Patents by Inventor Frank Alfter

Frank Alfter 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: 7999086
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of conditioning azo pigments containing carboxylic ester groups, using glycol monoalkyl ethers or mixtures of glycols and glycol dialkyl ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Jens Paetzold, Carsten Plueg, Frank Alfter
  • Patent number: 7855041
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment preparation which contains the monoazo pigment of the formula (I) and 0.1% to 40%, preferably 0.5% to 25%, in particular 1.0% to 17.5% of a pigment dispersant, in relation to the weight of the monoazo pigment of the formula (I), which is composed of disazo compounds at least 30% of the diazo compounds forming an asymmetric disazo compound of the formula (II) Y-X-A-X-Z??(II), in which A is biphenylene, 3,3?-dichlorobiphenylene, 3,3?-dimethoxybiphenylene, 3,3?-dimethylbiphenylene or 2,2?-dichloro-3,3?-dimethoxybiphenylene; X is a group —NH—CO—CH(COCH3)—N?N—, —N?N—CH(COCH3)—CO—NH—or —N?N—; Y is substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, pyrazolin-5-on-4-yl, 1-phenyl-Pyrazolin -5-on-4-Lyl, 2-hydroxynaphth-1-yl or 2-hydroxy-3-(phenylamino-carbonyl) naphth-1-yl, the substituents being C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, nitro, halogen or C1-C4 alkoxycarbonyl, and have the meaning of Y, and the compounds being further substituted with a sulfonic acid group present as an ammonium salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Weber, Patrick Hoetzel, Karl-Heinz Schweikart, Frank Alfter
  • Publication number: 20090305156
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment preparation which contains the mono-azo pigment of formula (1) and 0.1 to 40% by weight, preferably 0.5 to 25% by weight, in particular 1.0 to 17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Joachim Weber, Patrick Hoetzel, Karl-Heinz Schweikart, Frank Alfter
  • Publication number: 20090198045
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of conditioning azo pigments containing carboxylic ester groups, using glycol monoalkyl ethers or mixtures of glycols and glycol dialkyl ethers
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Jens Paetzold, Carsten Plueg, Frank Alfter
  • Publication number: 20090101874
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment composition containing a disazo pigment of formula (I) and at least one phthalocyanine pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2004
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Joachim Weber, Gerhard Wilker, Frank Alfter, Hans-Tobias MacHoldt
  • Publication number: 20090087769
    Abstract: Finely divided azo dye and process for producing the same. The invention relates to a finely divided mono-azo pigment of formula (I) in the beta crystal phase (I), characterised in that at least 90 % by weight of the particles have a stoke equivalent diameter equal to or smaller than 130 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Joachim Weber, Magali Venera, Karl-Heinz Schweikart, Gerhard Wilker, Frank Alfter
  • Patent number: 7311769
    Abstract: A pigment composition containing a disazo pigment of formula (I) and at least one pigment from the group of organic orange, red and violet pigments
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Weber, Gerhard Wilker, Frank Alfter, Hans-Tobias Macholdt
  • Publication number: 20070125263
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment composition containing a disazo pigment of formula (I), and at least one pigment from the group of organic orange, red and violet pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2004
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Joachim Weber, Gerhard Wilker, Frank Alfter, Hans-Tobias Macholdt
  • Patent number: 6437104
    Abstract: A process for preparing disazo condensation pigments by diazotization of an aromatic amine, azo coupling with a coupling component to form an azocarboxylic acid or azodicarboxylic acid, formation of an azocarbonyl chloride or azodicarbonyl dichloride and condensation of the azocarbonyl chloride with an aromatic diamine or of the azodicarbonyl dichloride with an aromatic amine comprises effecting the acyl chloride formation and/or the condensation and optionally the diazotization and optionally the azo coupling in a microreactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Nickel, Klaus Kund, Frank Alfter
  • Publication number: 20020058794
    Abstract: A process for preparing disazo condensation pigments by diazotization of an aromatic amine, azo coupling with a coupling component to form an azocarboxylic acid or azodicarboxylic acid, formation of an azocarbonyl chloride or azodicarbonyl dichloride and condensation of the azocarbonyl chloride with an aromatic diamine or of the azodicarbonyl dichloride with an aromatic amine comprises effecting the acyl chloride formation and/or the condensation and optionally the diazotization and optionally the azo coupling in a microreactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Uwe Nickel, Klaus Kund, Frank Alfter
  • Patent number: 5716446
    Abstract: Novel isoindoline pigments of the formula (I): ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is --CN;R.sup.2 is --CN or a saturated or unsaturated, aromatic or non-aromatic, 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring system which can be modified by fusion or bridging with other heterocyclic or isocyclic ring systems, the heteroatoms being N, O and/or S;or a group --CO--NR.sup.6 R.sup.7, in which R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are identical or different and are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl;or a group --CO--NR.sup.6 R.sup.8, in which R.sup.8 is a saturated or unsaturated, aromatic or non-aromatic, 5- to 7-membered isocyclic or heterocyclic ring which is unsubstituted or substituted by one to 5 of the following radicals: C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, halogen, trifluoromethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, carbomethoxy, carbethoxy, carboxamide, carboxamide substituted by a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or phenyl group, nitro, C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Alfter, Rudiger Jung, Gustav Kapaun
  • Patent number: 5698705
    Abstract: Novel isoindoline pigments of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is --CN and R.sup.2 is CN or a 5- to 7-membered hetero-cycle;R.sup.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, phenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, halogen or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -acylamino;R.sup.4 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, halogen, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, ethoxy or nitro;m is a number from 1 to 4;n is a number from 1 to 3; andR.sup.5 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Alfter, Erwin Dietz, Gustav Kapaun, Siegfried Schiessler