Patents Represented by Attorney George R. Dohmann
  • Patent number: 5298030
    Abstract: A process is described for the photochemical and thermal stabilization of undyed and dyed or printed polyester fiber materials, which comprises treating said materials with a compound of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl,R.sub.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, andn is 0 to 5.Dyeings of superior lightfastness and sublimation fastness on polyester and cellulose acetate are obtained by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Burdeska, Gerhard Reinert, Dieter Reinehr
  • Patent number: 5298076
    Abstract: A process utilizing carbazole dioxazine crude, having a specific surface area of from 2 to 20 m.sup.2 /g and an average particle size of 0.5 to 20 .mu.m, as a pigment to color high molecular weight organic materials is disclosed. The process is especially useful for producing multicolor effects and camouflage effects and for use in automotive coatings. Compositions containing the carbazole dioxazine crude and a high molecular weight organic material are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Fridolin Babler
  • Patent number: 5298609
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R is a radical of formula --OR.sub.3 or --NHR.sub.3, A is a radical of formula II or III ##STR2## and B is a radical of formula ##STR3## wherein n is 1 or 2,R.sub.1 is --H or --Cl,R.sub.2 is --H, halogen, --NO.sub.2, --CN, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, --CF.sub.3, C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 alkoxycarbonyl, --CONH--phenyl, --NHCO-phenyl or phenoxy, each unsubstituted or substituted in the phenyl nucleus by one or two chlorine atoms or by one or two methyl, methoxy or ethoxy groups,R.sub.3 is C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl groups,R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are each independently of the other --H, halogen, --NO.sub.2, --CN, --CF.sub.3, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy,R.sub.6 is --H, --Cl, --Br, --CH.sub.3 or --OCH.sub.3, andX is --H, --Br, --OCH.sub.3, --CN or --NO.sub.2,are suitable for use as pigments, especially for colouring polyolefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Stefan Hari
  • Patent number: 5294735
    Abstract: Novel semicarbazides of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, each independently of the other, are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 alkenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxy or phenyl, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, together with the linking nitrogen atom, form a morpholine or piperazine radical, p is 0 or 1, and Q depends on the value of p as described herein. The novel compounds, which are water-soluble in aqueous application systems, have fibre affinity and are suitable for the photochemical and thermal stabilization of polyamide fibre materials and the dyeings produced thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Jurgen Kaschig, Gerhard Reinert, Georges Metzer
  • Patent number: 5290624
    Abstract: A laminate comprising (a) a carrier having a heat conductivity of at least 10 W/mK and a thickness of 10 to 100 .mu.m, and (b) a dielectric adhesive layer which is applied to at least one surface of said substrate and which contains a heat-conductive filler and has a thickness of 5 to 500 .mu.m and a heat conductivity of 1 W/mK. The flexible laminate, or a dielectric and self-supporting adhesive film which contains a heat-conductive filler and has a heat conductivity of at least 1 W/mK, is suitable for removing heat from leadframes which have electrically insulated contact surfaces for electrical and electronic components and which are encapsulated with a synthetic resin moulding material, typically dual-in-line plastic packages, by bonding the rear sides of the contact surfaces to the leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Patrice Bujard
  • Patent number: 5288294
    Abstract: The dyes of formula ##STR1## wherein X, Y and M are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for dyeing paper with good lightfastness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Adolf Kaser
  • Patent number: 5286863
    Abstract: A process for preparing quinacridone pigments comprising oxidizing 6,13-dihydroquinacridone or derivatives thereof at elevated temperatures in the presence of a base, dimethyl sulfoxide medium and a quinone catalyst, drowning the resulting pigment solution to precipitate the quinacridone pigment and isolating the desired quinacridone product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Fridolin Babler, Edward E. Jaffe
  • Patent number: 5284600
    Abstract: Radical cation salts having the composition of formula I ##STR1## wherein x has a value from -0.1 to +0.2. These radical cation salts crystallize in needle form and are electric conductors. They can be incorporated in polymers to form conductive networks of crystal needles in a polymer matrix. The polymers can be used for making antistatically treated mouldings or electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Bruno Hilti, Ernst Minder, Carl W. Mayer, Bernd Klingert
  • Patent number: 5284942
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of peri-dichalcogeno polycyclic aromatic compounds by preparing in a first step, in an amidic solvent, an alkali metal sulfide, selenide or telluride which, in a second step, is reacted with a peri-halogeno aromatic compound, which process comprises reacting in said first step an alkali metal base with elemental sulfur, selenium or tellurium at elevated temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Hauenstein, Carl W. Mayer
  • Patent number: 5282897
    Abstract: A process for improving the storage stability of a colored organic pigment in powder form which comprises coating pigment particles with a partially or completely hydrolysed compound of an element of Group IVA or Group IVB of the Periodic Table in its IV oxidation state, thereby inhibiting reduction of the tinting strength of the pigment on storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Phillipe Bugnon, Abul Iqbal, Iain F. Fraser, Wern T. Tsai
  • Patent number: 5281730
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of one another are C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, or phenyl or benzyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by F, Cl, Br, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy or di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl)amino.The compounds are suitable as .pi.-acceptors and electrical semiconductors, and they can be used for antistatic finishing of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: John Zambounis
