Oxy In Acid Moiety Patents (Class 560/29)
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Patent number: 4166864Abstract: Unsymmetrical bis-arylcarbamate disulfide compounds exhibit outstanding miticidal and insecticidal activity, coupled with substantially reduced mammalian toxicity and phytotoxicity as compared to known pesticidal compounds having a comparable spectrum of activity against insect and mite pests.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1977Date of Patent: September 4, 1979Assignee: Union Carbide CorporationInventor: Themistocles D. J. D'Silva
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Patent number: 4166186Abstract: The instant invention relates to dihydroxy carbamates containing sulphonic acid groups, and to a process for their production. They are obtained by the addition of bisulphites to unsaturated carbamates.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1975Date of Patent: August 28, 1979Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gerhard D. Wolf, Helmut Engelhard, Francis Bentz, Gunther Nischk
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Patent number: 4163112Abstract: This invention discloses new chemical compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl and alkenyl; R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl and ##STR2## WHEREIN Z is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, halogen, nitro and alkylthio; p is an integer from 0 to 5; and m is the integer 0 or 1; X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl and halogen; Y is selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur; n is the integer 1 or 2; and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each alkyl.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 1977Date of Patent: July 31, 1979Assignee: Velsicol Chemical CorporationInventor: Leonard J. Stach
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Patent number: 4160077Abstract: A process for the cross-linking or chain extension of hycrocarbon polymers which contain ethylenically unsaturated groups which comprises forming an intimate mixture of the polymer with a carbamate of the formula: ##STR1## WHEREIN R.sub.1 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl radical, m is an integer, and A is H or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl radical of valency m, and subjecting the mixture to heat.Novel compounds of preferred use include those in which m=1 and at least one of R and A is alkyl or 7 or more carbon atoms, or in which m=2 and A is phenylene or alkylene or alkenylene of 2 to 4 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 1978Date of Patent: July 3, 1979Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries LimitedInventors: John L. Brooks, Richard Budziarek, David J. Harper
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Patent number: 4150142Abstract: The invention pertains to certain oxadiazolinones of the formula: ##STR1## in which R represents an alkyl radical containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sub.1 represents an alkyl radical containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy radical of which the alkyl part contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkylthio radical of which the alkyl part contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or trifluoromethyl, and to their preparation and the compositions in which they are present, which compounds and compositions have utility as nematocides, acaricides and insecticides.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1976Date of Patent: April 17, 1979Assignee: Philagro S.A.Inventor: Roger Boesch
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Patent number: 4146637Abstract: There are disclosed N-acyl substituted benzamides of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein: X is carbon or nitrogen;R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, trifluoromethyl, alkoxy, phenoxy or acetoxy;Y is the radical --O--, --NH-- or --S--;Z is an alkylene group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or an alkenylene group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms, either of which group may be unsubstituted or substituted by an alkyl, alkenyl, phenyl, cycloalkyl, acetyl, amino or halogenphenoxy group;R.sub.2 is hydrogen, an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms in which either the alkyl or the alkenyl group may be unsubstituted or substituted with a halogen, phenyl or halogenphenyl substituent; andThe value of n, m, and p may each be 0 or 1, and in the case of p=1, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.Also disclosed is a method for making such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1977Date of Patent: March 27, 1979Assignee: Ludwig Merckle K.G., Chem. Pharm. FabrikInventors: Gunter Metz, Manfred Specker
