Patents by Inventor Yueqian Zhen
Yueqian Zhen 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).
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Publication number: 20220240513Abstract: The present invention is directed to processes for preparing stable 1-amino-1- cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (“ACC”) water-soluble granules comprising the steps of mixing a composition comprising ACC and water at a concentration ratio at about 2.0:1 or less to create a wet mass, extruding the wet mass to create an extrudate and drying the extrudate to create the water-soluble ACC granules, wherein the concentration of ACC and water is weight by total weight of the wet mass. The present invention is further directed to ACC granules produced by processes of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Parvesh Sharma, Yueqian Zhen, John Lopez, Mitsuhiro Sasakawa
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Publication number: 20220240512Abstract: The present invention is directed to a water-soluble granule compositions comprising 1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (“ACC”), a filler selected from the group consisting of lactose, dextrose, sucrose or a mixture thereof, one or more wetting agents selected from the group consisting of a non-ionic ethoxylated sorbitan, a polyoxyethylene glycol alkyl ether and an anionic dioctyl sulfosuccinate, one or more binders selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone and a lignosulfonate and one or more organosilicon surfactants selected from the group consisting of a polyalkyleneoxide modified heptamethyltrisiloxane and a polyether trisiloxane.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Parvesh Sharma, Yueqian Zhen, Benjamin A. Belkind, Zhengyu Huang, Steve McArtney, Peter D. Petracek, Mitsuhiro Sasakawa
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Patent number: 11350630Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid hydrochloride salt formulations and methods of their use.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: VALENT BIOSCIENCES LLCInventors: Mitsuhiro Sasakawa, Parvesh Sharma, Bala N. Devisetty, Yueqian Zhen
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Publication number: 20200323214Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid hydrochloride salt formulations and methods of their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Mitsuhiro Sasakawa, Parvesh Sharma, Bala N. Devisetty, Yueqian Zhen
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Patent number: 10542747Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel methods of increasing the abiotic environmental stress tolerance of a plant, to methods of improving the quality and/or yield of a plant crop, to methods of application of a cyclopropene such as 1-MCP to a plant, and to crops produced using said methods.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Ulrich Johannes Haas, Christophe Weider, Ronald Zeun, David Charles Ross, Daniel Warden Kidder, Yueqian Zhen, Tim Malefyt
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Patent number: 10375954Abstract: This invention is based on surprising results that certain concentrations of certain sugars stabilize cyclopropene and at least one sugar. Also provided are methods of using such compositions for inhibiting an ethylene response in a plant.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: AGROFRESH INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Coles, Yueqian Zhen
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Patent number: 10091993Abstract: There is provided a powder composition comprising a collection of particles (I) having median particle diameter of 10 micrometers to 200 micrometers, wherein each of said particles (I) comprises (a) a covering of a fatty compound having melting point of 50° C. to 110° C. and (b) one or more inner particles (II) comprising one or more complex that contains a cyclopropene compound molecule or a portion of a cyclopropene compound molecule encapsulated in a molecule of a molecular encapsulating agent. Also provided is a slurry comprising water and such a powder. Also provided is a method of contacting plants or plant parts with such a slurry.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: AGROFRESH INC.Inventors: Yueqian Zhen, Jeffrey A. Coles
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Publication number: 20180064106Abstract: This invention is based on surprising results that certain concentrations of certain sugars stabilize cyclopropene and at least one sugar. Also provided are methods of using such compositions for inhibiting an ethylene response in a plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Jeffrey Alan COLES, Yueqian ZHEN
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Patent number: 9867370Abstract: This invention is based on surprising results that certain concentrations of certain sugars stabilize cyclopropene formulation in aqueous solutions. Provided are compositions comprising an aqueous solution of at least one cyclopropene and at least one sugar. Also provided are methods of using such compositions for inhibiting an ethylene response in a plant.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: AGROFRESH INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Coles, Yueqian Zhen
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Publication number: 20170332630Abstract: There is provided a powder composition comprising a collection of particles (I) having median particle diameter of 10 micrometers to 200 micrometers, wherein each of said particles (I) comprises (a) a covering of a fatty compound having melting point of 50° C. to 110° C. and (b) one or more inner particles (II) comprising one or more complex that contains a cyclopropene compound molecule or a portion of a cyclopropene compound molecule encapsulated in a molecule of a molecular encapsulating agent. Also provided is a slurry comprising water and such a powder. Also provided is a method of contacting plants or plant parts with such a slurry.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: AGROFRESH INC.Inventors: Yueqian ZHEN, Jeffrey A. COLES
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Patent number: 9730440Abstract: There is provided a powder composition comprising a collection of particles (I) having median particle diameter of 10 micrometers to 200 micrometers, wherein each of said particles (I) comprises (a) a covering of a fatty compound having melting point of 50° C. to 110° C. and (b) one or more inner particles (II) comprising one or more complex that contains a cyclopropene compound molecule or a portion of a cyclopropene compound molecule encapsulated in a molecule of a molecular encapsulating agent. Also provided is a slurry comprising water and such a powder. Also provided is a method of contacting plants or plant parts with such a slurry.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Agrofresh Inc.Inventors: Yueqian Zhen, Jeffrey A. Coles
