Five-membered Nitrogen Containing Ring Patents (Class 524/94)
  • Patent number: 6916867
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyolefin compositions which comprise as UV absorber a synergistic mixture of a) at least one hydroxybenzophenone and at least one 2-hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole with the proviso that the polyolefin is a high density polyethylene of the “Phillips” type or a polyethylene of the metallocene type; b) at least one hydroxybenzophenone and at least one 2-hydroxyphenyltriazine, with the proviso that if the polyolefin is polypropylene, no polyvinylpyridin is present c) at least one hydroxybenzophenone and at least one oxanilide; d) at least one 2-hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole and at least one oxanilide; e) at least one 2-hydroxyphenyltriazine and at least one oxanilide; f) at least one hydroxybenzophenone, at least one 2-hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole and at least one oxanilide; g) at least one hydroxybenzophenone, at least one oxanilide and at least one 2-hydroxyphenyltriazine; or h) at least one 2-hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole, at least one oxanilide and at least one 2-hydroxy phenyltriazin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: François Gugumus
  • Patent number: 6913640
    Abstract: Novel improved single-phase mixed crystals of monoazo dyes laked with alkaline earth metal cations and ammonium cations in a molar ratio of about 1:2 having a fine particle size and substantially better fastness properties than similar known products are excellently suitable as tinctorially strong pigments. Also claimed is a process for the preparation of a single-phase mixed crystal pigment of formula wherein E is Mg, Ca or Sr, by crystallisation from an inert hydrophilic liquid in the presence of solvated catiens E++, NR5R6R7R8+, x is a number from 0.33 to 0.62 and y is a number from 0.76 to 1.34, and the concentration of solvated catiens E++ at the beginning of the crystallisation is higher than the concentration of solvated cations NR5R8R7R8+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: CIBA Specialty Chemicals
    Inventors: Philippe Bugnon, Carolin Sansonnens, Greig Chisholm
  • Patent number: 6906121
    Abstract: A composition of matter is disclosed that comprises a compound of the formula AnR, wherein: A is R1 is hydrocarbyl; m is 0 or 1; n is 1, 2, or 3; R is selected from the group consisting of: mono-, di-, and trivalent aliphatic groups; mono-, di-, and trivalent aromatic groups; five- and six-membered heterocyclic rings comprising n carbon atoms bonded to A, at least one nitrogen atom, and, optionally, at least one sulfur atom; and wherein R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and hydrocarbyl. These compounds are useful as coupling agents in filled elastomer compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Stieber, Franklin H. Barrows
  • Patent number: 6897254
    Abstract: Halogen-containing polymer compositions containing a heat stabilizer comprising a latent mercaptan, a zinc salt, and a free mercaptan as a separate entity are protected during processing by the degradation products of the latent (i.e., blocked) mercaptan. A free mercaptan is among those products. The separate free mercaptan (i.e., an alien free mercaptan) enhances the activity of the latent mercaptan in a synergistic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Paul Brian Adams, Gene Kelly Norris
  • Patent number: 6890977
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula R1, R2, R3 and R4 independently of one another are hydrogen, halogen, R6, OR6 or SR6, R5 is hydrogen or linear or branched C1-C12alkyl, benzyl or phenethyl, and R6 is an apolar group which is unsubstituted or substituted one or more times by halogen or by OC1-C6alkyl, with the proviso that if R5 is hydrogen, R1, R2, R3 or R4 is R6, OR6 or SR6, as additives in the pigmentation of partially crystalline plastics, especially those processed by injection moulding, with pigments containing at least one each of groups which are joined to one another as or are in conjugation with one another. Preferred pigments are quinacridone pigments, disazo condensation pigments, isoindolinone pigments and pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole pigments, especially pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole pigments. Corresponding formulations and novel compounds are likewise claimed. By these means it is possible to avoid warping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Franck Rey Flandrin, Guo-Hua Hu, Philippe Bugnon, Zhimin Hao
  • Patent number: 6875797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (a) 85% to 99% by weight of a resin selected from the group consisting of Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate-Carbon Monoxide; Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene; Styrene-Maleic Anhydride; Styrene-Methyl Methacrylate; Thermoplastic polyurethane; Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate and Acrylic Rubber; and mixtures thereof; (b) 1% to 15% by weight of a biocide selected from the group consisting of 4,5,-dichloro-2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolone-3-one biocide (DCIOT) and 2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one (OIT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: George Harvey Redlich, Roger Gerard Hamel, Nuno Maurice Rei
