Patents by Inventor Rudolf Hurter

Rudolf Hurter 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: 5958086
    Abstract: Dye mixtures, which comprise at least one dye of formula ##STR1## and at least one dye of formulae (2) and (3) ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 R.sub.5, R.sub.6 R.sub.7, X.sub.1, X.sub.2, A.sub.1, A.sub.2, A.sub.3 and A.sub.4 are as defined in claim 1.The dye mixtures according to this invention are particularly suitable for dyeing or printing natural or synthetic polyamide fiber material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Adam, Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 5928386
    Abstract: A process for dyeing or printing natural or synthetic polyamide fiber material by the trichromatic technique, which comprises using at least one blue-dyeing dye of formula ##STR1## together with at least one red-dyeing dye of formula ##STR2## together with at least one yellow- or orange-dyeing dye of formula ##STR3##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Hurter, Jean-Marie Adam, Francine Casi
  • Patent number: 5663309
    Abstract: Azo dyes of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted phenylamino,R.sub.2 is hydrogen, amino or N-mono- or N,N-di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylamino,R.sub.3 is hydrogen or hydroxyl,R.sub.4 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkanoylamino, ureido or halogen andK is as defined in claim 1,the azo dyes of the formula (1) comprising at least one and not more than two sulfo groups,are particularly suitable for dyeing or printing cellulosic fibre materials or naturally occurring or synthetic polyamide fibre materials with a high dyeing yield, and give dyeings and prints with good fastness properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 5644040
    Abstract: Azo dyes of the formula (1) ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkanoylamino, ureido or halogen, X is chlorine or fluorine, B.sub.1 is phenyl, naphthyl or heterocyclic radical, and A.sub.1 is a radical of the formula (2) ##STR2## in which R.sup.7 is hydrogen, amino, N-mono- or N,N-di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylamino or optionally substituted phenylamino and R.sub.8 is hydrogen or hydroxyl, or A.sub.1 is a radical of the formula (3) ##STR3## in which R.sub.9 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl or phenyl which is optionally substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkanoylamino, ureido, halogen or sulfo, R.sub.10 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl and R.sub.11 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 5371201
    Abstract: The invention relates to azo dyes of formula ##STR1## wherein A, B and R.sub.1 are as defined in claim 1. The azo dyes of formula (1) give dyeings of good fastness properties on nitrogen-containing or hydroxy group-containing fibre materials, paper or leather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 5332806
    Abstract: Azo dyes of the formula ##STR1## where A and B are each independently of the other substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or naphthyl and X is --N(R.sub.1)--SO.sub.2 --, --O--SO.sub.2 -- or --SO.sub.2 --N(R.sub.1)--, where R.sub.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, produce very fast dyeings on nitrogen-containing or hydroxyl-containing fibre materials, paper or leather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 5120872
    Abstract: A compound of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of one another are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, phenyl, sulfo, sulfato, thiosulfato, cyano or halogen, C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, or phenyl or naphthyl which both are unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkanoylamino, benzoylamino, halogen or sulfo, R.sub.3 is hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, phenyl, sulfo, sulfato, thiosulfato, cyano or halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkoxy which is unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, or phenoxy which is unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 5106960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to azo dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is an aryloxy radical or an unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl radical, a cycloalkyl radical or an aryl radical or a group of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted lower alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, and R.sub.2 is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted lower alkyl, or wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring which may contain a further hetero-atom, Y is halogen, low molecular alkyl or low molecular alkoxy, and K is the radical of a coupling component of the benzene or naphthalene series or of the heterocyclic series.These dyes yield dyeings of good light- and wetfastness on polyamide material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Hurter, Dieter Mausezahl
  • Patent number: 4997921
