Patents Examined by Fiona T. Powers
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Patent number: 7863479Abstract: The present invention relates to alkyl ether sulfate salts of the general formula I RO—(CH2CH2O)x—(CH2—CHR1O)y—(CH2CH2O)zSO3?M+??(I), where R is an unbranched or branched C8-C18-alkyl radical or mixtures of different unbranched or branched C8-C18-alkyl radicals, R1 is an aliphatic radical selected from the group consisting of methyl and ethyl, M+ is a cation, selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, NH4+ and HNR23+, where R2 is selected from the group consisting of unbranched or branched alkyl radicals, CH2CH2OH and CH2CH(OH)CH3, x has a mean value of 0-3, y has a mean value of 1-10, z has a mean value of 0-30, and the quotient A = c ? ? m ? ? c ? ( RO - ( CH 2 ? CH 2 ? O ) z ? SO 3 - ? M + ) c ? ? m ? ? c ( RO - ( CH 2 ? CH 2 ? O ) x - ( CH 2 - CHR 1 ? O ) y - ( CH 2 ? CH 2 ? O ) z ? SO 3 - ? M + ) ? ? is > 1 and to their use as anion surfactant component in laundry detergentsType: GrantFiled: February 10, 2005Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Juergen Tropsch, Thomas Zelinski
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Patent number: 7847073Abstract: A process for producing a liquid formulation of salts of sulfonated azo dyes by coupling an at least equimolar amount of diazotized aminoarylsulfonic acids I H2N—Ar—SO3H??(I), where Ar is phenylene (which may be monosubstituted by sulfo) or naphthylene (which may be mono- or disubstituted by sulfo and/or monosubstituted by hydroxyl) onto the coupling product of an unsubstituted or methyl-substituted phenylenediamine with itself comprises dissolving the azo dye in a basic medium and then subjecting the solution to a nanofiltration.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2005Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gunter-Rudolf Schroeder, Juergen Decker, Helmut Reichelt, Ingo Klopp, Armin Diefenbacher, Hartwig Voss
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Patent number: 7838684Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of matter that are ionic liquids, the compositions comprising any of eleven cations combined with any of three fluorinated sulfonated anions. Compositions of the invention should be useful as solvents and, perhaps, as catalysts for many reactions, including aromatic electrophilic substitution, nitration, acylation, esterification, etherification, oligomerization, transesterification, isomerization and hydration.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Mark Andrew Harmer, Christopher P. Junk, Jemma Vickery
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Patent number: 7838679Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of matter that are ionic liquids, the compositions comprising any of eleven cations combined with any of three fluorinated sulfonated anions. Compositions of the invention should be useful as solvents and, perhaps, as catalysts for many reactions, including aromatic electrophilic substitution, nitration, acylation, esterification, etherification, oligomerization, transesterification, isomerization and hydration.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Mark Andrew Harmer, Christopher P. Junk, Jemma Vickery
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Patent number: 7834189Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of matter that are ionic liquids, the compositions comprising any of eleven cations combined with any of three fluorinated sulfonated anions. Compositions of the invention should be useful as solvents and, perhaps, as catalysts for many reactions, including aromatic electrophilic substitution, nitration, acylation, esterification, etherification, oligomerization, transesterification, isomerization and hydration.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Mark Andrew Harmer, Christopher P. Junk, Jemma Vickery
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Patent number: 7834192Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of matter that are ionic liquids, the compositions comprising any of eleven cations combined with any of three fluorinated sulfonated anions. Compositions of the invention should be useful as solvents and, perhaps, as catalysts for many reactions, including aromatic electrophilic substitution, nitration, acylation, esterification, etherification, oligomerization, transesterification, isomerization and hydration.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Mark Andrew Harmer, Christopher P. Junk, Jemma Vickery
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Patent number: 7829706Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of matter that are ionic liquids, the compositions comprising any of eleven cations combined with any of three fluorinated sulfonated anions. Compositions of the invention should be useful as solvents and, perhaps, as catalysts for many reactions, including aromatic electrophilic substitution, nitration, acylation, esterification, etherification, oligomerization, transesterification, isomerization and hydration.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Mark Andrew Harmer, Christopher P. Junk, Jemma Vickery
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Patent number: 7829725Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of matter that are ionic liquids, the compositions comprising any of eleven cations combined with any of three fluorinated sulfonated anions. Compositions of the invention should be useful as solvents and, perhaps, as catalysts for many reactions, including aromatic electrophilic substitution, nitration, acylation, esterification, etherification, oligomerization, transesterification, isomerization and hydration.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Mark Andrew Harmer, Christopher P. Junk, Jemma Vickery
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Patent number: 7829722Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of matter that are ionic liquids, the compositions comprising any of eleven cations combined with any of three fluorinated sulfonated anions. Compositions of the invention should be useful as solvents and, perhaps, as catalysts for many reactions, including aromatic electrophilic substitution, nitration, acylation, esterification, etherification, oligomerization, transesterification, isomerization and hydration.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Mark Andrew Harmer, Christopher P. Junk, Jemma Vickery
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Patent number: 7829739Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of matter that are ionic liquids, the compositions comprising any of eleven cations combined with any of three fluorinated sulfonated anions. Compositions of the invention should be useful as solvents and, perhaps, as catalysts for many reactions, including aromatic electrophilic substitution, nitration, acylation, esterification, etherification, oligomerization, transesterification, isomerization and hydration.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Mark Andrew Harmer, Christopher P. Junk, Jemma Vickery
