Patents by Inventor Richard R. Evans

Richard R. Evans 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).

  • Patent number: 12336536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and uses for controlling herbicide resistant or tolerant weed species by applying the herbicidal compound (±)-2-exo-(2-Methylbenzyloxy)-1-methyl-4-isopropyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, any of its individual enantiomers or any non-racemic mixture thereof. The methods and uses are particularly suitable for the protection of crops. The invention also relates to specific herbicidal compositions comprising said herbicidal compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Helmut Kraus, Bernd Sievernich, Mariano Etcheverry, Richard R. Evans, Ryan Louis Nielson, Andreas Landes, Cyrill Zagar, Rex A. Liebl
  • Patent number: 12059004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition which comprises: a) at least one herbicide A selected from glyphosate, glufosinate and their salts, and b) a herbicide B which is 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name: pyroxasulfone]. The present invention relates in particular to a herbicidal composition comprising: a) at least one herbicide A selected from glyphosate, glufosinate and their salts, b) a herbicide B which is 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name: pyroxasulfone], and c) at least one further herbicide C, which is selected from the herbicide groups C.1 to C.8: C.1 herbicides of the group of acetolactate synthase inhibitors (ALS inhibitors), C.2 herbicides of the group of protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (PPO inhibitors), C.3 herbicides of the group of auxines, C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Sievernich, William Karl Moberg, Anja Simon, Helmut Walter, Richard R. Evans
  • Patent number: 11517018
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising saflufenacil. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Helmut Kraus, Bernd Sievernich, Mariano Etcheverry, Richard R. Evans, Ryan Louis Nielson, Cyrill Zagar, Rex A. Liebl
  • Patent number: 11291206
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising specific pigment synthesis inhibitors selected from beflubutamide, flurtamone and clomazone. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Helmut Kraus, Bernd Sievernich, Mariano Etcheverry, Richard R. Evans, Ryan Louis Nielson, Cyrill Zagar, Rex A. Liebl
  • Publication number: 20220087264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition which comprises: a) at least one herbicide A selected from glyphosate, glufosinate and their salts, and b) a herbicide B which is 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name: pyroxasulfone]. The present invention relates in particular to a herbicidal composition comprising: a) at least one herbicide A selected from glyphosate, glufosinate and their salts, b) a herbicide B which is 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name: pyroxasulfone], and c) at least one further herbicide C, which is selected from the herbicide groups C.1 to C.8: C.1 herbicides of the group of acetolactate synthase inhibitors (ALS inhibitors), C.2 herbicides of the group of protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (PPO inhibitors), C.3 herbicides of the group of auxines, C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Bernd Sievernich, William Karl Moberg, Anja Simon, Helmut Walter, Richard R. Evans
  • Patent number: 11247980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to uracilpyridines of formula (I) or their agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the uracilpyryidines of the formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one urycilpyridine of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tobias Seiser, Matthias Witschel, Manuel Johannes, Dario Massa, Liliana Parra Rapado, Raphael Aponte, Thomas Mietzner, Trevor William Newton, Thomas Seitz, Richard R. Evans, Andreas Landes
  • Patent number: 11219212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising imazamox, any of its individual isomers or agriculturally acceptable salts, esters or amides thereof. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Helmut Kraus, Bernd Sievernich, Mariano Etcheverry, Richard R. Evans, Ryan Louis Nielson, Cyrill Zagar, Rex A. Liebl
  • Patent number: 11219215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising specific inhibitors of protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO inhibitors) selected from flumioxazin and sulfentrazone. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Helmut Kraus, Bernd Sievernich, Mariano Etcheverry, Richard R. Evans, Ryan Louis Nielson, Cyrill Zagar, Rex A. Liebl
  • Patent number: 11206830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition which comprises: a) at least one herbicide A selected from glyphosate, glufosinate and their salts, and b) a herbicide B which is 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name: pyroxasulfone]. The present invention relates in particular to a herbicidal composition comprising: a) at least one herbicide A selected from glyphosate, glufosinate and their salts, b) a herbicide B which is 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name: pyroxasulfone], and c) at least one further herbicide C, which is selected from the herbicide groups C.1 to C.8: C.1 herbicides of the group of acetolactat synthase inhibitors (ALS inhibitors), C.2 herbicides of the group of protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (PPO inhibitors), C.3 herbicides of the group of auxines, C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Sievernich, William Karl Moberg, Anja Simon, Helmut Walter, Richard R. Evans
  • Patent number: 11206827
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising specific quinolinecarboxylic acids selected from quinclorac and quinmerac. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Helmut Kraus, Bernd Sievernich, Mariano Etcheverry, Richard R. Evans, Ryan Louis Nielson, Cyrill Zagar, Rex A. Liebl