    Abstract: Monoazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, halogen, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkanoylamino or is an unsubstituted or substituted arylsulfonyl, aryloxy or arylcarbonyl radical; R.sub.2 is hydrogen, halogen, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryloxy or aryloxysulfonyl radical or a radical of the formula ##STR2## R.sub.3 is an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl or aryl radical; R.sub.4 is hydrogen or alkyl; and R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each independently hydrogen or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl radical, with the proviso that R.sub.1 may not be hydrogen or halogen if R.sub.2 is an unsubstituted or substituted aryloxysulfonyl radical, a radical of the formula ##STR3## or the trifluoromethyl group, and the sulfo group is attached to the benzene ring of the indole radical, produce dyeings of good light- and wetfastness properties on polyamide material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 4994563
    Abstract: The azo dyes of the formula ##STR1## in which D is a diazo component, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of one another are each a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, phenyl or naphthyl radical each of which is substituted or unsubstituted, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, together with the nitrogen atom linking them, are a 5-membered, 6-membered or 7-membered ring each of which is unsubstituted or substituted by heteroatoms, R.sub.3 is hydrogen, halogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkoxy or phenoxy radical each of which is substituted or unsubstituted, X is --CO-- or --SO.sub.2 --, n is the number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 and M is a cation, produce dyeings of good fastness properties on fibre materials containing nitrogen or containing hydroxyl groups. This application also relates to the preparation and use of said azo dyes and to intermediates utilized in the preparation of said azo dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 4954563
    Abstract: Monoazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, halogen, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkanoylamino or is an unsubstituted or substituted arylsulfonyl, aryloxy or arylcarbonyl radical; R.sub.2 is hydrogen, halogen, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryloxy or aryloxysulfonyl radical or a radical of the formula ##STR2## R.sub.3 is an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl or aryl radical; R.sub.4 is hydrogen or alkyl; and R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each independently hydrogen or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl radical, with the proviso that R.sub.1 may not be hydrogen or halogen if R.sub.2 is an unsubstituted or substituted aryloxysulfonyl radical, a radical of the formula ##STR3## or the trifluoromethyl group, and the sulfo group is attached to the benzene ring of the indole radical, produce dyeings of good light- and wetfastness properties on polyamide material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 4918183
    Abstract: The invention relates to monoazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein K is the radical of a coupling component of the benzene, naphthalene or heterocyclic series, and R is hydrogen, halogen, carboxy, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkanoylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylsulfonylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylsulfonyl, phenyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkylsulfonyl or naphthyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkylsulfonyl or benzoyl radical, which radicals may be further substituted, or is a ##STR2## group, wherein each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of the other is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, phenyl or naphthyl radical, which radicals may be further substituted, and wherein X is hydrogen, halogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkanoylamino or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylsulfonylamino radical, which radicals may be further substituted.These dyes give dyeings of good light- and wetfastness properties on polyamide material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 4906740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to monoazo dyes which dye polyamide material with good light- and wet-fastness and which have the formula ##STR1## in which K is the radical of an amino- or alkoxy-benzene, amino- or alkoxy-naphthalene, naphthol, aminonaphthol, pyrazolone, aminopyrazole, indole, naphthimidazole, diphenylamine, tetrahydroquinoline or acetoacetamide and can be further substituted, R is hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-6 -alkyl, trifluoromethyl, carboxyl or a --SO.sub.2 --C.sub.1-6 --alkyl, --SO.sub.2 --R.sub.1, ##STR2## --CO--R.sub.4 group, in which R.sub.1 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl- or naphthyl-C.sub.1-4 -alkyl radical, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently of one another are hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-6 -alkyl or C.sub.5-7 -cycloalkyl radical and R.sub.4 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl radical, and X is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, C.sub.1-4 -alkoxy or halogen, and in which R in formula (1) may not be hydrogen or chlorine if the radical --N.dbd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 4866164
    Abstract: The monoazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is N-ethylanilino or anilino which is substituted by C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 alkanoylamino, R.sub.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and R.sub.3 is halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, produce dyeings and prints of good lightfastness and wetfastness properties on polyamide fibre materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 4843151
