Patents by Inventor David G. Leppard

David G. Leppard 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: 5817887
    Abstract: A color-photographic recording material is described which contains a magenta coupler and, as stabilizer, at least one compound of the formula ##STR1## where the radicals are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Hugh Stephen Laver
  • Patent number: 5723512
    Abstract: n and m are independently of one another 0 or 1,R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and X are as defined in claim 1,are suitable as photoinitiators for the polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Manfred Kohler
  • Patent number: 5607987
    Abstract: Soluble and thermally stable benzotriazole UV absorbers typified by those of formula I ##STR1## where R.sub.1 is hydrogen or chloro, R.sub.2 is alkyl or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 COOR.sub.4 where R.sub.4 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkyl substituted with hydroxyl, and R.sub.3 is .alpha.-cumyl, provide excellent light stability protection to electro coat, base coat or clear coat finishes. The new soluble, crystalline form of 2-(2-hydroxy-3-.alpha.-cumyl-5-tert-octylphenyl)-2H-benzotriazole is particularly effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Roland A. E. Winter, Ramanathan Ravichandran, Mark S. Holt, Volker H. von Ahn, Joseph E. Babiarz, David G. Leppard
  • Patent number: 5574166
    Abstract: Soluble and thermally stable benzotriazole UV absorbers typified by those of formula I ##STR1## where R.sub.1 is hydrogen or chloro, R.sub.2 is alkyl or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 COOR.sub.4 where R.sub.4 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkyl substituted with hydroxyl, and R.sub.3 is .alpha.-cumyl, provide excellent light stability protection to electro coat, base coat or clear coat finishes. The new soluble, crystalline form of 2-(2-hydroxy-3-.alpha.-cumyl-5-tert-octylphenyl)-2H-benzotriazole is particularly effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Roland A. E. Winter, Ramanathan Ravichandran, Mark S. Holt, Volker H. von Ahn, Joseph E. Babiarz, David G. Leppard
  • Patent number: 5563242
    Abstract: Soluble and thermally stable benzotriazole UV absorbers typified by those of formula I ##STR1## where R.sub.1 is hydrogen or chloro, R.sub.2 is alkyl or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 COOR.sub.4 where R.sub.4 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkyl substituted with hydroxyl, and R.sub.3 is .alpha.-cumyl, provide excellent light stability protection to electro coat, base coat or clear coat finishes. The new soluble, crystalline form of 2-(2-hydroxy-3-.alpha.-cumyl-5-tert-octylphenyl)-2H-benzotriazole is particularly effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Roland A. E. Winter, Ramanathan Ravichandran, Mark S. Holt, Volker H. von Ahn, Joseph E. Babiarz, David G. Leppard
  • Patent number: 5554760
    Abstract: Soluble and thermally stable benzotriazole UV absorbers typified by those of formula I ##STR1## where R.sub.1 is hydrogen or chloro, R.sub.2 is alkyl or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 COOR.sub.4 where R.sub.4 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkyl substituted with hydroxyl, and R.sub.3 is .alpha.-cumyl, provide excellent light stability protection to electro coat, base coat or clear coat finishes. The new soluble, crystalline form of 2-(2-hydroxy-3-.alpha.-cumyl-5-tert-octylphenyl)-2H-benzotriazole is particularly effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Roland A. E. Winter, Ramanathan Ravichandran, Mark S. Holt, Volker H. von Ahn, Joseph E. Babiarz, David G. Leppard
  • Patent number: 5538840
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic recording material comprising, on a base, at least one silver-halide emulsion layer and, if desired, at least one interlayer and/or a protection layer, where at least one of said layers contains a UV absorber of the 2-hydroxyphenyltriazine type, as described in greater detail in claim 1; this UV absorber can also be in the form of a homopolymer or copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Vien Van Toan, David G. Leppard, Gerhard Rytz, Norbert Wurms, Pascal Hayoz
  • Patent number: 5534559
    Abstract: Ethylenically unsaturated polymerisable compounds can be cured with daylight or with light sources equivalent to daylight by using as hardener a photoinitiator of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, unsubstituted phenyl, naphthyl or biphenyl,R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently of the other C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl,R.sub.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, andR.sub.5 is hydrogen or methyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Manfred Kohler, Ljubomir Misev
  • Patent number: 5509957
    Abstract: The invention relates to ink compositions, in particular for ink-jet printing, containing as stabiliser a water-soluble compound of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, L, M and n are as defined in claim 1, to said compounds and to recording materials containing them, and to a process for stabilising ink-jet prints, the stabiliser being a compound of formula (I) or (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Vien V. Toan, Hugh S. Laver, David G. Leppard
  • Patent number: 5488108
