Flupyradifurone Patent Landscape Analysis

Discovered and developed by Bayer and commercialised through the Sivanto® brand, flupyradifurone is a butenolide insecticide classified in IRAC Group 4D. It is used against sucking pests such as aphids, whiteflies, leafhoppers and psyllids in fruit, vegetable and field crops.

The report retains 130 patent families across 62 consolidated owner groups. Combination development is the largest and most competitive layer, comprising 92 families and naming 125 partner actives. The upstream estate includes 20 families across butenolide compound genus, solid form and co-crystal and manufacturing route and intermediates, with 8 single-active formulation families.

A total of 97 families have a grant or national pending reading, while 25 live families reach their nominal term within five years. Seventy-four families are held by China-based applicants across 49 China-based owner groups.

This 59-page report provides a seven-part analysis covering ownership, active-ingredient manufacture, single-active formulation, fixed-dose mixtures, national market entry and owner profiles, followed by a complete directory of all 62 owner groups. Detailed claim charts, remaining-space notes and owner profiles are included throughout.

Not a freedom-to-operate opinion.