Patents by Inventor Georges Metzger
Georges Metzger 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: 10616641Abstract: A media appliance and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a housing is adapted to be mounted within a wall. A panel forms a front portion of the housing and the panel includes vents and the panel may be mounted substantially flush with the wall. A media player, which includes a set-top box, is disposed within the housing. A pair of ports, disposed within openings defined by the housing, are configured to receive respective connectors. The pair of ports are coupled to the media player and one port is configured for providing a connection to a television and the other port is configured for providing a connection to an external source of signal for the television, as well as power for the media player.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Enseo, Inc.Inventors: William C. Fang, Mark Hembree, William George Metzger, Jr., Vanessa Ogle
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Patent number: 7476699Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having the formula: in which R is hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, C1-C20-alkyl, C4-C12cycloalkyl, C2-C20alkenyl, C2-C20alkynyl, C1-C20-alkoxy, C4-C12cycloalkoxy, C2-C20alkenoxy, C2-C20alkynoxy or C7-C13aralkyl; R1 and R2, independently, are hydrogen, C1-C20alkyl, C4-C12cycloalkyl, C7-C13 aralkyl, —C(?O)—R4 (in which R4 is C1-C20alkyl, C2-C20alkyl interrupted by 1 to 6 oxygen atoms, hetero-substituted C1-C20alkyl, C4-C12cycloalkyl, C2-C20alkenyl, C2-C20alkynyl, C1-C20-alkoxy, C4-C12cycloalkoxy, C2-C20alkenoxy, C2-C20alkynoxy, C6-C12 aryl, C6-C12 aryloxy or C7-C13 aralkyl), or —C(?O)—NH—R1 in which R1 has its previous significance; and R3 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C1-C20alkyl, C4-C12cycloalkyl, C2-C20alkenyl, C2-C20alkynyl, C1-C20-alkoxy, C4-C12cycloalkoxy, C2-C20alkenoxy, C2-C20alkynoxy, phenyl, C7-C13 aralkyl or —N(R1)(R2) in which R1 and R2 have their previous significance, or R1 and R2 together form a C4-C12 membered ring.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2007Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.Inventors: Dieter Reinehr, Georges Metzger, Peter Michaelis, Helmut Luther
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Patent number: 7425222Abstract: A process for improving the sun protection factor (SPF) of cellulosic fibre materials and blends thereof, which comprises contacting said materials with at least one compound of the formula (1) in which M is hydrogen, an alkali metal atom, ammonium or a cation formed from an amine; R1 and R1? independently of each other are hydrogen, hydroxy, optionally substituted alkyl, 4-morpholinyl, —NH—R3, —N(R3)2 or —O—R3, wherein R3is optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted aryl, R2 is a group of formula (2) wherein X is —O— or —NH— and R4 is C1-C4-alkyl which carries at least one hydrophilic substituent and R2? has the meaning of R1 or R2.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2002Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.Inventors: Georges Metzger, Jean-Jacques Donzé, Hans Kramer, Serge Hauger, Volker Papendick, Michael Milde, Ted Deisenroth, Rainer Hans Traber, Ullrich Menge, Hauke Rohwer
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Patent number: 7407519Abstract: A process for improving the sun protection factor (SPF) of cellulosic fibre materials and blends thereof, which comprises contacting said materials with at least one compound of the formula (1) in which M is hydrogen, an alkali metal atom, ammonium or a cation formed from an amine; R1 and R1? independently of each other are —NH—R3, —N(R3)2 or —O—R3, wherein R3 is aryl substituted by —CO—X—R5, wherein X is O or NH and R5 is optionally substituted C1-C4-alkyl, R2 is a group of formula —O—R4 wherein R4 is hydroxy alkyl, alkoxy alkyl or hydroxy alkoxy alkyl, and R2? has the meaning of R1 or R2.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2007Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.Inventors: Georges Metzger, Fabienne Cuesta
