Patents by Inventor Andre Schmitter

Andre Schmitter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6740694
    Abstract: A description is given of an extrusion process for the preparation of a low-dust stabiliser, using a subcooled melt as granulation liquid, as well as of novel amorphous modifications of different stabilisers, including 2,2′-methylenebis(4-[1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl]-6-benzotriazol-2-yl-phenol), and of the &bgr;-crystalline modification of 2-(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-5-chlorobenzotriazole and of the preparation thereof. The novel process affords products which are easy to handle and which are flowable, and the novel modifications have advantages as regards their preparation, processing and their use as stabiliser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Thibaut, André Schmitter, Benjamin Breitenstein, Christoph Kleiner, Matthias von Frieling, Martin von Büren, André Geoffroy
  • Patent number: 6310220
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions comprising a polycarbonate, polyester or polyketone which is subject to oxidative, thermal and/or light-induced degradation, or their mixtures and blends, and at least one benzofuran-2-one type compound, to the use thereof for stabilising polycarbonate, polyester or polyketone or their mixtures or blends against oxidative, thermal and/or light-induced degradation, as well as to a process for stabilising these plastic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: André Schmitter, Alfred Georges Oertli
  • Publication number: 20010023269
    Abstract: A description is given of an extrusion process for the preparation of a low-dust stabiliser, using a subcooled melt as granulation liquid, as well as of novel amorphous modifications of different stabilisers, including 2,2′-methylenebis(4-[1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl]-6-benzotriazol-2-yl-phenol), and of the &bgr;-crystalline modification of 2-(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-5-chlorobenzotriazole and of the preparation thereof. The novel process affords products which are easy to handle and which are flowable, and the novel modifications have advantages as regards their preparation, processing and their use as stabiliser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Inventors: Daniel Thibaut, Andre Schmitter, Benjamin Breitenstein, Christoph Kleiner, Matthias von Frieling, Martin von Buren, Andre Geoffroy
  • Patent number: 6225375
    Abstract: A description is given of an extrusion process for the preparation of a low-dust stabilizer, using a subcooled melt as granulation liquid, as well as of novel amorphous modifications of different stabilizers, including 2,2′-methylenebis(4-[1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl]-6-benzotriazol-2-yl-phenol), and of the &bgr;-crystalline modification of 2-(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-5-chlorobenzotriazole and of the preparation thereof. The novel process affords products which are easy to handle and which are flowable, and the novel modifications have advantages as regards their preparation, processing and their use as stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Thibaut, André Schmitter, Benjamin Breitenstein, Christoph Kleiner, Matthias von Frieling, Martin von Büren, André Geoffroy
  • Patent number: 5763512
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions comprising a polyamide, polyester or polyketone, a specific organic phosphite (Irgafos.RTM.12, Ciba-Geigy) and a sterically hindered phenol such as Irganox.RTM.1098, Irganox.RTM.1076, Irganox.RTM.1010, Irganox.RTM.245, Irganox.RTM.259, Irganox.RTM.1035, Irganox.RTM.3114 or Irganox.RTM.3125 (Ciba-Geigy), to the use thereof for stabilising polyamide, polyester or polyketone against oxidative, thermal and/or light-induced degradation, as well as to a process for stabilising these plastic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Andre Schmitter
  • Patent number: 5760111
    Abstract: o-Hydroxyphenyl-s-triazines are described which contain at least two alkoxyphenyl substituents. They have the formula (1). The compounds according to the invention are suitable as stabilizers for textile fiber materials, in particular polyester fiber materials, and for organic polymers. Furthermore, they are suitable for use as sunscreens in cosmetic preparations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Birbaum, Jurgen Kaschig, Dieter Reinehr, Manfred Rembold, Andre Schmitter, Helmut Luther, Bernd Herzog, Dietmar Huglin
  • Patent number: 5488112
    Abstract: The invention relates to dimeric 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazoles of the formula I ##STR1## in which p is 0 or 1; is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkylene;R.sub.1 and R'.sub.1, independently of one another, are hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 aklyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkoxy or --CN;R.sub.2 and R'.sub.2, independently of one another, are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl or together are C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 alkylene or C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 hydroxyalkylene; andR.sub.3 and R'.sub.3, independently of one another, are hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkoxy.The compounds of formula I are highly suitable for the stabilization of organic material against the harmful effects of heat, oxygen and light, in particular UV radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Dieter Reinehr, Jean-Pierre Bacher, Andre Schmitter
  • Patent number: 5288778
    Abstract: Hydroxyphenyltriazines of formula I ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkyl substituted by halogen or by C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkoxy, or is benzyl and R' is hydrogen or methyl, are especially suitable as stabilisers for thermoplastic polymers that comprise hetero atoms in the main chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Andre Schmitter, Kurt Burdeska, Mario Slongo, Jean-Luc Birbaum
  • Patent number: 4960808
    Abstract: Linear alternating polymers of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon are stabilized against thermal degradation by the inclusion therein of certain phenolic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1990
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Andre Schmitter
  • Patent number: 4708979
