Patents by Inventor Abul Iqbal

Abul Iqbal has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7175948
    Abstract: There are provided a pigment-containing coloring material stably dispersible in a high concentration in various organic solvents, and a process for producing the same. The production process of the coloring material is characterized by comprising the steps of: providing a solution comprising (1) a soluble pigment precursor which is convertible into an insoluble pigment, (2) a solvent capable of dissolving the soluble pigment precursor therein, and (3) a stabilizing agent comprising an organic compound having a structure or a functional group capable of stabilizing the dispersibility of the insolubilized pigment in the solvent; and converting said soluble pigment precursor into an insoluble pigment to obtain the coloring material containing the insolubilized pigment dispersed stably in the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yoshihara, Kiyoshi Itou, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Minoru Furukawa, Abul Iqbal, Zhimin Hao
  • Patent number: 7060843
    Abstract: Electroluminescent device comprising in this order (a) an anode (b) a hole transporting layer (c) a light-emitting layer (d) optionally an electron transporting layer and (e) a cathode and a light-emitting substance, wherein the light-emitting substance is a diketopyrrolopyrrole represented by formula I or formula III processes for the preparation of compounds I, its uses and compositions comprising the compounds I and/or III.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Otani, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Norihisa Dan, Abul Iqbal, Robert Moretti
  • Patent number: 7041235
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorescent diketopyrrolopyrrole analogues of the general formula (I), wherein A1 and A2 are C1–C18alkyl, C2–C18alkenyl, C2–C18alkynyl, C5–C8cycloalkyl, C5–C8cycloalkenyl, aryl or heteroaryl, A3 and A4 are independently of each other C1–C18alkyl, Ar3, —CR30R31—(CH2)m—Ar3, or Y—R32, wherein R30 and R31 independently of each other stand for hydrogen or C1–C4alkyl, or phenyl which can be substituted up to three times with C1–C3alkyl, Ar3 stands for aryl, in particular phenyl or 1- or 2-naphthyl, C5–C8cycloalkyl, in particular cyclohexyl, or heteroaryl, which can be substituted one to three times with C1–C8alkyl, C1–C8alkoxy, halogen or phenyl, which can be substituted with C1–C8alkyl or C1–C8alkoxy one to three times, and m stands for 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, Y is C(O)— or SO2— and R32 is C1–C18alkyl, Ar3, or aralkyl and A3 can additionally be hydrogen, C1–C8alkyloxycarbonyl, such as tertbutoxycarbonyl, or aralkyloxycarbonyl, such as benzyloxycarbonyl, a process for their preparation and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Colin Morton, David Macdonald Smith, Abul Iqbal
  • Patent number: 7001677
    Abstract: Electroluminescent device comprising in this order (a) an anode (b) a hole transporting layer (c) a light-emitting layer (d) optionally an electron transporting layer and (e) a cathode and a light-emitting substance, wherein the light-emitting substance is a diketopyrrolopyrrole represented by formula I or formula III processes for the preparation of compounds I, its uses and compositions comprising the compounds I and/or III.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Otani, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Norihisa Dan, Abul Iqbal, Robert Moretti
  • Publication number: 20040050294
    Abstract: There are provided a pigment-containing coloring material stably dispersible in a high concentration in various organic solvents, and a process for producing the same. The production process of the coloring material is characterized by comprising the steps of: providing a solution comprising (1) a soluble pigment precursor which is convertible into an insoluble pigment, (2) a solvent capable of dissolving the soluble pigment precursor therein, and (3) a stabilizing agent comprising an organic compound having a structure or a functional group capable of stabilizing the dispersibility of the insolubilized pigment in the solvent; and converting said soluble pigment precursor into an insoluble pigment to obtain the coloring material containing the insolubilized pigment dispersed stably in the solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yoshihara, Kiyoshi Itou, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Minoru Furukawa, Abul Iqbal, Zhimin Hao
  • Publication number: 20040009368
    Abstract: Electroluminescent device comprising in this order
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Junji Otani, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Norihisa Dan, Abul Iqbal, Robert Moretti
  • Patent number: 6656985
