Patents by Inventor Ottmar Rohde

Ottmar Rohde 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: 5834531
    Abstract: Radiation-sensitive compositions comprising a substance which forms acid under the action of actinic radiation and polymers based on combination of different repeating units derived from hydroxy styrene and hydroxy-vinylcyclohexane derivatives wherein a portion of the hydroxyl groups are replaced with either acid-labile acetal or ketal protecting groups and where a portion of the repeating groups comprise two crosslinked species connected via the protecting groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Olin Microelectronic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans-Thomas Schacht, Norbert Muenzel, Carl-Lorenz Mertesdorf, Pasquale Alfred Falcigno, Heinz Holzwarth, Ottmar Rohde, deceased, Hans-Jorg Kirner
  • Patent number: 5714559
    Abstract: Polymers based on combination of different repeating units derived from hydroxy styrene and hydroxyvinylcyclohexane derivatives wherein a portion of the hydroxyl groups are replaced with either acid-labile acetal or ketal protecting groups and where a portion of the repeating groups comprise two crosslinked species connected via the protecting groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Olin Microelectronic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans-Thomas Schacht, Norbert Muenzel, Carl-Lorenz Mertesdorf, Pasquale Alfred Falcigno, Heinz Holzwarth, Ottmar Rohde, deceased, Hans-Jorg Kirner
  • Patent number: 5102959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to copolyimides of 100-70 mol % of recurring structural units of the formula I and 0-30 mol % of recurring structural units of the formula II ##STR1## in which z.sup.a is a tetravalent aromatic tetracarboxylic acid radical other than that of thioxanthonetetracarboxylic acid, the carboxyl groups thereof in each case being located in pairs in the ortho-position or peri-position relative to one another, and x.sup.a is a divalent aromatic diamine radical which, in at least one ortho-position relative to at least one nitrogen atom, carries a hydrocarbon substituent having at least one aliphatic .alpha.-hydrogen atom or x.sup.a is a radical of the formula III ##STR2## in which X.sup.c is a divalent aromatic diamine radical which, in ortho-position relative to both nitrogen atoms, carries in each case at least one mono-valent hydrocarbon substituent having at least one aliphatic .alpha.-hydrogen atom, n assumes an average value of 1.0 to 2.5, Z.sup.b is as defined for Z.sup.a and X.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Ottmar Rohde, Stanley J. Jasne, Josef Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 5011755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising(a) a titanocene photoinitiator of the formula I ##STR1## (b) a 3-ketocoumarin of the formula II ##STR2## in which both R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are as defined in claim 1, R.sup.4 is a radical of the formula V ##STR3## R.sup.5 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, cycloalkyl having 5-7 ring carbon atoms, phenyl or naphthyl which are unsubstituted or substituted by one to three C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl groups, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy groups or halogen atoms or by one diphenylamino or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 dialkylamino group, or is C.sub.7 -C.sub.9 aralkyl, a radical --(CH.dbd.CH).sub.a --C.sub.6 H.sub.5 or a radical of the formula V, a is 1 or 2, preferably 1, and R.sup.10, R.sup.11, R.sup.12, R.sup.13 and R.sup.14 independently of one another are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, phenyl, tolyl, xylyl or benzyl, and R.sup.11 can additionally also be a group --NR.sup.15 R.sup.16 or --OR.sup.15, wherein R.sup.15 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Ottmar Rohde, Armin Schaffner, Martin Riediker, Kurt Meier
  • Patent number: 4935320
    Abstract: Coated material containing in successive order(a) a substrate,(b) a photostructurable negative-working thermostable adhesive and(c) a self-supporting photocrosslinkable polyimide film.This arrangement can be used for producing relief images by means of photolithhographic processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Ottmar Rohde, Armin Schaffner
  • Patent number: 4925912
    Abstract: The present invention relates to copolyimides of 100-70 mol % of recurring structural units of the formula I and 0-30 mol % of recurring structural units of the formula II ##STR1## in which Z.sup.a is a tetravalent aromatic tetracarboxylic acid radical other than that of thioxanthonetetracarboxylic acid, the carboxyl groups thereof in each case being located in pairs in the ortho-position or peri-position relative to one another, and X.sup.a is a divalent aromatic diamine radical which, in at least one ortho-position relative to at least one nitrogen atom, carries a hydrocarbon substituent having at least one aliphatic .alpha.-hydrogen atom or X.sup.a is a radical of the formula III ##STR2## in which X.sup.c is a divalent aromatic diamine radical which, in ortho-position relative to both nitrogen atoms, carries in each case at least one monovalent hydrocarbon substituent having at least one aliphatic .alpha.-hydrogen atom, n assumes an average value of 1.0 to 2.5, Z.sup.b is as defined for Z.sup.a and X.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Ottmar Rohde, Stanley J. Jasne, Josef Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 4851506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising(a) at least one polyimide having an inherent viscosity of at least 0.1 dl/g (measured at 25.degree. C. on a 0.5% by weight solution in N-methylpyrrolidone) and containing at least 50 mol % of structural units of the formula I ##STR1## in which m and p independently of one another are integers from 0 to 4, n is an integer from 0 to 3, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy and R.sup.3 is a divalent radical of an aromatic diamine which is substituted in at least one ortho-position relative to at least one N atom by alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl or in which two adjacent C atoms of the aromatic radical are substituted by alkylene, and(b) at least one aromatic polyimide which is soluble in organic solvents and photocrosslinkable and which contains at least 50 mol %, relative to the total quantity of diamine units, of radicals R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Ottmar Rohde, Andre-Etienne Perret, Josef Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 4786569
    Abstract: Coated material containing in successive order(a) a substrate,(b) a photostructurable negative-working thermostable adhesive and(c) a self-supporting photocrosslinkable polyimide film. This arrangement can be used for producing relief images by means of photolithographic processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Ottmar Rohde, Armin Schaffner
  • Patent number: 4656116
    Abstract: Polyimides of aromatic tetracarboxylic acid derivatives and aromatic diamines where both ortho-positions relative to a phenylene radical bonded to an imide group of the polymer are substituted by alkyl groups can be radiation-crosslinked with organic chromophoric polyazides. Solutions of said polyimides and polyazides in organic solvents can be used as radiation-sensitive coating compositions for, for example, preparing insulating and protective films and in particular for producing printed circuits and integrated circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Ottmar Rohde, Josef Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 4548891
    Abstract: The invention relates to photopolymerizable compositions comprising (a) a prepolymer containing photopolymerizable olefinic double bonds, (b) photoinitiator of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are as defined in claim 1, and optionally (c) an ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid or an allyl ether or allyl ester of a polyol.Owing to their excellent light sensitivity, these compositions are suitable for the economic production of high temperature resistant protective layers and relief structures having excellent resolution and good contours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1985
    Assignee: Ciba Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Riediker, Ottmar Rohde, Martin Roth, Niklaus Buhler