Patents by Inventor Ulrich Salz

Ulrich Salz 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: 7851515
    Abstract: Dental composition containing (i) at least one acid (meth)acrylamide monomer which has two or more polymerizable groups, (ii) at least one acid monomer which has only one polymerizable group and (iii) at least one polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Salz, Angela Mucke, Jorg Zimmermann, Norbert Moszner, Frank Zeuner, Volker Rheinberger
  • Publication number: 20100240796
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesion-promoter composition for the adhesive joining of metallic or ceramic dental materials to radically curing dental materials, wherein the adhesion-promoter composition contains an alkoxysilane monomer (i), a phosphoric acid ester monomer (ii), a sulphur-containing monomer (iii) and an organic solvent (iv).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Thorsten BOCK, Norbert MOSZNER, Volker M. RHEINBERGER, Ulrich SALZ, Frank ZEUNER
  • Patent number: 7714034
    Abstract: Polymerizable dental material which contains at least one radically-polymerizable monomer and at least one bisacylphosphine oxide of the Formula I, in which R1 is a linear or branched C2 to C14 alkyl residue, which can be interrupted by one or more O atoms, PG-Y—R2—X— or a substituted or unsubstituted, aromatic C6 to C14 radical; R2 is absent or a linear or branched C1 to C20 alkylene radical, which can be interrupted by one or more O atoms; R3 is H, a linear or branched C1 to C6 alkyl residue or PG-Y—R2—X—; R4 is a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl or —O—C1-C6 alkyl residue; R5 is H or PG-Y—R2—X—; R6 is H or PG-Y—R213 X—; PG is a polymerizable group; X is absent, O or S; Y is absent, O, S, an ester, amide or urethane group; the bisacylphosphine oxide having at least one PG-Y—R2—X group and X and/or Y being absent if R2 is absent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Volker M. Rheinberger, Ulrich Salz, Heinrich Gruber, Robert Liska, Beate Ganster, Gerald Ullrich
  • Publication number: 20100041790
    Abstract: Polymerizable dental material, characterized in that it contains at least one (meth)acrylamide phosphate of the following general formula (I): in which R1 is H or CH3; R2 is H or a C1-C4 alkyl radical or forms together with the nitrogen atom to which it is bonded and one or more atoms which belong to R3 or R3? a heterocyclic ring; R3, R3? independently of each other are a linear or branched aliphatic C1-C50 radical with a valency of m+n or p+n, an aromatic C6-C18 radical with a valency of m+n or p+n, or a cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or heterocyclic C3-C18 radical with a valency of m+n or p+n, wherein the carbon chains of the radical or radicals can be interrupted by O, S, CONR4, OCONH, or form together with one or more atoms which belong to R2 and the nitrogen atom, to which the R2 is bonded a heterocyclic ring, R3? being H if p=0, and R4 being H, C1-C10 alkyl, C6-C12 aryl, C6-C10 aralkyl or a bicyclic C4-C12 radical; n is 1, 2, 3 or 4 if p=0, and is 1 or 2 if p?0; m is 1, 2, 3 or 4; p is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Norbert MOSZNER, Iris LAMPARTH, Frank ZEUNER, Ulrich SALZ, Angela MUCKE, Jorg ZIMMERMANN, Jorg ANGERMANN, Volker M. RHEINBERGER
  • Patent number: 7622538
    Abstract: Polymerizable dental material, characterized in that it contains at least one (meth)acrylamide phosphate of the following general formula (I): in which R1 is H or CH3; R2 is H or a C1-C4 alkyl radical or forms together with the nitrogen atom to which it is bonded and one or more atoms which belong to R3 or R3? a heterocyclic ring; R3, R3? independently of each other are a linear or branched aliphatic C1-C50 radical with a valency of m+n or p+n, an aromatic C6-C18 radical with a valency of m+n or p+n, or a cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or heterocyclic C3-C18 radical with a valency of m+n or p+n, wherein the carbon chains of the radical or radicals can be interrupted by O, S, CONR4, OCONH, or form together with one or more atoms which belong to R2 and the nitrogen atom, to which the R2 is bonded a heterocyclic ring, R3? being H if p=0, and R4 being H, C1-C10 alkyl, C6-C12 aryl, C6-10 aralkyl or a bicylic C4-C12 radial; n is 1, 2, 3 or 4 if p=0, and is 1 or 2 if p ?0; m is 1, 2, 3 or 4; p is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; x
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Iris Lamparth, Frank Zeuner, Ulrich Salz, Angela Mucke, Jorg Zimmermann, Jorg Angermann, Volker M. Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 7605190