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Publication number: 20160000072Abstract: This invention is based on surprising results that certain concentrations of certain sugars stabilize cyclopropene formulation in aqueous solutions. Provided are compositions comprising an aqueous solution of at least one cyclopropene and at least one sugar. Also provided are methods of using such compositions for inhibiting an ethylene response in a plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: AgroFresh Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Coles, Yueqian ZHEN
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Patent number: 8986723Abstract: A composition comprising (a) a non-aqueous pourable fluid, (b) droplets dispersed in said pourable fluid (a), wherein said droplets comprise (i) a non-aqueous continuous phase that is a solid or that is a liquid of high viscosity and (ii) solid particles dispersed in said continuous phase (i), wherein said solid particles (ii) have median size as measured by the largest dimension of 100 micrometers or less, and wherein said solid particles (ii) comprise one or more cyclopropene compound and one or more molecular encapsulating agent. Also, a method of treating plants or plant parts involving bringing such a composition into contact with plants or plant parts.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Richard M. Jacobson, Yueqian Zhen
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Publication number: 20150080219Abstract: There is provided a powder composition comprising a collection of particles (I) having median particle diameter of 10 micrometers to 200 micrometers, wherein each of said particles (I) comprises (a) a covering of a fatty compound having melting point of 50° C. to 110° C. and (b) one or more inner particles (II) comprising one or more complex that contains a cyclopropene compound molecule or a portion of a cyclopropene compound molecule encapsulated in a molecule of a molecular encapsulating agent. Also provided is a slurry comprising water and such a powder. Also provided is a method of contacting plants or plant parts with such a slurry.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANYInventors: Yueqian Zhen, Jeffrey A. Coles
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Publication number: 20140271758Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising a collection of overcoated particles wherein each of the overcoated particles comprises a first coating and a second coating. In one embodiment, the first coating comprises water-insoluble material, for example a fatty compound or a waxy material. In another embodiment, the second coating comprises a water-insoluble polymer or water-resistant film, wherein the water-insoluble polymer of the second coating is different than the water-insoluble material of the first coating. Also provided is a slurry comprising water and overcoated powders provided herein. Also provided is a method of contacting plants or plant parts with a composition or slurry provided herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicants: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC, AGROFRESH INC.Inventors: Yueqian Zhen, Niall Rae Thomson
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Publication number: 20140080711Abstract: Compositions for delivering an active ingredient include particles comprising an active ingredient (for example, 1-MCP complex powder) imbedded in a resin matrix, the particles being suspended in an oil medium. Methods for preparing such compositions include blending an active ingredient with a resin at a temperature higher than the melting point of the resin to provide a blend; dispersing the blend into an oil medium at a temperature higher than the melting point of the resin to provide a dispersion comprising dispersed particles in the oil medium; and consolidating the dispersed particles to provide consolidated particles comprising a solid matrix of the resin impregnated with the active ingredient. Methods of using such compositions include mixing the compositions with an aqueous medium to provide an emulsion or slurry and either contacting plants or plant parts with the emulsion or placing the emulsion near plants or plant parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventors: Shiling Zhang, Christian Guy Becker, Yunfei Yan, Yutian Shi, Yongchun Chen, Thomas H. Kalantar, Yueqian Zhen, Xiuhan Grace Yang, Christopher John Tucker
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Publication number: 20130298290Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel methods of increasing the abiotic environmental stress tolerance of a plant, to methods of improving the quality and/or yield of a plant crop, to methods of application of a cyclopropene such as 1-MCP to a plant, and to crops produced using said methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLCInventors: Ulrich Johannes Haas, Christophe Weider, Ronald Zeun, David Charles Ross, Daniel Warden Kidder, Yueqian Zhen, Tim Malefyt
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Publication number: 20130065764Abstract: A composition comprising (a) a non-aqueous pourable fluid, (b) droplets dispersed in said pourable fluid (a), wherein said droplets comprise (i) a non-aqueous continuous phase that is a solid or that is a liquid of high viscosity and (ii) solid particles dispersed in said continuous phase (i), wherein said solid particles (ii) have median size as measured by the largest dimension of 100 micrometers or less, and wherein said solid particles (ii) comprise one or more cyclopropene compound and one or more molecular encapsulating agent. Also, a method of treating plants or plant parts involving bringing such a composition into contact with plants or plant parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANYInventors: Richard M. Jacobson, Yueqian Zhen
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Publication number: 20120004108Abstract: There is provided a powder composition comprising a collection of particles (I) having median particle diameter of 10 micrometers to 200 micrometers, wherein each of said particles (I) comprises (a) a covering of a fatty compound having melting point of 50° C. to 110° C. and (b) one or more inner particles (II) comprising one or more complex that contains a cyclopropene compound molecule or a portion of a cyclopropene compound molecule encapsulated in a molecule of a molecular encapsulating agent. Also provided is a slurry comprising water and such a powder. Also provided is a method of contacting plants or plant parts with such a slurry.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventor: Yueqian Zhen
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Patent number: 7632789Abstract: A polymeric encapsulated fragrance is disclosed which is suitable for use in personal care and cleaning products. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the fragrance is encapsulated by a first polymer material to form a fragrance encapsulated polymer, the polymer encapsulated shell is then coated with a mixture of cationic polymers, in a preferred embodiment the coating polymers are a reaction product of polyamines (including 1H-imidazole) and (chloromethyl) oxirane or (bromomethyl) oxirane.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2008Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.Inventors: Joseph Brain, Sydney William Bennett, Yueqian Zhen, Johan Gerwin Lodewijk Pluyter, Lewis Michael Popplewell, Kaiping Daniel Lee