# US 7,745,375 B2 · Synergistic insecticide mixtures

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- Number: US 7,745,375 B2
- Document ID: US7745375B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 10/575,276
- Filed: 2004-09-30
- Published: 2007-04-05
- Granted: 2010-06-29
- Earliest claimed: 2003-10-13
- Assignees: Bayer CropScience AG
- Inventors: Wolfram Andersch; Peter Jeschke; Wolfgang Thielert
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7745375B2

## CPC

- A01N 51/00: Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds having the sequences of atoms O—N—S, X—O—S, N—N—S, O—N—N or O-halogen, regardless of the number of bonds each atom has and with no atom of these sequences forming part of a heterocyclic ring
- A01N: PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF (preservation of food or foodstuff A23); BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES (preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes which kill or prevent the growth or proliferation of unwanted organisms A61K); PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS

## Abstract

The invention relates to insecticidal mixtures comprising, as active compounds, in each case two compounds from the series of the chloronicotinyl insecticides, and to the use of these mixtures for controlling animal pests.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for controlling insects, arachnids, or nematodes in agriculture, comprising contacting said insects, arachnids, nematodes, or their habitat with a synergistic mixture of imidacloprid and clothianidin, wherein the weight ratio of imidacloprid to clothianidin is from 10:1 to 1:10.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, wherein said contacting comprising contacting seeds of plants.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of imidacloprid to clothianidin is 1 to 1.

### Claim 4

A synergistic composition comprising imidacloprid and clothianidin, and, optionally, one or more extenders, one or more surface-active substances, or a combination of one or more extenders and one or more surface-active substances, wherein the weight ratio of imidacloprid to clothianidin is from 10:1 to 1:10.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A method for protecting seeds or growing plants, comprising contacting said seeds or said growing plants with a composition according to claim 4.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

A seed treated with a composition according to claim 4.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

A method of controlling animal pests, comprising contacting said animal pests with a composition according to claim 4.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

A synergistic composition according to claim 4, wherein the weight ratio of imidacloprid to clothianidin is 1 to 1.

### Claim 9

A method for preparing pesticides, comprising mixing imidacloprid and clothianidin together with one or more extenders, one or more surface-active substances, or a combination of one or more extenders and one or more surface-active substances, wherein the weight ratio of imidacloprid to clothianidin is from 10:1 to 1:10.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

A method according to claim 9, wherein the weight ratio of imidacloprid to clothianidin is 1 to 1.