Carboxamides Or Thiocarboxamides (i.e., R-(c=x)nh2, Wherein X Is Oxygen Or Sulfur, R Is Carbon Or Hydrogen, And Substitution May Be Made For Hydrogen Only) Patents (Class 504/334)
  • Patent number: 11089778
    Abstract: The present invention is an efficacy-enhancing agent composition for agrochemicals, including water and the following components A, B and C: <component A> one or more cellulose derivatives selected from hydroxypropylcellulose and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, <component B> one or more compounds selected from a sulfate, a phosphate, a nitrate, sucrose, glucose, fructose, sorbitol, and glycerin, and <component C> one or more surfactants selected from an alkylbenzene sulfonate having an alkyl group with 12 or more and 16 or less carbon atoms and an alkyldimethylamine oxide having an alkyl group with 12 or more and 16 or less carbon atoms, wherein a mass ratio of component B to component C, component B/component C, is 5 or more and 100 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kamei
  • Patent number: 10512267
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a triazole compound and a biopesticide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Agro, B.V.
    Inventors: Frederik Menges, Martin Semar, Nadine Riediger, Lutz Brahm, Kristin Klappach, Murat Mertoglu, Winfried Mayer, Egon Haden, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Nadege Boudet, Annette Schuster
  • Patent number: 8802596
    Abstract: Disclosed are ionic liquids and methods of preparing ionic liquid compositions of active pharmaceutical, biological, nutritional, and energetic ingredients. Also disclosed are methods of using the compositions described herein to overcome polymorphism, overcome solubility and delivery problems, to control release rates, add functionality, enhance efficacy (synergy), and improve ease of use and manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
    Inventors: Robin D. Rogers, Daniel T. Daly, Richard P. Swatloski, Whitney L. Hough-Troutman, James Hilliard Davis, Jr., Marcin Smiglak, Juliusz Pernak, Scott K. Spear
  • Patent number: 8741807
    Abstract: A compound useful as a plant activator for activating an endogenous defense system of a plant to control disease damage is provided. A compound represented by the formula: (R3)NH—(CH2)4—N(R1)—(CH2)3—NH(R2) (one of R1 and R2 represents a linear C6-18 alkanoyl group or alkenoyl group, the other represents hydrogen atom or a protective group of amino group; and R3 represents hydrogen atom or a protective group of amino group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Riken
    Inventors: Tadao Asami, Masashi Hikosaka, Masaki Mori, Satoru Maeda, Fumio Matsuda, Kazuki Saito
  • Patent number: 8741324
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid pesticide concentrate compositions which comprise at least one organic pesticide compound that is sparingly or even insoluble in water and which upon dilution with water form stable aqueous nanoparticulate formulations. The liquid pesticide concentrate compositions of the invention comprise: a) at least one organic pesticide compound C having a water solubility of not more than 1 g/l at 25° C./1013 mbar, b) at least one organic solvent S having a water solubility at least 10 g/l at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Charles W. Finch, Thomas Byrne, Hassan Oloumi-Sadeghi
  • Publication number: 20140148341
    Abstract: A method is provided for modulating transpiration in an organism that is capable of photosynthesis, where the method includes contacting the organism with a composition including an effective amount of an oxygen antagonist. Also provided is an apparatus for modulating transpiration in an organism that is capable of photosynthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Alistair K. Chan, Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Patent number: 8557741
    Abstract: What is described are 3-aminocarbonyl-substituted benzoylcyclohexanediones of the formula (I) as herbicides. In this formula (I), R1 to R5 are radicals such as hydrogen, organic radicals such as alkyl, and other radicals such as halogen. X is alkylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Chieko Ueno, Simon Dörner-Rieping, Andreas Van Almsick, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Jan Dittgen, Dieter Feucht, Isolde Häuser-Hahn
  • Publication number: 20130237423
    Abstract: An agricultural chemical composition comprises a solvent having the general formula CO(ORa)(Rb), wherein Ra is a linear or branched alkyl group of one to eight carbon atoms and Rb is an aromatic group. Active agricultural components are dissolved in the solvent to produce a solution usable for distributing the active components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Hunstman Petrochemical LLC
    Inventor: Dave C. Ferguson
  • Patent number: 8492312
