Patents Represented by Attorney Luther A. R. Hall
  • Patent number: 5998518
    Abstract: A description is given of compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 alkynyl, O--C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, CO--C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, in which radicals alkyl chains may also be interrupted by O, S, S.dbd.O, SO.sub.2 or N--C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, or is C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by1 to 4 C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and/or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy radicals, O--C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 4 C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and/or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy radicals, CO--C.sub.6 -C.sub.14 aryl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 9 C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and/orC.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy radicals, O-benzyl, which on the aromatic ring is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 4 C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and/or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy radicals, CO-benzyl, which on the aromatic ring is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 4 C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and/or C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemcials Corporation
    Inventor: Alfred Steinmann
  • Patent number: 5997768
    Abstract: A metal soap pellet is made by compressing or heating and cooling a mixture of (a) a metal soap (such as a metal stearate) and (b) a plurality of components (such as (i) a metal oxide, hydroxide, or carbonate and (ii) a monocarboxylic acid) which are capable of reacting together under heat and/or pressure to form a metal soap. The metal soap pellets of the invention are non-dusting and durable. They are excellent plastics additives and are particularly useful for applications where the presence of a separate binder is unacceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel F. Scully, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5990208
    Abstract: Blends of polycarbonate with ABS resins are effectively stabilized by a combination of selected non-basic hindered amines containing the 3,3,5,5-tetramethyl-2-oxo-1-piperazinyl moiety and UV absorbers such as benzotriazoles, s-triazines and benzophenones, particularly the benzotriazoles and s-triazines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen M. Andrews
  • Patent number: 5985950
    Abstract: 1,2-Disulfones are particularly suitable as thermally and photochemically activatable latent acid catalysts for binder systems which contain at least one acid-curable component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Ekkehard Bartmann, Jorg Ohngemach
  • Patent number: 5986101
    Abstract: A description is given of compounds obtainable by reacting compounds of the general formula ##STR1## where A is O or N--R.sup.2 andB is a direct bond or O--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2, the carbon of the ethylene group being attached to the nitrogen of the piperidine ring, and R.sup.1 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 alkynyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 aralkyl, O--C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, O--C.sub.5 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, CO--C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, CO--C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 aryl, CO--C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 aralkyl, O--CO--C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl-Z--C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, where Z is O, S or C.dbd.O, andR.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl or ##STR2## and Y is O or N--R.sup.4, or Y--R.sup.3, following removal of the hydrogen in position 4 of the piperidine ring, is the divatent radical ##STR3## [.fwdarw.spiro compound], and R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, CO--C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, CO--C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 aryl or CO--C.sub.7 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Alfred Steinmann
  • Patent number: 5980872
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a composition, suitable for use in pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions, comprising a micronised insoluble organic UV absorber, which method comprises grinding the insoluble organic UV absorber, in coarse particle form, in a grinding apparatus, in the presence of 0.1 to 30% by weight of an alkyl polyglucoside having the formula C.sub.n H.sub.2n+1 O(C.sub.6 H.sub.10 O.sub.5).sub.x H, in which n is an integer ranging from 8 to 16 and x is the mean polymerization level of the glucoside moiety (C.sub.6 H.sub.10 O.sub.5) and ranges from 1.4 to 1.6, or an ester thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Helmut Luther, Albert Stehlin, Marina Minklei
  • Patent number: 5980783
    Abstract: Stabilizer mixture comprising, for example, a compound of the formula ##STR1## and, for example, a compound of the formula ##STR2##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Fran.cedilla.ois Gugumus
  • Patent number: 5980619
    Abstract: A description is given of compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which the general symbols are as defined in claim 1, and of their zirconium, bismuth and calcium salts, and of the salts with the compounds of the formula II ##STR2## in which the general symbols are as defined in claim 1, as corrosion inhibitors in coating compositions for protecting metallic surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Adalbert Braig, Andreas Kramer, Jean-Pierre Wolf, Markus Frey
  • Patent number: 5976238
    Abstract: Pigment powder mixtures, consisting of0.999-0.5 part of C.I. Pigment Yellow 184, and0.001-0.5 part of an organic pigment selected from the group consisting of C.I. Pigment Orange 13, C.I. Pigment Orange 34, C.I. Pigment Orange 36, C.I. Pigment Orange 73, C.I. Pigment Red 170, C.I. Pigment Red 254, C.I. Pigment Red 255 and C.I. Pigment Red 264,or of0.99-0.5 part of C.I. Pigment Yellow 184, and0.01-0.5 part of an organic pigment selected from the group consisting of C.I. Pigment Yellow 83, C.I. Pigment Yellow 110 and C.I. Pigment Yellow 139.These pigment powder mixtures are distinguished, in particular in paints, by very high chroma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Leonardus Johannes Hubertus Erkens, Gregor Schmitt, Hendrikus Maria Anna Hamers, Johannes Maria Martinus Luijten, Jozef Gertruda Emanuel Mains
