Patents by Inventor Anthony John Moore

Anthony John Moore 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).

  • Styryl-tetrahydronaphthyl derivatives
    Patent number: 4093645
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula R--CH.dbd.CH--W--CH.dbd.CH--R.sup.1 are described in which R and R.sup.1 are independently phenyl, diphenyl, naphthyl, indyl, tetrahydronaphthyl or acenaphthenyl and W is divalent phenyl, diphenyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl or acenaphthenyl group, which groups may be substituted, the compounds containing at least one non-aromatic ring. Such compounds are useful as optical whitening agents, for example in textile material or paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Assignee: Hickson & Welch Limited
    Inventors: Hugh Davidson, Keith Trevor Johnson, Brian Ernest Leggeter, Anthony John Moore
  • Presses
    Patent number: 4056341
    Abstract: A press comprises an open-topped cylinder in which a piston is moved by the injection of hydraulic fluid. The cylinder has a flange and is capped by a flanged lid. Clamping elements clamp the two flanges together. The plattens between which the high pressure reaction takes place are carried by the piston and by the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1977
    Inventor: Anthony John Moore
  • Styryl-diphenyl derivatives
    Patent number: 3940437
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula R-CH=CH-W-CH=CH-R.sup.1 are described in which R and R.sup.1 are independently phenyl, diphenyl, naphthyl, indyl, tetrahydronaphthyl or acenaphthenyl and W is divalent phenyl, diphenyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl or acenaphthenyl group, which groups may be substituted, the compounds containing at least one non-aromatic ring. Such compounds are useful as optical whitening agents, for example in textile material or paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1973
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: Hickson & Welch Limited
    Inventors: Hugh Davidson, Keith Trevor Johnson, Brian Ernest Leggeter, Anthony John Moore
  • 3-Oxadiazolyl coumarins
    Patent number: 3933842
    Abstract: Substituted coumarins are described having at the 7-position the group RO- where R is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl group, and at the 3-position a 1,2,4- or 1,3,4-oxadiazolyl group which possesses a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl substituent. The compounds are useful as optical whitening agents in the treatment of textile fibres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1976
    Assignee: Hickson & Welch Limited
    Inventors: Hugh Davidson, Keith Trevor Johnson, Brian Ernest Leggeter, Anthony John Moore