Patents by Inventor Thomas Edward Vrabel

Thomas Edward Vrabel 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).

  • Method of controlling weeds in transgenic crops
    Patent number: 6069115
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the control of weeds at a crop locus, said method comprising the application of an effective amount of:(a) a glyphosate herbicide which is glyphosate or a derivative thereof; and(b) at least one HPPD-inhibiting herbicide;wherein the crop is tolerant to glyphosate and optionally the HPPD-inhibiting herbicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Agrochimie
    Inventors: Ken Pallett, Richard Derose, Bernard Pelissier, Alain Sailland, Thomas Edward Vrabel
  • Fungicidal compositions and the use thereof
    Patent number: 6043267
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the control of fungi at a locus which comprises applying to the locus a fungicidally effective amount of an isoxazole derivative of formula (I), wherein R is hydrogen or --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3, wherein R.sup.3 is as defined below, R.sup.1 is cyclopropyl; R.sup.2 is selected from halogen, --S(O).sub.p R.sup.4 and C.sub.1-4 alkyl or haloalkyl; n is two or three; p is zero, one or two; R.sup.3 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl and R.sup.4 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl; and to compositions containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Agrochimie
    Inventors: James Edward Merrick, Thomas Edward Vrabel
  • Use of 4-benzoylisoxazoles for the protection of turfgrass
    Patent number: 6004904
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the protection of a turfgrass at a locus which comprises applying to said locus an isoxazole derivative of formula (I), wherein R is hydrogen or --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3, wherein R.sup.3 is as defined below; R.sup.1 is cyclopropyl; R.sup.2 is selected from halogen, --S(O).sub.p R.sup.4 and C.sub.1-4 alkyl or haloalkyl; n is two or three; p is zero, one or two; R.sup.3 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl and R.sup.4 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl; and to compositions containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Vrabel, Wilbur Fell Evans