Patents by Inventor Richard Rogers

Richard Rogers 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: 20150018216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to the alkoxylate, to a process for its preparation and to its use as adjuvant in pesticide-comprising spray mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Paul KLINGELHOEFER, Arend Jouke KINGMA, Sophie VOGEL, Kevin HUYGHE, Gerd HADERLEIN, Gerhard SCHNABEL, Marc NOLTE, Richard Roger EVANS
  • Patent number: 8916501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising: A) at least one benzoxazinone compound of the formula I wherein the variables are as defined as given in the specification; and a safener of formula II as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Seitz, Trevor William Newton, Anja Simon, Richard Roger Evans, Andreas Landes
  • Patent number: 8877683
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted pyridine compounds of the formula I or N-oxides or agriculturally suitable salts thereof, wherein the variables in the formula I are defined as in the description. Substituted pyridines of formula I are useful as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Gilbert Besong, Michael Rack, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Jens Lerchl, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Richard Roger Evans
  • Publication number: 20140324860
    Abstract: A method, of managing storage of content of a system (400) in storage units (430) including run units which do not allow spin-down functionality and spin-down units which allow spin-down functionality, comprises: establishing a storage tiering rule (702) which sets a policy indicating what content is eligible to be stored on a run unit and what content is eligible to be stored on a spin-down unit, the storage tiering rule being applicable to at least a group of the contents in the content system to determine stored content eligibility thereof for storage in the storage units and migration between the storage units; and identifying candidates of contents to migrate between the storage units (706), based on the storage tiering rule, state of the content system, and the stored content eligibility of the at least a group of the contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI DATA SYSTEM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Rogers, Vitaly Zolotusky, Alan G. Bryant
  • Publication number: 20140323306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 1,2,5-oxadiazole compounds of the formula I and the N-oxides and salts thereof and to compositions comprising the same. The invention also relates to the use of the 1,2,5-oxadiazole compounds or of the compositions comprising such compounds for controlling unwanted vegetation. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods of applying such compounds. In formula I, the variables have the following meanings R is e.g. hydrogen, cyano, nitro, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-haloalkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C2-C6haloalkynyl, C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, O—Ra, Z—S(O)n—Rb, Z—C(?O)—Rc, Z—C(?O)—ORd, Z—C(?O)NReRf, Z—NRgRh, Z-phenyl and Z-heterocyclyl etc; R1 is e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Helmut Kraus, Matthias Witschel, Thomas Seitz, Trevor William Newton, Liliana Parra Rapado, Raphael Aponte, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Jens Lerchl, Richard Roger Evans
  • Publication number: 20140309116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 1,2,5-oxadiazole compounds of the formula (I) and the N-oxides and salts thereof and to compositions comprising the same. The invention also relates to the use of the 1,2,5-oxadiazole compounds or of the compositions comprising such compounds for controlling unwanted vegetation. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods of applying such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Helmut Kraus, Matthias Witschel, Thomas Seitz, Trevor William Newton, Liliana Parra Rapado, Raphael Aponte, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Jens Lerchl, Richard Roger Evans
  • Publication number: 20140309115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 1,2,5-oxadiazole compounds of the formula I and the N-oxides and salts thereof and to compositions comprising the same. The invention also relates to the use of the 1,2,5-oxadiazole compounds or of the compositions comprising such compounds for controlling unwanted vegetation. wherein X1 is N or CR1; X2 is N or CR2; X4 is N or CR4; provided that a least one of X1, X2 and X4 is N; R is e.g. selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, cyano, nitro, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-haloalkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C2-C6-haloalkynyl, C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, O—Ra, Z—S(O)n—Rb, Z—C(?O)—Rc, Z—C(?O)—ORd, Z—C(?O)—NReRf, Z—NRgRh, Z-phenyl and Z-heterocyclyl; R1 is e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Helmut Kraus, Matthias Witschel, Thomas Seitz, Trevor William Newton, Liliana Parra Rapado, Raphael Aponte, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Jens Lerchl, Richard Roger Evans
  • Publication number: 20140263788
    Abstract: A cutting blade assembly establishes a bidirectional and/or multifaceted scissor-type cutting action to efficiently and effectively process various types of debris encountered by the cutting blade assembly. The assembly includes a cutting plate and a cutting hub configured for relative rotation. A cutting slot is formed in the cutting plate and intersects the axial face to define a cutting edge at the intersection of the cutting slot and the axial face. The cutting hub has a cutting arm positioned adjacent to the axial face. When the cutting plate and the cutting hub undergo relative rotation, the cutting arm passes adjacent to the cutting edge to perform a scissor-type cutting action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Shane Robert Vallen, Douglas Richard Rogers
  • Patent number: 8820928
    Abstract: Silicone hydrogel contact lenses are produced without using volatile organic solvents to extract materials from the polymerized contact lens bodies, and instead are washed with aqueous liquids. The silicone hydrogel contact lenses so produced have ophthalmically wettable lens surfaces such that less than five percent of a batch of twenty or more such silicone hydrogel contact lenses have visually identifiable non-wetting spots when the contact lenses are located on eyes of subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: CooperVision International Holding Company, LP