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods facilitating availability, uptake and translocation of active ingredients in plants. More specifically, this invention relates to the surprising discovery that the application to the roots, such as administration to the soil surrounding plants, of two or more osmolytes in combination with an active ingredient, either simultaneously or within a short time of each other, results in an induction of translocation of active ingredient from the roots systemically into the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnestoa
    Inventor: Levar E. Thomas
  • Patent number: 8461081
    Abstract: The invention relates to biocide compositions, comprising (a) at least one dialkylamide based on oleic and/or linoleic acid, and (b) at least one biocide. The compositions exhibit an improved stability even if stored at temperatures between 5° and 40° C. for an extended period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Joaquin Bigorra Llosas, Javier Raya, Bernd Fabry, Rainer Höfer, Benoit Abribat
  • Patent number: 8377851
    Abstract: The method of altering the alkaloid composition of a poppy plant comprising the step of applying an effective amount of acylcyclohexanedione compound or agriculturally acceptable salt thereof to said poppy plant or locus thereof. Further, the present invention also provides the method of altering the alkaloid composition of a poppy plant comprising the step of applying an effective amount of methyl jasmonate or agriculturally acceptable salt thereof to said poppy plant or locus thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Paul Cotterill
  • Patent number: 8309493
    Abstract: To provide a polyphenol-content-increasing agent which increases the content of polyphenol in a plant. A polyphenol-content-increasing agent for plant, containing, as an active ingredient, a 5-aminolevulinic acid or a derivative thereof represented by the following formula (1): (Chem 1) R2R1NCH2COCH2CH2COR3??(1) wherein R1 and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group; R3 represents a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group which may have a substituent, an acyloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyloxy group, an aryloxy group, an aralkyloxy group, or an amino group, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Kondo, Naomi Aiba, Setsuko Miyanari, Masahiro Ishizuka, Tohru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8232230
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for manufacture and use of a herbicidal formulation of chlorinated carboxylic acid herbicides. A number of different solvents have been found useful in this application. Furthermore, the use of surfactants that act as solvents for the acid herbicides has been discovered. These formulations have shown superior herbicidal activity when compared to standard salt and ester forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Helena Holding Company
    Inventors: Greg Volgas, Johnnie R. Roberts, Flavious Johnson
  • Patent number: 8067337
    Abstract: An agricultural chemical composition which enables a wide range of herbicidal compounds including ones showing phytotoxicity to crop plants, etc. upon mere application to exhibit a sufficient herbicidal effect and to show reduced or no phytotoxicity to the crop plants. The agricultural chemical composition comprises (A) a herbicidal compound selected from the group consisting of sulfonylurea compounds, sulfonamide compounds, chloroacetanilide compounds, thiocarbamate compounds, pyrimidinyloxy(thio)benzoic acid compounds, tetrazolinone compounds, pyrazole compounds, cyclohexanedione compounds, phenoxycarboxylic acid compounds, oxazinone compounds, and difluoromethanesulfonylanilide compounds or salts thereof and (B) a compound selected among benzoic acid compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ikeuchi, Tetsuo Ohkawa, Shuji Ohno, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Ryo Hanai, Yasunori Ogawa, Makoto Fujinami
  • Publication number: 20110252509
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to a method for producing a transgenic cell with increased gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: BASF Plant Sceince GmbH
    Inventors: Janneke Hendriks, Hardy Schön, Oliver Thimm, Volker Haake, Gunnar Plesch, Piotr Puzio, Astrid Blau, Michael Manfred Herold, Birgit Wendel, Beate Kamlage, Florian Schauwecker
  • Publication number: 20100216643
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of regulating plant stress tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Sean R. Cutler, Sang-Youl Park, Andrew Defries
  • Publication number: 20100199363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new type of enzyme which is able to degrade amine-containing herbicides such as glyphosate and glufosinate, as well as polynucleotides encoding these enzymes. The invention also relates to transgenic plants producing these enzymes which are resistant to an amine-containing herbicide activity. In addition, the present invention provides methods of bioremediation which rely on the activity of this new type of enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Carol J. Hartley, Susan J. Dorrian, Lyndall J. Briggs, Michelle R. Williams, Robyn J. Russell, John G. Oakeshott
