Patents by Inventor Hartmut Springer

Hartmut Springer 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: 5349057
    Abstract: Water-soluble azo dyes and their heavy metal complex derivatives, such as copper, cobalt and chromium complex azo dyes are described, which have the general formula (1) shown below, have fiber-reactive properties and dye natural and synthetic hydroxyl- and/or carboxamido-containing materials, in particular fiber materials, such as wool and in particular cellulose fiber materials, by the dyeing and printing processes customary for fiber-reactive dyes, in hues which have high color strength and good fastness properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Holger M. Buch, Hartmut Springer
  • Patent number: 5310886
    Abstract: There are disclosed azo compounds conforming to formula (1) shown and defined hereinafter, and the preparation thereof. They have fiber-reactive properties and are used for preparing strong and fast dyeings on hydroxy- and/or carboxamido-containing material, preferably fiber material, such as synthetic polyamide, wool and in particular cellulose fibers. ##STR1## where: M is hydrogen or a salt-forming metal,K.sup.o is a radical of the formula (2A) or (2B) ##STR2## where Z is a radical of the formula (3) ##STR3## where R.sup.o is hydrogen or lower alkyl which may be substituted by certain substituents, G is halogen, methoxy, hydroxy or substituted or unsubstituted anilino, Z.sup.1 is a radical of the formula (3a) or (3b) ##STR4##--alk--SO.sub.2 --Yand wherein A, B, R*, R", Y, a, k, D, E and K are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Springer, Kurt Hussong
  • Patent number: 5302708
    Abstract: Phthalocyanine dyes, in particular copper phthalocyanine and nickel phthalocyanine dyes which contain one or more groups of the formula given and defined below ##STR1## or one or more carboxy groups or both groups and which furthermore can contain one or more sulfo groups, customary sulfonamide groups and/or groups of the formula given and defined below ##STR2## dye hydroxy- and/or carboxamide-containing materials, in particular fiber materials, such as cellulose fiber materials, wool and polyamide fibers, in fast, predominantly green hues of high color strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Werner H. Russ, Hartmut Springer, Marcus Banfer
  • Patent number: 5290923
    Abstract: Monoazo compounds which possess fiber-reactive groups and have useful dye properties and are capable of dyeing hydroxyl- and/or carboxamido-containing materials, in particular fiber materials, such as cellulose fibers and natural and synthetic polyamide, such as wool, in strong, fast shades. They conform to the formula ##STR1## wherein D, K and Me are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Springer, Rolf Gleissner
  • Patent number: 5290922
    Abstract: Disazo compounds which possess fiber-reactive groups and have useful dye properties and are capable of dyeing hydroxyl- and/or carboxamido-containing materials, in particular fiber materials, such as cellulose fibers and natural and synthetic polyamide, such as wool, in strong, fast shades. They conform to the formula ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Springer, Rolf Gleibner
  • Patent number: 5278292
    Abstract: Water-soluble fiber-reactive dyes are described conforming to the below-indicated formula (1) which are capable of dyeing hydroxyl- and/or carboxamido-containing material, in particular fiber material, such as wool and in particular cellulose fiber materials, in strong, fast shades. ##STR1## in which F is the radical of a monoazo, polyazo, metal complex azo, anthraquinone, phthalocyanine, triphenoldioxazine, azomethine, dioxazine, phenazine, stilbene, triphenylmethane, xanthene, formazan, thioxanthone, nitroaryl, naphthoquinone, pyrenequinone or perylenetetracarbimide dye;R.sup.x is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms;R is hydrogen, sulfo, carboxyl, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or chlorine;w is 1, 2, 3 or 4;Y is vinyl or an ethyl group which contains in the .beta.-position a substituent which is eliminable by alkali to form a vinyl group;n is 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Springer, Rolf Gleissner, Gunther Schwaiger
  • Patent number: 5268458
    Abstract: Azo compounds containing, as the diazo constituent, 1-sulpho-6-carboxy-2-aminonaphthalene and, as the coupling constituent, substances which contain a residue of the pyrimidine or triazine series which reacts with fibers. The azo compounds possess dye properties and, when used in the usual application fixing process for fiber-reactive dyes, color materials containing carbonamide and/or hydroxyl groups, in particular fibrous material such as wool, synthetic nylon and, in particular, cellulose fiber materials in intense, permanent shades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Springer, Kurt Hussong
  • Patent number: 5256776
