Patents by Inventor William Karl

William Karl 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: 9131695
    Abstract: The invention relates to isoxazolo[5,4-b]pyridine compounds of formula I, to the agriculturally useful salts of isoxazolo[5,4-b]pyridine compounds of formula I, and to their use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Richard Roger Evans, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Dschun Song, Anja Simon, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Helmut Kraus, Thomas Seitz, Andree van der Kloet, Ruediger Reingruber
  • Patent number: 8921273
    Abstract: Substituted pyridazines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula I and their N-oxides, their agriculturally suitable salts, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, and also methods for controlling unwanted vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Anja Simon, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Hans Wolfgang Hoeffken, Thomas Mietzner
  • Patent number: 8877683
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted pyridine compounds of the formula I or N-oxides or agriculturally suitable salts thereof, wherein the variables in the formula I are defined as in the description. Substituted pyridines of formula I are useful as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Gilbert Besong, Michael Rack, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Jens Lerchl, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Richard Roger Evans
  • Patent number: 8841298
    Abstract: Substituted pyrazines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the pyrazines of the formula I, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of at least one pyrazine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Bernd Sievernich, Anja Simon, Ricarda Niggeweg
  • Patent number: 8809535
    Abstract: Substituted pyridines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula I and their N-oxides, their agriculturally suitable salts, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, and also methods for controlling unwanted vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Anja Simon, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Hans Wolfgang Hoeffken, Thomas Mietzner
  • Patent number: 8658569
    Abstract: Substituted quinolinones of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula I, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of at least one compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska, Anja Simon, Richard Roger Evans
  • Patent number: 8575068
    Abstract: Substituted pyridazines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula I and their N oxides, their agriculturally useful salts, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Anja Simon, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Hans Wolfgang Hoeffken, Thomas Mietzner
  • Publication number: 20130288899
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted pyridine compounds of the formula I or N-oxides or agriculturally suitable salts thereof, wherein the variables in the formula I are defined as in the description. Substituted pyridines of formula I are useful as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Gilbert Besong, Michael Rack, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Jens Lerchl, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Richard Roger Evans
  • Publication number: 20130274109
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted pyrazine compounds of the formula I or N-oxides or agriculturally suitable salts thereof, wherein the variables in the formula I are defined as in the description. Substituted pyrazines of formula I are useful as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Gilbert Besong, Michael Rack, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Jens Lerchl, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Richard Roger Evans
  • Patent number: 8450301
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of piperazine compounds of formula (I) or the agriculturally useful salts of piperazine compounds of formula (I) as herbicides, the variables in formula (I) being defined as cited in the claims and the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Eike Hupe, Cyrill Zagar, Matthias Witschel, Toralf Kühn, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Frank Stelzer, Andrea Vescovi, Michael Puhl, Robert Reinhard, Bernd Sievernich, Klaus Groβmann, Thomas Ehrhardt, Michael Rack
  • Publication number: 20130123105
    Abstract: The invention relates to isoxazolo[5,4-b]pyridine compounds of formula I, to the agriculturally useful salts of isoxazolo[5,4-b]pyridine compounds of formula I, and to their use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Richard Roger Evans, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Dschun Song, Anja Simon, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Helmut Kraus, Thomas Seitz, Andree Van der Kloet, Ruediger Reingruber
  • Patent number: 8443101
    Abstract: A method and system for steganography and steganalytic techniques are provided for effecting embedded communications in a variety of communication environments. One aspect may include an embedded transmitter for inserting embedded data into a packet and an embedded receiver for receiving the packet via, for example, a packetized communication network such as the Internet. Various aspects of the present invention provide robust communications with optimized throughput and may include various error handlers to maximize performance and ensure transfer of incorrupt data. A method for identifying and blocking embedded communications is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: William Karl Geissler, John Colin McEachen
  • Patent number: 8440594
    Abstract: Substituted pyridines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula I and their N-oxides, their agriculturally suitable salts, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, and also methods for controlling unwanted vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Anja Simon, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Hans Wolfgang Hoeffken, Thomas Mietzner
  • Publication number: 20130065760
    Abstract: Substituted pyridines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula I and their N-oxides, their agriculturally suitable salts, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, and also methods for controlling unwanted vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Anja Simon, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Hans Wolfgang Hoeffken, Thomas Mietzner, William Karl Moberg
  • Publication number: 20130023415
    Abstract: Substituted pyridines of the formula (I) in which the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula (I) and their N-oxides, their agriculturally suitable salts, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, and also methods for controlling unwanted vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Anja Simon, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Hans Wolfgang Hoeffken, Thomas Mietzner
  • Publication number: 20130012389
    Abstract: Substituted pyridazines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula I and their N-oxides, their agriculturally suitable salts, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, and also methods for controlling unwanted vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Anja Simon, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Hans Wolfgang Hoeffken, Thomas Mietzner, Thomas Ehrhardt
  • Publication number: 20130012388
    Abstract: Substituted pyridazines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula I and their N oxides, their agriculturally useful salts, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Anja Simon, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Hans Wolfgang Hoeffken, Thomas Mietzner
  • Publication number: 20130005576
    Abstract: Substituted pyridazines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula I and their N-oxides, their agriculturally suitable salts, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, and also methods for controlling unwanted vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschiel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Anja Simon, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Hans Wolfgang Hoeffken, Thomas Mietzner
  • Publication number: 20130005575
    Abstract: Substituted pyridines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula I and their N-oxides, their agriculturally suitable salts, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, and also methods for controlling unwanted vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Julia Major, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Anna Aleksandra Michrowska-Pianowska, Anja Simon, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Hans Wolfgang Hoeffken, Thomas Mietzner
  • Patent number: 8338337
    Abstract: Substituted pyridines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the pyridines of the formula I, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of at least one pyridine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Eike Hupe, Christian Pilger, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andrea Vescovi, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Robert Reinhard, Anja Simon, Ricarda Niggeweg, Bernd Sievernich, Thomas Seitz