Patents Represented by Attorney Meredith C. Findlay
  • Patent number: 4674229
    Abstract: Phenylpyrimidines of the formula I as defined below are suitable as antidotes for protecting cultivated plants from phytotoxic effects caused by herbicides. These antidotes, either together with the herbicides or also by themselves, are applied to the plants or incorporated in the soil in which the plants grow, or they are used to treat the seeds of the plants. Suitable herbicides are those belonging to the class of the haloacetanilides, haloacetamides, thiocarbamates, carbamates, nitroanilides, triazines, phenylureas, haloacetic acids, phenoxy- and pyridyloxyphenoxyalkanecarboxylic acid derivatives, benzoic acid derivatives etc. The phenylpyrimidines have the formula I ##STR1## wherein for example, R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 are halogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Burdeska, Guglielmo Kabas, deceased, Hans-Georg Brunner, Werner Fory
  • Patent number: 4675407
    Abstract: The invention relates to ring-substituted 4-azaphthalides of formula ##STR1## wherein Q is a substituted phenyl radical of the formula ##STR2## or a 3-indolyl radical of the formula ##STR3## Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 are hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, acyl, or unsubstituted or substituted benzyl,Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 are hydrogen, lower alkyl or phenyl,R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, are a 5- or 6-membered, preferably saturated, heterocyclic ring,X is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, acyloxy, benzyl, phenyl, benzyloxy, phenoxy, substituted benzyl or benzyloxy, or is the --NT.sub.1 T.sub.2 group, in which T.sub.1 and T.sub.2 are hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted benzyl or is acyl, and T.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Davor Bedekovic, Ian J. Fletcher
  • Patent number: 4670441
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel 5-phenylcarbamoylthiobarbituric acid derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl or methoxy,R.sub.3 is unsubstituted phenyl, unsubstituted pyridyl, or phenyl which is substituted by 1 to 3 identical or different members selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 cyanoalkyl, halogen, nitro and C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 haloalkyl containing 1 to 5 halogen atoms, or is pyridyl which is substituted by 1 to 3 identical or different members selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl, halogen, nitro and C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 haloalkyl containing 1 to 5 halogen atoms andR.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 haloalkyl containing 1 to 3 halogen atoms, or are C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy or nitro,and to the tautomers and salts thereof, as anthelmintics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Manfred Kuhne, Jean J. Gallay
  • Patent number: 4668790
    Abstract: Chromogenic dihydrofuropyridinones of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of each other are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, hydroxyl, cyano or lower alkoxy, or are cycloalkyl, benzyl or phenyl, or benzyl or phenyl which are substituted by halogen, nitro, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached are pyrrolidinyl;X is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, benzyl, phenyl, benzyloxy, phenoxy, or benzyl or benzyloxy which are substituted by halogen, nitro, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy;Y is C.sub.6 -C.sub.9 alkyl;Z is hydrogen, lower alkyl or phenyl; andthe ring A is a pyridine radical andthe benzene nucleus B is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, nitro, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, amino or lower alkylamino.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Davor Bedekovic, Ian J. Fletcher
  • Patent number: 4668966
    Abstract: The invention relates to bisquinazolines of the formula ##STR1## wherein the ring A is unsubstituted or substituted by cyano, nitro, halogen, lower alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, lower alkoxy or lower alkoxycarbonyl,Q is an aliphatic radical with a molecular weight of 28 to 450, or is a cycloaliphatic or araliphatic radical,Y is the radical of the formula (2a) ##STR2## or of the formula ##STR3## wherein B, D, X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3 and Z are as hereinafter defined. These compounds are particularly suitable as colour formers in pressure-sensitive or heat-sensitive recording materials and give strong yellow or orange colours of excellent fastness to light, especially fastness to sublimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Zink, Ian J. Fletcher
  • Patent number: 4667057
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which X is a radical of the formula --CHCl--CH.sub.2 Cl, --CHBr--CH.sub.2 Br, --CCl.dbd.CH.sub.2 or --CBr.dbd.CH.sub.2,are prepared by halogenation of acryloylamidoglycolic acid and optionally elimination of hydrogen halide from the dihalogeno compounds by the action of alkali. The compounds are suitable as intermediates for reactive dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Adam, Arthur Buhler
  • Patent number: 4666627
    Abstract: Novel 4-heterocyclylvinyl-4'-styryl-biphenyls of the formula ##STR1## are described, i which A is an isoxazolyl, oxadiazolyl, pyrimidinyl or triazinyl radical which is unsubstituted or substituted by a non-chromophoric substituent, R.sub.1 is hydrogen or a non-chromophoric substituent and R.sub.2 is hydrogen, halogen, or alkyl; processes for the preparation of these compounds are also described.The novel 4-heterocyclylvinyl-4'-styryl-biphenyls can be used as fluorescent brighteners for high-molecular organic materials, in particular materials of polyamide and polyester, especially for polyester textiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Hans R. Meyer
