Patents by Inventor Alan T. Leaver

Alan T. Leaver 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: 7416591
    Abstract: Dye mixtures comprising one or more dyes of the herein below indicated and defined formula (I), and at least one of the herein below indicated and defined general dye of: formula (II), or one or more dyes of formula (III) or one or more dyes of formula (IV), or one or more dyes of formula (V), or one or more dyes of formula (VI), wherein R1 to R21, P, Q, X, Y and Z are as defined in claim 1 , method for the preparation of the dye mixture and a process for coloring a synthetic textile material or fiber blend thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG
    Inventors: Clemens Grund, David Brierley, Alan T. Leaver
  • Publication number: 20080022894
    Abstract: Dye mixtures comprising one or more dyes of the herein below indicated and defined formula (I), and at least one of the herein below indicated and defined general dye of: formula (II), or one or more dyes of formula (III) or one or more dyes of formula (IV), or one or more dyes of formula (V), or one or more dyes of formula (VI), wherein R1 to R21, P, Q, X, Y and Z are as defined in claim 1 , method for the preparation of the dye mixture and a process for colouring a synthetic textile material or fibre blend thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG
    Inventors: Clemens Grund, David Brierley, Alan T. Leaver
  • Patent number: 7118604
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a dye mixture comprising an azo dye of the formula (I) and one or more dyes of the general formula (II) wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, alkoxy [OR3] or substituted alkoxy [O(CH2)n R4], in which n can be 1 to 6 R3 is alkyl or alkenyl each of which can be optionally substituted by a unsubstituted or a substituted saturated or unsaturated 5–, 6–, or 7 -membered heterocyclic or homocyclic residue; R4 is a group of the formula (1) or (2) wherein R5 is hydrogen for n more than 1, alkyl for n more than 1, alkenyl, aryl, alkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, carbonylalkyl, carbonylalkenyl, carbonylaryl, carbonylalkoxyalkyl or carbonylaryloxyalkyl; R6 is alkoxy, alkenyloxy, aryloxy, arylalkoxy, aryloxyalkoxy, alkenyloxyalkyloxy or alkoxyalkoxy, a method for the preparation of such mixtures and a method for colouring a synthetic textile material or fibre blend thereof using such mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG
    Inventors: David Brierley, Alan T. Leaver, Nigel Hall, Alan Cunningham
  • Publication number: 20040019983
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a dye mixture comprising an azo dye of the formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG
    Inventors: David Brierley, Alan T. Leaver, Nigel Hall, Alan Cunningham
  • Patent number: 6022957
    Abstract: Azothiophene disperse dyes of Formula (1) ##STR1## in which R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently is alkyl or alkenyl and mixtures thereof with other dyes are useful for dyeing synthetic textile material or a fiber blend thereof such as secondary cellulose acetate, cellulose triacetate, polyamide, polyacrylonitrile and aromatic polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Alan T. Leaver
  • Patent number: 4960434
    Abstract: A dye composition suitable for the coloration of synthetic textile materials, especially linear polyester, by conventional disperse dyeing and printing processes comprising a mixture of a dye of the formula: ##STR1## and a dye of the formula: ##STR2## wherein X and X' are each independently selected from Br, Cl and I;Q and Q' are independently C.sub.1-4 -alkyl;T is C.sub.1-4 -alkyl;R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently C.sub.1-4 -alkyl or C.sub.2-4 -alkenyl; andT.sup.1 and T.sup.2 are each independently C.sub.1-4 -alkyl or C.sub.2-4 -alkenyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1990
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries plc
    Inventors: David Brierley, Alan T. Leaver