herbicide is diclosulam, cloransulam, chlorimuron, or thifensulfuron, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. The compositions provide synergistic weed control of undesirable vegetation in areas including, but not limited to, soybean, cotton, corn, sorghum, sunflower, sugarcane, sugar beets, alfalfa, cereals (including but not limited to wheat, barley, rice and oats), non-crop, fallow-bed, perennial crop, fruiting crop, or plantation crop areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: James M. Gifford, Richard K. Mann, Ändrea C. McVeigh-Nelson, David G. Ouse, Christopher J. Voglewede
  • Patent number: 9730445
    Abstract: Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) fungicides, including but not limited to, azoxystrobin, carbendazim, difenoconazole, flutolanil, hexaconazole, iprobenfos, isoprothiolane, isotianil, kasugamycin, mancozeb, myclobutanil, phthalide, probenazole, propiconazole, pyroquilon, tebuconazole, thifluzamide, tricyclazole, trifloxystrobin, validamycin, or a compound of formula (II) The compositions and methods provided herein control undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights-of-way (ROW).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann
  • Patent number: 9717244
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation in pineapple, which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) penoxsulam or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. The methods can further comprise applying (b) a second pesticide or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof to the vegetation or the area adjacent the vegetation or to the soil adjacent thereto. In some embodiments, (b) includes an ACCase inhibitor such as cyhalofop-butyl, haloxyfop-P-methyl, fluazifop-P-butyl, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Somsak Samanwong, Richard K. Mann, Lap Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20170181431
    Abstract: Herbicidal compositions and methods using a combination of (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) a cell membrane disruptor herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof provide control of undesirable vegetation in soybean, cotton, sunflower, winter/spring oilseed rape, winter/spring canola, vegetables, ornamentals, rice, wheat, teff, triticale, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sunflower, row crops, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, sugarcane, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, forestry, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights-of-way; for the burndown and control of weeds in fallow fields and fallow beds between the planting of crops, such as soybean, corn, cotton, sunflower, cereals, rice, winter/spring oilseed rape, winter/spring canola, corn/maize and sorghum; and for the control of weeds just prior to or after planting soybeans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Christopher J. Voglewede, Richard K. Mann, Luiz Henrique Zobiole, Augusto Kalsing, Gizelly Santos
  • Publication number: 20170156324
    Abstract: Provided herein are herbicidal compositions and methods using a mixture comprising (a) the compound of formula (I) or an agriculturally acceptable salt of ester thereof, (b) florasulam or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, and (c) pyroxsulam or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. The compositions provide synergistic weed control of undesirable vegetation in areas including, but not limited to, annual crop, cereal crop, fallow-bed, non-crop, IVM, range and pasture, tree and vine crop, perennial crop, fruiting crop, and plantation crop areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Roger E. Gast, Richard K. Mann
  • Patent number: 9644469
    Abstract: A synergistic herbicidal composition containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) VLCFA and fatty acid/lipid synthesis inhibiting herbicides, including but not limited to, acetochlor, alachlor, anilofos, benfuresate, cafenstrole, dimethenamid-P, fentrazamide, indanofan, flufenacet, mefenacet, s-metolachlor, molinate, pethoxamid, pretilachlor, prosulfocarb, pyroxasulfone, thenylchlor and thiobencarb, or a salt or ester thereof, provide synergistic weed control of undesirable vegetation in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) or rights-of-way (ROW).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Carla N. Yerkes, Richard K. Mann, Ikuo Shiraishi, Shingo Yanagiyama, Norbert M. Satchivi
  • Publication number: 20170094970
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicidal effective amount of (a) an ethylene inhibitor, and (b) a compound defined by Formula (I), or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof: wherein X is hydrogen or fluorine. The ethylene inhibitor can be 1-methylcyclopropene. The weight ratio of 1-methylcyclopropene, in g ai/ha to the compound defined by Formula (I), or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, in g ai/ha can be from 1:1000 to 400:1. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to limit the emergence or growth of vegetation the composition described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Richard K. Mann, Carla N. Yerkes
  • Publication number: 20170094973
    Abstract: A synergistic mixture of penoxsulam and bentazon controls weeds in crops, especially rice and other cereal and grain crops, pastures, rangelands, IVM and turf. In addition to providing improved post-emergence herbicidal weed control, the mixture safens damage to rice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Richard K. Mann, Yi-hsiou Huang
  • Publication number: 20170064954