    Abstract: There are provided a pigment-containing coloring material stably dispersible in a high concentration in various organic solvents, and a process for producing the same. The production process of the coloring material is characterized by comprising the steps of: providing a solution comprising (1) a soluble pigment precursor which is convertible into an insoluble pigment, (2) a solvent capable of dissolving the soluble pigment precursor therein, and (3) a stabilizing agent comprising an organic compound having a structure or a functional group capable of stabilizing the dispersibility of the insolubilized pigment in the solvent; and converting said soluble pigment precursor into an insoluble pigment to obtain the coloring material containing the insolubilized pigment dispersed stably in the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yoshihara, Kiyoshi Itou, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Minoru Furukawa, Abul Iqbal, Zhimin Hao
  • Patent number: 6486332
    Abstract: Compounds of formula A(B)x,  (I) wherein x is an integer from 1 to 4, A is the radical of a chromophore of the quinacridone, anthraquinone, perylene, indigo, quinophthalone, isoindolinone, isoindoline, dioxazine, phthalocyanine or azo series, which radical contains x N-atoms attached to B, preferably with at least one directly adjacent or conjugated carbonyl group, B is a group of formula  and, if x is 2, 3 or 4, may also be one, two or three hydrogen atoms. The symbols Q, R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y, Z, m and n, are as defined in claim 1. These carbamate group-containing soluble chromophores are distinguished by outstanding solid state fluorescence in the UV range as well as the by ease with which they can be converted to the corresponding pigments in the substrate in which they are incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Zhimin Hao, John S. Zambounis, Abul Iqbal
  • Publication number: 20010039358
    Abstract: Compounds of formula
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Zhimin Hao, John S. Zambounis, Abul Iqbal
  • Patent number: 6274065
    Abstract: Preparation of a solid fluorescent composition comprising (1) mixing a host chromophore and an effective amount of a pigment precursor in a solvent, then generating a pigment as guest chromophore in-situ from the pigment precursor, and, subsequently, isolating the mixture of the host and guest chromophores, thereby forming a solid solution, or (2) mixing a polymer as a matrix or a polymer precursor and a pigment precursor in a solvent, if desired in the presence of a chromophore being a host component, then generating a pigment in-situ from the pigment precursor (being the guest component if a host component is present), and, subsequently, isolating the mixture of polymer and pigment, and—if present—the host component, thereby forming a solid solution, wherein in all cases where there is a host component, the absorption spectrum of the pigment (guest chromophore) overlaps with the fluorescence emission spectrum of the host chromophore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Deno, Kunihiko Kodama, Abul Iqbal, Brian Gerrard Devlin
  • Patent number: 6271401
    Abstract: Compounds of formula A(B)x,  (I), wherein x is an integer from 1 to 4, A is the radical of a chromophore of the quinacridone, anthraquinone, perylene, indigo, quinophthalone, isoindolinone, isoindoline, dioxazine, phthalocyanine or azo series, which radical contains x N-atoms attached to B, preferably with at least one directly adjacent or conjugated carbonyl group, B is a group of formula and, if x is 2, 3 or 4, may also be one, two or three hydrogen atoms. The symbols Q, R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y, Z, m and n, are as defined in claim 1. These carbamate group-containing soluble chromophores are distinguished by outstanding solid state fluorescence in the UV range as well as the by ease with which they can be converted to the corresponding pigments in the substrate in which they are incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventors: Zhimin Hao, John S. Zambounis, Abul Iqbal
  • Patent number: 6261359
    Abstract: Compounds of formula A(B)x,   (I), wherein x is an integer from 1 to 4, A is the radical of a chromophore of the quinacridone, anthraquinone, perylene, indigo, quinophthalone, isoindolinone, isoindoline, dioxazine, phthalocyanine or azo series, which radical contains x N-atoms attached to B, preferably with at least one directly adjacent or conjugated carbonyl group, B is a group of formula and, if x is 2, 3 or 4, may also be one, two or three hydrogen atoms. The symbols Q, R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y, Z, m and n, are as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Zhimin Hao, John S. Zambounis, Abul Iqbal
  • Patent number: 6248165
    Abstract: Ternary solid solutions useful as pigments are disclosed. The ternary solid solutions result from incorporating a third component, which is a diketopyrrolopyrrole or quinacridone pigment, into the crystal lattice of the mixed crystal formed from equimolar amounts of two different diketopyrrolopyrrole pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Shivakumar Basalingappa Hendi, Fridolin Bäbler, Zhimin Hao, Abul Iqbal
  • Patent number: 6180315
