Patents by Inventor William Abraham

William Abraham 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: 12295370
    Abstract: Compositions for improving plant health, the compositions comprising at least one water-soluble pesticide and at least one non-herbicidal water-insoluble agrochemical, are described. Also described are processes for preparing the compositions and methods of improving agronomic crop plant health using the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, Andrew Dyszlewski, John W. Hemminghaus, Frank C. Kohn, Daniel R. Wright, Junhua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250143301
    Abstract: Methods of reducing injury to crop foliage and achieving weed control using encapsulated acetamide herbicides are described. Herbicidal microcapsules comprising herbicide core material and a shell wall encapsulating the core material are also described. The microcapsules provide reduced crop injury through controlled herbicide release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: William ABRAHAM, David Z. BECHER, Brett H. BUSSLER, Amanda C. HERR, S. Douglas PROSCH
  • Patent number: 12239130
    Abstract: Methods of reducing injury to crop foliage and achieving weed control using encapsulated acetamide herbicides are described. Herbicidal microcapsules comprising herbicide core material and a shell wall encapsulating the core material are also described. The microcapsules provide reduced crop injury through controlled herbicide release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, David Z. Becher, Brett H. Bussler, Amanda C. Herr, S. Douglas Prosch
  • Patent number: 12102084
    Abstract: Provided herein are treated seeds and methods for the preparation of treated seeds comprising a biological agent and a polymeric coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, Gulam Ahmed, Shaun Raj Selness
  • Patent number: 11925179
    Abstract: An herbicidal composition comprising (a) glyphosate or a derivative thereof, (b) an amidoalkylamine surfactants having the general structure: wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl having from about 1 carbon atoms to about 22 carbon atoms, and R2, R3, and R4 are each independently hydrocarbyl having from about 1 carbon atom to about 6 carbon atoms; and (c) at least one co-surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, John Hemminghaus, Daniel R. Wright, Shawn Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230276806
    Abstract: Compositions for improving plant health, the compositions comprising at least one water-soluble pesticide and at least one non-herbicidal water-insoluble agrochemical, are described. Also described are processes for preparing the compositions and methods of improving agronomic crop plant health using the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, Andrew Dyszlewski, John W. Hemminghaus, Frank C. Kohn, Daniel R. Wright, Junhua Zhang
  • Patent number: 11700853
    Abstract: Compositions for improving plant health, the compositions comprising at least one water-soluble pesticide and at least one non-herbicidal water-insoluble agrochemical, are described. Also described are processes for preparing the compositions and methods of improving agronomic crop plant health using the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, Andrew Dyszlewski, John W. Hemminghaus, Frank C. Kohn, Daniel R. Wright, Junhua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230054591
    Abstract: Improved aqueous herbicidal compositions comprising at least one water-soluble herbicide and a gel forming agent are provided. The compositions are generally characterized as pseudoplastic, elastic and having a relatively high stationary viscosity. The compositions provide enhanced foliar retention and resistance to drying thereby allowing for improved uptake of the herbicide into the plants and/or translocation within the plant in order to more effectively kill the plants at reduced application rates in kilograms of herbicide per hectare, even in the absence of a surfactant. Methods for confined application of the compositions of the invention to control the growth of unwanted plants are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: William Abraham, Xavier Belvaux, Brian Midgley, Daniel R. Wright
  • Patent number: 11419329
    Abstract: Improved aqueous herbicidal compositions comprising at least one water-soluble herbicide and a gel forming agent are provided. The compositions are generally characterized as pseudoplastic, elastic and having a relatively high stationary viscosity. The compositions provide enhanced foliar retention and resistance to drying thereby allowing for improved uptake of the herbicide into the plants and/or translocation within the plant in order to more effectively kill the plants at reduced application rates in kilograms of herbicide per hectare, even in the absence of a surfactant. Methods for confined application of the compositions of the invention to control the growth of unwanted plants are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Daniel R. Wright, Xavier Belvaux, Brian Midgley, William Abraham
  • Publication number: 20210169084
    Abstract: An herbicidal composition comprising (a) glyphosate or a derivative thereof, (b) an amidoalkylamine surfactants having the general structure: wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl having from about 1 carbon atoms to about 22 carbon atoms, and R2, R3, and R4 are each independently hydrocarbyl having from about 1 carbon atom to about 6 carbon atoms; and (c) at least one co-surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, John Hemminghaus, Daniel R. Wright, Shawn Zhu