  • Publication number: 20090099023
    Abstract: A method of regulating flowering of a plant by applying an effective amount of a substance that affects the synthesis or amount of glutathione in cells to the plant and cultivating the plant under conditions suitable for growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Kenji Henmi, Yasushi Tasaka
  • Publication number: 20090075822
    Abstract: The method of altering the alkaloid composition of a poppy plant comprising the step of applying an effective amount of acylcyclohexanedione compound or agriculturally acceptable salt thereof to said poppy plant or locus thereof. Further, the present invention also provides the method of altering the alkaloid composition of a poppy plant comprising the step of applying an effective amount of methyl jasmonate or agriculturally acceptable salt thereof to said poppy plant or locus thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
    Inventor: Paul Cotterill
  • Publication number: 20090011939
    Abstract: Methods of inhibiting ethylene production in a plant are provided that involve contacting a plant or plant part with an inhibitor of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase (ACCO). The methods can be used to delay fruit and vegetable ripening, flower opening, or senescence of cut flowers. Also described are kits including an ACCO inhibitor and a floral preservative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Julie Thrower, Judith Klinman
  • Patent number: 7205261
    Abstract: N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) that can deliver an ethylene- or cytokinin-like effect to a plant, plant part or fungus are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using the NAEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Nutra-Park, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Rowley, Sang Won Jeong, Keith Cowan
  • Publication number: 20040157741
    Abstract: The present invention provides antitumor compounds of the formula (I), and antitumor methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Chuan Shih, Cora Grossman, Karen Lobb, Thomas Hughes Corbett, Ho-Shen Lin
  • Publication number: 20040082478
    Abstract: N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) that can deliver an ethylene- or cytokinin-like effect to a plant, plant part or fungus are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using the NAEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Keith Rowley, Sang Won Jeong, Keith Cowan
  • Publication number: 20040072694
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods of inhibiting ethylene responses in plants and plant materials, and particularly relates to methods of inhibiting various ethylene responses including plant maturation and degradation, by exposing plants to cyclopropene derivatives and compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Richard Martin Jacobson, Martha Jean Kelly, Fiona Linette Wehmeyer, Mark Joseph Mulvihill, Clark Russell Carpenter, Edward C. Sisler
  • Patent number: 6706665
    Abstract: The invention relates to N-(R)-[1-(4-chloro-phenyl)-ethyl]-2,2-dichloro-1-ethyl-3t-methyl-1r-cyclopropanecarboxamide of the formula which is very suitable for increasing the yield of beans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Nihon Bayer Agrochem K. K.
    Inventors: Atsumi Kamochi, Michiaki Shiroshita
  • Publication number: 20040033902
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inducing systemic resistance in plants, thereby protecting plants against a broad range of plant pathogens and disease. The method of the invention comprises the application of a biologically active formulation, comprising a diphenyl ether, to a plant. In accordance with the invention, it has been observed that use of this formulation results in induced systemic resistance in a target plant. Also in accordance with the method of the invention, the formulation has been shown to trigger long-lasting, non-specific systemic resistance in the plant to a variety of pathogens and disease. Furthermore, the method of the invention results in an increase in the levels of plant isoflavones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: William J. Haddad, Neil P. Badenhop, Alan D. Stammen, Theodore G. Bean, Terrence L. Graham, Lian-mei Y. Graham, Serena Landini
  • Publication number: 20030191027
    Abstract: There are described derivatives of benzoylcyclohexanediones of the formula (I) and their use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Seitz, Lothar Willms, Andreas van Almsick, Hermann Bieringer, Thomas Auler, Hubert Menne
  • Patent number: 6511939
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for and compositions comprising coronatine and surfactant for inducing abscission of fruit in plants and trees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignees: The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical Colleges, University of Florida