    Abstract: Spherically polymerized polyolefins can be advantageously stabilized by being treated with at least one emulsion or dispersion containing a stabilizer or a mixture of stabilizers and an amine of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl which may be substituted by --OH, or is C.sub.3 -C.sub.50 alkyl which is interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms, or is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxy, and each of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently of the other is hydrogen or has one of the meanings indicated for R.sub.1, or R.sub.2 and Rphd 3, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Enea Pedrazzetti, Andre Schmitter, Walter W. Meyer
  • Patent number: 4288565
    Abstract: Storable, solid mixture of (a) a long-chain epoxide resin which is free from ester groups and has a high epoxide equivalent weight, (b) an epoxide resin which is free from ester groups, contains cyclic structure and two to three epoxide groups in the molecule and has a low epoxide equivalent weight, (c) a triphenol and (d) a curing accelerator and, if desired, a blowing agent. Laminates, foams, compression moulded articles and adhesive bonds which are stable to hydrolysis, resistant to heat distortion and flexible are obtained on heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Friedrich Lohse, Ferdinand Gutekunst, Rolf Schmid, Andre Schmitter
  • Patent number: 4246366
    Abstract: Mixtures of approximately equivalent amounts of (a) a glycidylated hydantoin and (b) a mononuclear phenol with 2 or 3 phenolic hydroxyl groups, at least one of the components (a) or (b) being trifunctional. They additionally contain a curing accelerator and on heating form mechanically good and flexible plastics which are stable to hydrolysis and can be used as building materials and foams, for the finishing and coating of textile material and for the preparation of water-permeable membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1981
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Rolf Schmid, Andre Schmitter, Ferdinand Gutekunst, Friedrich Lohse
  • Patent number: 4164611
    Abstract: Aromatic sulfonic acid hydrazides and semicarbazides having a sterically hindered phenol group are usable as blowing agents in the manufacture of foamed plastics articles. On heating to about 200 to 300.degree. C. they are splitting off nitrogen and the residue remaining in the foam acts as stabilizer against thermo-oxidative degradation of the plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1979
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Hugo Illy, Rudolf Kirchmayr, Andre Schmitter
  • Patent number: 4161580
    Abstract: Mixtures which can be cured to give moulded materials having technically valuable mechanical and dielectric properties, characterized that they contain(a) polyimides of maleic acid or citraconic acid,(b) derivatives of .beta.-amino-crotonic acid, and optionally(c) polyamines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1979
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Theobald Haug, Jurg Keifer, Peter Ruf, Andre Schmitter
  • Patent number: 4089845
    Abstract: Mixtures which can be cured to give moulded materials having technically valuable mechanical and dielectric properties, characterized that they contain(a) polyimides of maleic acid or citraconic acid,(b) derivatives of .beta.-amino-crotonic acid, and optionally(c) polyamines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Theobald Haug, Jurg Kiefer, Peter Ruf, Andre Schmitter
  • Patent number: 4076697
    Abstract: According to the invention, polyaddition products containing imide groups are manufactured by reacting certain polyimides (preferably maleimides) with polycarboxylic acids in the presence of basic compounds. The preferred embodiment (C) relates to the use of catalysts as basic compounds. In particular, tertiary amines, secondary amines or mixed tertiary-secondary amines can be used. A further embodiment (D) relates to the use of primary polyamines as basic compounds. In the latter case, the polyamine participates in the polyaddition mechanism, that is to say the molecules are incorporated into the polyaddition products. In this latter case, catalysts can also be used additionally.The invention can be utilized particularly in the fields of surface protection, the electrical industry, laminating processes, and the manufacture of foamed plastics, and in the building industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1978
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Imre Forgo, Alfred Renner, Andre Schmitter
  • Patent number: 4038251
    Abstract: According to the invention, polyaddition products containing imide groups are manufactured by reacting certain polyimides (preferably maleimides) with polyhydric phenols in the presence of basic compounds. The preferred embodiment (A) relates to the use of catalysts as basic compounds. In particular, tertiary, secondary or mixed tertiary-secondary amines can be used. A further embodiment (B) relates to the use of primary polyamines as basic compounds. In the latter case, the polyamine participates in the polyaddition mechanism, that is to say the molecules are incorporated into the polyaddition products. In this latter case, catalysts can also be used additionally.The invention can be utilized particularly in the fields of surface protection, the electrical industry, laminating processes and the manufacture of foamed plastics, and in the building industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Imre Forgo, Bruno Schreiber, Alfred Renner, Theobald Haug, Andre Schmitter
  • Patent number: 4031043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of foams by warming the mixture to be foamed in the presence of an organic sulphohydrazide, an organic compound which contains amide groups and a salt of a metal of group IIa or IIb of the Periodic Table. Integral or non-integral foams having a uniform and fine pore structure are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Andre Schmitter, Wolfgang Seiz
  • Patent number: 3950279
    Abstract: A mixture which can be converted to a heat-resistant foamed plastic and which contains a polyimide of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, an azomethine, a solid blowing agent, and optionally a polyamine. On warming, the mixture gives a foamed plastic of high heat resistance and good resistance to chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Theobald Haug, Andre Schmitter
  • Patent number: 3947385
    Abstract: A mixture which can be converted to a heat-resistant foamed plastic and which contains a solid blowing agent, a thermoplastic prepolymer of a polyimide of an unsaturated acid, an azomethine and a polyamine. On warming, the mixture gives a foamed plastic of high heat resistance and good resistance to chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1976
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Andre Schmitter, Jurg Kiefer, Theobald Haug