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Patent number: 4140789Abstract: A compound of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 denotes optionally substituted lower akyl which is optionally branched at the linking carbon atom, R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or lower alkanoyl and R.sub.3 is a group of the formula --R.sub.3.sup.a -(R.sub.3.sup.b).sub.n -- (Ia), in which R.sub.3.sup.1 represents the radical of the formula --N(R.sub.4)-- or --O-- and R.sub.4 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sub.3.sup.b denotes the radical of the formula --CH.sub.2 -- or, if R.sub.3.sup.a represents --N(R.sub.4)--, denotes the radical of the formula --C(.dbd.O)-- and n represents nought or 1, and a group of the formula Ia, in which n represents 1, can be linked to the carbonyl group of the carbamoyl grouping either via the group R.sub.3.sup.a or the group R.sub.3.sup.b, or acid addition salts thereof, which can be used pharmaceutically can be used as beta-receptor blocking agents for the treatment of disorders in the cardiac rhythm and coronary heart diseases.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1976Date of Patent: February 20, 1979Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Knut A. Jaeggi, Franz Ostermayer, Herbert Schroter
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Patent number: 4140860Abstract: N,N'-Bridged-bis[(O and/or N-substituted)-2-alkyl-2-hydroxyethylamines] of the formula ##STR1## are prepared by condensing an epoxide of the formula ##STR2## and a diamine of the formula R'NH--X--NHR'. The products and dicarbanilates, acid-addition salts, N,N'-dioxides and N,N'-diammonium quaternary salts derived therefrom have antibacterial activity in vitro and are useful as antibacterial agents.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1978Date of Patent: February 20, 1979Assignee: Sterling Drug Inc.Inventors: Guy D. Diana, Royal A. Cutler
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Patent number: 4134918Abstract: Novel halomethyl derivatives of amines of the following general structure: ##STR1## WHEREIN Y is FCH.sub.2 --, F.sub.2 CH-- or F.sub.3 C--; Z is .beta.-methylthioethyl, .beta.-benzylthioethyl, S-(5'-desoxyadenosin-5'-yl)-S-methylthioethyl, .gamma.-guanidinopropyl, or ##STR2## WHEREIN N IS 2 OR 3 AND R.sub.1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms with the proviso that when R.sub.1 is other than hydrogen, n is 2; and each of R.sub.a and R.sub.b is hydrogen, alkylcarbonyl wherein the alkyl moiety has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is straight or branched, alkoxycarbonyl wherein the alkoxy moiety has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is straight or branched, or ##STR3## wherein R.sub.2 is hydrogen, a straight or branched lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, benzyl or p-hydroxybenzyl; with the provisos that when Z is .beta.-benzylthioethyl or S-(5'-desoxyadenosin-5'-yl)-S-methylthioethyl, R.sub.b is hydrogen, when Z is .beta.-methylthioethyl, Y is other than F.sub.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 1977Date of Patent: January 16, 1979Assignee: Merrell Toraude et CompagnieInventors: Philippe Bey, Michel Jung
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Patent number: 4131751Abstract: New and valuable diurethanes of the formula ##STR1## where R denotes lower alkyl, X/Y denote the combination fluorine/fluorine, fluorine/chlorine or chlorine/fluorine, and processes for controlling the growth of unwanted plants with these compounds.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1977Date of Patent: December 26, 1978Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Karl-Heinz Koenig, Ulrich Schirmer, Bruno Wuerzer, Kurt Fett
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Patent number: 4123614Abstract: The present invention relates to novel assay reagents, their composition, methods of preparation, and use in the detection and measurement of various biological systems and/or components, e.g. enzymes, antibodies, antigens, and periodate concentration. This invention in its basic form utilizes a class of compounds having, inter alia., a backbone chain, an indicator group, and vicinal oxidizable groups.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 1976Date of Patent: October 31, 1978Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc.Inventor: David H. Rammler
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Patent number: 4120867Abstract: Monoradioiodinated derivatives of compounds employed in a radioassay prepared from precursors which are either active esters, amino acids, or amines, including a phenolic or imidazole substituent group in which one of the possible two sites on the group for radioiodination is substituted to permit production of a monoradioiodinated derivative. A preferred precursor is an active ester of 3-fluoro-5-radioidotyrosine which can be coupled to a compound including an amino group to produce a monoradioiodinated derivative of the compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1976Date of Patent: October 17, 1978Assignee: Becton, Dickinson & CompanyInventors: Anandrao S. Akerkar, Herman Rutner
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Patent number: 4120971Abstract: N-carboxyanhydrides of hydroxyphenylalanines are disclosed. The compounds have antihypertensive activity.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1977Date of Patent: October 17, 1978Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Walfred S. Saari, Joel R. Huff
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Patent number: 4118576Abstract: Novel compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; and R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl containing 1 through 8 carbon atoms, halosubstituted alkyl containing 1 through 8 carbon atoms, phenyl, benzyl and halosubstituted phenyl are herbicidally active.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1977Date of Patent: October 3, 1978Assignee: Stauffer Chemical CompanyInventor: Llewellyn Fancher
