Patents by Inventor Willy Ruegg

Willy Ruegg 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: 8216975
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method which enables the user to select a suitable soya variety as a subsequent crop to maize when weed control in that maize crop has been carried out using HPPD inhibitor herbicides in a manner that “carry-over” damage to the soya crop is thereby avoided. The method includes the step of first selecting a “reference soya” that exhibits a visually determinable phytotoxicity with respect to the HPPD inhibitor herbicide used to carry out weed control on the maize crop. Next, the phytotoxicity of various soya varieties is determined in relation to the reference soya variety in the form of a factor. This factor can be expressed, for example, in letters, numbers, symbols, colors or other visual or acoustic signals or in words. These soya varieties are then labeled with the factor and can be made accessible to the user. For example, the factor can be indicated on or inside the product packaging or in an accompanying leaflet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection Inc
    Inventors: Cheryl Dunne, Ulrich Johannes Haas, Michael Johnson, Willy Rüegg
  • Publication number: 20070259786
    Abstract: Herbicidal composition comprising a compound of the formula (I) wherein the substituents have the meanings given in claim 1, and a safener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicants: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC., SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Plant, Willy Ruegg, Jean Wenger, Ulrich Haas, Anja Greiner
  • Publication number: 20070149403
    Abstract: A herbicidal composition that, in addition to comprising customary inert formulation adjuvants, comprises either a) a compound of formula I wherein R is C1-C2alkyl or chlorine, R1 is hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl and R2 is C1-C4alkyl, or an agronomically acceptable salt of such a compound, and b) a synergistically effective amount of one or more compounds of formulae 2.1 to 2.51 and also an amount, effective for herbicide antagonism, of a safener, or a) a compound of formula I and b) an amount, effective for herbicide antagonism, of a safener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventor: Willy Ruegg
  • Publication number: 20050246800
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of labelling soya varieties as to their suitability as a subsequent crop to maize when weed control in that maize crop has been carried out using HPPD inhibitor herbicides, wherein: a) in a first step, a reference soya variety is selected which, when grown as a subsequent crop to maize wherein weed control has been carried out using HPPD inhibitor herbicides, exhibits a visually determinable phytotoxicity with respect to those HPPD inhibitor herbicides; b) in a second step, the phytotoxicity of soya varieties when grown as a subsequent crop to maize wherein weed control has been carried out using HPPD inhibitor herbicides is determined in relation to that reference soya variety in the form of a factor; and c) in a third step, said soya varieties are labelled with said factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Cheryl Dunne, Ulrich Haas, Michael Johnson, Willy Ruegg
  • Publication number: 20050054533
    Abstract: Herbicidal composition that, in addition to comprising customary inert formulation adjuvants, comprises a) a compound of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, or an agronomically acceptable salt of that compound, and b) a synergistically effective amount of one or mote compounds of formulae 2.1 to 2.53 and the compounds prosulfocarb, picolinafen, pyraflufen-ethyl, beflubutamid, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, dliclofop-methyl, amidosulfuron, flupyr-sulfuron, flupyrsulfuron-methyl-sodium, metsulfuron-methyl, sulfosulfuron, tribe-nuron-methyl, imazamethabenz-methyl, flucarbazone, chlorotoluron, isoproturon, methabenzthiazuron, bifenox, fluoroglycofen-ethyl, imazosulfuron, diflufenican, bilanafos, ethalfluralin, trifluralin, fluthiamide, isoxaben, triallate, 2,4-DB, dichlor-prop, MCPA, MCPB, mecoprop, MCPP, mecoprop-P, clopyralid, fluroxypyr, quinmerac, benazolin-ethyl, difenzoquat, cyhalofop-butyl, dithiopyr, quinclorac, prodiamine, benefin and trifluralin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventor: Willy Rüegg
  • Publication number: 20030114309
    Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising, in addition to customary inert formulation assistants, a compound of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventor: Willy Ruegg
  • Publication number: 20030069136
    Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising, in addition to conventional inert formulation adjuvants, the compound of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Willy Ruegg, Manfred Hudetz
  • Patent number: 6413907
    Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising, in addition to customary inert formulation assistants, a compound of formula I wherein either A1 is nitro and A2 is hydrogen or A1 is methyl and A2 is methoxy, and their salts, and b) a synergistically effective amount of one or more compounds selected from the compound of formula (2.1) to (2.33). The compositions according to the invention may also contain a safener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventor: Willy Rüegg
  • Patent number: 6403531
    Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising, in addition to conventional inert formulation adjuvants, the compound of formula I in admixture with a second component comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ametryn, atrazine, hexazinone, asulam, diuron, 2,4-D, halosulfuron and butafenacil-allyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, inc.
    Inventors: Willy Rüegg, Manfred Hudetz
  • Publication number: 20010044382
    Abstract: A herbicidal composition that, in addition to comprising customary inert formulation adjuvants, comprises a compound of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Willy Ruegg
  • Publication number: 20010004628
    Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising, in addition to customary inert formulation assistants, a compound of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Inventor: Willy Ruegg
  • Patent number: 5965486
    Abstract: The invention relates to a herbicidal composition, comprising a compound of formula I ##STR1## and a compound of formula II ##STR2## and/or of formula III ##STR3## or an agriculturally acceptable salt of the compound of formula II and/or III in admixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Novartis Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventor: Willy Ruegg