IP Library Granted Patent US 11,896,011
Granted Patent B2
US 11,896,011 · App. 18/049,943 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Herbicidal compositions for animal grazelands and methods for applying the same

Inventors: Harold Quicke (Windsor, CO); David R. Spak (Cary, NC); Derek J. Sebastian (Greeley, CO); Roland Maynard (Chapel Hill, NC)
Assignee: DISCOVERY PURCHASER CORPORATION
A01N43/68
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Patent No.
US 11,896,011
App. No.
18/049,943
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and compositions for controlling undesired vegetation in animal grazelands.

Claims (27)

1. A method of controlling fire size and frequency at a locus in need thereof, comprising:

applying to the locus an amount of a composition of indaziflam sufficient to reduce flammable biomass at the locus,

wherein the locus is a rangeland used for grazing domestic livestock, and

wherein the rangeland is safe for grazing by the domestic livestock immediately following the application of indaziflam.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the biomass is derived in whole or in part from an invasive grass species on the rangeland.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises indaziflam in an amount of 0.01 to 25 lb./gallon.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is applied at a rate of 0.001 to 100 oz/A.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is applied at a rate of 0.1 to 50 oz/A.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indaziflam is applied in an amount of 0.001 to 25 lb. ai/A.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indaziflam is applied in an amount of 0.01 to 1 lb. ai/A.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the rangeland comprises tallgrass prairie, shortgrass prairie, desert grassland, shrubland, savanna, steppe, or pampas, or any combination thereof.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the flammable biomass comprises thatch.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the application of indaziflam promotes a discontinuous fire system over a horizontally continuous fire system.

11. A method of reducing formation of flammable biomass on rangeland, or pasture, or both that is used for grazing domestic livestock, the method, comprising:

applying to the rangeland, or the pasture, or both an amount of a composition of indaziflam sufficient to reduce formation of flammable biomass on the rangeland, or the pasture, or both,

wherein the indaziflam is applied in absence of fire on the rangeland, or the pasture, or both,

wherein the application of indaziflam reduces occurrence, size, or frequency, or any combination thereof, of fire on the rangeland, or the pasture, or both, and

wherein the rangeland is safe for grazing by the domestic livestock immediately following the application of indaziflam.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the biomass is derived in whole or in part from an invasive grass species on the rangeland.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the composition comprises indaziflam in an amount of 0.01 to 25 lb./gallon.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the composition is applied at a rate of 0.001 to 100 oz/A.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the composition is applied at a rate of 0.1 to 50 oz/A.

16. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the indaziflam is applied in an amount of 0.001 to 25 lb. ai/A.

17. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the indaziflam is applied in an amount of 0.01 to 1 lb. ai/A.

18. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the rangeland comprises tallgrass prairie, shortgrass prairie, desert grassland, shrubland, savanna, steppe, or pampas, or any combination thereof.

19. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the flammable biomass comprises thatch.

20. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the application of indaziflam promotes a discontinuous fire system over a horizontally continuous fire system.

Assignments (5)
FIRST LIEN PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT Recorded Sep 25, 2023
From: DISCOVERY PURCHASER CORPORATION
To: BANK OF MONTREAL
Reel/Frame 065021/0922 →
SECOND LIEN PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT Recorded Sep 25, 2023
From: DISCOVERY PURCHASER CORPORATION
To: BANK OF MONTREAL
Reel/Frame 065021/0929 →
ABL PATENT SHORT FORM SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT Recorded Sep 25, 2023
From: DISCOVERY PURCHASER CORPORATION
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
Reel/Frame 065021/0936 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2023
From: QUICKE, HAROLD; SPAK, DAVID R.; SEBASTIAN, DEREK J.; MAYNARD, ROLAND
To: BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP
Reel/Frame 064377/0517 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2023
From: BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP
To: DISCOVERY PURCHASER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064378/0130 →