Patents by Inventor Terry R. Wright

Terry R. Wright 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: 20090093366
    Abstract: The subject invention provides novel plants that are not only resistant to 2,4-D and other phenoxy auxin herbicides, but also to aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides. Heretofore, there was no expectation or suggestion that a plant with both of these advantageous properties could be produced by the introduction of a single gene. The subject invention also includes plants that produce one or more enzymes of the subject invention alone or “stacked” together with another herbicide resistance gene, preferably a glyphosate resistance gene, so as to provide broader and more robust weed control, increased treatment flexibility, and improved herbicide resistance management options. More specifically, preferred enzymes and genes for use according to the subject invention are referred to herein as AAD (aryloxyalkanoate dioxygenase) genes and proteins. No ?-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase enzyme has previously been reported to have the ability to degrade herbicides of different chemical classes and modes of action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Terry R. Wright, Justin M. Lira, Donald J. Merlo, Nicole L. Arnold
  • Publication number: 20090062121
    Abstract: An herbicidal composition containing (a) a pyridine or pyrimidine carboxylic acid component and (b) a second cereal or rice herbicide component provides synergistic control of selected weeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Norbert M. Satchivi, Paul R. Schmitzer, Carla N. Yerkes, Terry R. Wright
  • Patent number: 6214769
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling weeds resistant to acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibiting herbicides that includes applying to the locus where control is desired a herbicidally effective amount of a compound of formula I wherein R1 is lower alkyl; R2 is CF3; and R3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, or its agriculturally useful salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Burdick, Terance James, Terry R. Wright, Bruce Kirksey
  • Patent number: 5859348
    Abstract: Sugar beet plants which are resistant to both imidazolinone and sulfonylurea herbicides are described. The sugar beet plants are derived from susceptible cells by sequential selection of SU-R cells, plant regeneration, and re-selection for IM-R. The resistant sugar beet plants derived from the cells can be grown in fields where imidazolinones and sulfonylureas have been used for weed control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Board of Trustees Operating Michigan State University
    Inventors: Donald Penner, Terry R. Wright
  • Patent number: 5773702
    Abstract: Sugar beet plants which are resistant to imidazolinone herbicides are described. The sugar beet plants are derived from susceptible cells by selection for mutant imidazolinone resistant cells with the herbicide. The resistant plants derived from the cells can be grown in fields where imidazolinones have been used for weed control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University
    Inventors: Donald Penner, Terry R. Wright