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Patent number: 4113958Abstract: Ethylenically unsaturated blocked aromatic diisocyanates are prepared which readily polymerize to form homopolymers and interpolymers with copolymerizable vinylidene monomers. Polymers can be prepared via emulsion polymerization, and exhibit excellent stability to hydrolysis when stored in latex form. The polymers cure at temperatures as low as 80.degree. C., and under acidic, neutral, or basic pH conditions. Homopolymers and interpolymers of the defined diisocyanates are useful as adhesives, and interpolymers of the ethylenically unsaturated blocked aromatic diisocyanates with acrylate monomers are particularly useful as binders for nonwoven fibers.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1976Date of Patent: September 12, 1978Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich CompanyInventor: Harold A. Tucker
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Patent number: 4105790Abstract: The invention concerns .alpha.-aminoacyl derivatives of phenyl-, phenoxy-, thiophenoxy- and phenylsulphinylalkanoic acids together with their amides, esters and pharmaceutically acceptable salts; processes for their preparation; and pharmaceutical compositions for therapeutic use in inhibiting the formation of thrombi and also in reducing the persistence of thrombi formed in the blood of warm blooded animals. Representative compounds of the invention are methyl 4-(aminoacetyl)phenoxyacetate, 4-(aminoacetyl)phenoxyacetic acid and methyl 4-(aminoacetyl)-thiophenoxyacetate, preferably as their hydrochlorides.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1976Date of Patent: August 8, 1978Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries LimitedInventors: Clifford R. Hughes, Stephen J. Jackson, John Preston, Peter L. Walton
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Patent number: 4102885Abstract: A one-step process for the preparation of 2,4-dihaloquinazolines is disclosed beginning with methoxycarbonyl- or phenoxycarbonyl-derivatives of substituted phenylureas which are cyclized and concomitantly halogenated with a cyclizing-halogenating reagent such as N,N-dimethylaniline in phosphorus oxychloride. The 2,4-dihaloquinazolines of the instant process are particularly valuable as intermediates in the preparation of 4-amino-2-(4-substituted-piperazin-1-yl) quinazolines useful in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders such as hypertension.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1977Date of Patent: July 25, 1978Assignee: Bristol-Myers CompanyInventors: Ronnie Ray Crenshaw, George Michael Luke, Richard Anthony Partyka
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Patent number: 4097673Abstract: Certain novel carbamates and thiolcarbamates are broad spectrum herbicides, which can be applied to the locus of undesired vegetation either preemergence or postemergence. Typical representatives of this class of compounds are methyl N-(N-cyclohexylcarbamoyl-N',N'-dimethylamidino)-N-methylcarbamate and methyl N-?1-(3-cyclohexyl-1-methylureido)-1-dimethylaminomethylene!carbamate.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1976Date of Patent: June 27, 1978Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Julius Jakob Fuchs
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Patent number: 4094978Abstract: 3-(3-hydroxyprop-1-(t)-enyl)-7.beta.-(.alpha.-substituted acetamido)-ceph-3-em-4-carboxylic acids; 3-(3-carbamoyloxyprop-1-(t)-enyl)-7.beta.-(.alpha.-substituted acetamido)-ceph-3-em-4-carboxylic acids; and 3-[3-(N-substituted carbamoyloxy)prop-1-(t)-enyl]-7.beta.-(.alpha.-substituted acetamido)-ceph-3-em-4-carboxylic acids and derivatives and salts thereof and process for preparing such compounds. The compounds are useful as antibacterials and are active against a wide variety of gram positive and gram negative bacteria.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1976Date of Patent: June 13, 1978Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc.Inventor: Philip J. Beeby
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Patent number: 4093447Abstract: New N-arylcarbamic acid esters of the formula ##STR1## in which R is lower aliphatic hydrocarbyl, optionally substituted,R.sup.1, r.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be identical or different, are each hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl or halogen,R.sup.4 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkenyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, alkoxyalkyl or alkylthioalkyl, acylalkyl (i.e., alkanoyloxyalkyl), alkoxycarbonylalkyl, carbalkoxyalkyl, carbalkoxyalkenyl, or an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, aryloxyalkyl or arylthioalkyl radical, or the grouping ##STR2## wherein R.sup.4' is hydrogen or is defined as R.sup.4 is defined above, andY and Y' are oxygen or sulfur.Are outstanding effective in regulating the growth of plants, i.e., to inhibit, stimulate or alter the growth of plants.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1975Date of Patent: June 6, 1978Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Carl Metzger, Gerhard Jager, Klaus Lurssen