  • Patent number: 4664673
    Abstract: A process for protecting keratinous material with the aid of phenoxytrifluoromethanesulfonanilides, some of which are novel, from pests that feed on keratin, said phenoxytrifluoromethanesulfonanilides having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, each independently of the other, are halogen, haloalkyl, alkyl, nitro, cyano, alkoxy or haloalkoxy,n is 0 or a value from 1 to 4 andm is 0 or a value from 1 to 3, with the proviso that ifn or m>1, the substituents R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be identical or different, and that at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, haloalkyl and haloalkoxy is present in the molecule.The preparation of these compounds and the use thereof as active ingredients of compositions providing a mothproof and beetle-resistant finish are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Manfred Boger, Dieter Reinehr, Bernardo De Sousa, Werner Schmid
  • Patent number: 4663463
    Abstract: There are described microbicidally effective mandelic acid derivatives and mandelonitriles of the formula I ##STR1## wherein X is --CH.dbd. or --N.dbd.; Ar is phenyl, diphenyl or naphthyl group, which can be substituted in the form of the substituents R.sub.1 -R.sub.3 by nitro, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy or haloalkyl; R is any one of the groups --COOR.sub.5, --COSR.sub.6, --CON(R.sub.7)(R.sub.8) or CN; n is 0, 1 or 2; and R.sub.4 to R.sub.8 are aliphatic and aromatic and in part also heterocyclic substituents which are described in the text in greater detail; with the inclusion of the salts and metal complexes thereof.Also methods for producing these products are disclosed, and also pesticidal compositions containing as active ingredient one of these compounds. There is described too a method for combating phytopathogenic microorganisms with the aid of these substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Walter Kunz, Wolfgang Eckhardt
  • Patent number: 4661587
    Abstract: Disclosed are chrome complex dyes of the formula ##STR1## and of the formula ##STR2## wherein Z and Z' independently of one another are each nitrogen or --CH--;X and X' independently of one another are each oxygen, or a group of the formula --NR--, in which R is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, provided X is oxygen when Z is --CH-- and provided X' is oxygen when Z' is --CH--;A and B independently of one another are each a diazo component of a benzene or naphthalene radical which carries the hydroxyl or carboxyl group in the o-position with respect to the azo group;C and D independently of one another are each a benzene or naphthalene radical which carries in the o-position with respect to the azo or azomethine group a hydroxyl or carboxyl group, or the radical of an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic aminocarboxylic acid, if n.sub.2 or n.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Ulrich Schlesinger, Fabio Beffa
  • Patent number: 4657921
    Abstract: There are described novel 1-fluoro-1-azolyl-2,2-diarylethane derivatives of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein Y is --CH.dbd. or --N.dbd.,R.sub.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, andR.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 independently of one another are each hydrogen, halogen, methyl, methoxy, CF.sub.3, OCF.sub.3, OCHF.sub.2, cyano, and/or phenoxy which is unsubstituted or substituted by fluorine, chlorine and/or bromine;including the acid addition salts and metal complexes thereof.Also the production of these substances as well as their microbicidal action and their use in various fields of application are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Willy Frick, Alfred Meyer, Robert Nyfeler
  • Patent number: 4655786
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for dyeing hydrophobic fibre material under HT conditions with unformulated disperse dyes from an aqueous liquor, which process comprises dissolving one or more such dyes in water, in the temperature range from 70.degree. to 100.degree. C., with a surfactant or mixture of surfactants which has a hydrotropic action on disperse dyes, feeding the dye solution into a dyeing apparatus which contains water heated to 70.degree. to 100.degree. C. and substrate, and subsequently heating the dye liquor to dyeing temperature, or dissolving the dye at a temperature of over 100.degree. C. under pressure by means of the surfactant or mixture of surfactants which has a hydrotropic action on the dye, feeding the solution into a closed dyeing apparatus which contains water heated to 100.degree. to 150.degree. C. and substrate, and, in both cases, carrying out dyeing in the temperature range from 120.degree. to 150.degree. C. with constant circulation of the dye liquor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Josef Navratil, Heinz Abel
  • Patent number: 4655785
    Abstract: A process for the photochemical stabilization of undyed and dyed polyamide or polyurethane fibre material that is characterized in that the fibre material is treated with a water soluble, organic copper, manganese or nickel complex that displays an affinity for the fibres. The polyamide or polyurethane fibre material, e.g., textile, that has been so treated retains its stretch characteristics and elasticity even after prolonged periods of illumination. In addition, in the case of dyed material, treatment with the metal complex results in a marked improvement in light-fastness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Reinert, Gerhard Back, Helmut Huber-Emden
