Patents by Inventor Willy T. Ruegg

Willy T. 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).

  • Publication number: 20100048398
    Abstract: A method of controlling undesired vegetation in crops of useful plants which comprises applying a combination comprising (A) flumioxazin and (B) one or more of prosulfocarb, pinoxaden, pendimethalin, diflufenican, flupyrsulfuron, meso-sulfuron, triasulfuron, flufenacet and pyroxsulam, either simultaneously or in succession in any order, to the locus where control is desired, for example, on the undesired vegetation or the locus thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Georg Rudiger Kotzian, Willy T. Ruegg
  • Patent number: 7196038
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventor: Willy T. Rüegg
  • Patent number: 6890885
    Abstract: A 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, and b) a synergistically effective amount of one or more compounds of formulae 2.1 to 2.51. The compositions according to the invention may also comprise a safener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Syngenta Corp Protection, Inc.
    Inventor: Willy T. Rüegg
  • Publication number: 20040167033
    Abstract: Selectively herbicidal composition for controlling grasses and weeds in crops of useful plants comprising a) a herbicidally effective amount of a compound of formula (I, and b) an amount, effective for herbicide antagonism, of the compound of formula (II), wherein the substituents have the meanings given in claim 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Mike Johnson, Willy T. Ruegg
  • Patent number: 6746987
    Abstract: A selective herbicidal composition for controlling grasses and weeds in crops of cultivated plants, comprising a) a herbicidally effective amount of a compound of formula I  wherein Q is the group R1 is hydrogen, —COO—C1-C4-alkyl, —S—C1-C4-alkyl or —SO—C1-C4-alkyl; and b) to antagonise the herbicide, an antidotally effective amount of a safener of formula II (II) or the ethyl esters therof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventor: Willy T. Rüegg
  • Publication number: 20040106519
    Abstract: A herbicidal composition that, in addition to comprising customary inert formulation adjuvants, comprises
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventor: Willy T. Ruegg
  • Publication number: 20040029733
    Abstract: A selective herbicidal composition for controlling grasses and weeds in crops of cultivated plants, comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventor: Willy T. Ruegg
  • Patent number: 6489267
    Abstract: A selective herbicidal composition for controlling grasses and weeds in crops of cultivated plants, comprising a) a herbicidally effective amount of a compound of formula I  wherein Q is the group R1 is hydrogen, —COO—C1-C4-alkyl, —S—C1-C4-alkyl or —SO—C1-C4-alkyl; and b) to antagonise the herbicide, an antidotally effective amount of a safener of formula II  or the ethyl esters thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventor: Willy T. Rüegg
  • Patent number: 6063732
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising: (a) a 4-benzoylisoxazole of formula (I), wherein R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and n are as defined in the description and (b) a chloroacetamide herbicide; and their use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Novartis Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventor: Willy T. Ruegg