    Abstract: Composition with at least one polymerizable binder and at least one polymerization initiator, which contains at least one acylgermanium compound according to general Formula (I), in which R0 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-18-alkyl radical or an acyl group; R1 and R2 are H, an acyl group or have one of the meanings given for R3; R3 is a branched or linear C1-18-alkyl radical which can be unsubstituted or substituted one or more times by —O—, —NH—, —NR—, —S— or interrupted by other groups, trimethylsilyl, hal-(CH3)2Si—[OSi(CH3)2]r?, (CH3)3Si—[OSi(CH3)2]r—, —COOH, —COO—R10, —CO—NR11R12, —CO-vinyl, —CO-phenyl, phenyl-C1-4-alkyl, phenyl, naphthyl or biphenyl, C5-12 cycloalkyl, a 5 or 6-membered O, S or N-containing heterocyclic ring, halogen, OH, an aromatic C6-30 radical which can be substituted or unsubstituted and/or interrupted by O, S or —NR—, or a branched, cyclic or linear C1-20 alkyl, -alkenyl, -alkoxy or -alkenoxy radical; m is 1, 2 or 3; n is 0 or 1 and p is 0 or 1; wherein in each case two of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Ulrich Salz, Urs Karl Fischer, Robert Liska, Heinrich Gruber, Beate Ganster
  • Patent number: 7553881
    Abstract: Dental material which contains at least one compound of the formula [PG]m—R1—Z—SP—Y—R2—[WG]p, in which m=1, 2 or 3; p=1, 2 or 3; R1=is absent, a linear or branched C1 to C20 alkylene radical which can be interrupted one or more times by O, S, NH, SiR?, CONH CONR?, COO and/or OCONH, a substituted or unsubstituted, aromatic C6 to C14 radical or a combination thereof R2=is absent, a linear or branched C1 to C20 alkylene radical which can be interrupted one or more times by O, S, NH, SiR?, CONH CONR?, COO and/or OCONH, a substituted or unsubstituted, aromatic C6 to C14 radical or a combination thereof; PG=a radically polymerizable group; SP=a polymeric spacer which is selected from polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polyglycerol, polyalkyloxazoline, polyethyleneimine, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, poly-(2-hydroxyethyl)acrylate, poly-(2-hydroxyethyl)methacrylate groups, hydrophilic polypeptide groups and copolymers of the corresponding monomers; WG=antimicrob
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Salz, Jörg Zimmermann, Dirk Poppe, Volker Rheinberger, Jörg Tiller, Christian Waschinski
  • Patent number: 7495037
    Abstract: Polymerizable materials which contain (1) 1 to 80 wt.-% of at least one polysiloxane, (2) 0.1 to 5 wt.-% of one or more initiators for radical polymerization, (3) 0 to 60 wt.-% of radically polymerizable monomer and (4) 1 to 50 wt.-% of one or more radically polymerizable monomers which carry at least phosphonic acid group, sulphonic acid group and/or mono- or dihydrogen phosphoric acid ester group, the polysiloxane (1), the monomer (3) or both being substituted by fluorine. The materials are suitable in particular for the coating of natural or artificial teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Simone Klapdohr, Ulrich Salz, Jörg Zimmermann, Volker M. Rheinberger, Rolf Mülhaupt
  • Publication number: 20080277814
    Abstract: Composition with at least one polymerizable binder and at least one polymerization initiator, which contains at least one acylgermanium compound according to general Formula (I), in which R0 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-18-alkyl radical or an acyl group; R1 and R2 are H, an acyl group or have one of the meanings given for R3; R3 is a branched or linear C1-18-alkyl radical which can be unsubstituted or substituted one or more times by —O—, —NH—, —NR—, —S— or interrupted by other groups, trimethylsilyl, hal-(CH3)2Si—[OSi(CH3)2]r?, (CH3)3Si—[OSi(CH3)2]r—, —COOH, —COO—R10, —CO—NR11R12, —CO-vinyl, —CO-phenyl, phenyl-C1-4-alkyl, phenyl, naphthyl or biphenyl, C5-12 cycloalkyl, a 5 or 6-membered O, S or N-containing heterocyclic ring, halogen, OH, an aromatic C6-30 radical which can be substituted or unsubstituted and/or interrupted by O, S or —NR—, or a branched, cyclic or linear C1-20 alkyl, -alkenyl, -alkoxy or -alkenoxy radical; m is 1, 2 or 3; n is 0 or 1 and p is 0 or 1; wherein in each case two of
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Ulrich Salz, Urs Karl Fischer, Robert Liska, Heinrich Gruber, Beate Ganster
  • Publication number: 20080076847
