Patents by Inventor Carl Becker

Carl Becker 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: 8856662
    Abstract: A user interface for providing information regarding a subject company to a user. The user interface may comprise a company tile, which may have an indicator of the subject company. A state of the company tile, such as, for example, its color, may indicate a property of the subject company. The user interface may also comprise a financial information module displaying financial information regarding the subject company, and a subject individual module displaying information regarding a subject individual related to the subject company. According to various embodiments, the user interface may also include a navigation toolbar including a second company tile comprising an indicator of a second company. Selecting the second company tile may cause the second company to become a new subject company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Morgan Stanley
    Inventors: Carl Becker, Christopher Kovel, Anis A. Khwaja, Judy Choi, Stephen Michael Sparkes, Andrew Crenshaw, Nicholas J. Foad, Igor Boguslavsky
  • Patent number: 8751960
    Abstract: A user interface for providing information regarding a subject company to a user. The user interface may comprise a company tile, which may have an indicator of the subject company. A state of the company tile, such as, for example, its color, may indicate a property of the subject company. The user interface may also comprise a financial information module displaying financial information regarding the subject company, and a subject individual module displaying information regarding a subject individual related to the subject company. According to various embodiments, the user interface may also include a navigation toolbar including a second company tile comprising an indicator of a second company. Selecting the second company tile may cause the second company to become a new subject company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventors: Carl Becker, Christopher Kovel, Anis A. Khwaja, Judy Choi, Stephen Sparkes, Andrew Crenshaw, Nicholas J. Foad, Igor Boguslavsky
  • Publication number: 20130317883
    Abstract: A user interface for providing information regarding a subject company to a user. The user interface may comprise a company tile, which may have an indicator of the subject company. A state of the company tile, such as, for example, its color, may indicate a property of the subject company. The user interface may also comprise a financial information module displaying financial information regarding the subject company, and a subject individual module displaying information regarding a subject individual related to the subject company. According to various embodiments, the user interface may also include a navigation toolbar including a second company tile comprising an indicator of a second company. Selecting the second company tile may cause the second company to become a new subject company.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Morgan Stanley
    Inventors: Carl Becker, Christopher Kovel, Anis A. Khwaja, Judy Choi, Stephen Michael Sparkes, Andrew Crenshaw, Nicholas J. Foad, Igor Boguslavsky
  • Publication number: 20100223082
    Abstract: A user interface for providing information regarding a subject company to a user. The user interface may comprise a company tile, which may have an indicator of the subject company. A state of the company tile, such as, for example, its color, may indicate a property of the subject company. The user interface may also comprise a financial information module displaying financial information regarding the subject company, and a subject individual module displaying information regarding a subject individual related to the subject company. According to various embodiments, the user interface may also include a navigation toolbar including a second company tile comprising an indicator of a second company. Selecting the second company tile may cause the second company to become a new subject company.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Carl Becker, Christopher Kovel, Anis A. Khwaja, Judy Choi, Stephen Michael Sparkes
  • Publication number: 20080263473
    Abstract: A user interface for providing information regarding a subject company to a user. The user interface may comprise a company tile, which may have an indicator of the subject company. A state of the company tile, such as, for example, its color, may indicate a property of the subject company. The user interface may also comprise a financial information module displaying financial information regarding the subject company, and a subject individual module displaying information regarding a subject individual related to the subject company. According to various embodiments, the user interface may also include a navigation toolbar including a second company tile comprising an indicator of a second company. Selecting the second company tile may cause the second company to become a new subject company.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Carl Becker, Christopher Kovel, Anis A. Khwaja, Judy Choi, Stephen Michael Sparkes
  • Patent number: 4713081
    Abstract: The invention provides aqueous dyestuff preparations of water-insoluble or sparingly water-soluble dyes which may be used for preparing printing pastes to be used for printing textile material as well as for printing supports for transfer printing. The preparations contain at least 10% by weight of water, 10 to 60% by weight of a finely dispersed water-insoluble or sparingly water-soluble dye, 0.1 to 5% by weight of at least one anionic dispersant, and 0.5 to 5% by weight of a non-ionic copolymer of ethylene oxide and a further olefin oxide, said copolymer having an ethylene oxide content of at least 65% by weight and a molecular weight of more than 12,000, and also, if desired, further ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Carl Becker
