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).
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Patent number: 8856662Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Morgan StanleyInventors: Carl Becker, Christopher Kovel, Anis A. Khwaja, Judy Choi, Stephen Michael Sparkes, Andrew Crenshaw, Nicholas J. Foad, Igor Boguslavsky
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Patent number: 8751960Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Inventors: Carl Becker, Christopher Kovel, Anis A. Khwaja, Judy Choi, Stephen Sparkes, Andrew Crenshaw, Nicholas J. Foad, Igor Boguslavsky
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Publication number: 20130317883Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Morgan StanleyInventors: Carl Becker, Christopher Kovel, Anis A. Khwaja, Judy Choi, Stephen Michael Sparkes, Andrew Crenshaw, Nicholas J. Foad, Igor Boguslavsky
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Publication number: 20100223082Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventors: Carl Becker, Christopher Kovel, Anis A. Khwaja, Judy Choi, Stephen Michael Sparkes
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Publication number: 20080263473Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2006Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Carl Becker, Christopher Kovel, Anis A. Khwaja, Judy Choi, Stephen Michael Sparkes
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Patent number: 5728893Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing one or more products in a staged reactor having more than one reactive stage which process comprises reacting in said staged reactor one or more reactants with carbon monoxide in the presence of a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst and optionally free organophosphorus ligand to produce said one or more products, wherein said metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst does not undergo substantial deactivation in the presence of solely carbon monoxide and/or effects a change in normal product selectivity of less than 0.2 percent of normal product per 1 pound per square inch of carbon monoxide partial pressure and/or effects a change in reaction rate of less than 2 percent per 1 pound per square inch of carbon monoxide partial pressure.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1996Date of Patent: March 17, 1998Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Michael Carl Becker, David Robert Bryant, Donald LeRoy Bunning, James Clair Nicholson, Ernst Billig
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Patent number: 4713081Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 23, 1979Date of Patent: December 15, 1987Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventor: Carl Becker
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Patent number: 4559150Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 3, 1983Date of Patent: December 17, 1985Assignee: Ciba Geigy CorporationInventors: Carl Becker, Fritz Heizler
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Patent number: 4502861Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 1982Date of Patent: March 5, 1985Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Carl Becker, Fritz Heizler
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Patent number: 4460374Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 8, 1982Date of Patent: July 17, 1984Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Heinz Abel, Carl Becker, Paul Schafer
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Patent number: 4370144Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 4, 1980Date of Patent: January 25, 1983Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: James K. Skelly, David G. Evans, Carl Becker
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Patent number: 4281999Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 27, 1978Date of Patent: August 4, 1981Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Carl Becker, Georges Mahler, Paul Erzinger
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Patent number: 4265631Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 25, 1979Date of Patent: May 5, 1981Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventor: Carl Becker
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Patent number: 4207067Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 1, 1978Date of Patent: June 10, 1980Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AGInventor: Carl Becker
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Patent number: 4205991Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 21, 1978Date of Patent: June 3, 1980Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AGInventors: Carl Becker, Jacques Wegmann, Raymond Defago
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Patent number: 4094634Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 11, 1977Date of Patent: June 13, 1978Assignee: Ciba Geigy AGInventors: Carl Becker, Jacques Wegmann, Andres Schaub
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Patent number: 4078888Abstract: 4-Tolyl diiodomethyl sulfone has been found to protect leather from fungal attack if it is incorporated into the tanning mixture in suitable amounts.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1976Date of Patent: March 14, 1978Assignee: Abbott LaboratoriesInventors: Francis Walter Arbir, Frank Carl Becker
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Patent number: 4042320Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 2, 1975Date of Patent: August 16, 1977Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AGInventors: Carl Becker, Jacques Wegmann, Andres Schaub
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Patent number: 4042545Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 11, 1975Date of Patent: August 16, 1977Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AGInventors: Raymond Defago, Arnulf Ruediger Lapple, Carl Becker
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Patent number: 3977828Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 17, 1974Date of Patent: August 31, 1976Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AGInventors: Carl Becker, Jacques Wegmann, Andres Schaub