  • Patent number: 5977218
    Abstract: Polyolefin or polyolefin copolymer films for agricultural applications stabilized with a sterically hindered amine and a metal oxide or hydroxide selected from oxides of zinc, aluminum, calcium and magnesium, and hydroxides of zinc, aluminum and calcium, show improved light stability and pesticide resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Michela Bonora
  • Patent number: 5977221
    Abstract: Stabilizer mixture comprising, for example, a compound of the formula ##STR1## and, for example, a compound of the formula ##STR2##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Fran.cedilla.ois Gugumus
  • Patent number: 5977357
    Abstract: A novel process for the preparation of compounds of formula I ##STR1## by aminolysis of a p-halophenyl alkyl ketone of formula II ##STR2## with a cyclic amine of formula III ##STR3## in water at a temperature of at least 130.degree. C., in which formulae X is a halogen atom and R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are as claimed in claim 1, as well as the novel compounds of formula I and their use for the preparation of photoinitiators for the photopolymerisation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Rinaldo Husler, Rudolf Schwabe, Reto Luisoli
  • Patent number: 5977219
    Abstract: Benzotriazole UV absorbers which are substituted at the 5-position of the benzo ring by an electron withdrawing group exhibit enhanced durability and very low loss rates when incorporated into automotive coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Ramanathan Ravichandran, Anthony David Debellis, Revathi Iyengar, Joseph Suhadolnik, Jean-Pierre Wolf, Robert Edward Detlefsen, Mervin Gale Wood
  • Patent number: 5973085
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I(A).sub.n --B (I)in which A is the radical of a strained cycloolefin, B is a direct bond or an n-valent bridging group and n is an integer from 2 to 8, with the exception of 1,2-bisnorbornenyl-ethane and norbornenecarboxylic acid norbornenemethyl ester. The compounds of the formula I can be polymerized with one-component catalysts (ring-opening metathesis polymerization).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Muhlebach, Andreas Hafner, Paul Adriaan Van Der Schaaf
  • Patent number: 5965776
    Abstract: Alkoxyphenyl-substituted bisacylphosphine oxides of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are identical or different and are a radical of the formula II ##STR2## n which R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 independently of one another are C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkoxy,R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 independently of one another are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkoxy or halogen, andR.sub.3 is a radical of the formula III ##STR3## in which R.sub.9 through R.sub.12 are hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or alkoxy, are suitable for the photopolymerization of compounds containing ethylenically unsaturated double bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: David George Leppard, Manfred Kohler
  • Patent number: 5965643
    Abstract: A synergistic stabilizer mixture comprising a component a) and, for example, a component d), where component a) is, for example, a compound of the formula I-a ##STR1## in which n.sub.1 is a number from 2 to 50, and component d) is, for example, a compound of the formula V-a ##STR2## in which n.sub.4 is a number from 1 to 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Fran.cedilla.ois Gugumus
  • Patent number: 5965206
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition that comprises a thermoplastic or elastomeric polymeric substrate (A) and an antistatic mixture (B) in the form of contiguous fibers, which mixture comprises (b1) an organic polymeric material that is fibrous or forms fibers on mixing and is not soluble in the thermoplastic or elastomeric polymeric substrate (A); (b2) a polymer or copolymer capable of ion conduction that has blocks for complexing or solvating a salt of an inorganic or low-molecular-weight organic protonic acid (b3) and has a better compatibility with the organic polymer (b1) that is fibrous or forms fibers on mixing than with the polymeric organic substrate (A); and (b3) a salt of an inorganic or low-molecular-weight organic protonic acid such as NaClO.sub.4 or K P F.sub.6 that has been complexed or solvated in the polymer or copolymer (b2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Bruno Hilti, Ernst Minder, Jurgen Pfeiffer, Markus Grob
  • Patent number: 5962683
    Abstract: A description is given of compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where r is 0 or 1 and y is a number from the range 1-3; X is a direct bond or --NR.sub.8 --, --CO--, --CONH-- or --COO-- or a divalent aliphatic or mixed aromatic-aliphatic C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 hydrocarbon radical;Z is an aromatic, aliphatic or mixed aromatic-aliphatic C.sub.3 -C.sub.18 hydrocarbon radical which is interrupted in the aliphatic moiety by one or more divalent functional groups, in each case in a carbon-carbon single bond, and/or in the aromatic or aliphatic moiety by one or more divalent functional groups, in each case in a carbon-hydrogen bond, possible functional groups being --O--, --NR.sub.8 --, --S--, --SO--, --SO.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventors: Alfred Steinmann, Rolf Mulhaupt
  • Patent number: 5962657
    Abstract: A cyanine dye complex of formula I ##STR1## consisting of a cyanine dye and a chromium or cobalt metal azo ligand complex is particularly useful in a process for optically recording, storing or reproducing information using a recording medium, especially when the process is carried out at the wavelength range from 600 to 800 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Heinz Wolleb, Beat Schmidhalter
  • Patent number: 5959008
    Abstract: Compositions based on synthetic organic polymers or prepolymers are effectively stabilized against the damaging effects of light, oxygen and/or heat by addition of a compound of the formula I ##STR1## in which Z is a group of one of the formulae II or III, ##STR2## R.sub.7 and R.sub.17, independently of one another, are a radical of one of the formulae IV, V and VI ##STR3## and the remaining symbols are as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Birbaum, Vien Van Toan, Andreas Valet, Roger Meuwly