    Inventors: Jacqueline Kay Burns, Carol Bender
  • Patent number: 6436421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticide compositions. In particular, the present invention relates to pesticide compositions comprising a pesticide and a redispersible polymer and to a method for controlling agricultural pests by applying to the pest or the locus of the pest a pesticide composition comprising a pesticide and a redispersible polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: &quest;Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Frederick James Schindler, Yili Guo, Gregory C. Pierce, James Allen Quinn
  • Publication number: 20020068838
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) in which a, b, c, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: JACQUES DEMASSEY, ROBERT PEEK, ANTONIO UGOLINI, JOHN WESTON
  • Publication number: 20010044384
    Abstract: A method of preventing fruit drop in apple trees by application of cyclanilide to the tree. A method of improving the quality of apples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Charles Harry Baldwin, Tibor G. Szoke
  • Publication number: 20010029240
    Abstract: An enhancer composition for agricultural chemicals which can enhance the effectiveness of an agricultural chemical without causing any phytotoxicity to various crops, which comprises at least one nitrogen-containing compound selected from the group consisting of a tertiary amine, a tertiary amine salt and a quaternary ammonium salt and a chelating agent, wherein the content of the chelating agent ranges from 0.01 to 30 mol per mol of the nitrogen-containing compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 1998
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: KEIKO HASEBE, TADAYUKI SUZUKI, YUICHI HIOKI
  • Patent number: 5741502
    Abstract: A homogeneous, essentially nonaqueous adjuvant composition containing at least one spray oil selected from the group consisting of:(a) vegetable oils;(b) fatty acids and blends thereof;(c) esterified fatty acids or blends thereof;(d) saponified fatty acids or blends thereof;(e) N,N-dimethylamide of the formulaRCON(CH.sub.3).sub.2wherein R is an alkyl chain derived from fatty acids having about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms;(f) polybutenes(g) alpha or beta pinene,(h) thymol,(i) d-limonene and(j) jojoba bean oil,(2) a surfactant in an effective amount to provide emulsification of said composition and(3) a buffering agent wherein said buffering agent can also be the same ingredient as said oil or said surfactant and said buffering agent reduces the pH of said composition to about 7 or below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Helena Chemical Co.
    Inventor: Johnnie R. Roberts
  • Patent number: 5635447
    Abstract: A herbicide composition which comprises a herbicide and a small but herbicide absorption enhancing effective amount of a water soluble, non-aromatic polyorganic acid or a salt or copolymer thereof such as polyaspartic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Donlar Corporation
    Inventor: J. Larry Sanders
  • Patent number: 5622916
    Abstract: A method of combating pests which comprises applying to such pests or to a pest habitat a pesticidally effective amount of a substituted 2-cyclohexen-1-yl-amine derivative of the formula ##STR1## and addition products thereof with acids and metal salts. Most of the compounds are new.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franz Kunisch, Peter Babczinski, Dieter Arlt, Hans-Joachim Santel, Robert R. Schmidt, Wilhelm Brandes, Harry Strang
  • Patent number: 5563112
    Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising herbicidally effective amounts of a diphenyl ether of the formula ##STR1## at least one nitrogen containing fertilizer that is present in an amount that increases the herbicidal activity of said diphenyl ether; andone or more adjuvants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Zeneca Limited
    Inventor: Clyde J. Barnes III
  • Patent number: 5538940
    Abstract: .beta.-Substituted cinnamic acid derivatives of the formula 1, ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, and R.sup.1 can also be chlorine or bromine,--X-- is --O--, --S--, ##STR2## m is 0 or 1, --Y is --OR.sup.4, --O--N.dbd.CR.sup.5 R.sup.6, --NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, --NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, --N(OR.sup.9)R.sup.10 or SR.sup.11, where the abovementioned substitutes R.sup.2 to R.sup.11 are substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, and R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 to R.sup.11 can be hydrogen and Z, U, V, W are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hubert Sauter, Herbert Bayer, Klaus Oberdorf, Horst Wingert, Wolfgang Von Deyn, Wassilios Grammenos, Hartmann Koenig, Harald Rang, Franz Roehl, Gisela Lorenz, Eberhard Ammermann