    Abstract: Composition with at least one polymerizable binder and a polymerization initiator, which contains at least one acylgermane according to general Formula (I), in which R0 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-18-alkyl radical or an acyl group; R1 and R2 are H, an acyl group or have one of the meanings given for R3; R3 is a branched or linear C1-18-alkyl radical which can be unsubstituted or substituted one or more times by —O—, —NH—, —NR—, —S— or interrupted by other groups, trimethylsilyl, hal-(CH3)2Si—[OSi(CH3)2]r?, (CH3)3Si—[OSi(CH3)2]r—, —COOH, —COO—R10, —CO—NR11R12, —CO-vinyl, —CO-phenyl, phenyl-C1-4-alkyl, phenyl, naphthyl or biphenyl, C5-12 cycloalkyl, a 5 or 6-membered O, S or N-containing heterocyclic ring, halogen, OH, an aromatic C6-30 radical which can be substituted or unsubstituted and/or interrupted by O, S or —NR—, or a branched, cyclic or linear C1-20 alkyl, -alkenyl, -alkoxy or -alkenoxy radical; m is 1, 2 or 3; n is 0 or 1 and p is 0 or 1; and the use of acyl germanes of Formula (I) for ex
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Ulrich Salz, Urs Karl Fischer, Robert Liska, Heinrich Gruber, Beate Ganster
  • Publication number: 20070254979
    Abstract: Dental material which contains at least one compound of the formula [PG]m-R1-Z-SP—Y—R2—[WG]p, in which m=1, 2 or 3; p=1, 2 or 3; R1=is absent, a linear or branched C1 to C20 alkylene radical which can be interrupted one or more times by O, S, NH, SiR?, CONH CONR?, COO and/or OCONH, a substituted or unsubstituted, aromatic C6 to C14 radical or a combination thereof; R2=is absent, a linear or branched C1 to C20 alkylene radical which can be interrupted one or more times by O, S, NH, SiR?, CONH CONR?, COO and/or OCONH, a substituted or unsubstituted, aromatic C6 to C14 radical or a combination thereof; PG=a radically polymerizable group; SP=a polymeric spacer which is selected from polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polyglycerol, polyalkyloxazoline, polyethyleneimine, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, poly-(2-hydroxyethyl)acrylate, poly-(2-hydroxyethyl)methacrylate groups, hydrophilic polypeptide groups and copolymers of the corresponding monomers; WG=antimicro
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Salz, Jorg Zimmermann, Dirk Poppe, Volker Rheinberger, Jorg Tiller, Christian Waschinski
  • Publication number: 20070027229
    Abstract: Polymerizable dental material which contains at least one radically-polymerizable monomer and at least one bisacylphosphine oxide of the Formula I, in which R1 is a linear or branched C2 to C14 alkyl residue, which can be interrupted by one or more O atoms, PG-Y-R2-X- or a substituted or unsubstituted, aromatic C6 to C14 radical; R2 is absent or a linear or branched C1 to C20 alkylene radical, which can be interrupted by one or more O atoms; R3 is H, a linear or branched C1 to C6 alkyl residue or PG-Y-R2-X-; R4 is a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl or —O—C1-C6 alkyl residue; R5 is H or PG-Y-R2-X-; R6 is H or PG-Y-R2-X-; PG is a polymerizable group; X is absent, O or S; Y is absent, O, S, an ester, amide or urethane group; the bisacylphosphine oxide having at least one PG-Y-R2-X group and X and/or Y being absent if R2 is absent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Volker Rheinberger, Ulrich Salz, Heinrich Gruber, Robert Liska, Beate Ganster, Gerald Ullrich
  • Publication number: 20060247329
    Abstract: Filler which is surface-modified with a compound of the formula [(PG)—R1—Z]n—SP—[Y—R2—(AG)]m, in which AG is —COOH, —P(?O)(OH)2, —O—P(?O)(OH)2, —SO2OH, —SiR3R4X, or a chelating group; R1 is a C1-C3 alkylene group or cyclopropylene group or is absent; R2 is a C1-C10 alkylene group or is absent; R3 is a C1-C8 alkyl group, chlorine or OR5; R4 is a C1-C8 alkyl group, phenyl, chlorine or OR5; R5 is a C1-C6 alkyl group; X is OR5 or chlorine; Y is O, S, CO—NH, O—CO—NH, NH—CO—NH or is absent, Y being absent if R2 is absent; Z is O, S, CO—NR6, O—CO—NH, NH—CO—NH or is absent, R6 being H or C1-C6 alkyl; PG is a radically polymerizable group of the formula in which R9 is H, C1-C3 alkyl, C1-C3 hydroxyalkyl or COOR10; R10 is H, C1-C10 alkyl, 1,6-dimethylphenyl or mesityl; R11 is H or phenyl; m is 1 or 2; n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; SP is absent or is an (n+m)-valent linear or branched aliphatic C1-C30 radical, in which the carbon chain can be interrupted by O, S, CO—NH, O—CO—NH or NH—CO—NH, an (n+m)-valent aromatic C6-C18 radic
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Simone Klapdohr, Ulrich Salz, Jorg Zimmermann, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 7091258
