IP Library Granted Patent US 12,356,987
Granted Patent B2
US 12,356,987 · App. 17/291,815 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Insecticidal composition and method of controlling harmful organism

Inventors: Jotaro Kida (Moriyama, JP); Mika Higuchi (Hikone, JP); Niiha Sasakura (Yasu, JP); Shuji Ishizaki (Kawasaki, JP); Takashi Obayashi (Moriyama, JP)
Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS CROP & LIFE SOLUTIONS, INC.
A01N37/46A01N25/04A01N25/30
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Patent No.
US 12,356,987
App. No.
17/291,815
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An insecticidal composition of the present invention includes (1) a diamide-based insecticidal active ingredient; (2) a solvent having 5 or more of a relative dielectric constant (ε r ) and 38 kcal/mol or more of a transition energy (ε T (30)); (3) a nonionic surfactant; and (4) a nonpolar solvent that is contained in an amount less than 30% by weight with respect to a total amount of the composition.

Claims (21)

1. An insecticidal composition comprising:

(1) a diamide-based insecticidal active ingredient;

(2) a solvent having 5 or more of a relative dielectric constant (ε r ) and 38 kcal/mol or more of a transition energy (ε T (30));

(3) a nonionic surfactant; and

(4) a nonpolar solvent that is contained in an amount less than 30% by weight with respect to a total amount of the composition,

wherein (2) the solvent is one or more selected from the group consisting of N,N′-dimethylpropylene urea, N-methylpyrrolidone, dimethylsulfoxide, 3-methoxy-N,N-dimethylpropanamide, N-butylpyrrolidone, cyclohexanone, 3-butoxy-N,N-dimethylpropanamide, methyl 5-(dimethylamino)-2-methyl-5-oxopentanoate, N,N-dimethyloctanamide, lactic acid dimethylamide, N,N-dimethyldecanamide, y-butyrolactone, 3-methyl-2-oxazodone, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, and benzyl alcohol.

2. The composition according to claim 1 ,

wherein (2) the solvent has 5 to 78 of the relative dielectric constant (ε r ), and 38 to 52 kcal/mol of the transition energy (ε T (30)).

3. The composition according to claim 1 ,

wherein (1) the diamide-based insecticidal active ingredient is broflanilide.

4. The composition according to claim 1 ,

wherein (3) the nonionic surfactant is a phenyl ether-based surfactant.

5. The composition according to claim 4 ,

wherein the phenyl ether-based surfactant is a formalin condensate of polyoxyalkylene styrylphenyl ether.

6. The composition according to claim 1 ,

wherein a content of (1) the diamide-based insecticidal active ingredient is 0.1% to 30% by weight with respect to the total amount of the composition.

7. The composition according to claim 1 ,

wherein the composition is in a liquid state.

8. A method of controlling a harmful organism, comprising:

applying the insecticidal composition according to claim 1 to a plant, a soil, or a water surface.

9. The composition according to claim 5 , wherein the polyoxyalkylene styrylphenyl ether is polyoxyalkylene monostyrylphenyl ether, polyoxyalkylene distyrylphenyl ether, or polyoxyalkylene tristyrylphenyl ether.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 13, 2025
From: MITSUI CHEMICALS AGRO, INC.
To: MITSUI CHEMICALS CROP & LIFE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071410/0569 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2021
From: KIDA, JOTARO; HIGUCHI, MIKA; SASAKURA, NIIHA; ISHIZAKI, SHUJI; OBAYASHI, TAKASHI
To: MITSUI CHEMICALS AGRO, INC.
Reel/Frame 056159/0030 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-214095 · Nov 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210386062A1 · Dec 16, 2021
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