  • Patent number: 6827775
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the 1-aminoanthraquinone, anthanthrone, anthrapyrimidine, quinacridone, dioxazine, diketopyrrolopyrrole, flavanthrone, indanthrone, isoindolinone, isoviolanthrone, perinone, perylene, phthalocyanine, pyranthrone or thioindigo series, which compound has one or more sulfonate groups of formula (1) wherein R1 is methyl or ethyl, R2, R3? and R4 are each independently of the others C6-C24alkyl or C6-C24alkenyl, m is a number from 0.3 to 1.0 and n is a number from 0 to (1.0 m), the compound being suitable for use as a pigment dispersant and rheology improver. Also claimed are modified pigments having that compound on their surface, and also pigment compositions and dispersions comprising that compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Philippe Bugnon
  • Patent number: 6827774
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the 1-aminoanthraquinone, anthanthrone, anthrapyrimidine, quinacridone, dioxazine, diketopyrrolopyrrole, flavanthrone, indanthrone, isoindolinone, isoviolanthrone, perinone, perylene, phthalocyanine, pyranthrone or thioindigo series, which compound has one or more sulfonate groups of formula (I) wherein R1 is methyl or ethyl, R2 is C6-C24alkyl, C6-C24alkenyl or C7-C24aralkyl, R3 and R4 are each independently of the other a chain consisting 1, 2 or 3 members, each member independently of any other(s) being (CH2))2O—, —(CH2)3O—, CH(CH3)CH2O—, —CH2CH(CH3)—O— or —CH2CH(CH2O—)O—and the chains being terminated by H, CH3, C2H5 ?or C(═O)CH3, m is a number from 0.3 to 1.0 and n is number from 0 to (1.0−m), the compound being suitable for use as a pigment dispersant and rheology improver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Philippe Bugnon
  • Patent number: 6800673
    Abstract: An ink for ink jet recording which inclides a water-insoluble ionic group-containing polymer added to a colored fine particle dispersion containing at least a hydrophobic high-boiling organic solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or more and an oil-soluble dye. In a preferred embodiment, the water-insoluble ionic group-containing polymer is converted by emulsification dispersion into a fine particle dispersion and added to the colored fine particle dispersion, and the oil-soluble dye is represented by specific formulae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yamanouchi, Takahiro Ishizuka, Yoshiharu Yabuki
  • Patent number: 6797751
    Abstract: The contents of clear or lightly colored plastic containers or films are protected from ultraviolet radiation by the incorporation of certain UV absorbers of the class of durable benzotriazoles and tris-aryl-s-triazines in the container or film. Contents to be protected include foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, shampoos and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Mark Andrews, Joseph Suhadolnik, Mervin Gale Wood
  • Patent number: 6790884
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 independently of one another are hydrogen, halogen, R6, OR6 or SR6, R5 is hydrogen or linear or branched C1-C12alkyl, benzyl or phenethyl, and R6 is an apolar group which is unsubstituted or substituted one or more times by halogen or by OC1-C6alkyl, with the proviso that if R5 is hydrogen, R1, R2, R3 or R4 is R6, OR6 or SR6, as additives in the pigmentation of partially crystalline plastics, especially those processed by injection moulding, with pigments containing at least one each of groups which are joined to one another as or are in conjugation with one another. Preferred pigments are quinacridone pigments, disazo condensation pigments, isoindolinone pigments and pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole pigments, especially pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole pigments. Corresponding formulations and novel compounds are likewise claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Franck Rey Flandrin, Guo-Hua Hu, Philippe Bugnon, Zhimin Hao
  • Patent number: 6764806
    Abstract: The present invention provides an over-coating composition comprising a basic compound for coating a photoresist composition to provide a vertical photoresist pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Chang Jung, Keun Kyu Kong, Cha Won Koh, Jin Soo Kim, Ki Ho Baik
  • Patent number: 6762224
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel soluble pigment precursors possessing not only higher thermal stability but also improved solubility characteristics and to a process for mass colouration of high temperature polymers that utilizes these novel soluble pigment precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Leonhard Feiler, Zhimin Hao
  • Publication number: 20040131872
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to photochromic parts, objects, and articles and to methods for preparing them. The articles of the inventions have at least two layers, at least one of which is loaded with a photochromic dye. The layers are made of either the same or different materials. At least one of the layers is formed form a semi-solid polymerizable material, which comprises a reactive plasticizer and, optionally, a dead polymer, and, when used as the photochromic layer, further comprises a photochromic dye. The remaining layer(s) may be formed from liquid resins or additional semi-solid polymerizable materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Shaobin Fan, Michael R. Houston, David S. Soane