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Patent number: 4092480Abstract: Cephalosporin compounds having a substituted phenylglycyl substituent at the 7-position and any of a variety of groups at the 3-position are prepared by acylation of a 7-aminocephalosporanic acid. The compounds have anti-bacterial activity.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1977Date of Patent: May 30, 1978Assignee: SmithKline CorporationInventor: John Gerald Gleason
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Patent number: 4090862Abstract: Phenoxycarboxylic acid aryloxy(thio)carbonylaminomethyl ester compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is phenyl, substituted phenyl, benzyl, substituted benzyl, naphthyl or substituted naphthyl,R.sup.2 is hydrogen or alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms,R.sup.3 is phenyl or substituted phenyl,X is oxygen or sulfur, andn is 0, 1 or 2 exhibit outstanding plant growth regulant properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1976Date of Patent: May 23, 1978Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rudolf Thomas, Klaus Lurssen
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Patent number: 4086246Abstract: A process for the preparation of a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl, alkyl substituted by halogen, alkyl substituted by alkoxy, aryl, aryl substituted by halogen, aryl substituted by alkyl, aryl substituted by alkoxy, aralkyl, aralkyl substituted by alkoxy, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl substituted by halogen, cycloalkyl substituted by alkyl or cycloalkyl substituted by alkoxy, andR.sup.2 is an aromatic group, an aromatic group substituted by alkyl, an aromatic group substituted by halogen, an aromatic group substituted by alkoxy, a heteroaromatic group, a heteroaromatic group substituted by alkyl, a heteroaromatic group substituted by halogen, or a heteroaromatic group substituted by alkoxy, by the reaction of phosgene with a phenol of the formula:R.sup.2 -OHand further by the reaction of a primary amine of the formula:R'--NH.sub.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1976Date of Patent: April 25, 1978Assignee: Chinoin Gyogyszer es Vegyeszeti Termekek GyaraInventors: Geza Toth, Istvan Toth, Tibor Montay
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Patent number: 4084056Abstract: Substituted carbamate esters are prepared by treating an aromatic amide with hypochlorite ion in the presence of water and a water-miscible solvent at a low temperature, after which the reaction mixture is mixed with a substituted phenol and allowed to react at a temperature of at least 10.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1975Date of Patent: April 11, 1978Assignee: AB BoforsInventor: Christer Lennart Hakanson
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Patent number: 4083848Abstract: Novel carbonic acid esters are disclosed which are useful in a process for introducing esterified carboxy-type protective groups on amino and/or imino groups in amino and/or imino group - containing compounds for the temporary protection of said amino and/or imino groups. Additionally, processes for preparing said esters are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 1977Date of Patent: April 11, 1978Assignee: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masumi Itoh, Takashi Kamiya, Daijiro Hagiwara
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Patent number: 4083992Abstract: Novel 1-aryloxy-3-amidoalkylamino-2-propanol derivatives, processes for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of using them in the treatment of heart diseases. The compounds possess .beta.-adrenergic blocking activity and some of them additionally possess cardiac stimulant activity. Representative of the compounds disclosed is 1-phenoxy-3-.beta.-isobutyramidoethylamino-2-propanol.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 1976Date of Patent: April 11, 1978Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries LimitedInventor: Leslie Harold Smith
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Patent number: 4082779Abstract: This invention relates to a novel carbamoylation method for the preparation of steroid phenolic N-disubstituted carbamate esters, and novel compounds in said method. Phenolic carbamate esters are useful for various purposes, for instance as pharmaceuticals, e.g. antitumor agents, as biocides, e.g. pesticides, and intermediates for preparing such useful compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1976Date of Patent: April 4, 1978Assignee: Aktiebolaget LeoInventors: Hans Jacob Fex, Sten Krister Kristensson, Anders Robert Stamvik
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Patent number: 4081461Abstract: This invention relates to a novel carbamoylation method for the preparation of phenolic N-disubstituted carbamate esters, and novel compounds in said method. Phenolic carbamate esters are useful for various purposes, for instance as pharmaceuticals, e.g. antitumor agents, as biocides, e.g. pesticides, and intermediates for preparing such useful compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1976Date of Patent: March 28, 1978Assignee: Aktiebolaget LeoInventors: Hans Jacob Fex, Sten Krister Kristensson, Anders Robert Stamvik
