Patents by Inventor Thomas Paul Selby

Thomas Paul Selby 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: 7875634
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides and suitable salts thereof wherein R1 is Me, Cl, Br or F; R2 is F, Cl, Br, C1-C4 haloalkyl or C1-C4 haloalkoxy; R3 is F, Cl or Br; R4 is H; C1-C4 alkyl, C3-C4 alkenyl, C3-C4 alkynyl, C3-C5 cycloalkyl, or C4-C6 cycloalkylalkyl, each optionally substituted with one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN, SMe, S(O)Me, S(O)2Me, and OMe; R5 is H or Me; R6is H, F or Cl; and R7is H, F or Cl. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula 1, an N-oxide thereof or a suitable salt of the compound (e.g., as a composition described herein).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Andrew Hughes, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20100298141
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein W is O or NR7, n is 0 or 1, and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and m are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention. Also disclosed are mixtures and compositions comprising a herbicidally effective amount of a compound of Formula 1 and an effective amount of another herbicide or herbicide safener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Paul Selby, Brenton Todd Smith, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20100254960
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: E. I. DuPont Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Keith Long, Thomas Paul Selby, Ming Xu
  • Publication number: 20100160307
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a method for controlling lepidopteran, homopteran, hemipteran, thysanopteran and coleopteran insect pests comprising contacting the insects or their environment with an arthropodicidally effective amount of a compound of Formula I, its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention further relates to a bezoxazinone compound of Formula 10 wherein R4 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure, useful for preparation of a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: GEORGE PHILIP LAHM, Stephen Frederick McCann, Kanu Maganbhai Patel, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20100152194
    Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for protecting a propagule or a plant grown therefrom from invertebrate pests comprising contacting the propagule or the locus of the propagule with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also relates to propagules treated with a compound of Formula I and compositions comprising a Formula I compound for coating propagules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard Alan Berger, Isaac Billy Annan, John Lindsey Flexner, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20100105670
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fungicidal mixture comprising (a) at least one compound selected from the compounds of Formula 1 N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein G, D, R1 and R5 are defined in this specification, and (b) the compound of Formula 2 and optionally (c) one or more compounds described in the disclosure. Also disclosed is a fungicidal composition comprising a fungicidally effective amount of the aforesaid mixture and at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of surfactants, solid diluents or liquid diluents. Further disclosed is a method for controlling plant diseases caused by fungal plant pathogens comprising applying to the plant or portion thereof, or to the plant seed, a fungicidally effective amount of the aforesaid mixture (e.g., as a composition described herein).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Wonpyo Hong, Thomas Paul Selby
  • Publication number: 20100099561
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein J is and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8a, R8b, R8c, G1, G2, G3, G4, G5, G6, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, W1, W2, Y1, Y2, Y3, m and n are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: THOMAS PAUL SELBY, BRENTON TODD SMITH
  • Patent number: 7696232
    Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for protecting a propagule or a plant grown therefrom from invertebrate pests comprising contacting the propagule or the locus of the propagule with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also relates to propagules treated with a compound of Formula I and compositions comprising a Formula I compound for coating propagules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Berger, Isaac Billy Annan, George Philip Lahm, John Lindsey Flexner, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7696233
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a method for controlling lepidopteran, homopteran, hemipteran, thysanopteran and coleopteran insect pests comprising contacting the insects or their environment with an arthropodicidally effective amount of a compound of Formula I, its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention further relates to a bezoxazinone compound of Formula 10 wherein R4 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure, useful for preparation of a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: George Philip Lahm, Stephen Frederick McCann, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7674936
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula I, their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts wherein J is a phenyl ring, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or an aromatic 8-, 9- or 10-membered fused carbobicyclic or heterobicyclic ring system wherein each ring or ring system is substituted with from one to four substituents independently selected from R5; K is —NR1C(=A)-, —N?C(GR6)— or —NR1SO2—; L is —C(?B)NR2—, —C(GR6)?N—, —SO2NR2—, —C(?B)O— or —C(?B)—; and A, B, G, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and n are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are methods for controlling invertebrate pests comprising contacting the pests or their environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I and compositions containing the compounds of Formula I. Intermediate compounds useful in preparing the compounds of Formula I are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont De Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Andrew Hughes, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Benjamin Kenneth Smith, William Thomas Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20100029950
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula I, methods for their preparation and use for preparing compounds of Formula II wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, X and n are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also discloses preparation of compounds of Formula III wherein R1, R2, R7, R8, R9 and n are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also pertains to certain compounds of Formula 4 and 6 used to prepare compounds of Formula I. wherein R1, R2, R5, X and n are as defined in the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Gary David Annis, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7629463