  • Patent number: 6756424
    Abstract: An ink-jet ink comprising a coloring composition including an oil-soluble dye represented by general formula (I) below. wherein A represents a group represented by general formula II, R3-R6 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, M represents —OY or —N(R7)(R8), Y represents a hydrogen atom or a cation necessary for neutralizing charge of an oxygen ion, R7 and R8 each independently represents one of an alkyl group, aryl group, heterocyclic group, acyl group, alkylsulfonyl group, and arylsulfonyl group, and general formula (II) is as follows: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R2 represents a substituent, Z1 represents a group of non-metal atoms necessary for forming a 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocycle, and * represents a bonding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Mizukawa, Keizo Kimura
  • Patent number: 6756423
    Abstract: The present invention related to an ink for ink-jet comprising: a coloring composition containing coloring particulates dispersed in a water based medium, the coloring particulates containing an oil soluble dye and an oil soluble polymer; and wherein the coloring composition has wavelength of maximum absorption (&lgr; max(nm)) in the wavelength range from 510 to 560 nm and when the absorbance at the wavelength of maximum absorption (&lgr; max(nm)) is regarded as 1, the absorbance at a wavelength (&lgr; max+75 (nm)) is no more than 0.2 and the absorbance at a wavelength (&lgr; max−75 (nm)) is no more than 0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ishizuka, Keizo Kimura, Makoto Yamada
  • Patent number: 6746739
    Abstract: The contents of clear or lightly colored plastic containers or films are protected from ultraviolet radiation by the incorporation of certain UV absorbers of the class of durable benzotriazoles and tris-aryl-s-triazines in the container or film. Contents to be protected include foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, shampoos and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Mark Andrews, Joseph Suhadolnik, Mervin Gale Wood
  • Patent number: 6740694
    Abstract: A description is given of an extrusion process for the preparation of a low-dust stabiliser, using a subcooled melt as granulation liquid, as well as of novel amorphous modifications of different stabilisers, including 2,2′-methylenebis(4-[1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl]-6-benzotriazol-2-yl-phenol), and of the &bgr;-crystalline modification of 2-(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-5-chlorobenzotriazole and of the preparation thereof. The novel process affords products which are easy to handle and which are flowable, and the novel modifications have advantages as regards their preparation, processing and their use as stabiliser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Thibaut, André Schmitter, Benjamin Breitenstein, Christoph Kleiner, Matthias von Frieling, Martin von Büren, André Geoffroy
  • Patent number: 6734225
    Abstract: An ink for an ink jet includes a coloring composition comprising a dispersion medium and coloring particulates containing an oil-soluble dye represented by formula (1) and a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyurethanes, polyesters, polyamides, polyureas and polycarbonates. The formula (1) satisfies at least one of following (i) to (v): (i) A represents —NR4R5, R4 and R5 each represents independently a C1-18 alkyl group having a substituent group; (ii) At least one of R2 and R7 represents a substituted alkyl group; (iii) R8 represents an aryl group having two or more substituent groups; (iv) Two or more substituent groups represented by —NR170SO2R171 are present in the molecule; and (v) One or more carboxyl groups are present in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yamanouchi, Keizo Kimura, Takahiro Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 6734236
    Abstract: To provide a fluorine-containing resin powder coating composition giving a fluorine containing resin coating film having a high whiteness, and various articles having on an outer surface thereof a coating of which has a high whiteness and can be produced by applying the fluorine-containing resin powder coating composition. The fluorine-containing resin powder coating composition is subjected To baking at 300° C. or more, and the fluorine-containing resin composition for forming the coating film comprises surface-treated rutile titanium oxide particles as a whitening agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Tomihashi, Koichiro Ogita, Toshio Miyatani
  • Patent number: 6730725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polycarbonate which can be obtained by a melting method and has a viscosity-average molecular weight of 16000 to 27000, and whose loss angle &dgr; and complex viscosity &eegr;* (Pa·s) measured under the conditions of 250° C. and an angular velocity of 10 rad/s satisfy the following relation (1): 4,700≦Tan &dgr;/(&eegr;*)−0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corp.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Masuki, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Takao Tayama, Masaaki Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 6719925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of the naphthopyran type with a fused heterocycle in the 5,6-position. These compounds have formula (I) or (II) given below: These compounds (I) or (II) have valuable photochromic properties. The invention further relates to their preparation, to their applications as photochromic substances, and to the (co)polymer compositions and matrices containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Corning SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Breyne, You-Ping Chan, Patrick Jean
