Patents by Inventor Gianluca Ferri

Gianluca Ferri 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: 7638626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to highly compatible hydroxyphenyltriazine UV-absorbers and to their use in protecting plants in green houses and the protection of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, shampoos and the like from the deleterious effects of ultraviolet radiation. It has been found that certain highly compatible tris-aryl-s-triazines are especially effective towards this end when incorporated in the containers or films in which such materials are stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Dario Lazzari, David George Leppard, Massimiliano Sala, Manuele Vitali, Graziano Zagnoni, Gianluca Ferri
  • Publication number: 20080032078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to highly compatible hydroxyphenyltriazine UV-absorbers and to their use in protecting plants in green houses and the protection of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, shampoos and the like from the deleterious effects of ultraviolet radiation. It has been found that certain highly compatible tris-aryl-s-triazines are especially effective towards this end when incorporated in the containers or films in which such materials are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Dario Lazzari, David Leppard, Massimiliano Sala, Manuele Vitali, Graziano Zagnoni, Gianluca Ferri
  • Patent number: 7294714
    Abstract: The present invention relates to highly compatible hydroxyphenyltriazine UV-absorbers and to their use in protecting plants in green houses and the protection of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, shampoos and the like from the deleterious effects of ultraviolet radiation. It has been found that certain highly compatible tris-aryl-s-triazines are especially effective towards this end when incorporated in the containers or films in which such materials are stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventors: Dario Lazzari, David George Leppard, Massimiliano Sala, Manuele Vitali, Graziano Zagnoni, Gianluca Ferri
  • Publication number: 20070161726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to highly compatible hydroxyphenyltriazine UV-absorbers and to their use in protecting plants in green houses and the protection of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, shampoos and the like from the deleterious effects of ultraviolet radiation. It has been found that certain highly compatible tris-aryl-s-triazines are especially effective towards this end when incorporated in the containers or films in which such materials are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Dario Lazzari, David Leppard, Massimiliano Sala, Manuele Vitali, Graziano Zagnoni, Gianluca Ferri
  • Patent number: 7034069
    Abstract: The present invention relates to highly compatible, high molecular weight hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole UV-absorbers and for their use in protecting plants in green houses and the protection of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, shampoos and the like from the deleterious effects of ultraviolet radiation. It has been found that certain highly compatible, high molecular weight hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole UV-absorbers are especially effective towards this end when incorporated in the containers or films in which such materials are stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventors: Dario Lazzari, Gianluca Ferri, Massimiliano Sala, Michela Bonora, Manuele Vitali
  • Publication number: 20040241111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to highly compatible hydroxyphenyltriazine UV-absorbers and to their use in protecting plants in green houses and the protection of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, shampoos and the like from the deleterious effects of ultraviolet radiation. It has been found that certain highly compatible tris-arly-s.triazines are especially effective towards this end when incorporated in the containers or films in which such materials are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Dario Lazzari, David George Leppard, Massimiliano Sala, Manuele Vitali, Graziano Zagnoni, Gianluca Ferri
  • Publication number: 20040209981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to highly compatible, high molecular weight hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole UV-absorbers and for their use in protecting plants in green houses and the protection of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, shampoos and the like from the deleterious effects of ultraviolet radiation. It has been found that certain highly compatible, high molecular weight hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole UV-absorbers are especially effective towards this end when incorporated in the containers or films in which such materials are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Dario Lazzari, Gianluca Ferri, Massimiliano Sala, Michela Bonora, Manuele Vitali
  • Patent number: 6677451
    Abstract: A new process is described for the preparation of a compound of the formula I wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4, independently of each other, are C1-C8alkyl or C1-C5hydroxyalkyl, or R1 and R2 together with the carbon atom they are attached to are C5-C12cycloalkyl, or R3 and R4 together with the carbon atom they are attached to are C5-C12cycloalkyl; R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9, independently of each other, are H, C1-C8alkyl, C2-C8alkenyl, C5-C12aryl, C1-C4haloalkyl, an electron withdrawing group, or C6-C12aryl which is substituted by a residue selected from C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, halogen; and R7 and R8 together may also form a chemical bond; and R is an organic linking group containing 2-500 carbon atoms and forming, together with the carbon atoms it is directly connected to and the nitrogen atom, a substituted, 5-, 6 or 7-membered cyclic ring structure; characterized in that a compound of the formula II is oxidized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Alessandro Zedda, Gianluca Ferri, Massimiliano Sala
  • Publication number: 20020094976
    Abstract: A new process is described for the preparation of a compound of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Alessandro Zedda, Gianluca Ferri, Massimiliano Sala
  • Patent number: 6420462
    Abstract: A new process is described for the preparation of a compound of the formula I wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4, independently of each other, are C1-C8alkyl or C1-C5hydroxyalkyl, or R1 and R2 together with the carbon atom they are attached to are C5-C12cycloalkyl or R3 and R4 together with the carbon atom they are attached to are C5-C12cycloalkyl; R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9, independently of each other, are H, C1-C8alkyl, C2-C8alkenyl, C5-C12aryl, C1-C4haloalkyl, an electron withdrawing group, or C1-C12aryl which is substituted by a residue selected from C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, halogen; and R7 and R8 together may also form a chemical bond; and R is an organic linking group containing 2-500 carbon atoms and forming, together with the carbon atoms it is directly connected to and the nitrogen atom, a substituted, 5-, 6 or 7-membered cyclic ring structure; characterized in that a compound of the formula II is oxidized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Alessandro Zedda, Gianluca Ferri, Massimiliano Sala
  • Patent number: 6117995
    Abstract: A new process is described for the preparation of a compound of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, independently of each other, are C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 hydroxyalkyl, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together with the carbon atom they are attached to are C.sub.5 -C.sub.2 cycloalkyl, or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 together with the carbon atom they are attached to are C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl; R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8 and R.sub.9, independently of each other, are H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 alkenyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 aryl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkyl, an electron withdrawing group, or C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 aryl which is substituted by a residue selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, halogen; and R.sub.7 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Alessandro Zedda, Gianluca Ferri, Massimiliano Sala
  • Patent number: 6114420
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein n is an integer from 1 to 4; the radicals R.sub.1 are for example a group of the formula ##STR2## R.sub.3 is for example hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl or C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkoxy; Z and R.sub.2 are for example a group ##STR3## the radicals A and E are, for example, independently of one another --N(R.sub.11)(R.sub.12) or a group of the formula ##STR4## R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 are for example C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl; R.sub.13 has for example one of the meanings given for R.sub.3 ; E* has for example one of the meanings given for A or is a group of the formula ##STR5## The compounds of the formula (I) are useful as light stabilizers, heat stabilizers and oxidation stabilizers for organic materials, in particular synthetic polymers such as polyolefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Alessandro Zedda, Gianluca Ferri