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Publication number: 20070274933Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having the formula: in which R is hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, C1-C20-alkyl, C4-C12cycloalkyl, C2-C20alkenyl, C2-C20alkynyl, C1-C20-alkoxy, C4-C12cycloalkoxy, C2-C20alkenoxy, C2-C20alkynoxy or C7-C13aralkyl; R1 and R2, independently, are hydrogen, C1-C20alkyl, C4-C12cycloalkyl, C7-C13 aralkyl, —C(?O)—R4 (in which R4 is C1-C20alkyl, C2-C20alkyl interrupted by 1 to 6 oxygen atoms, hetero-substituted C1-C20alkyl, C4-C12cycloalkyl, C2-C20alkenyl, C2-C20alkynyl, C1-C20-alkoxy, C4-C12cycloalkoxy, C2-C20alkenoxy, C2-C20alkynoxy, C6-C12 aryl, C6-C12 aryloxy or C7-C13 aralkyl), or —C(?O)—NH—R1 in which R1 has its previous significance; and R3 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C1-C20alkyl, C4-C12cycloalkyl, C2-C20alkenyl, C2-C20alkynyl, C1-C20-alkoxy, C4-C12cycloalkoxy, C2-C20alkenoxy, C2-C20alkynoxy, phenyl, C7-C13 aralkyl or —N(R1)(R2) in which R1 and R2 have their previous significance, or R1 and R2 together form a C4-C12 membered ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2007Publication date: November 29, 2007Inventors: Dieter Reinehr, Georges Metzger, Peter Michaelis, Helmut Luther
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Patent number: 7270771Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorescent whitening agent comprising a mixture of two symmetrically and one asymmetrically substituted triazinylaminostilbene disulphonic acids, novel asymmetrically substituted derivatives, a process for their preparations and use of the mixture for whitening synthetic or natural organic materials, especially paper and for the fluorescent whitening and improvement of sun protection factors of textile materials.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Fabienne Cuesta, Georges Metzger, Roland Naef, Peter Rohringer, Rainer Hans Traber
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Publication number: 20070107137Abstract: A process for improving the sun protection factor (SPF) of cellulosic fibre materials and blends thereof, which comprises contacting said materials with at least one compound of the formula (1) in which M is hydrogen, an alkali metal atom, ammonium or a cation formed from an amine; R1 and R1? independently of each other are —NH—R3, —N(R3)2 or —O—R3, wherein R3 is aryl substituted by —CO—X—R5, wherein X is O or NH and R5 is optionally substituted C1-C4-alkyl, R2 is a group of formula —O—R4 wherein R4 is hydroxy alkyl, alkoxy alkyl or hydroxy alkoxy alkyl, and R2? has the meaning of R1 or R2.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2007Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventors: Georges Metzger, Fabienne Cuesta
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Patent number: 7087753Abstract: Novel compounds of formula I are described wherein E corresponds to the formula or to the formula and the radicals R1, R2, R11, R22, R?22, R?33 and R?33 are as defined in claim 1. Compounds of formula I are suitable for stabilizing organic material, especially plastics materials, surface-coatings, cosmetic preparations, sun protection agents or photographic material, against damage by light, oxygen and/or heat.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2005Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.Inventors: Vien Van Toan, Georges Metzger, Thomas Schäfer, Stéphane Biry, Christophe Bulliard, Dieter Reinehr, Peter Michaelis
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Patent number: 6929667Abstract: A method for the fluorescent whitening of cotton in a discontinuous process comprising contacting the cotton, I an aqueous bath having a pH value of 6 or less, with one or more compounds of the Formula (I) wherein R1 represents an —SO2R3, —SOR3, CO2M, —CO2R3, —CONR3R4, —CN or —NO2 substituent, R2 is —NH2, —NH(C1-C4alkyl), —N(C1-C4alkyl)2, —NH(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl), —N(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl)2, —NH(C1-C4alkoxy)(C1-C4alkyl), —N[(C1-C4alkoxy)(C1-C4alkyl)]2, NHC2—C4alkylsulphonic acid, morpholineo, piperidino pyrrolidino, an amino acid or amino acid amide residue from which a hydrogen atom on the amino group has been removed, —OC1-C4alkyl or —OC1-C4hydroxyalkyl, R3 and R4 each, independently, represent hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalkyl or C1-C4alkoxyC1-C4alkyl and M is H, Na, Li, K, Ca, Mg, ammonium, or ammonium that is mono-, di-, tri- or tetrasubsituted by C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalkyl or a mixture thereof, some of which are newType: GrantFiled: July 12, 2001Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Fabienne Cuesta, Dieter Reinehr, Hans Kramer, Georges Metzger, Bernd Wockenfuss