  • Patent number: 11116213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising pethoxamid. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Helmut Kraus, Bernd Sievernich, Mariano Etcheverry, Richard R. Evans, Ryan Louis Nielson, Cyrill Zagar, Rex A. Liebl
  • Patent number: 10980232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising pyroxasulfone. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Helmut Kraus, Bernd Sievernich, Mariano Etcheverry, Richard R. Evans, Ryan Louis Nielson, Cyrill Zagar
  • Patent number: 10897898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising at least one chloroacetamide selected from acetochlor and pretilachlor. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Helmut Kraus, Bernd Sievernich, Mariano Etcheverry, Richard R. Evans, Ryan Louis Nielson, Cyrill Zagar, Rex A. Liebl
  • Patent number: 10813356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising dimethenamid or dimethenamid-P. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Helmut Kraus, Bernd Sievernich, Mariano Etcheverry, Richard R. Evans, Ryan Louis Nielson, Cyrill Zagar, Rex A. Liebl
  • Patent number: 9999223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition which comprises: a) at least one herbicide A selected from glyphosate, glufosinate and their salts, and b) a herbicide B which is 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name: pyroxasulfone]. The present invention relates in particular to a herbicidal composition comprising: a) at least one herbicide A selected from glyphosate, glufosinate and their salts, b) a herbicide B which is 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name: pyroxasulfone], and c) at least one further herbicide C, which is selected from the herbicide groups C.1 to C.8: C.1 herbicides of the group of acetolactate synthase inhibitors (ALS inhibitors), C.2 herbicides of the group of protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (PPO inhibitors), C.3 herbicides of the group of auxines, C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Sievernich, William Karl Moberg, Anja Simon, Helmut Walter, Richard R. Evans
  • Patent number: 9629366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition which comprises pyroxasulfone along with any one or more of glyphosate, glufosinate, or their salts. The herbicidal composition may also comprise one or more of an ALS inhibitor, a PPO inhibitor, an auxine, an HPPD inhibitor, a PDS inhibitor, a PSII inhibitor, a microtublin inhibitor or a VLCFA inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Sievernich, William Karl Moberg, Anja Simon, Helmut Walter, Richard R. Evans
  • Patent number: 9253984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidally active compositions, which comprise 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name pyroxasulfone] and at least one herbicide B and at least one herbicide B which is selected from group consisting of synthetic auxins and auxin transport inhibitors. The invention furthermore relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation, which comprises applying an herbicidal composition according to the present invention to the undesirable plants. Application can be done before, during and/or after, preferably during and/or after, the emergence of the undesirable plants. The herbicide A and the at least one herbicide B can be applied simultaneously or in succession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Sievernich, Anja Simon, William Karl Moberg, Richard R. Evans
  • Patent number: 9060516
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the control of aquatic weeds which comprises applying a herbicidally effective amount of at least one compound of formula (I) wherein X is halogen and R is halogen or C1-C6 alkyl, and/or one or more agriculturally acceptable salts thereof to act on submersed aquatic weeds and/or their aqueous habitat containing seeds or other propagating organs of said aquatic weeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joseph Zawierucha, Glenn W. Oliver, Richard R. Evans, Todd Horton, Daniel D. Beran, Joseph G. Vollmer, Alane J-Bo Burns, Jeffrey H. Birk, Derek W. Miller, Timothy P. Knight
  • Patent number: 8889593
    Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising a) at least one 3-phenyluracils of formula I wherein the variables R1 to R7 are as defined in the specification; and b) at least one 3-sulfonylisoxazoline of formula II wherein the variables R8 and R9 are as defined in the specification; and c) optionally at least one safener III selected from the group as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Richard R. Evans, Rex Liebl, Robert Reinhard, Helmut Walter, Cyrill Zagar
  • Publication number: 20110065579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition which comprises: a) at least one herbicide A selected from glyphosate, glufosinate and their salts, and b) a herbicide B which is 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name: pyroxasulfone]. The present invention relates in particular to a herbicidal composition comprising: a) at least one herbicide A selected from glyphosate, glufosinate and their salts, b) a herbicide B which is 3-[5-(difluoromethoxy)-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-4-ylmethylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-1,2-oxazole [common name: pyroxasulfone], and c) at least one further herbicide C, which is selected from the herbicide groups C.1 to C.8: C.1 herbicides of the group of acetolactat synthase inhibitors (ALS inhibitors), C.2 herbicides of the group of protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (PPO inhibitors), C.3 herbicides of the group of auxines, C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Bernd Sievernich, William Karl Moberg, Anja Simon, Helmut Walter, Richard R. Evans