  • Patent number: 4559150
    Abstract: A stable composition for treating textile substrates, which composition comprises at least(a) an organic solvent which is sparingly soluble or insoluble in water and in which component (b) is dissolved and components (c) and (d) are dissolved or dispersed,(b) a vehicle for component (c) which is sparingly soluble or insoluble in water,(c) a finishing agent which is sparingly soluble or insoluble in water and which is soluble or dispersible in the vehicle (b), and(d) a water-soluble acid having a pK value greater than 1 and optionally in addition(e) a solid carboxylic acid which is sparingly soluble in water,(f) a polar solventand/or further additives or assistants, e.g. surfactants or chelating agents.The novel composition, which preferably contains fluorescent whitening agents as finishing agents, is used in particular for whitening synthetic fibre materials, especially finished goods such as curtains or underwear, in acid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1985
    Assignee: Ciba Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Becker, Fritz Heizler
  • Patent number: 4502861
    Abstract: The invention provides storage stable formulations of mothproofing compositions which contain a 5-phenylcarbamoylbarbituric acid and a synthetic pyrethroid as active ingredients and, as formulation components, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic amines or amides or derivatives thereof, and, if appropriate, organic solvents and water, surfactants, emulsifiers and/or dispersants, and optionally aliphatic carboxylic acids. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of these formulations and to a method of using said formulations for providing keratinous material, in particular wool textiles, with a protective finish against attack by pests that feed on keratin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Becker, Fritz Heizler
  • Patent number: 4460374
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stable composition for treating textile substrates which contains at least(a) an organic solvent which is sparingly soluble to insoluble in water and in which component (b) is dissolved and component (c) is dissolved or dispersed,(b) a vehicle for component (c) which is sparingly soluble to insoluble in water, and(c) a finishing agent which is sparingly soluble to insolube in water and which is soluble or dispersible in the vehicle (b). In addition to components (a), (b) and (c), the composition of the invention may also contain(d) a solid carboxylic acid which is sparingly soluble in water, and preferably soluble in the solvent (a), and/or(e) a polar organic solvent as well as further additives or assistants.The novel composition, which preferably contains fluorescent whitening agents as finishing agents, is used in particular for whitening manmade textiles, especially made-up goods such as curtains or underwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1984
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Heinz Abel, Carl Becker, Paul Schafer
  • Patent number: 4370144
    Abstract: A process of dyeing textile fibres in which the fibre is contacted with a two-phase suspension comprising an active solvent containing dissolved dye and the necessary amount of a bulking inert substantially immiscible solvent, the active solvent under the conditions of dyeing being liquid, is a solvent for the dye, is insoluble or only slightly soluble in the inert solvent, and in which the fixation affinity of the fibre for the dye is greater than that of the active solvent for the dye at the temperature required for the fixation, wherein the dye used is in the form of an aqueous, stable, highly concentrated, finely dispersed, flowable preparation insoluble to difficultly soluble in water containing at least 25% of finely dispersed dyestuff, at most 10% of an anion-active dispersing agent, at most 5% of a non-ionic dispersing agent and from 0 to 35% of a hydrotropic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: James K. Skelly, David G. Evans, Carl Becker
  • Patent number: 4281999
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel aqueous dye preparations of dyes difficultly soluble in water, to processes for producing these dye preparations, to the use thereof for preparing printing pastes, and to the use of the said dye preparations for printing carrier materials for transfer printing, for printing in particular textile materials, or for dyeing textile materials, and also to the printed carrier materials, and to the material printed by means of these dye preparations in the transfer-printing process, or to the material dyed or printed in the dyeing or printing process. The novel dye preparations contain water, a finely dispersed dye of which the solubility in boiling perchloroethylene is lower than 0.5 g/kg, an anionic and/or nonionic dispersing agent, a resin which has affinity for the dye and which is more soluble than the dye in a solvent having limited miscibility with water, and optionally further additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1981
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Becker, Georges Mahler, Paul Erzinger
  • Patent number: 4265631
    Abstract: Aqueous dyestuff preparation of water-insoluble or sparingly water-soluble dyes are used for the preparation of printing pastes for printing textile material and for printing carriers for transfer printing. These preparations contain at least 10% by weight of water, 25 to 60% by weight of a finely dispersed water-insoluble or sparingly water-soluble dye, 0.1 to 5% by weight of at least one water-soluble aminoplast precondensate, 0.5 to 5% by weight of a non-ionic copolymer of ethylene oxide with a further olefin, oxide said copolymer containing at least 65% by weight of ethylene oxide and having a molecular weight higher than 12,000, as well as, if desired or necessary, further nonionic ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Carl Becker