    Abstract: A photographic material is described which comprises, on a base, blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and/or red-sensitive silver-halide emulsion layers and if desired a protection layer, a layer containing a UV absorber being arranged between the uppermost silver-halide emulsion layer and the protection layer or on top of the uppermost silver-halide emulsion layer, wherein the UV absorber conforms to the formula ##STR1## in which the radicals R.sub.1 and R.sub.12 are as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Kurt Burdeska, Mario Slongo
  • Patent number: 5472992
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, independently of one another, are phenyl which is unsubstituted or monosubstituted to tetrasubstituted by halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and/or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, with the proviso that R.sub.1 is not decyl if R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are chlorine-substituted phenyl, are suitable for the photopolymerisation of compounds containing ethylenically unsaturated double bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Manfred Kohler, Ljubomir Misev
  • Patent number: 5411847
    Abstract: A color-photographic recording material is described which contains a magenta coupler and, as stabilizer, at least one compound of the formula ##STR1## where the radicals are as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Hugh S. Laver
  • Patent number: 5410048
    Abstract: A UV absorber of formula (1a) ##STR1## in which E.sub.1, E.sub.2 and E.sub.3 are independently substituted alkyl or substituted silyl or siloxyl moieties, are useful in protecting photographic materials from the deleterious effects of actinic light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Vien V. Toan, Mario Slongo
  • Patent number: 5399770
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, independently of one another, are phenyl which is unsubstituted or monosubstituted to tetrasubstituted by halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and/or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, with the proviso that R.sub.1 is not decyl if R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are chlorine-substituted phenyl, are suitable for the photopolymerization of compounds containing ethylenically unsaturated double bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Manfred Kohler, Ljubomir Misev
  • Patent number: 5399782
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein n is 0 or 1, p is a number from 1 to 8,q is 2 or 3, andR.sub.1 is unsubstituted phenyl or phenyl which is substituted by one to three halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 alkoxyalkyl or/and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylthio, are suitable for use as initiators for photopolymerising compounds containing ethylenically unsaturated double bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Ljubomir Misev, Gebhard Hug
  • Patent number: 5364749
    Abstract: A photographic material is described which comprises, on a base, blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and/or red-sensitive silver-halide emulsion layers and if desired a protection layer, a layer containing a UV absorber being arranged between the uppermost silver-halide emulsion layer and the protection layer or on top of the uppermost silver-halide emulsion layer, wherein the UV absorber conforms to the formula ##STR1## in which the radical R.sub.1 is alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, glycidyl, cycloalkyl or phenylalkyl, and R.sub.12 is alkyl, benzyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl or alkoxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Kurt Burdeska, Mario Slongo
  • Patent number: 5300414
    Abstract: A photographic material is described which comprises, on a base, blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and/or red-sensitive silver-halide emulsion layers and, if desired, a protection layer, a layer containing a UV absorber being arranged between the uppermost silver-halide emulsion layer and the protection layer, or on top of the uppermost silver-halide emulsion layer, wherein the UV absorber conforms to the formula ##STR1## in which the radicals E.sub.1, E.sub.2 and E.sub.3 are independently alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, glycidyl, cycloalkyl, phenylalkyl or siloxyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Vien V. Toan, Mario Slongo
  • Patent number: 5298380
    Abstract: Compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, phenylalkyl or cyclohexyl, R.sub.2 is alkyl, phenylalkyl, cyclohexyl, alkoxy or hydroxyalkoxy, and R.sub.3 is phenyl or substituted phenyl, are very suitable for use as UV absorbers in photographic materials with transparent substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: David G. Leppard
  • Patent number: 5290952
    Abstract: The novel compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein n and R are as defined in claim 1, are very suitable for use as UV absorbers in layers of photographic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Kurt Burdeska
  • Patent number: 5274170
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen or hydroxyl, R.sub.1 is alkyl, alkoxy, amino or aryl, and R.sub.2 is hydrocarbylcarbonyl or hydrocarbylsulfonyl, are highly suitable for stabilizing magenta couplers in photographic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, David H. Steinberg, Henri Dubas