  • Publication number: 20040063821
    Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition characterized by its optical brightness and good weathering resistance is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Rudiger Gorny, Siegfried Anders, Wolfgang Nising, Marco Roelofs
  • Patent number: 6713528
    Abstract: An ink-jet ink which contains a coloring composition which is formed by dispersing coloring particulates in a water-based medium, and the coloring particulates containing a nonionic oil-soluble polymer, a hydrophobic high boiling point organic solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or more, and an oil-soluble dye. Further, an ink jet recording method, in which recording is carried out using an ink-jet ink which contains a coloring composition, the coloring composition being formed by dispersing coloring particulates in a water-based medium, and the coloring particulates containing a nonionic oil-soluble polymer, a hydrophobic high boiling point organic solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or more, and an oil-soluble dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yamanouchi, Makoto Yamada
  • Patent number: 6689825
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition with improved flame retardance, flow and heat deflection temperature includes a thermoplastic resin; resorcinol diphenyl phosphate; and an additive blend. The additive blend includes a combination of melamine polyphosphate and ferrocene. The thermoplastic composition reduces the amounts of resorcinol diphenyl phosphate required for effective flame retardancy. Moreover, the effective amounts of melamine polyphosphate and ferrocene do not deleteriously affect other properties of the thermoplastic composition such as Izod strength, flow properties, and heat deflection temperatures. A process for manufacturing a thermoplastic composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Chandra S. Bajgur, William Pecak, Radhakrishna Arakali
  • Patent number: 6670410
    Abstract: An ink for ink-jet recording which comprises a color composition prepared by dispersing, in a water-based medium, coloring particulates that contain an oil-soluble dye and a vinyl polymer which is obtained through copolymerization of a monomer represented by general formula (I) as follows: in which general formula (I): R11 represents a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom, or the like; L1 represents —O—, —COO—, or the like; X1 represents —CH2—, —CHR13—, or the like; q is 2 or more if L1 is —COO—, and q is 1 or more in other cases; L2 represents —O—, —CO—, or the like; r is 0 or 1; X2 represents —CH2—, —CH2CHR13—, or the like; s is from 0 to 18; R12 and R15 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, or the like; and R13 and R14 each independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ishizuka, Hirohisa Hokazono, Junichi Yamanouchi
  • Patent number: 6620868
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition comprising a) one or more polyester resins (A), b) one or more polyacrylate resins (B), c) one or more di- and/or polyisocyanates (C) having free or blocked isocyanate groups, d) one or more light stabilizers (L1) based on a UV absorber, e) one or more light stabilizers (L2) based on sterically hindered amines, f) one or more pigments (P), and g) one or more organic solvents (D), where 1.) the polyester (A) has an OH number of from 80 to 200 mg KOH/g and an acid number <10 mg KOH/g, 2.) the polyacrylate resin (B) has an OH number of from 80 to 200 mg KOH/g and an acid number <20 mg KOH/g, 3.) the light stabilizer (L2) based on, sterically hindered amines is amino ether functionalized, and 4.) effect pigments (EP) are included herein in a nonhiding concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventor: Guido Wilke
  • Patent number: 6613818
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition for preparing a back coating film of a mirror. This mirror serving as an anticorrosive mirror has a glass substrate, a silver mirror film that comprises silver and is formed on a back surface of the glass substrate, a metallic protective film that comprises a first metal and is formed on the silver mirror film, and the back coating film formed on the metallic protective film. The coating composition is substantially free of a lead component and comprises (a) a vehicle containing a synthetic resin, (b) a first salt formed by a neutralization of an acid with a base containing a second metal having an ionization tendency that is greater than the silver and the first metal, and (c) a basic compound selected from the group consisting of azoles and diamines. The acid is one compound selected from the group consisting of organic acids each containing an azole ring and unsubstituted and substituted carbamic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Motoyuki Sakatoku, Kenichi Hayashi, Yoshihisa Tamura, Yutaka Mori