  • Patent number: 10925284
    Abstract: An herbicidal composition comprising (a) glyphosate or a derivative thereof, (b) an amidoalkylamine surfactants having the general structure: wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl having from about 1 carbon atoms to about 22 carbon atoms, and R2, R3, and R4 are each independently hydrocarbyl having from about 1 carbon atom to about 6 carbon atoms; and (c) at least one co-surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, John Hemminghaus, Daniel R. Wright, Shawn Zhu
  • Patent number: 10813352
    Abstract: Methods of reducing injury to crop foliage and achieving weed control using encapsulated acetamide herbicides are described. Herbicidal microcapsules comprising herbicide core material and a shell wall encapsulating the core material are also described. The microcapsules provide reduced crop injury through controlled herbicide release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, David Z. Becher, Brett H. Bussler, Amanda C. Herr, S. Douglas Prosch
  • Publication number: 20200296968
    Abstract: Compositions for improving plant health, the compositions comprising at least one water-soluble pesticide and at least one non-herbicidal water-insoluble agrochemical, are described. Also described are processes for preparing the compositions and methods of improving agronomic crop plant health using the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, Andrew Dyszlewski, John W. Hemminghaus, Frank C. Kohn, Daniel R. Wright, Junhua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200275648
    Abstract: Provided herein are treated seeds and methods for the preparation of treated seeds comprising a biological agent and a polymeric coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, Gulam Ahmed, Shaun Raj Selness
  • Patent number: 10736325
    Abstract: A herbicidal composition is provided comprising an aqueous solution of N-phosphonomethylglycine, predominantly in the form of the potassium salt thereof, at a concentration of at least 300 g a.e./l of the composition; and a surfactant component in solution or stable suspension, emulsion, or dispersion in the water, comprising one or more surfactants in a total amount of about 20 to about 300 g/l of the composition, wherein the composition has a viscosity of less than about 250 centipoise at 0° C. or a Gardner color value less than 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Patrick J. Lennon, Xiangyang Chen, Graciela B. Arhancet, Jeanette A. Glaenzer, Jane L. Gillespie, Jeffrey A. Graham, David Z. Becher, Daniel R. Wright, Henry E. Agbaje, Xiaodong C. Xu, William Abraham, Ronald J. Brinker, Norman R. Pallas, Al S. Wideman, Martin D. Mahoney, Susan L. Henke
  • Patent number: 10709134
    Abstract: Compositions for improving plant health, the compositions comprising at least one water-soluble pesticide and at least one non-herbicidal water-insoluble agrochemical, are described. Also described are processes for preparing the compositions and methods of improving agronomic crop plant health using the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Junhua Zhang, Frank C. Kohn, Daniel R. Wright, Andrew D. Dyszlewski, William Abraham, John W. Hemminghaus
  • Patent number: 10334849
    Abstract: Amine salts of certain herbicides that in free acid form include at least one carboxylic acid moiety are described. Herbicide salts comprising the cation of various imidazole, piperazine, piperidine, and morpholine compounds are provided. The herbicide amine salts described are suitable for formulation into herbicidal application mixtures and/or stable concentration compositions that exhibit acceptable volatility characteristics upon application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Junhua Zhang, Daniel R. Wright, William Abraham
  • Publication number: 20180228149
    Abstract: Methods of reducing injury to crop foliage and achieving weed control using encapsulated acetamide herbicides are described. Herbicidal microcapsules comprising herbicide core material and a shell wall encapsulating the core material are also described. The microcapsules provide reduced crop injury through controlled herbicide release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, David Z. Becher, Brett H. Bussler, Amanda C. Herr, S. Douglas Prosch
  • Publication number: 20180042237
    Abstract: An herbicidal composition comprising (a) glyphosate or a derivative thereof, (b) an amidoalkylamine surfactants having the general structure: wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl having from about 1 carbon atoms to about 22 carbon atoms, and R2, R3, and R4 are each independently hydrocarbyl having from about 1 carbon atom to about 6 carbon atoms; and (c) at least one co-surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, John Hemminghaus, Daniel R. Wright, Shawn Zhu
  • Patent number: 9877478
    Abstract: Methods of reducing injury to crop foliage and achieving weed control using encapsulated acetamide herbicides are described. Herbicidal microcapsules comprising herbicide core material and a shell wall encapsulating the core material are also described. The microcapsules provide reduced crop injury through controlled herbicide release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: David Z. Becher, William Abraham, S. Douglas Prosch, Brett H. Bussler, Amanda C. Herr