  • Patent number: 4655783
    Abstract: A process for photochemical stabilization of non-dyed and dyed polyamide fibre material and mixtures thereof with other fibres which comprises treating the fibre material with a fibre-reactive copper complex of bisazomethines prepared from, for example, salicylaldehydes and aliphatic diamines is described. Some of these copper complexes used are novel compounds. The polyamide fibre material, for example textile material, thus treated largely retains its extensibility and elasticity even after relatively prolonged exposure to light. In addition, a clear improvement in light-fastness is achieved in dyed material by treatment with the metal complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Reinert, Helmut Huber-Emden, Gerhard Back
  • Patent number: 4654046
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermosol pad-steam process for the continuous dyeing of cellulose/polyamide blends, which comprises impregnating said blends with a pad liquor which contains a non-ionic surfactant or a mixture of non-ionic surfactants, in addition to at least one vat dye and at least one metal complex dye and optionally further auxiliaries.This process is particularly suitable for dyeing large yardages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Hellmut Felle
  • Patent number: 4652631
    Abstract: 1:2 chromium complex dyes suitable for dyeing nitrogen-containing materials and materials which contain hydroxyl groups, are disclosed which, in the form of the free acid, have the formula ##STR1## wherein each of the symbols independently has the following meanings: Z is nitrogen or a --CH,A is a benzene or naphthalene radical which carries the hydroxyl or carboxy ortho to the azo or azomethine group, or, if n is 1 and Z is a --CH, is the radical of an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic aminocarboxylic acid,B and D are each independently of the other the radical of a coupling component which couples in the alpha- or o-position relative to X if Z is nitrogen, or the radical of an o-hydroxyaldehyde if Z is --CH,X is oxygen or --NR, wherein R is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, with the proviso that X must be oxygen if Z is --CH,Y is a bridge member of the formula --SO.sub.2 or --SO.sub.2 --NR--SO.sub.2 --, wherein R is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl,n is 0 or 1, andp is an integer from 0 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Fabio Beffa, Ulrich Schlesinger
  • Patent number: 4648883
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a storage stable aqueous formulation of anionic dyes, which process comprises treating the aqueous dye solution and/or dispersion with a polymeric anion exchanger, simultaneously and/or subsequently subjecting the resin-bonded dye to a mechanical wet grinding, in the presence of a nonionic dispersant, and adding to the resultant aqueous dispersion the assistants customarily present in the liquid dye formulations.The process makes it possible to precipitate anionic dyes in virtually quantitative yield from aqueous solution and to prepare storage-stable dye dispersions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Nitya G. Podder
  • Patent number: 4648884
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous/organic or purely organic solutions of anionic dyes, the principal feature of which solutions is that they contain the dye or dyes, dissolved in a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 monoalkyl ether of propylene glycol, or of butylene glycol, or in a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 carboxylic acid ester thereof, or in a mixture of these solvents. Such dyestuff solutions are storage stable and are especially suitable for spray dyeing leather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Zdenek Koci
  • Patent number: 4647286
    Abstract: Reactive dyes of the formula ##STR1## in which M is twice-coupled 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid, 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-4,6-disulfonic acid, 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-4-sulfonic acid or 2-amino-5-hydroxynaphthalene-7-sulfonic acid, A and B, independently of each other, are each sulfophenylene or sulfonaphthylene which can be further substituted, and X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 are each a 2,4-difluoro-5-chloropyrimid-6-yl radical, subject to the condition that A and B together contain at least 3 sulfo groups, are particularly suitable for dyeing and printing cellulose-containing fibre materials and produce, in high dyeing yield, dyeings and prints having good fastness properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Karl Seitz
  • Patent number: 4647285
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for printing cellulosic fibres or cellulose-containing blend fibres with reactive dyes or dye mixtures which contain a reactive dye and subsequent fixation, which comprises printing these materials with a print paste containing at least one water-soluble reactive dye of the formulaD--(X).sub.m (1)in which D is the radical of an organic dye of the monoazo, polyazo, metal complex azo, anthraquinone, phthalocyanine, formazan, azomethine, nitroaryl, dioxazine, phenazine or stilbene series, X is a fibre-reactive radical of the aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic series which is bonded to the radical D either directly or via a bridge member and m is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, and salts of aliphatic carboxylic acids having 3 to 18 carbon atoms, and subsequently fixing the print; and to the print pastes used and to their use for printing textile materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Scheibli, Alex Kanzig, Andres Schaub