    Inventors: Arthur Back, David Robert Morsley, Richard Rogers, Sarah Almond, Charlie Chen, Yuwen Liu, Charles A. Francis, Ye Hong
  • Publication number: 20140243522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoxazinones of the general formula (I) wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the benzoxazinones 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 benzoxazinones of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias WITSCHEL, Trevor William NEWTON, Thomas SEITZ, Helmut WALTER, Bernd SIEVERNICH, Anja SIMON, Ricarda NIGGEWEG, Klaus GROßMANN, Liliana PARRA RAPADO, Richard Roger EVANS
  • Publication number: 20140244881
    Abstract: A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Richard Rogers, Yefim Gelfond, Russell Brovald
  • Publication number: 20140243201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to the alkoxylate, to a process for its preparation and to its use as adjuvant in pesticide-comprising spray mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Paul KLINGELHOEFER, Arend Jouke KINGMA, Sophie VOGEL, Kevin HUYGHE, Gerd HADERLEIN, Gerhard SCHNABEL, Marc NOLTE, Richard Roger EVANS
  • Publication number: 20140240909
    Abstract: A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Richard Rogers, Yefim Gelfond, Russell Brovald
  • Publication number: 20140181446
    Abstract: A redundant array of independent nodes are networked together. Each node executes an instance of an application that provides object-based storage. The nodes are grouped into a plurality of systems each having multiple nodes. A data protection level method comprises setting a numerical value of a system dynamic data protection level for each system of nodes; and in response to user input, setting a value of a data protection level for one or more data objects in a system, the value being a fixed numerical value or a dynamic value. If the one or more data objects have a dynamic value of the data protection level in a system, the one or more data objects inherit the system dynamic data protection level of the system in which the one or more data objects reside. The value of the data protection level represents a number of copies of data of the one or more data objects to be kept where the one or more data objects reside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard ROGERS, Benjamin ISHERWOOD, Matthew Michael McDONALD, Donald P. PANNESE, David PINKNEY
  • Patent number: 8754008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoxazinones of the general formula (I) wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the benzoxazinones 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 benzoxazinones of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, Trevor William Newton, Thomas Seitz, Helmut Walter, Bernd Sievernich, Anja Simon, Ricarda Niggeweg, Klaus Groβmann, Liliana Parra Rapado, Richard Roger Evans
  • Patent number: 8748348
    Abstract: The present invention relates to uracils of formula I wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the uracils 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 uracil of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anja Simon, Liliana Parra Rapado, Richard Roger Evans, Matthias Witschel, Trevor William Newton, Thomas Seitz, Helmut Walter
  • Publication number: 20140154350
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of manufacturing water-soluble containers using a horizontal intermittent motion thermoforming machine comprising: a) locating a first water-soluble film over a mould, said mould containing a plurality of pocket forming cavities, defined by side walls and a base, in a 2-dimensional array, each cavity being surrounded by a planar surface of the mould on all sides in which the shortest dimension of the planar surface between two adjacent cavities is at least 3 mm and between an edge of the mould and the closest cavity is at least 1.5 mm; b) thermoforming the first film to produce a plurality of pockets; c) at least partially filling the pockets with a composition; and d) sealing the plurality of the at least partially filled pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Geoffrey Robert Hammond, Richard Rogers
  • Patent number: 8700571
    Abstract: A redundant array of independent nodes are networked together. Each node executes an instance of an application that provides object-based storage. The nodes are grouped into a plurality of systems each having multiple nodes. A data protection level method comprises setting a numerical value of a system dynamic data protection level for each system of nodes; and in response to user input, setting a value of a data protection level for one or more data objects in a system, the value being a fixed numerical value or a dynamic value. If the one or more data objects have a dynamic value of the data protection level in a system, the one or more data objects inherit the system dynamic data protection level of the system in which the one or more data objects reside. The value of the data protection level represents a number of copies of data of the one or more data objects to be kept where the one or more data objects reside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Rogers, Benjamin Isherwood, Matthew Michael McDonald, Donald P. Pannese, David Pinkney
  • Publication number: 20140094368
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted pyridine compounds of the formula I or N-oxides or agriculturally suitable salts thereof, wherein the variables in the formula I are defined as in the description. Substituted pyridines of formula I are useful as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, Helmut Kraus, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Jens Lerchl, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Richard Roger Evans, Ruediger Reingruber, Liliana Parra Rapado, Gilbert Besong, Michael Rack, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz
  • Publication number: 20140080701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to the alkoxylate, to a process for its preparation and to its use as adjuvant in pesticide-comprising spray mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Paul KLINGELHOEFER, Arend Jouke KINGMA, Sophie VOGEL, Kevin HUYGHE, Gerd HADERLEIN, Gerhard SCHNABEL, Marc NOLTE, Richard Roger EVANS