    Abstract: Water-soluble phthalocyanine dyestuffs, processes for their preparation and their use Phthalocyanine dyestuffs, in particular copper phthalocyanine and nickel phthalocyanine dyestuffs, which contain one or more groups of the formula define below ##STR1## or one or more carboxy groups, or both groups, and which furthermore can have one or more sulfo groups, customary sulfonamide groups and/or groups of the general formula defined below ##STR2## dye materials containing hydroxy and/or carboxamide groups, in particular fiber materials, such as, for example, cellulose fiber materials, wool and polyamide fibers, in deep-colored, fast, mainly green shades. In the formulae:R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are both, independently of one another, hydrogen or a lower optionally substituted aliphatic radical, G is lower alkylene, or is phenylene, which can be substituted by lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, sulfo, carboxy and/or nitro, or the grouping --N(R.sup.1)--G--N(R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Werner H. Russ, Hartmut Springer, Marcus Banfer
  • Patent number: 5227475
    Abstract: Water-soluble dyestuffs which correspond to the formula (1) given below, have fiber-reactive properties and dye synthetic and natural materials, in particular fiber materials, containing hydroxyl and/or carboxamide groups, such as wool and in particular cellulose fiber materials, in deep shades ##STR1## in which: F is the radical of a dyestuff, such as of an azo dyestuff, heavy metal complex azo dyestuff, anthraquinone dyestuff or phthalocyanine dyestuff,R.sup.x is hydrogen or lower alkyl, which can be substituted by halogen, hydroxyl, cyano, lower alkoxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, carboxyl, sulfamoyl, sulfo or sulfato;n is the number 1 or 2; andQ is a group of the formula ##STR2## in whichR.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Holger M. Buch, Reinhard Hahnle, Hartmut Springer
  • Patent number: 5166338
    Abstract: Anthraquinone, phthalocyanine, formazan, azomethine, dioxazine, phenazine, triphenylmethane, xanthene, thioxanthone, nitroaryl, naphthoquinone, pyrenequinone and perylenetetracarbimide dyes which contain one or two groups of the general formula ##STR1## where Y is vinyl or an ethyl group which contains in a .beta.-position a substituent which is eliminable by means of alkali to form a vinyl group, and W is a direct bond or a group of the general formula ##STR2## where M is a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal and n is zero, 1 or 2. The dyes have very good fiber-reactive properties and are advantageously suitable for dyeing carboxamino- and/or hydroxy-containing material, for example wool, in particular cellulose fiber materials; on these materials they produce strong fast shades in a high degree of fixation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Holger M. Buch, Josef Geisenberger, Hartmut Springer
  • Patent number: 5128455
    Abstract: Water-soluble fiber-reactive dyes which contain one or more groups of the general formula (1) ##STR1## where R.sup..alpha. and R.sup..beta. are each hydrogen or lower alkyl,R is hydrogen or sulfoY is vinyl or ethyl which is substituted in the .beta.-position by a substituent which is eliminatable under alkaline conditions,W is hydroxy, N-morpholino, N-piperidinyl, N-pyrrolidinyl or a group of the general formula (2) ##STR2## where G is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms andQ is a group of the general formula (2a), (2b), (2c) or (2d) ##STR3##--(CH.sub.2).sub.t --R.sup.a (2b)--(CH.sub.2).sub.t --O--(CH.sub.2).sub.w --R.sup.a (2c)--(CH.sub.2).sub.t --R.sup.2 (2d)whereR.sup.a is a group of the general formula --SO.sub.2 --Y, where Y is as defined above, or sulfo,R.sup.b is hydrogen, alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, sulfo, hydroxy, carboxy or chlorine,R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Springer, Patrick Scheidhauer, Karl-Michael Reichert, Guther Schwaiger, Kurt Hussong
  • Patent number: 5112970
    Abstract: Water-soluble triphendioxazine compounds of the formula (1) with quaternary ammonium groups ##STR1## in which the substituents are defined in claim 1. The compounds (1) have fiber-reactive dyestuff properties and dye, for example, cellulose fiber materials, wool and synthetic polyamide in deep, fast shades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Holger M. Buch, Hartmut Springer
  • Patent number: 5102993
    Abstract: Water-soluble disazo compounds, processes for their preparation of their use as dyestuffsDisazo compounds of the general formula (1) defined below, ##STR1## which have fiber-reactive properties and are suitable as useful dyestuffs for dyeing material containing carboxamide groups and/or material containing hydroxy groups, such as fiber material, for example wool and cellulose fiber materials, are described.In formulas (1):D* is phenylene, which can be substituted by 1 or 2 substituents from the group comprising lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, chlorine, bromine, sulfo and carboxy, or is a naphthylene which is optionally substituted by sulfo;D is the meta- or para-phenylene radical;A is a direct bond or the methylene group or the group --N(R)--, where R has the meaning given below;R is lower alkyl, which can be substituted;Y.sup.1 and Y`each denote the vinyl group or the 62 -chloroethyl or .beta.-sulfatoethyl group andM is a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig Schlafer, Hartmut Springer
  • Patent number: 5093483