    Abstract: Particulate composite material with an average particle size of 20 to 50 ?m and a maximum content of particles with a size of <10 ?m of 10 wt.-% and its use for the preparation of dental materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Roland Neubert, Karin Vogel, Ulrich Salz, Volker Rheinberger
  • Publication number: 20060130701
    Abstract: Dental composition containing (i) at least one acid (meth)acrylamide monomer which has two or more polymerizable groups, (ii) at least one acid monomer which has only one polymerizable group and (iii) at least one polymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Salz, Angela Mucke, Jorg Zimmermann, Norbert Moszner, Frank Zeuner, Volker Rheinberger
  • Publication number: 20060135719
    Abstract: Polymerizable dental material, characterized in that it contains at least one (meth)acrylamide phosphate of the following general formula (I): in which R1 is H or CH3; R2 is H or a C1-C4 alkyl radical or forms together with the nitrogen atom to which it is bonded and one or more atoms which belong to R3 or R3? a heterocyclic ring; R3, R3? independently of each other are a linear or branched aliphatic C1-C50 radical with a valency of m+n or p+n, an aromatic C6-C18 radical with a valency of m+n or p+n, or a cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or heterocyclic C3-C18 radical with a valency of m+n or p+n, wherein the carbon chains of the radical or radicals can be interrupted by O, S, CONR4, OCONH, or form together with one or more atoms which belong to R2 and the nitrogen atom, to which the R2 is bonded a heterocyclic ring, R3? being H if p=0, and R4 being H, C1-C10 alkyl, C6-C12 aryl, C6-C10 aralkyl or a bicylic C4-C12 radical; n is 1, 2, 3 or 4 if p=0, and is 1 or 2 if p?0; m is 1, 2, 3 or 4; p is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Iris Lamparth, Frank Zeuner, Ulrich Salz, Angela Mucke, Jorg Zimmermann, Jorg Angermann, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 6939489
    Abstract: A process for fabricating dental form pieces for dental restoration and replacement parts is provided and includes the step of applying a material, on a firm support or a fluid medium, by a three dimensional plotting technology in a layer by layer manner. The material has micro cords and/or micro drops which include at least one of a meltable, polymerizable, polycondensable, and polyaddable constituent element that is an unfilled monomer, a reinforced monomer, oligomer, polymer, or a ceramic element. The process also includes the step of hardening the applied material by cooling of the material, chemical reaction, polymerization with thermal handling, or polymerization by irradiation of the material with UV or visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Armin Burgath, Rolf Mulhaupt, Ulrich Salz, Volker Rheinberger, Rudiger Landers
  • Publication number: 20050165129
    Abstract: Polymerizable materials which contain (1) 1 to 80 wt.-% of at least one polysiloxane, (2) 0.1 to 5 wt.-% of one or more initiators for radical polymerization, (3) 0 to 60 wt.-% of radically polymerizable monomer and (4) 1 to 50 wt.-% of one or more radically polymerizable monomers which carry at least phosphonic acid group, sulphonic acid group and/or mono- or dihydrogen phosphoric acid ester group, the polysiloxane (1), the monomer (3) or both being substituted by fluorine. The materials are suitable in particular for the coating of natural or artificial teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Simone Klapdohr, Ulrich Salz, Jorg Zimmermann, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 6900251
    Abstract: Acrylic ester phosphonic acids of general formula (I), stereoisomers thereof and mixtures of these, wherein n is 1 or 2, on the condition that for n=1 R1 has the meaning and for n=2 R1 has the meaning R2 is a C1 to C12 alkylene radical, C4-C8 cycloalkylene radical or C7 to C15 alkylene phenylene radical; R3 is hydrogen, a C1 to C5 alkyl radical or a C1 to C5 O-alkyl radical; and R4, R5, independently of each other, each stand for a C1 to C5 alkyl radical or a C1 to C5 O-alkyl radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Ulrich Salz, Frank Zeuner, Jörg Zimmermann, Volker Rheinberger, Jorg Angermann, Urs Karl Fischer
  • Publication number: 20040077754
    Abstract: Acrylic ester phosphonic acids of general formula (I), stereoisomers thereof and mixtures of these, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Ulrich Salz, Frank Zeuner, Jorg Zimmermann, Volker Rheinberger, Jorg Angermann, Urs Karl Fischer