Patents Examined by D. R. Phillips
  • Quaternary compounds having anti-microbial activity
    Patent number: 3992431
    Abstract: Novel quaternary ammonium compounds which include the adamantane ring system linked to the quaternary ammonium group by a hydrocarbon chain or by other functional groups, such as ether, carboxylic ester, carboxamide, keto, carbamate ester, thiocarbamate ester, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Robert Andrew Bauman
  • Aminosulfonic acid-heterocyclo propane-amine reaction products
    Patent number: 3991079
    Abstract: Compositions made by reacting (A) an acylated amino hydrocarbyl sulfonic acid having an acyl portion containing a substantially saturated hydrocarbyl substituent of at least about 12 carbon atoms and bonded to the amino hydrocarbyl sulfonic acid through an acyl, acylimidoyl or acyloxy linkage, (B) a heterocyclic reagent such as an epoxide, episulfide or aziridine and (C) an amino compound having about 1 to about 400 carbon atoms or an organo-sulfide having 2 to about 50 carbon atoms are useful in fuels and lubricants as dispersants, anti-static agents and corrosion inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1976
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventor: Donald Irvin Hoke
  • N-thiolcarbonyl derivatives of N-phosphonomethylglycine
    Patent number: 3991095
    Abstract: Certain N-thiolcarbonyl derivatives of N-phosphonomethylglycine are novel chemical compounds having desirable herbicidal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1976
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventor: Van R. Gaertner
  • Reaction product of mercaptans, alkylene oxides and glycidol
    Patent number: 3988378
    Abstract: Reaction products of mercaptans, ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide with glycidol are effective antistatic agents when added to thermoplastics, and often also act as processing stabilisers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Hermann O. Wirth, Hans-Helmut Friedrich, Helmut Linhart
  • Ethers and insecticidal compositions therewith
    Patent number: 3988477
    Abstract: New phenyl-aralkyl ethers, thioethers and amines, their manufacture and use for the control of insects are disclosed. The compounds correspond to the formula ##SPC1##WhereinY represents --S--, CH.sub.2 S-- or ##EQU1## Z represents --S--, --O-- or --NH--, R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkoxy, C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 -alkenyloxy, C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 -alkynyloxy, C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 -haloalkenyloxy, halogen, CN or NO.sub.2,R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkoxy or halogen, orR.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together represent the 3,4-methylenedioxy group, andR.sub.3 represents hydrogen or methyl, andR.sub.4 represents hydrogen, methyl or halogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Friedrich Karrer, Saleem Farooq
  • Vinyl 2-substituted-thiovinyl sulfones
    Patent number: 3988376
    Abstract: Vinyl 2-arylthiovinyl and vinyl 2-alkylthiovinyl sulfones, having fungicidal and algicidal activity, are prepared by the addition of arylsulfenyl halides or alkylsulfenyl halides to divinyl sulfone and the dihydrohalogenation of the resulting 1,2-addition product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Philip S. Magee
  • Phenyl sulfonyl, benzylthiochloromethanes
    Patent number: 3988375
    Abstract: Alpha,alpha-dichloro-methane-sulfenyl chlorides and alpha-chloromethylbenzyl sulfides useful as herbicides and chemical intermediates for herbicides and their method of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventor: Wendell Gary Phillips
  • Esterification process
    Patent number: 3988341
    Abstract: Esters are formed by reacting an amino carboxylic acid with an alkylating agent in an aprotic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Walfred S. Saari, Stella W. King
  • Hydroxy substituted sulfoxides and thiothers
    Patent number: 3988377
    Abstract: This specification relates to a detergent. More particularly, it is concerned with a detergent which is a sulfur analog of a polyolether or polyolpolyether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1973
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company
    Inventors: Vincent Lamberti, Henry Lemaire
  • 2,6-Dinitro-3-thiocyanatoanilines
    Patent number: 3987076
    Abstract: A new class of 2,6-dinitroanilines bearing a thiocyanato group in the 3-position is disclosed. The new compounds possess activity against Plasmopara viticola, the causative organism of grape downy mildew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1976
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: James R. Beck
  • Bis-2-substituted-thiovinyl sulfones
    Patent number: 3984481