    Abstract: Water-soluble monoazo compounds having fiber-reactive dyestuff properties which correspond to the general formula ##STR1## in which M is a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal,D is a group of the general formula (2a), (2b) or (2c) ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 denotes hydrogen, cyano, lower alkyl which is optionally substituted by sulfo, carboxy or sulfato, hydroxy, alkoxy which is optionally subhstituted by sulfo, carboxy, or sulfato, sulfo, carboxy, halogen or denotes a group of the formula (3) ##STR3## in which alk is an alkylene having 2 to 4 carbon atoms,R is sulfo, carboxy, sulfato or phosphato andR.sup.1 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl,R.sup.2 denotes hydrogen, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl or sulfo,Y is the vinyl group or stands for an ethyl group which contains a subhstituent in the .beta.-position which can be eliminated by alkali,k is the number 1 or 2 andn denotes the number zero or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Springer, Kurt Hussong
  • Patent number: 5055565
    Abstract: Compounds according to the general formula ##STR1## in which: D is phenyl, optionally substituted by sulfo, carboxy, alkyl, alkoxy, alkanoylamino and/or chlorine, at least by sulfo or carboxy, or is a sulfosubstituted naphthyl;E is 1,4-phenylene, substituted by alkyl, alkoxy, alkanoylamino, ureido and/or chlorine, or is 1,4-naphthylene optionally substituted by sulfo;K is 1,4-phenylene, substituted by alkyl, alkoxy, alkanoylamino, ureido and/or chlorine, or is a 1,4-naphthylene optionally substituted by sulfo;A is a direct bond or is methylene or is a bivalent amino, alkylamino or (.beta.-cyanoethyl)-amino group;Y is vinyl or .beta.-chloroethyl.These compounds are fiber-reactive and have dyestuff properties and dye hydroxy--and/or carboxamido-containing material, in particular fiber material such as wool and, in particular cellulose, in strong color-fast shades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Springer, Manfred Kuhn, Werner H. Russ, Ludwig Schlafer
  • Patent number: 5047515
    Abstract: Monoazo compounds which conform to the general formula (1) given below and are used as fiber-reactive dyes for dyeing carboxamido-containing and/or hydroxy-containing materials, for example wool, synthetic polyamide fibers and in particular cellulose fibers, in fast, predominantly yellowish red, red and orange shades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Springer, Kurt Hussong
  • Patent number: 5043435
    Abstract: Diazonium compounds are disclosed which correspond to the formula ##STR1## in which Y' is vinyl, .beta.-hydroxyethyl of an ethyl group having a substituent in the .beta.-position which is eliminated by means of alkali, R is hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, carboxy or halogen, n is the number 0, 1 or 2, M is hydrogen or an alkali metal, and An is an anion, and wherein the diazonium group is bound in the meta- or para-position to the nitrogen of the benzotriazole radical.Also disclosed is a process for the preparation of the diazonium compounds. The compounds are useful as diazo components for the preparation of azo compounds by a coupling reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Springer, Kurt Hussong
  • Patent number: 5021559
    Abstract: Water-soluble azo compounds of the general formula D--N.dbd.N--K are described, which have advantageous fiber-reactive dye properties and dye carboxamido-containing and in particular hydroxy-containing materials, such as wool and in particular cellulose fiber materials, in hues which have high color strength and good fastness properties.In the formula D--N.dbd.N--K, the symbols have the following meanings:D is a radical of the general formula ##STR1## in which Y is a vinyl group or an ethyl group which can be eliminated in the .beta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Springer, Uwe Reiher
  • Patent number: 5015731
    Abstract: Copper complex formazan compounds which have fiber-reactive properties and are very highly suitable for use as dyes for dyeing carboxamido-containing and/or hydroxy-containing material, such as fiber material, for example wool and cellulose fiber materials, have the general formula (1) ##STR1## where A is a benzene or naphthylene ring which may be substituted by substituents customary in dyes, such as halogen, nitro, alkyl and alkoxy,B is alkylene of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or alkenylene of 2 to 8 carbon atoms which may each be substituted by phenyl which in turn may contain the substituents customary in dyes, or is alkylene-phenylene or alkenylene-phenylene having lower alkylene and alkenylene radicals, while the phenylene radicals may in turn contain the substituents customary in dyes, or is a phenylene or naphthylene radical which may contain substituents customary in dyes, or is the bivalent radical of a heterocycle, such as furan, thiophene or benzimidazole, or--B--Z together is hydrogen,Z is a water-solubil
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunther Schwaiger, Hartmut Springer
  • Patent number: 5010180
    Abstract: Water-soluble azo compounds corresponding to the general formula D--N.dbd.N--K which have advantageous fiber-reactive dyestuff properties and dye materials containing carboxamide groups and in particular materials containing hydroxy groups, such as wool and in particular cellulose fiber materials, in deep fast shades are described.In the formula D--N.dbd.N--K:D is a radical of the general formula ##STR1## in which Y is the vinyl group or an ethyl group in the .beta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Springer, Uwe Reiher