  • Patent number: 4207067
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of the dye of the formula ##STR1## for transfer printing, and to printing inks and supports for transfer printing which contain, in addition to the customary constituents, the dye of the indicated formula, as well as to the material printed with the dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventor: Carl Becker
  • Patent number: 4205991
    Abstract: Transfer printing process on textile material is described with the use of a printing ink having an organic-aqueous base, which printing ink contains, in addition to at least one binding agent, at least one organic solvent and, optionally, water, an aqueous preparation of transferable dyestuffs or optical brighteners that are insoluble to difficultly soluble in water and have a particle size of less than 10.mu., which preparation has a low content of dispersing agent and a high concentration of dyestuff or of optical brightener, characterized in that this preparation contains at least 10 percent by weight of water, at least 30 percent by weight of a finely dispersed transferable dyestuff or optical brightener insoluble to difficultly soluble in water, and a mixture consisting of at most 10 percent by weight of an anion-active dispersing agent, at most 5 percent by weight of a nonionic dispersing agent, and at most 35 percent by weight of a hydrotropic agent, as well as, optionally, further additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventors: Carl Becker, Jacques Wegmann, Raymond Defago
  • Patent number: 4094634
    Abstract: Described are aqueous, stable, highly concentrated, finely dispersed, flowable preparations of dyestuffs and optical brighteners insoluble to difficultly soluble in water, which preparations have a low content of dispersing agent and a particle size smaller than 10 .mu., particularly smaller than 2 .mu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Assignee: Ciba Geigy AG
    Inventors: Carl Becker, Jacques Wegmann, Andres Schaub
  • Patent number: 4042320
    Abstract: Described are aqueous, stable, highly concentrated, finely dispersed, flowable preparations of dyestuffs and optical brighteners insoluble to difficultly soluble in water, which preparations have a low content of dispersing agent and a particle size smaller than 10.mu., particularly smaller than 2.mu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventors: Carl Becker, Jacques Wegmann, Andres Schaub
  • Patent number: 4042545
    Abstract: Object of the present invention are novel printing inks with organic solvents for sublimation transfer printing which contain a high concentration of very finely dispersed, transferable cationic dyes, and specifically;A. at least one cationic dye or a mixture of cationic dyes,B. at least one soluble resin as stabilizer, film former and thickener,C. a low-viscosity, low molecular organic solvent or solvent mixture in which the cationic dye or dyes are only slightly soluble at room temperature and the resin or resins are at least 5% soluble,D. an inorganic or organic acid acceptor or mixtures thereof, andE. at least one indicator dye which is inert to inorganic or organic acid acceptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventors: Raymond Defago, Arnulf Ruediger Lapple, Carl Becker
  • Patent number: 3977828
    Abstract: New aqueous, stable, highly concentrated, finely dispersed, flowable dyestuff preparations having a low content of dispersing agents and a high content of dyestuff insoluble to difficultly soluble in water are described, which dyestuffs have a particle size smaller than 10 .mu., particularly smaller than 2 .mu., the said preparations being characterised in that they contain at least 10 percent by weight of water, at least 30 percent by weight of a finely dispersed dyestuff, especially a disperse or vat dyestuff, and a mixture consisting of at most 10 percent by weight of an anionactive dispersing agent, at most 5 percent by weight of a nonionic dispersing agent and at most 35 percent by weight of a hydrotropic agent as well as, optionally, further additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventors: Carl Becker, Jacques Wegmann, Andres Schaub
  • Patent number: 3969302
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of colored shaped articles from high polymer synthetic resins, wherein water-insoluble, hydrophobic, high polymer synthetic resins in solid form, especially in the form of granules or powders, in a mixture of hydrophilic and organophilic solvents that are reciprocally soluble in one another only to a limited extent and form a two-phase system, are treated with dyestuffs or optical brighteners, the solubility of which in the organophilic portion of the two-phase system is greater than in the hydrophilic portion, the solvent is removed, the synthetic resin dried and shaped, optionally with addition of untreated high polymer fully synthetic resin, from the melt or from a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1976
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventors: Jacques Wegmann, Carl Becker, Guenther Zwahlen, Werner Kuster
  • Patent number: 3948828
    Abstract: Liquid to pasty dyestuff preparations are described consisting of at least 35 % of an optionally hydrous solvent from the class of alcohols, esters, ethers or ketones having a boiling point of above 90.degree.C, at least 10 % and at most 40 % of a dyestuff or optical brightener and at least 5 % and at most 25 % of a partially or fully synthetic thermostable synthetic resin present in the dissolved form. These preparations are useful for the coating of compounds of thermoplastic high polymers in the form of granulates or in the form of flakes or powders, particularly those made from polyester, polyamide and polypropylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1976
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Becker, Jacques Wegmann