Inventor · Kirkwood, MO, US

John E. Franz

52Patents
12h-index
13Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: May 31, 1972 → Mar 16, 1988

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4405531A Salts of N-phosphonomethylglycine Chemistry; Metallurgy 110 Expired
US3950402A Process for producing N-phosphonomethyl glycine Chemistry; Metallurgy 73 Expired
US3977860A Herbicidal compositions and methods employing esters of N-phosphonomethylglycine Chemistry; Metallurgy 66 Expired
US4147719A Process for producing N-phosphonomethylglycine salts Chemistry; Metallurgy 51 Expired
US3954848A Process for producing N-phosphonomethyl glycine Chemistry; Metallurgy 41 Expired
US4840659A N-Phosphonomethylglycine phytotoxicant compositions Chemistry; Metallurgy 24 Expired
US4735649A Gametocides Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US4003912A Dicarboximido-N-phenylsubstituted carbamates and derivatives Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US4062669A N-Organo-N-phosphonomethylglycine-N-oxides and plant growth regulant and phytotoxicant compositions containing same Chemistry; Metallurgy 21 Expired
US3988142A Increasing carbohydrate deposition in plants with N-phosphono-methylglycine and derivatives thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Expired
US4144047A 3-Aryl-4-isoxazolecarboxylic acids as plant growth regulants Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Expired
US3985773A Plant growth regulators Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US4115095A 5-Aryl-1,2,4-thiadiazole-3-carboxylates and agricultural methods Human Necessities 11 Expired
US4187099A 3-Aryl-4-isothiazolecarboxylic acid and 3-aryl-4-isoxazolecarboxylic acid derivatives and their use as herbicides Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US3996040A Increasing sucrose content of sugar cane employing N-phenylsulfonamido-N-phosphonomethyl glycine and certain derivatives thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US4180394A Derivatives of N-trifluoroacetyl-N-phosphonomethylglycinates and the herbicidal use thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 7 Expired
US3948975A Hydroxyalkyl esters of N-phosphonomethyl glycine Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US4131448A N-Organo-N-phosphonomethylglycine-N-oxides and phytotoxicant compositions containing same Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US4025332A Increasing sucrose content of sugarcane plants with N-phosphonomethylglycinamides Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US4243406A 5-Aryl-4-isoxazolecarboxylate-safening agents Human Necessities 5 Expired
US4199345A Derivatives of N-trifluoroacetyl-N-phosphonomethylglycine dichloride Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US4116673A 1-Alkyl-3-aryl-4-pyrazolecarboxylates Human Necessities 5 Expired
US4130412A N-Organo-N-phosphonomethylglycine-N-oxides and phytotoxicant compositions containing same Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US4245106A Process for the preparation of 1-alkyl-3-aryl-4-pyrazolecarboxylates Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US4471131A Novel silyl esters of N-phosphonomethylglycine Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.