Patents by Inventor Robert Ernest Arthur Dear

Robert Ernest Arthur Dear 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: 4097642
    Abstract: Perfluoroalkylthio glycols and esters thereof can be prepared by the free-radical catalyzed addition of a perfluoroalkylthiol to an acetylenic alcohol or ester thereof. The compounds obtained are useful intermediates for the synthesis of fluorochemicals with low free surface energies having oil and water repellent properties. In one embodiment, a perfluoroalkylthio glycol can be reacted with a diisocyanate to obtain a polyurethane containing perfluoroalkylthio groups, which polyurethanes are useful as coatings to provide oil and water repellance to textiles and as additives to plastics to provide mold-release and other desirable properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Ernest Arthur Dear, Robert Allan Falk
  • Patent number: 4081399
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the preparation of concentrated solutions of fluorinated surfactants of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.f is a perfluoroalkyl or perfluoroalkoxy-perfluoroalkyl group, R.sup.1 is a branched or straight chain alkylene, alkylenethioalkylene, alkyleneoxy-alkylene or alkyleneiminoalkylene group, X is oxygen or an amino group, Q is an organic group containing at least one amino group and y is zero or 1, said process comprising (a) reacting an aqueous solution of an amine with an anhydride previously dissolved in an anhydrous water miscible organic solvent, dissolved in an anhydrous water miscible organic solvent, and (b) reacting the intermediate obtained from the first reaction with an R.sub.f -thiol in the presence of a non-reactive water miscible thiol solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1978
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Ernest Arthur Dear, Thomas W. Cook
  • Patent number: 4060681
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel acrylates, methacrylates, fumarates, maleates, citraconates, mesaconates, itaconates, and aconitates of the following structure: ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 are each C.sub.n H.sub.2n, where n is 1 to 12 and may be straight chain or branched;R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.n H.sub.2n+1, where n is 1 to 12 and may be straight chain or branched;R.sup.4, r.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are hydrogen, methyl, ##STR2## PROVIDED THAT AT LEAST ONE OF R.sup.4, R.sup.5, and R.sup.6 is hydrogen or methyl; R.sub.f is C.sub.p F.sub.2p+1 or C.sub.p F.sub.2p+1 OC.sub.q F.sub.2q, where p is 3 to 18 (preferably 6 to 12), q is 2 to 8, and the perfluoroalkyl constituent may be branched or straight chain.Addition polymers made from the above unsaturated esters are particularly useful for treating fabrics to make the fabric oil and water repellent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1977
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Eduard K. Kleiner, Robert Ernest Arthur Dear
  • Patent number: 4054592
    Abstract: Perfluoroalkylthio glycols and esters thereof can be prepared by the free-radical catalyzed addition of a perfluoroalkylthiol to an acetylenic alcohol or ester thereof. The compounds obtained are useful intermediates for the synthesis of fluorochemicals with low free surface energies having oil and water repellent properties. In one embodiment, a perfluoroalkylthio glycol can be reacted with a diisocyanate to obtain a polyurethane containing perfluoroalkylthio groups, which polyurethanes are useful as coatings to provide oil and water repellence to textiles and as additives to plastics to provide mold-release and other desirable properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1977
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Ernest Arthur Dear, Robert Allan Falk
  • Patent number: 4014926
    Abstract: The invention is directed to fluorinated alkylamido sulfonic acids and salts of the formula ##STR1## where R.sub.f is straigt or branched chain perfluoroalkyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms or perfluoroalkyl substituted by perfluoroalkoxy of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sub.1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl and each of R.sub.2, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is individually hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical, and R.sub.6 is alkylene, alkylenethioalkylene, alkyleneoxyalkylene or alkyleneiminoalkylene with a secondary or tertiary nitrogen atom. R.sub.3 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl or pyridyl, M is hydrogen, a monovalent alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, an organic base or ammonium, and n is an integer corresponding to the valency of M. Said compounds are prepared by a base catalyzed addition reaction of the thiol, R.sub.f -R.sub.6 SH, to an alkyenylamido sulfonic acid salt. The compounds are useful as surfactants and as levelling agents in floor polish formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Ernest Arthur Dear, Eduard Karl Kleiner
  • Patent number: 4001305
    Abstract: Perfluoroalkylthio glycols and esters thereof can be prepared by the free-radical catalyzed addition of a perfluoroalkylthiol to an acetylenic alcohol or ester thereof. The compounds obtained are useful intermediates for the synthesis of fluorochemicals with low free surface energies having oil and water repellent properties. In one embodiment, a perfluoroalkylthio glycol can be reacted with a diisocyanate to obtain a polyurethane containing perfluoroalkylthio groups, which polyurethanes are useful as coatings to provide oil and water repellence to textiles and as additives to plastics to provide mold-release and other desirable properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1977
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Ernest Arthur Dear, Robert Allan Falk
  • Patent number: 4000188
    Abstract: The invention is directed to alkylthio alkylamido sulfonic acids and salts of the formula ##STR1## R.sub.6 is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or phenyl, alkylthio, tert-alkylamine, furfuryl or a group derived from a polyfunctional mercaptan, R.sub.1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl and each of R.sub.2, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is individually hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical. R.sub.3 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl or pyridyl, M is hydrogen, a monovalent alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, an organic base or ammonium, and n is an integer corresponding to the valency of M. Said compounds are prepared by a base catalyzed addition reaction of a reactive mercaptan to an alkylenylamidoalkane sulfonic acid salt. The compounds are useful as surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1976
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Ernest Arthur Dear, Eduard Karl Kleiner
  • Patent number: 3935277
    Abstract: Perfluoroalkylthio glycols and esters thereof can be prepared by the free-radical catalyzed addition of a perfluoroalkylthiol to an acetylenic alcohol or ester thereof. The compounds obtained are useful intermediates for the synthesis of fluorochemicals with low free surface energies having oil and water repellent properties. In one embodiment, a perfluoroalkylthio glycol can be reacted with a diisocyanate to obtain a polyurethane containing perfluoroalkylthio groups, which polyurethanes are useful as coatings to provide oil and water repellence to textiles and as additives to plastics to provide mold-release and other desirable properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1976
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Ernest Arthur Dear, Robert Allan Falk