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Publication number: 20050169859Abstract: Novel compounds of formula I are described wherein E corresponds to the formula or to the formula and the radicals R1, R2, R11, R22, R?22, R?33 and R?33 are as defined in claim 1. Compounds of formula I are suitable for stabilising organic material, especially plastics materials, surface-coatings, cosmetic preparations, sun protection agents or photographic material, against damage by light, oxygen and/or heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2005Publication date: August 4, 2005Inventors: Vien Toan, Georges Metzger, Thomas Schafer, Stephane Biry, Christophe Bulliard, Dieter Reinehr, Peter Michaelis
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Patent number: 6919454Abstract: Biphenyl-substituted triazines of the formula which are notable for high thermal stability, are used as stabilizers for organic polymers to counter damage thereto caused by light, oxygen and heat, as light stabilizers for textile fiber materials and as sunscreens for the human skin.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2004Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.Inventors: Ian John Fletcher, Jürgen Kaschig, Georges Metzger, Dieter Reinehr, Pascal Hayoz
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Publication number: 20050120490Abstract: A process for improving the sun protection factor (SPF) of cellulosic fibre materials and blends thereof, which comprises contacting said materials with at least one compound of the formula (1): (Formule 1); in which M is hydrogen, an alkali metal atom, ammonium or a cation formed from an amine; R, and R,? independently of each other are —NH—R3, —N(R3)2 or -0-R3, wherein R3 is aryl substituted by —CO—X—R5, wherein X is O or NH and R5 is optionally substituted C1-C4-alkyl, R2 is a group of formula -0-R4 wherein R4 is hydroxy alkyl, alkoxy alkyl or hydroxy alkoxy alkyl, and R2? has the meaning of R1 or R2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2003Publication date: June 9, 2005Inventors: Georges Metzger, Fabienne Cuesta
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Publication number: 20050106114Abstract: A process for improving the sun protection factor (SPF) of cellulosic fibre materials and blends thereof, which comprises contacting said materials with at least one compound of the formula (1) according to claim 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2003Publication date: May 19, 2005Inventors: Georges Metzger, Jean-Jacques Donze, Hans Kramer, Serge Hauger, Volker Papendick, Michael Milde, Ted Deisenroth, Rainer Traber, Ullrich Menge, Hauke Rohwer
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Patent number: 6890706Abstract: A process for removing stain in a photographic material is described which process comprises incorporation of at least one compound of the formula (I) wherein X is O or NH; n is 1 or 2, p is 0, 1 or 2, M is hydrogen, an alkali metal atom, ammonium or a cation formed from an amine; each R1, independently, is an aminoacid residue from which a hydrogen atom on the amino group has been removed; each R2, independently, is hydrogen, C1-C8alkyl, C1-C8alkoxy, halogen, cyano, COOR, wherein R is hydrogen or C1-C3alkyl, CONH—R in which R has its previous significance, SO2NH—R in which R has its previous significance, NH—COR in which R has its previous significance, or SO3M, wherein M has its previous significance, or, if n is 1, R2 can also be CO—R3 in which R3 is C1-C3alkyl or phenyl, in that photographic material.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Christophe Bulliard, Georges Metzger, Sonia Megert
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Publication number: 20050038245Abstract: Novel compounds of formula (I) are described, wherein E corresponds to the formula (a) or to the formula (b) and the radicals R1, R2, R11, R22, R?22, R33, and R?33 are as defined in claim 1. Compounds of formula (I) are suitable for stabilising organic material, especially plastics materials, surface-coatings, cosmetic preparations, sun protection agents or photographic material, against damage by light, oxygen and/or heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2002Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: Vien Toan, Georges Metzger, Thomas Schafer, Stephane Biry, Christophe Bulliard, Dieter Reinehr, Peter Michaelis