    Abstract: Bis-(1-halo-2-alkylthioethyl) and bis-(1-halo-2-arylthioethyl) sulfones, having algicidal and fungicidal activity, are prepared by the addition of alkylsulfenyl or arylsulfenyl halides to divinyl sulfones. The sulfone products may be treated with base to produce bis-2-alkylthiovinyl or bis-2-arylthiovinyl sulfones, which also have algicidal and fungicidal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Philip S. Magee
  • Thiolcarbamates
    Patent number: 3984450
    Abstract: New and valuable thiolcarbamates having a good herbicidal action, herbicides containing these compounds, and a process for controlling the growth of unwanted plants with these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Adolf Fischer, Ludwig Schuster, Wolfgang Rohr, Karl Eicken, Hans-Dieter Hoffmann
  • Polyhydroxyl monosulfoxide surfactant
    Patent number: 3984480
    Abstract: A polyhydroxyl monosulfoxide surfactant, usefully employed, for instance, in a cosmetic composition such as a shampoo, a hair dye formulation or a bath foam composition, has the formula ##EQU1## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of linear or branched aliphatic saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon having 8-22 carbon atoms, alkylbenzyl having 8-22 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof, and n has a statistical mean value greater than 1 and equal to or less than 10, and preferably 2-7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Guy Vanlerberghe, Henri Sebag
  • Phenyl alkyleneoxy phenyl alkanoic acid esters
    Patent number: 3983164
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions having hypolipidaemic and/or hypoglycaemic activity, contain a substituted (4-carboxyphenoxy) phenyl alkane derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1976
    Assignee: Beecham Group Limited
    Inventors: David Edward Thorne, Keith Howard Baggaley, Brian Morgan
  • N-(2,5-dichloro-4-thiocyanatophenyl)-.beta.-alanine
    Patent number: 3980689
    Abstract: N-(2,5-Dichloro-4-thiocyanatophenyl)-.beta.-alanine is an effective antifungal agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: Morton-Norwich Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Stanford S. Pelosi, Jr.
  • Meta-bifunctional benzenes and herbicidal compositions
    Patent number: 3979202
    Abstract: Meta-bifunctional of the general formula ##EQU1## wherein A is selected from the groups ##EQU2## These compounds possess herbicidal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: John F. Olin, Philip C. Hamm
  • Cycloaliphatic ketones, process for making same and odorant and flavoring compositions containing same
    Patent number: 3979422
    Abstract: Novel cycloaliphatic ketones, a process for making them and odorant and/or flavoring compositions containing the ketones are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: Givaudan Corporation
    Inventors: Hanspeter Schenk, Trudi Sigg-Grutter
  • Processes for the continuous production of aromatic carboxylic acids by oxidation with nitric acid of aromatic compounds containing oxidizable acyclic substituents
    Patent number: 3979448
    Abstract: Processes for the continuous production of aromatic carboxylic acids by reaction of nitric acid with an aromatic compound having an oxidizable alkyl or alkoxyalkyl substitutent which comprise mixing the aromatic compound in the form of small droplets with a large volume of dilute nitric acid having a concentration between 2 and 14% by weight of nitric acid that is maintained at a superatmospheric pressure between 15 and 80 atmospheres and at a temperature between 160.degree. and 230.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: Bergwerksverband GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Handrick, Anton Benning, Dietrich George, Jurgen Schlegel
  • Phenylacetic acids
    Patent number: 3979428
    Abstract: Novel p-cycloalkylphenylacetic acids which are substituted in .alpha.-position by a carbamylthio, loweralkylcarbamylthio, or diloweralkylcarbamylthio group, and their salts have been prepared. They possess useful antiinflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: William H. Rorer, Inc.
    Inventors: Julius Diamond, Norman Julian Santora
  • Process for the preparation of an organomercaptophenol from sulfur, a 2,6-disubstituted phenol, and an activated olefin or an epoxy compound
    Patent number: 3979460
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of an organomercaptophenol is described which comprises the reaction of sulfur with a 2,6-disubstituted phenol carried out in the presence of (1) a base, (2) an activated olefin or an epoxy compound, (3) and a solvent with a high dielectric constant. The organomercaptophenols produced by this process are useful as monomers in the synthesis of esters, carbonates, ethers, epoxy compounds, among many other chemicals synthesized from monohydric phenols. In addition, the oganomercaptophenols are also useful as antioxidants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Allan S. Hay