    Abstract: Novel compositions for making structured color images and application thereof Compositions for making structured color images comprising (a) a soluble pigment precursor which can be transformed to an insoluble pigment by means of chemical, thermal, photolytic or radiation-induced method, and (b) a binder polymer or prepolymer, or a positive or negative resist-type resin which can be structured by crosslinking, polymerization or depolymerization by applying heat or electromagnetic irradiation. The compositions can be applied to optical and thermal recording, printing, and the production of color filters for Liquid Crystal Displays, with high accuracy, high transparency and high stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemcials Corporation
    Inventors: Ulrich Sch{umlaut over (a)}deli, John S. Zambounis, Abul Iqbal, Zhimin Hao, Henri Dubas
  • Patent number: 6160037
    Abstract: Pigment composition obtainable by(a) mixing a latent pigment with a polymerizable substance, and(b) treating the mixture of step (a) with heat while mixing the reaction mixture, and(c) cooling the treated reaction mixture to room temperature, and, if desired, working up the obtained pigment composition, a process for its preparations, its use and compositions comprising it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Johannes Leugs, Zhimin Hao, Abul Iqbal
  • Patent number: 6146809
    Abstract: Composition comprising a solid organic support material to which either directly or via a bridging group, are covalently linked fluorescent host chromophores and fluorescent guest chromophores, wherein the fluorescence emission spectrum of the host chromophore overlaps with the absorption spectrum of the guest chromophore, wherein the host chromophore is selected from the group consisting of benzo[4,5]imidazo[2,11-a]isoindol-11-ones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Gerrard Devlin, Junji Otani, Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Abul Iqbal, Sameer Hosam Eldin
  • Patent number: 6127549
    Abstract: Compounds of formula:A(B).sub.x, (I),wherein x is an integer from 1 to 4,A is the radical of a chromophore of the quinacridone, anthraquinone, perylene, indigo, quinophthalone, isoindolinone, isoindoline, dioxazine, phthalocyanine or azo series, which radical contains x N-atoms attached to B, preferably with at least one directly adjacent or conjugated carbonyl group,B is a group of formula: ##STR1## and, if x is 2, 3 or 4, may also be one, two or three hydrogen atoms. The symbols Q, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, X, Y, Z, m und n, are as defined in claim 1.These carbamate group-containing soluble chromophores are distinguished by outstanding solid state fluorescence in the UV range as well as the by ease with which they can be converted to the corresponding pigments in the substrate in which they are incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Zhimin Hao, John S. Zambounis, Abul Iqbal
  • Patent number: 6120944
    Abstract: The invention relates to a color-pigmented high molecular weight organic material structured from a radiation-sensitive precursor by irradiation, the pigmentation of which material consists of extremely fine particles, at least 80 mol % of the pigmentation consisting of a pigment of the class diketopyrrolopyrrole, dioxazine, isoindoline, isoindolinone, disazo condensation yellow or benzimidazolonazo, each containing at least one --NHCO-- group, and, where appropriate, a second pigment of the class diketopyrrolopyrrole, dioxazine, isoindoline, isoindolinone, benzimidazolonazo, disazo or phthalocyanine, and, when the structure of the main pigment is point-symmetrical, the two pigments being present in a balanced molar ratio of from 1:1 to 7:3. Those materials are used preferably in the form of thin layers which are built up in patterns in one or more layers on a transparent substrate and can be used, for example, as optical color filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Ulrich Schadeli, Eric Tinguely, Veronique Hall-Goulle, Heinz Wolleb, Zhimin Hao, Abul Iqbal
  • Patent number: 6080516
    Abstract: Solid-state fluorescent composition comprising at least one host chromophore selected from the group consisting of a benzo[4,5] imidazo[2,1-a]isoindol-11-ones and an effective amount of at least one guest chromophore, and if desired a polymer C, wherein the emission spectrum of the host chromophore overlaps with the absorption spectrum of the guest chromophore, and wherein (a1) the host chromophore is covalently linked to a polymer backbone A ("host polymer"), and/or (a2) the guest chromophore is covalently linked to a polymer backbone B ("guest polymer").
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Gerrard Devlin, Junji Otani, Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Takashi Deno, Abul Iqbal, Sameer Hosam Eldin
  • Patent number: 6048918
    Abstract: 1,4-Diketopyrrolopyrroles of the formula ##STR1## in which A and B independently of one another are a group of the formula ##STR2## R.sub.1 is a long-chain radical containing a reactive group capable of polymerization, andR.sub.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, ##STR3## or R.sub.1. For the definition of the radicals R.sub.3 -R.sub.9, refer to claim 1.The novel diketopyrrolopyrroles are suitable for preparing colored polymers with unexpectedly advantageous color effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Sameer Hosam Eldin, Abul Iqbal