Patents by Inventor William Guy Whittingham

William Guy Whittingham 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: 20140121106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for protecting crop of useful plants from the harmful effects of certain pyridine derivative herbicides as well as methods for protecting crops of useful plants from the harmful effects of these herbicides and methods for combating weeds in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: William Guy Whittingham, Mark Spinney, Gavin John Hall, Natalie Dupen
  • Patent number: 8530388
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: William Guy Whittingham, Christopher John Mathews, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, Stephane André Marie Jeansmart, Louisa Robinson
  • Publication number: 20130065757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain substituted picolinic acid derivatives, as well as N-oxides and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, and their use in controlling plant growth, particularly undesirable plant growth, in crops of useful plants. The invention extends to herbicidal compositions comprising such compounds, N-oxides and/or salts as well as mixtures of the same with one or more further active ingredients and/or a safener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: William Guy Whittingham, Shuji Hachisu, Mary Bernadette Aspinall, Matthew Brian Hotson
  • Publication number: 20130053385
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, or compositions containing them in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: SYNGENTA LIMITED, SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Stephane Andre Marie Jeanmart, Russell Viner, John Benjamin Taylor, William Guy Whittingham, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, Sarah Margaret Targett, Christopher John Mathews, Michel Muehlebach
  • Publication number: 20120202690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted heterobicyclic carboxylic acid derivatives, as well as N-oxides and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, and their use in controlling plant growth, particularly undesirable plant growth, in crops of useful plants. The invention extends to herbicidal compositions comprising such compounds, N-oxides and/or salts as well as mixtures of the same with one or more further active ingredients and/or a safener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: William Guy Whittingham, Caroline Louise Winn, Julie Evelyne Blanc, Shuji Hachisu, Matthew Brian Hotson, Harry Glithro
  • Publication number: 20120115724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of controlling undesired plant growth in crops of soya through the use of certain substituted pyrimidine derivatives. It also relates to certain novel substituted pyrimidine derivatives. Effective weed control is thereby obtained, whilst at the same time achieving unexpected levels of crop safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: William Guy Whittingham, Harry Glithro, Caroline Louise Winn, Mary Bernadette Aspinall, Claudio Screpanti
  • Publication number: 20120100990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 4-aminopicolinates as well as N-oxides and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, and their use in controlling plant growth, particularly undesirable plant growth, in crops of useful plants. The invention extends to herbicidal compositions comprising such compounds, N-oxides and/or salts as well as mixtures of the same with one or more further active ingredients and/or a safener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: William Guy Whittingham, Shuji Hachisu, Matthew Brian Hotson
  • Publication number: 20120094832
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Melloney Tyte, Christopher John Mathews, Gavin John Hall, William Guy Whittingham, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, James Nicholas Scutt, Stephane André Marie Jeanmart, Russell Viner
  • Publication number: 20120053053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrimidine derivatives, as well as N-oxides thereof and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, and their use to control undesired plant growth, in particular in crops of useful plants. The invention extends to herbicidal compositions comprising such compounds, N-oxides and/or salts as well as mixtures of the same with one or more further active ingredient (such as, for example, an herbicide, fungicide, insecticide and/or plant growth regulator) and/or a safener. The invention further relates to intermediates useful in the preparation of such compounds, and to processes for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Mohamed Abdelouahab Boussemghoune, William Guy Whittingham, Caroline Louise Winn, Harry Glithro, Mary Bernadette Aspinall
  • Patent number: 8084395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preventing and/or controlling fungal infection in plants and/or plant propagation material comprising applying to the plant or plant propagation material a fungicidally effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a salt of N-oxide thereof. In addition, the present invention also relates to a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrice Selles, Fredrik Cederbaum, Florence Marie-Emilie Bonnaterre, William Guy Whittingham, Mafalda Nina, Jane Elizabeth Wibley
  • Publication number: 20110275515
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: William Guy Whittingham, Christopher John Mathews, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, Stephane André Marie Jeansmart, Louisa Robinson
  • Publication number: 20110263428
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Stephane Andre Marie Jeanmart, Russell Colin Viner, John Benjamin Taylor, William Guy Whittingham, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, Sarah Margaret Targett, Christopher John Mathews, Mangala Govenkar, Matthew Robert Cordingley, Claire Janet Russell, Melloney Tyte
  • Publication number: 20110136666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrimidine derivatives as well as N-oxides and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, and their use to control undesired plant growth, in particular in crops of useful plants. The invention extends to herbicidal compositions comprising such compounds, N-oxides and/or salts as well as mixtures of the same with one or more further active ingredient (such as, for example, an herbicide, fungicide, insecticide and/or plant growth regulator) and/or a safener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: William Guy Whittingham, Caroline Louise Winn, John Williams, Harry Glithro
