Patents by Inventor Richard W. G. Foster

Richard W. G. Foster 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: 7026477
    Abstract: The invention relates to a preparation process for a compound (I) or a salt thereof, in which Q, X*, Y, Z, R, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in claim 1, which comprises a) ammonolyzing a comp. (II) in which Hal=halogen atom to give (III), pref. (a1) carrying out the reaction in an organic solvent mixture (org. solv. mixture) comprising (1) opt. halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and (2) polar aprotic solvents, in a weight ratio of solv. (1): solv. (2) of 20:1 to 1:1, (b) phosgenating the comp. (III) with phenylsulfonyl isocyanate of the formula (IV), pref. (b1) in the case X*=halogen, carrying out the reaction with phosgene in an org. solv. in the presence of isocyanates R?-NCO as catalyst, where R?=(subst.) hydrocarbon, with or without addition of an amine base, (c) reacting the resulting compound (IV) in org. solv. with the aminoheterocycle H2N-Het (Het=heterocycle as in (I)) to give the comp. (I) or a salt thereof, pref. (c1) carrying out the reaction in a solv. mixture of opt. halogenated arom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Aventis CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Vermehren, Ernst Schmidt, Mark James Ford, Richard W. G. Foster, Ian A. Bourne