  • Patent number: 5281707
    Abstract: There is described a process for the photochemical and thermal stabilization of polyamide fibre materials according to claim 1 and also novel water-soluble triazine derivatives according to claim 7.The novel process and compounds confer good thermal and photochemical stability on polyamide dyeings and fibres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Francesco Fuso, Gerhard Reinert
  • Patent number: 5281269
    Abstract: Aqueous processes for the preparation of a new beta quinacridone modification possessing a magenta color having C.I.E. color space values in masstone of L=33-36, A=34-40 and B=8-15 starting with the crude pigment and comprising several milling and alternative deaggregation and recrystallization steps, the latter being facilitated at elevated temperatures aided by the presence of base and minor amounts of crystal growth auxiliaries, and the beta quinacridone modification having the indicated C.I.E. color space values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: James B. Ganci, Shivakumar B. Hendi, Walter C. Zukowski
  • Patent number: 5280121
    Abstract: Compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein R is C.sub.7 -C.sub.21 alkyl, C.sub.4 -C.sub.18 alkenyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl or C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl-substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl,R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently of one another hydrogen, chloro, bromo, methyl or methoxy,Z is a direct bond or --O--, --S--, --NH--, --CO--, --SO.sub.2 -- or --NHCO--, andn is 0 or 1.These compounds have excellent suitability as pigments for coloring organic material of high molecular weight, especially polyvinyl chloride, polyolefins and paints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Stefan Hari
  • Patent number: 5279654
    Abstract: A pigment composition comprising (A) a pigmentary phthalocyanine, (B) a phthalocyanine derivative of formula ##STR1## where Pc is a residue of a metal-free or metal phthalocyanine, X is --CH.sub.2 -- or --SO.sub.2 --, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxyl, C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkoxy, amino, C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkylamino or di(C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkyl)amino, C.sub.5 to C.sub.10 cycloalkyl, or phenyl optionally substituted by C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkoxy or halogen, or R.sup.1 and R.sub.2 together with the indicated nitrogen atom denote a five-, six- or seven-membered heterocyclic ring, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together denote a group of formula ##STR2## R.sup.3 is an o-phenylene group optionally substituted by C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 to C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David Keirs, Robert Langley, Ian A. Lambie
  • Patent number: 5280041
    Abstract: The novel 2R,4S-2-ethyl-4-[(4-phenoxyphenoxy)methyl]dioxolan of formula I ##STR1## can be used as a pesticide. It is used to control especially insects in fruit and citrus crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Friedrich Karrer, Hans-Peter Buser, Gerardo Ramos, Alfred Rindlisbacher, Luigi M. Venanzi, Thomas R. Ward
  • Patent number: 5279772
    Abstract: The present patent application describes novel liquid detergent compositions containing specifically disulfonated dibenzofuranylbiphenyls of the formula ##STR1## in which X is a sulfonic acid radical, hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and Y and Z independently of the other are a sulfonic acid radical, hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, halogeno, CN, phenoxy or benzyloxy, with the proviso that either X or Y or Z is a sulfonic acid radical and the remaining substituents are not a sulfonic acid radical, and the preparation and use thereof; these detergent compositions prevent spotting on textile fabric when it comes into direct contact with the liquid detergent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Claude Eckhardt, Kurt Weber
  • Patent number: 5273551
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for fixing reactive dyes on cellulosic textile material and to apparatus for carrying out said process.The process comprises wetting the dried fibre material, which has been printed with reactive dyes, with water, covering the printed material with water-impermeable material and subjecting it to a heat treatment. The fixation can be carried out with advantage using minor amounts of urea, but preferably without urea, to give prints of good quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Wolfgang Brehme, Rolf Hopf
  • Patent number: 5274157
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula Ib ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of one another are linear or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, cycloalkyl having 5 to 8 ring carbon atoms, phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 C atoms in the alkylene group, the cyclic radicals being unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of one another are --SiR.sub.4 R.sub.5 R.sub.6 in which R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 independently of one another are C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, or phenyl or benzyl, each of which is substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, and R.sub.3 is a bridging member which, together with the radical --OCH--CH.sub.2 --CHO-- to which it is bonded, forms a 6- to 8-membered ring. These compounds are valuable intermediates for the preparation of carbacyclic nucleosides of the natural and unnatural series and of the racemates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Heinz Moser
  • Patent number: RE34514
    Abstract: A composition comprising (a) at least one oxidized polycationic polyheteroaromatic compound and (b) at least one polyanion of a film-forming thermoplastic polymer containing sulfated alcohol groups ##STR1## in repeating structural units. The composition has high electrical conductivity and good mechanical properties, especially after drawing at temperatures below the melt/decomposition temperature. The material may be used as electrodes, electrically conductive filaments or components for electromagnetic screening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Wolfgang Wernet, Jean Stoffer