  • Publication number: 20110086759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrimidine derivatives of as well as N-oxides and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, and their use to control undesired plant growth, in particular in crops of useful plants. The invention extends to herbicidal compositions comprising such compounds, N-oxides and/or salts as well as mixtures of the same with one or more further active ingredient (such as, for example, an herbicide, fungicide, insecticide and/or plant growth regulator) and/or a safener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Mary Bernadette Aspinall, William Roderick Mound, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, William Guy Whittingham, John Williams, Caroline Louise Winn, Worthington Paul Antony
  • Publication number: 20100331348
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents have the meanings assigned to them in claim 1, are useful as pesticides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicants: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC., SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Patrice Selles, Eric Daniel Clarke, Alison Clare Elliot, Delphine Fawke, Ottmar Franz Hueter, Urs Mueller, Peter Renold, Sarah Targett, William Guy Whittingham
  • Publication number: 20100184598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preventing and/or controlling fungal infection in plants and/or plant propagation material comprising applying to the plant or plant propagation material a fungicidally effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a salt of N-oxide thereof. In addition, the present invention also relates to a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicants: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG, SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Patrice Selles, Fredrik Cederbaum, Florence Marie-Emilie Bonnaterre, William Guy Whittingham, Mafalda Nina, Jane Elizabeth Wibley
  • Patent number: 7166621
    Abstract: Fungicidal compounds of the general formula (I): wherein X and Y are independently H, halo, C1-8 alkyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl, C2-8 alkenyl, C2-8 alkynyl, C1-8 alkoxy, C1-8 alkylthio, nitro, amino, mono- or di-(C1-6)alkylamino, mono- or di-(C2-6)alkenylamino, mono- or di-(C2-6)alkynylamino, formylamino, C1-4 alkyl(formyl)amino, C1-4 alkylcarbonylamino, C1-4 alkyl(C1-4 alkylcarbonyl)amino, cyano, formyl, C1-4 alkylcarbonyl, C1-4 alkoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, mono- or di-(C1-4)alkylaminocarbonyl, carboxy, C1-4 alkylcarbonyloxy, aryl(C1-4)alkylcarbonyloxy, C1-4 alkylsulphinyl, C1-4 alkylsulphonyl, C1-4 alkylsulphonyloxy, aryl, heteroaryl, aryloxy, arylthio, heteroaryloxy or heteroarylthio wherein any of the foregoing alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, groups or moieties are optionally substituted; R1 is phenyl, cyano, C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 alkenyl or C2-4 alkynyl in which the alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl groups are optionally substituted on their terminal carbon atom with one, two or three halogen atoms,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignees: Syngenta Limited, Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: William Guy Whittingham, Kevin Robert Lawson, Paul Anthony Worthington, Charles Adam Russell, Roger Salmon, Leslie Francis May, Mario Jorg, Johannes Paul Pachlatko
  • Patent number: 7112553
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein G is either (i) or (ii), where M1 or M2 is bonded to A; n is 0 or 1; when G is (i), D is S, NR7, CR8?CR9, CR8?N, CR8?N(O), N?CR9 or N(O)?CR9; when G is (ii), D is S or NR7; E is N, N-oxide or CR10; M1 is OC(?Y), N(R11)C(?Y), N?C(OR12), N?C(SR13) or N?C(NR14R15) where O or N is the atom of attachment to the ring containing D and E; M2 is N—C(?Y) where N is the atom of attachment to the ring containing D and E; Y is O, S or NR16; J is N or CR17; and A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14 and R15 are each certain organic or inorganic groups. These compounds are useful in fungicidal, insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and hematicidal compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Sarah Armstrong, Nigel John Barnes, Susan Patricia Barnett, Eric Daniel Clarke, Patrick Jelf Crowley, Torquil Eoghan Macleod Fraser, David John Hughes, Christopher John Mathews, Joan Pilkington, legal representative, Roger Salmon, Stephen Christopher Smith, Russell Viner, William Guy Whittingham, John Williams, Alan John Whittle, Brian Leslie Pilkington, deceased
  • Patent number: 6703347
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), where A is optionally substituted alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, cycloalkylene, alkylenoxy, oxy(C1-6)alkylene, alkylenthio, thio(C1-6)alkylene, C1-6alkylenamino, amino(C1-6)alkylene, [C1-6alkyleneoxy(C1-6)alkylene], [C1-6alkylenethio(C1-6)alkylene], [1-6alkylenesulfinyl(C1-6)alkylene], [C1-6alkylenesulfonyl(C1-6)alkylene] or [C1-6alkyleneamino(C1-6)alkylene]; provided that A is not CH2 or CH2O; B is N,N-oxide or CR8; Y is O, S or NR9; Z is O, S or NR10; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 are specified radicals; compositions containing them; process for making them; and their use as insecticides or fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Sarah Armstrong, Nigel John Barnes, Susan Patricia Barnett, Eric Daniel Clarke, Patrick Jelf Crowley, Torquil Eoghan Macleod Fraser, David John Hughes, Christopher John Mathews, Roger Salmon, Stephen Christopher Smith, Russell Viner, William Guy Whittingham, John Williams, Alan John Whittle, William Roderick Mound, Christopher John Urch, Brian Leslie Pilkington
  • Publication number: 20030207926
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), where A is optionally substituted alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, cycloalkylene, alkylenoxy, oxy(C1-6)alkylene, alkylenethio, thio(C1-6)alkylene, C1-6alkylenamino, amino(C1-6)alkylene, [C1-6alkyleneoxy(C1-6)alkylene], [C1-6alkylenethio(c1-6)alkylene], [1-6alkylenesulfinyl(c1-6)alkylene], [c1-6alkylenesulfonyl(C1-6)alkylenc] or [C1-6alkyleneamino(C1-6)alkylene]; provided that A is not CH2 or CH2O; B is N, N-oxide or CR8; Y is O, S or NR9; Z is O, S or NR10; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 are specified radicals; compositions containing them; processes for making them; and their use as insecticides or fungicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Sarag Armstrong, Nigel John Barnes, Susan Patricia Barnett, Eric Daniel Clarke, Patrick Jelf Crowley, Torquil Eoghan Macleod Fraser, David John Hughes, Christopher John Mathews, Roger Salmon, Stephen Christopher Smith, Russell Viner, William Guy Whittingham, John Williams, Alan John Whittle, William Roderick Mound, Christopher John Urch, Brian Leslie Pilkington, Joan Pilkington