    Abstract: The monoazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## in which K is the radical of a coupling component of the aminobenzene, alkoxybenzene, hydroxybenzene, pyrazolone, aminopyrazole, pyrimmidine, indole, diphenylamine or acetoacetamide series, R is a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-12 alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl radical, X is a --CO-- or --SO.sub.2 -- group, a --COO-- group, R being attached to the oxygen atoms, or an --SO.sub.2 NH-- or ##STR2## group, R being attached to the nitrogen atom and Y being hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl, and Z is hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl, produce dyeings having good fastness to light and wet processing on polyamide material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 4678611
    Abstract: Dyestuff intermediates of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a phenyl radical, R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or an acyl radical and Z represents hydrogen or a sulfo group, and the use thereof for the manufacture of azo dyes of the formula ##STR2## wherein D represents the radical of a coupling component, R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a phenyl radical, and R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or an acyl radical, or of azo dyes of the formula ##STR3## wherein K is the radical of a coupling component, Z represents hydrogen or the sulfo group, and R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or an acyl radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 4602084
    Abstract: Monoazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## in which K is the radical of a coupling component of the benzene or naphthalene series or of the heterocyclic series, and R is a ##STR2## --CO--R.sub.2 or --SO.sub.2 --O--R.sub.2 group in which R.sub.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 -alkyl and R.sub.2 is a substituted or unsubstituted monosulfo-C.sub.1-12 -alkyl radical, a substituted or unsubstituted monosulfophenyl, disulfophenyl, monosulfonaphthyl or disulfonaphthyl radical, and X and Y, independently of each other, are hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, C.sub.1-4 -alkoxy, halogen, C.sub.2-6 -alkanoylamino, C.sub.1-5 -alkylsulfonylamino or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or phenoxy radical, produce dyeings on polyamide material which have good light and wet fastness properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 4582897
    Abstract: Monoazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## in which K is a radical of the formula ##STR2## or of the formula ##STR3## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of one another is (sic) hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, which can be substituted by halogen, cyano, hydroxyl, carboxyl, sulfo, sulfato, C.sub.1-4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1-4 -alkoxycarbonyl, C.sub.1-4 -alkanoyloxy, phenyl, sulfophenyl and naphthyl, or cyclohexyl, or C.sub.1-4 -alkenyl, which can be substituted by halogen, or phenyl or naphthyl, or in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, together with the nitrogen atom connecting them and where relevant with the inclusion of a further hetero-atom, form a heterocyclic 5-membered or 6-membered ring, R.sub.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, C.sub.1-4 -alkoxy, which can be substituted by hydroxyl and C.sub.1-4 -alkoxy, or C.sub.1-4 -alkanoylamino, or benzoylamino, which can be substituted in the benzene nucleus by methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, chlorine, carboxyl and sulfo, or ureido, C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Dieter Mausezahl, Rudolf Hurter, Hansrudolf Schwander
  • Patent number: 4562249
    Abstract: There are described novel yellow to red azo compounds of the formula I ##STR1## wherein each D independently of the other is the radical of an aromatic or heterocyclic diazo component, each Z independently of the other is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl group or an acylamino group, Y is hydrogen or an unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl group, X is either the direct bond or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkylene, ##STR2## and n is a number from 2 to 6, preferably 2; and the substituent Y, in the case of an unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl group, can also be bonded to the o-position relative to the N atom of the phenylene group to form a six-membered ring, or both Y substituents can be linked together to form a C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Hansrudolf Schwander, Rudolf Hurter
  • Patent number: 4360460
    Abstract: Dyestuff intermediates of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a phenyl radical, R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or an acyl radical and Z represents hydrogen or a sulfo group, and the use thereof for the manufacture of azo dyes of the formula ##STR2## wherein D represents the radical of a coupling component, R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a phenyl radical, and R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or an acyl radical, or of azo dyes of the formula ##STR3## wherein K is the radical of a coupling component, Z represents hydrogen or the sulfo group, and R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or an acyl radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Hurter