    Abstract: Herbicidal compositions and methods using a combination of (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, (b) a triazolopyrimidine sulfonamide herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, and (c) a cell membrane disruptor herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof provide control of undesirable vegetation in soybean, cotton, sunflower, winter/spring oilseed rape, winter/spring canola, vegetables, ornamentals, rice, wheat, teff, triticale, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, winter/spring oilseed rape, winter/spring canola, corn/maize, sunflower, row crops, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, fallow beds, sugarcane, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, forestry, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights-of-way; for the burndown and control of weeds in fallow fields and fallow beds between the planting of crops, such as soybean, corn, cotton sunflower, cereals, rice, winter/spring oilseed rape, winter/spring canola,
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Christopher J. Voglewede, Richard K. Mann, Rodrigo Neves, Baez Buchanan Marcos, Rafael Frene, Kent Davies, Luiz Henrique Zobiole
  • Publication number: 20170064953
    Abstract: Herbicidal compositions and methods using a combination of (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, (b) a triazolopyrimidine sulfonamide herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, and (c) glyphosate or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof provide control of undesirable vegetation in soybean, cotton, sunflower, winter/spring oilseed rape, winter/spring canola, vegetables, ornamentals, rice, wheat, teff, triticale, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sunflower, row crops, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, fallow bed, sugarcane, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, forestry, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights-of-way; for the burndown and control of weeds in fallow fields and fallow beds between the planting of crops, such as soybean, corn, cotton sunflower, cereals, rice, winter/spring oilseed rape, winter/spring canola, corn/maize and sorghum; and for the control of weeds just prior to or after
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Christopher J. Voglewede, Richard K. Mann, Rodrigo Neves, Baez Buchanan Marcos, Rafael Frene, Kent Davies, Luiz Henrique Zobiole
  • Publication number: 20170055529
    Abstract: Commercially important weeds in flooded rice are controlled by in-water application of the auxin herbicides 2,4-D, triclopyr, fluroxypyr, and clopyralid. At application rates of about 35 to about 1120 grams acid equivalent per hectare (g ae/ha), 2,4-D, triclopyr, fluroxypyr, and clopyralid are highly efficacious on several commercially relevant grass, broadleaf and sedge weeds and cause little to no rice crop injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Richard K. Mann, Ändrea Christine McVeigh-Nelson, Carla N. Yerkes, Yi-hsiou Huang
  • Publication number: 20160353738
    Abstract: A synergistic composition containing penoxsulam, triclopyr, and bispyribac for controlling weeds in crops, especially rice, sugarcane, cereal and grain crops, pastures, rangelands, industrial vegetation management (IVM), aquatics and turf is described herein. These compositions provide improved post-emergence herbicidal weed control and reduce herbicidal injury by concomitant application of the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Nelson M. Carranza Garzon, Richard K. Mann, Ruby A. Pacheco
  • Patent number: 9456603
    Abstract: Herbicidal emulsifiable concentrates containing an aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicide and a non-petroleum derived built-in adjuvant such as a plant-derived methylated seed oil or a vegetable oil concentrate are useful for controlling undesirable vegetations, and exhibit improved herbicidal efficacy on weeds, particularly in an aquatic environment such as in flooded rice paddy or field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Hiteshkumar Dave, Lei Liu, Raymond E. Boucher, Jr., David G. Ouse, Richard K. Mann, James M. Gifford
  • Patent number: 9451776
    Abstract: Herbicidal compositions containing (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) flumetsulam or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof provide synergistic herbicidal control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in wheat, barley, oats, rye, sugarcane, rice, sorghum, corn/maize, soybean, rice, sunflower, canola/oilseed rape, sugarcane, sorghum, cotton, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, industrial vegetation management and rights-of-way; or crops comprising an aad-12 gene. Also provided herein are methods of using herbicidal compositions containing (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) flumetsulam or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Richard K. Mann, Andrea C. McVeigh-Nelson, Amy Gwinn
  • Patent number: 9439424
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a synergistically herbicidal effective amount of (a) aminocyclopyrachlor, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, and (b) aminopyralid, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation, which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) aminocyclopyrachlor, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, and (b) aminopyralid, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein (a) and (b) are each added in an amount sufficient to produce a synergistic herbicidal effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Louise A. Brinkworth, Richard K. Mann, Marc L. Fisher, Vanelle F. Peterson, Vernon B. Langston, Robert A. Masters, Mary B. Halstvedt
  • Publication number: 20160165891
    Abstract: Methods for controlling weeds using synergistic compositions containing penoxsulam, triclopyr, and bispyribac, especially rice, sugarcane, cereal and grain crops, pastures, rangelands, industrial vegetation management (IVM), aquatics and turf, as well as protecting crops from herbicidal injury caused by any of the individual components. These methods provide improved post-emergence herbicidal weed control and reduce herbicidal injury by concomitant application of the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Nelson M. Carranza Garzon, Richard K. Mann, Ruby A. Pacheco