Patents Examined by Frederick Tsung
  • Patent number: 4886516
    Abstract: Tetrafluoroethoxybenzenes, and their acid addition salts, of the general formula: ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 may represent hydrogen or an alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent one or more of the same or different substituents selected from hydrogen, an alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or mono- or dihydroxyalkyls having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, provided that the amino groups are situated relative to one another in an ortho- or meta- position and R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 do not simultaneously represent hydrogen when the amino groups are arranged in a 2,4-position. The compounds of the invention, along with 2,4-diaminotetrafluoroethoxybenzene, are useful as coupler components in oxidative hair coloring agents. A process for making the compounds, as well as a separate process for making the mono-N-.beta.-hydroxyethyl compounds, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Assignee: Wella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eugen Konrad, Thomas Clausen
  • Patent number: 4851543
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel water soluble aminobenzoic acid in a complexed state which is derived from the reaction between a poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)-halogen complex and an aminobenzoic acid and to the process for the preparation of said multicomplex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventor: Eugene S. Barabas
  • Patent number: 4840963
    Abstract: Novel 2-sulfamoyl-1H-indoles and derivatives thereof are shown to be useful for the treatment of elevated intraocular pressure in pharmaceutical compositions designed for systemic or topical ophthalmic administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Shepard, Samuel L. Graham