Manufacture and use of a herbicide formulation

• US 20040167032A1
• Filed: 02/23/2004
• Published: 08/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Flavious Johnson, Greg Volgas, Johnnie R. Roberts
• Original Assignee: Flavious Johnson, Greg Volgas, Johnnie R. Roberts
• Inventors: Johnson, Flavious, Roberts, Johnnie R., Volgas, Greg
• Application Number:
  US10/784,343
• Publication Number:
  US 20040167032A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 504/320
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 2300/00 Combinations or mixtures of active ingredients covered by classes A01N27/00 - A01N65/48 with other active or formulation relevant ingredients, e.g. specific carrier materials or surfactants, covered by classes A01N25/00 - A01N65/48
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 25/02 containing liquids as carriers, diluents or solvents
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 25/30 characterised by the surfactants
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 37/40 having at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and one oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same aromatic ring system
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 37/44 containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a nitrogen atom attached to the same carbon skeleton by a single or double bond, this nitrogen atom not being a member of a derivative or of a thio analogue of a carboxylic group, e.g. amino-carboxylic acids
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 39/02 Aryloxy-carboxylic acids; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 39/04 Aryloxy-acetic acids; Derivatives thereof

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.

Claims

66. A herbicide composition containing a chlorinated carboxylic acid herbicide and a surfactant in the ratio of acid herbicide to surfactant from about 1:

6 to about 1;

1.

78-1. The herbicide as claimed in claim 2, wherein the herbicide composition does not contain an alkylated animal derived oil.

81. A process to produce a herbicidical composition which comprises blending a fully solubolized acid herbicide with a surfactant to form a solution provided that said chlorinated carboxylic acid herbicide and surfactant are present in an amount of about 1 part by weight of chlorinated carboxylic acid herbicide to at least about 1.5 part by weight of surfactant.

84-2. The herbicide as claimed in claim 2, which further comprises at least one of the following additional components selected from the group consisting of

Methylated C6-C19 fatty acids,

Methylated Tall oil fatty acids,

Methylated Oleic acid,

Methylated Linoleic acid,

Methylated Linolenic acid,

Methylated Stearic acid,

Methylated Palmitic acid,

Ethylated C6-C19 fatty acids,

Ethylated Tall oil fatty acids,

Ethylated Oleic acid,

Ethylated Linoleic acid,

Ethylated Linolenic acid,

Ethylated Stearic acid,

Ethylated Palmitic acid,

Butylated C6-C19 fatty acids,

Butylated Tall oil fatty acids,

Butylated Oleic acid,

Butylated Linoleic acid

Butylated Linolenic acid,

Butylated Stearic acid,

Butylated Palmitic acid,

Methylated soybean oil,

Ethylated soybean oil,

Butylated soybean oil,

Methylated canola oil,

Ethylated canola oil,

Butylated canola oil,

Methylated coconut oil,

Ethylated coconut oil,

Butylated coconut oil,

Methylated sunflower oil,

Ethylated sunflower oil,

Butylated sunflower oil,

Paraffinic mineral oils,

Naphthenic mineral oils,

Aromatic mineral oils,

Soybean oil,

Canola oil,

Cottonseed oil,

C6-C19 fatty acids,

Tall oil fatty acids,

Oleic acid,

Linoleic acid,

Linolenic acid,

Stearic acid,

Palmitic acid and

Epoxified soybean oil.