    Abstract: This invention pertains to compounds of Formula I, their N-oxides and suitable salts wherein A is O or S; G is a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or a 5- or 6-membered nonaromatic heterocyclic ring optionally including one or two ring members selected from the group consisting of C(?O), SO or S(O)2, each ring optionally substituted with from one to four R2; each J is independently a phenyl ring, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or an aromatic 8-, 9- or 10-membered fused carbobicyclic or heterobicyclic ring system, wherein each ring or ring system is optionally substituted with from one to four R3; and R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are as defined in the disclosure. A composition comprising a compound of Formula I, and a method for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7622595
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula I, methods for their preparation and use for preparing compounds of Formula II wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, X and n are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also discloses preparation of compounds of Formula III wherein R1, R2, R7, R8, R9 and n are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also pertains to certain compounds of Formula 4 and 6 used to prepare compounds of Formula I. wherein R1, R2, R5, X and n are as defined in the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Gary David Annis, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7541377
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula I, and N-oxides and salts thereof wherein A, B, R1 through R5, R7 through R9, X and Y are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I. Also disclosed are compositions for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising the compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Stephen Frederick McCann, Thomas Paul Selby, Ying Song, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20090104145
    Abstract: Disclosed are mixtures and compositions for controlling invertebrate pests relating to combinations comprising (a) 3-bromo-N-[4-cyano-2-methyl-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, an N-oxide, or a salt thereof, Formula (1) and (b) at least one invertebrate pest control agent selected from neonicotinoids, cholinesterase inhibitors, sodium channel modulators, chitin synthesis inhibitors, ecdysone agonists, lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, macrocyclic lactones, GABA-regulated chloride channel blockers, juvenile hormone mimics, ryanodine receptor ligands, octopamine receptor ligands, mitochondrial electron transport inhibitors, nereistoxin analogs, pyridalyl, flonicamid, pymetrozine, dieldrin, metaflumizone, biological agents, and salts of the foregoing. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a mixture or composition of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Kenneth Andrew Hughes, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson, Isaac Billy Annan
  • Publication number: 20080275061
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a method for controlling lepidopteran, homopteran, hemipteran, thysanopteran and coleopteran insect pests comprising contacting the insects or their environment with an arthropodicidally effective amount of a compound of Formula I, its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention further relates to a bezoxazinone compound of Formula 10 wherein R4 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure, useful for preparation of a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: George Philip Lahm, Stephen Frederick McCann, Kanu Maganbhai Patel, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20080132524
    Abstract: This invention pertains to compounds of Formula I, their N-oxides and suitable salts wherein A is O or S; G is a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or a 5- or 6-membered nonaromatic heterocyclic ring optionally including one or two ring members selected from the group consisting of C(?O), SO or S(O)2, each ring optionally substituted with from one to four R2; each J is independently a phenyl ring, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or an aromatic 8-, 9- or 10-membered fused carbobicyclic or heterobicyclic ring system, wherein each ring or ring system is optionally substituted with from one to four R3; and R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are as defined in the disclosure. A composition comprising a compound of Formula I, and a method for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7375232
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, their N-oxides and salts are disclosed wherein A is O or S; G is a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or a 5- or 6-membered nonaromatic heterocyclic ring optionally including one or two ring members selected from C(?O), SO or S(O)2, each ring optionally substituted with one to four R2; each J is independently a phenyl ring, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or an aromatic 8-, 9- or 10-membered fused carbobicyclic or heterobicyclic ring system, wherein each ring or ring system is optionally substituted with one to four R3; and R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are as defined in the disclosure. A composition comprising a compound of Formula I, and a method for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: David Alan Clark, Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7326704
    Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for controlling invertebrate pests comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I wherein B is O, S or NR1; J is a phenyl ring, a naphthyl ring system, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or an aromatic 8-, 9- or 10-membered fused heterobicyclic ring system wherein each ring or ring system is optionally substituted with 1 to 4 R5; and R1, R2, R4, R5 and n are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also pertains to certain compounds of Formula I and compositions for controlling invertebrate pests comprising a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I and at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of surfactants, solid diluents and liquid diluents and optionally further comprising an effective amount of at least one additional biologically active compound or agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Thomas Paul Selby
  • Patent number: 7247647
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides and suitable salts thereof wherein R1 is Me, Cl, Br or F; R2 is F, Cl, Br, C1-C4 haloalkyl or C1-C4 haloalkoxy; R3 is F, Cl or Br; R4 is H; C1-C4 alkyl, C3-C4 alkenyl, C3-C4 alkynyl, C3-C5 cycloalkyl, or C4-C6 cycloalkylalkyl, each optionally substituted with one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN, SMe S(O)Me, S(O)2Me, and OMe; R5 is H or Me; R6 is H, F or Cl; and R7 is H, F or Cl. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula 1, an N-oxide thereof or a suitable salt of the compound (e.g., as a composition described herein).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Andrew Hughes, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson