Patents Examined by Lloyd D. Higel
  • Patent number: 4925927
    Abstract: Reactive dyes which are particularly suitable for dyeing or printing cellulose-containing fiber materials by the exhaust method or by continuous methods having the formula ##STR1## in which D and D' are each independently of the other a radical of a monoazo, polyazo, metal complex azo, anthraquinone, phthalocyanine, formazan, azomethine, dioxazine, phenazine, stilbene, triphenylmethane, xanthene, thioxanthone, nitroaryl, naphthoquinone, pyrenequinone or perylenetetracarbimide dye, R', R", B.sub.1 and B.sub.2 are independently of each other hydrogen or alkyl which has 1 to 4 carbon atoms and which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, hydroxyl, cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl, carboxyl, sulfamoyl, sulfo or sulfato, X and Y are independently of each other fluorine, chlorine, bromine, sulfo, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylsulfonyl or phenylsulfonyl, B is a direct bond or a radical --CH.sub.2).sub.n or --O--CH.sub.2).sub.n, n is 1 to 6; R is a radical of the formula ##STR2## Z is .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Athanassios Tzikas