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Patent number: 7829710Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of matter that are ionic liquids, the compositions comprising any of eleven cations combined with any of three fluorinated sulfonated anions. Compositions of the invention should be useful as solvents and, perhaps, as catalysts for many reactions, including aromatic electrophilic substitution, nitration, acylation, esterification, etherification, oligomerization, transesterification, isomerization and hydration.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Mark Andrew Harmer, Christopher P. Junk, Jemma Vickery
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Patent number: 7829704Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of matter that are ionic liquids, the compositions comprising any of eleven cations combined with any of three fluorinated sulfonated anions. Compositions of the invention should be useful as solvents and, perhaps, as catalysts for many reactions, including aromatic electrophilic substitution, nitration, acylation, esterification, etherification, oligomerization, transesterification, isomerization and hydration.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Mark Andrew Harmer, Christopher P. Junk, Jemma Vickery
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Patent number: 7820802Abstract: Provided is an industrially safe and useful azodicarboxylic acid bis(2-alkoxyethyl) ester compound that is useful for the Mitsunobu reaction in which it is used in combination with a phosphorus compound to carry out a dehydration condensation reaction, and also useful as an oxidizing agent, and a starting material for various synthetic processes. Also provided are a production intermediate of the above-described compound, and methods for producing these compounds. An azodicarboxylic acid bis(2-alkoxyethyl) ester compound represented by formula (1); wherein A represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Inventors: Kazutake Hagiya, Takashi Sugimura
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Patent number: 7816519Abstract: The present invention describes novel dyes, including coumarins, rhodamines, and rhodols that incorporate additional fused aromatic rings. The dyes of the invention absorb at a longer wavelength than structurally similar dyes that do not possess the fused aromatic rings. Many of the dyes of the invention are useful fluorescent dyes. The invention includes chemically reactive dyes, dye-conjugates, and the use of such dyes in staining samples and detecting ligands or other analytes.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2006Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Zhenjun Diwu, Jixiang Liu, Kyle Gee
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Patent number: 7812140Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of the formula and dimers thereof, wherein R, R?, X, (Y)m, and (Z)n are as defined herein. The compounds are useful as colorants, particularly in applications such as phase change inks.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffrey H. Banning, James D. Mayo, Rina Carlini
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Patent number: 7807677Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: wherein R1, R2, X and N are as defined in the specification; E is N, CH; A? and A? are terminal groups as defined in the specification. The compounds have utility as HIV-1 protease inhibitors.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2006Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Medivir ABInventors: Jenny Ekegren, Anders Hallberg, Hans Wallberg, Bertil Samuelsson, Mahalingam Kannan
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Patent number: 7807713Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel antagonists of the androgen receptor and androgen receptor mutations associated with clinical failure of currently prescribed anti-androgens and use of said antagonists in the treatment of conditions associated with inappropriate activation of the androgen receptor.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2009Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: University of DelawareInventors: John Tze-tzun Koh, Paula Lynn McGinley, Hongmu Pan
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Patent number: 7803950Abstract: The invention relates generally to a process for preparing diarylcycloalkyl derivatives of the formula (I). wherein the respective R-group substituents are defined herein. These compounds of formula (I) are activators for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR activators) which are useful in the therapeutic treatment of a number of diseases and disorders of the central nervous system such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, psychiatric disorders and the like. The present invention is a novel process for preparing PPAR activators of the formula (I) which do not have the disadvantages of the processes known in the prior art. In particular, a process is provided with which the PPAR activators of formula (I) can be prepared in a suitable enantiomeric excess, i.e. high enantioselectivity, without the need for subsequent chiral chromatography.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Christophe Salagnad, Frank Zocher, Andreas Burgard, Bernd Junker, Rolf Hoerlein, Thomas Stuedemann, Claus-Jügen Maier, Jochen Hachtel, Wolfgang Holla, Christoph Tappertzhofen, Berndt Kulitzscher, Stephane Mutti
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Patent number: 7795249Abstract: The present invention provides certain pyrazoline compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various diseases.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Ruth S. Adams, Matthew Duffey, Alexandra E. Gould, Paul D. Greenspan, Bheemashankar A. Kulkarni, Tricia J. Vos
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Patent number: RE41894Abstract: Racemates, diastereoisomers and optical isomers of a compound of formula (I): wherein B is H, a C6 or C10 aryl, C7-16 aralkyl; Het or (lower alkyl)-Het, all of which optionally substituted with C1-6 alkyl; C1-6 alkoxy; C1-6 alkanoyl; hydroxy; hydroxy-alkyl; halo; haloalkyl; nitro; cyano; cyanoalkyl; amino optionally substituted with C1-6 alkyl; amido; or (lower alkyl)amide; or B is an acyl derivative of formula R4—C(O)—; a carboxyl of formula R4—O—C(O)—; an amide of formula R4—N(R5)—C(O)—; a thioamide of formula R4—N(R5)—C(S)—; or a sulfonyl of formula R4—SO2; R5 is H or C1-6 alkyl; and Y is H or C1-6 alkyl; R3 is C3-7 cycloalkyl, or C4-10 alkylcycloalkyl, all optionally substituted with hydroxy, C1-6 alkoxy, C1-6 thioalkyl, amido, (lower alkyl)amido, C6 or C10 aryl, or C7-16 aralkyl; R2 is CH2—R20, NH—R20, O—R20 or S—R20, wherein R20 is a saturated or unsaturated C3-7 cycloalkyl or C4-10 (alkylcycloalkyl), all of which being optionally mono-, di- or tri-substituted with R21, or R20 is a C6 or C10 arylType: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Canada Ltd.Inventors: Montse Llinas-Brunet, Murray D. Bailey, Dale R. Cameron, Elise Ghiro, Nathalie Goudreau, Marc-Andre Poupart, Jean Rancourt, Youla S. Tsantrizos, Anne-Marie Faucher, Teddy Halmos, Dominik M. Wernic