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Patent number: 4080365Abstract: Aromatic urethanes can be produced in exceedingly improved yield when an aromatic nitro compound, an organic compound containing hydroxyl groups, and carbon monoxide are reacted in the presence of a catalyst composed of metallic (elemental) selenium or a selenium compound and a base serving as promoter, to which reaction system an aromatic amino compound and/or an aromatic urea compound which will be secondarily produced by the reaction has been previously added in order to suppress side reactions. For instance, when nitrobenzene, methanol and carbon monoxide are interacted in the presence of metallic selenium and triethylenediamine, the conversion of nitrobenzene is 68% and the percentage of formed methyl N-phenylcarbamate to the interacted nitrobenzene is 80%, whereas when the reaction is effected under the same reaction conditions indicated above with addition to the reaction system of aniline in an amount of about 15 wt.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1976Date of Patent: March 21, 1978Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu ChemicalsInventors: Yutaka Hirai, Katsuharu Miyata, Seiji Hasegawa
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Patent number: 4073800Abstract: Poly-carbonyloxyurethanes of the formula:A O--CO--NH--O--CO--R!.sub.n (1)wherein A is a linking group to which the oxygen atoms are attached at alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl carbon atoms, n is an integer of value at least 2, and each R which may be the same or different, is the residue of a monobasic carboxylic acid of formula R--COOH, and their salts, especially salts with cations based on teritary amines, are useful cross-linking or chain-extending agents for natural or synthetic polymers, or may be used as adhesives for binding these materials to each other or to metal substrates.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1976Date of Patent: February 14, 1978Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries LimitedInventors: John L. Brooks, Richard Budziarek
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Patent number: 4065293Abstract: Alkyl N-3-carbamoyloxyphenyl-carbamates of the formula ##STR1## selectively damage or destroy weeds in crops of carrots, cotton, peanuts, and rice without damaging the crop plants when R.sub.1 is lower alkyl, allyl, or halo-lower-alkyl; R.sub.2 is lower alkyl, allyl, halo-lower alkyl, lower alkinyl, cyclohexyl, benzyl, or phenylethyl; R.sub.3 is methyl and ethyl; and X is oxygen or sulfur. Lower alkyl and lower alkinyl in the formula have up to four carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1976Date of Patent: December 27, 1977Assignee: Schering AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gerhard Boroschewski, Friedrich Arndt
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Patent number: 4063025Abstract: There are disclosed novel 4-substituted amino-.alpha.-aminomethylbenzyl alcohol derivatives represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein X represents a halogen atom; Y represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R.sub.1 represents a lower alkyl group, a carbamoyl group, a mono- or di-lower alkyl-substituted carbamoyl group, a phenyl-substituted carbamoyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, a lower alkoxy-substituted lower alkoxycarbonyl group, a phenyl-substituted lower alkoxycarbonyl group, or a cycloalkyloxycarbonyl group; and R.sub.2 represents a lower alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or the group shown by the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group and R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, or a lower alkoxy group and the pharmaceutically acceptable nontoxic salts thereof.These compounds are antiasthmatic agents useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of asthma.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1976Date of Patent: December 13, 1977Assignee: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuo Murakami, Kozo Takahashi, Kiyoshi Murase, Toshiyasu Mase, Hisashi Ida, Toichi Takenaka
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Patent number: 4060689Abstract: There is described herein the preparation of vinylbenzyl esters of N-BOC amino acids which upon polymerization with styrene and divinylbenzene provide insoluble polymers useful as starting materials for the solid phase synthesis of peptides.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1976Date of Patent: November 29, 1977Assignee: Morton-Norwich Products, Inc.Inventor: Nicholas D. Harris
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Patent number: 4055414Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to 2-halo-N-(N.sup.1 -hydrocarbyloxyoxalyl-N.sup.1 -acylaminomethyl)-2',6'-dialkylacetanilides, to a process for preparing these compounds, herbicidal compositions containing same and method of use to selectively control undesired vegetation in agricultural crops, e.g., monocotyledons such as wheat, sorghum and rice and dicotyledons such as sugarbeets and soybeans.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1976Date of Patent: October 25, 1977Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventor: John P. Chupp