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Publication number: 20050019281Abstract: Biphenyl-substituted triazines of the formulae which are notable for high thermal stability, are used as stabilizers for organic polymers to counter damage thereto caused by light, oxygen and heat, as light stabilizers for textile fiber materials and as sunscreens for the human skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2004Publication date: January 27, 2005Inventors: Ian Fletcher, Jurgen Kaschig, Georges Metzger, Dieter Reinehr, Pascal Hayoz
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Patent number: 6841670Abstract: Biphenyl-substituted triazines of the formulae which are notable for high thermal stability, are used as stabilizers for organic polymers to counter damage thereto caused by light, oxygen and heat, as light stabilizers for textile fiber materials and as sunscreens for the human skin.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2002Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Ian John Fletcher, Jürgen Kaschig, Georges Metzger, Dieter Reinehr
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Patent number: 6818205Abstract: The use of a polymeric carrier material treated with a fluorescent whitening agent, for lightening human skin and for protecting human skin against UV radiation, is described.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2002Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Dieter Reinehr, Helmut Luther, Georges Metzger
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Publication number: 20040077515Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds represented by the formula (1): wherein R1 and R2, independently, represent —NH2, NH(C1-C4alkyl), —N(C1-C4alkyl)2, —NH(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl), —N(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl)2, —N(C1-C4alkyl)(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl), —NH(C1-C4alkoxy-C2-C4hydroxyalkyl), —N(C1-C4alkoxy-C2-C4hydroxyalkyl)2, —N(C1-C4alkoxy-C2-C4hydroxyalkyl)(C1-C4alkyl), —N(C1-C4alkkoxy-C2-C4hydroxyalkyl)(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl), NH(C1-C4alkoxy-C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4alkyl), —N(C1-C4alkoxy-C1-C4alkkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl)2, —N(C1-C4alkoxy-C1-C4alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl)(C1-C4alkyl), —N(C1-C4alkoxy-C1-C4alkoxy-C2-C4-alkyl)(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl) —NH(C5-C7cycloalkyl), —N(C5-C7cycloakyl)2, —NH(C6-C10aryl), NH(C7-C13-aralkyl) or a morpholino, piperidino or pyrrolidino residue; halogen or —OC1-C4alkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy or —C1-C4alkoxy, a process for their preparation and their use as fluorescent whitening agents (FWA'Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Georges Metzger, Serge Hauger, Fabienne Cuesta
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Patent number: 6723846Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having formula (1): wherein each R1 represents, independently, a linear C1-C4-alkylene residue which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-hydroxy- or alkoxy-alkoxy, —OCOM, —OCOC1-C4-alkyl, or an amino acid residue from which a hydrogen atom on the amino group has been removed; each R2 represents, independently, a linear C1-C4-alkylene residue which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-hydroxy- or alkoxy-alkoxy, —OCOM, —OCOC1-C4-alkyl, —CO2M, CO2C1-C4-alkyl SO3M or phenoxy which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-alkoxy, —CO2M or CO2C1-C4-alkyl, NH3 or mono- or disubstituted amino; or phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 SO3M, SO2NHC1-C4-alkyl, —SO2NH2, —CO2M, —CO2M, —CO2C1-C4-alkyl, —CONH2, —CONHC1-C4-alkyl, —NHCOC1-C4-alkyl or mono- or disubstituted amino groups;Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2002Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Georges Metzger, Serge Hauger, Fabienne Cuesta, Christophe Bulliard, Peter Rohringer, Marc Roger Grienenberger