  • Patent number: 6613814
    Abstract: The present invention related to an ink for an ink jet comprising: a coloring composition containing coloring particulates dispersed in a water-based medium, the coloring particulates containing an oil-soluble polymer and an oil-soluble dye represented by at least one of following formulae (I), (II), (III), (IV), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom or a non-metallic atomic group; X represents —OH or NR5R6; R5 and R6 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R7, R8 and R9 each represent a hydrogen atom or a non-metallic atomic group; at least one of R1 and R2, or R2 and R5, or R5 and R6, or R6 and R3, or R3 and R4 may form a ring structure; and R7 and R8 may bind together to form a ring structure
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ishizuka, Keizo Kimura, Makoto Yamada, Keiichi Adachi
  • Patent number: 6605653
    Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading said printer with ink-receptive elements comprising a support having thereon a porous ink-receptive layer; C) loading said printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising water, a humectant, and a water-dispersible polymeric latex having contained therein a delocalized cationic azo dye derived from the quaternization of a nitrogen heterocyclic azo dye having the following formula:  and D) printing on an ink-receptive substrate using said ink jet ink in response to said digital data signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Huijuan Chen, Leslie Shuttleworth
  • Publication number: 20030121113
    Abstract: Oxobenzofuranylidene-dihydroindolones of formulae trans-(Ia) and cis-(Ib) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Peter Nesvadba, Joachim Jandke
  • Patent number: 6586507
    Abstract: Hindered amines substituted on the N-atom with an —O—E—OH moiety are particularly effective in stabilizing polyolefin and automotive coating compositions against the deleterious effects of oxidative, thermal and actinic radiation where the presence of the OH group on the compounds adds important properties not attainable by the use of normal —O—E moieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: James Peter Galbo, Gerald A. Capocci, Nancy N. Cliff, Robert E. Detlefsen, Michael P. DiFazio, Ramanathan Ravichandran, Peter Solera, Christophe Bulliard
  • Publication number: 20030098440
    Abstract: Benzotriazole adducts contain a benzotriazole segment and a segment with a curable and polymerizable functionality, or an adhesion promoting functionality, particularly suitable for use on metal substrates or in adhesive, sealant or coating compositions for use in proximity to metal substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Osama M. Musa, Harry Richard Kuder
  • Patent number: 6569531
    Abstract: An additive-containing resin molded article which suffers from little exudation or vaporization of an additive and sustains the effect of the additive for a long period of time and in which reductions in various physical properties due to molecular weight reduction of a polyester resin are suppressed, and a process for producing the same are provided. When a polyester resin 5 is heat-melted and molded into a prescribed shape by means of an extruder 1, etc., a bi- or multi-functional additive 6 having at least one of a functional hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, amino group, and ester bond is added and allowed to react with the polymer molecules of the molten polyester resin 5 to obtain an additive-containing resin molded article 50 in which the additive 6 is bonded to the polymer molecules through an ester linkage or an amide linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Takiron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Takase, Yoichiro Makimura
  • Patent number: 6565987
    Abstract: Optical brighteners are widely used for decreasing the apparent yellowness of polymeric materials. Polyethylene, as a coating film for photographic paper has presented unique problems because of its general lack of compatibility with conventional, large, fluorescent brightener molecules. The present invention provides a solution to this problem by incorporating into the polyethylene an optical brightener compatibilizing amount of a second polyolefin having alkyl groups pendant from the polymer backbone which serves to reduce the exudation of the optical brightener in articles or substrates comprised of or coated with such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventor: Gether Irick, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20030083405
    Abstract: The oxidation of a polymer is inhibited by adding to the polymer about 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Qi Wang, Sandor Nagy
  • Patent number: 6545069
    Abstract: Provided are polypropylene-based films and sheets having good ultraviolet shieldability. While being stored, the films and the sheets are free from additive bleeding, and their outward appearance is kept all the time good. The films and the sheets are formed from a composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a polypropylene-based resin and from 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of one or more compounds selected from the following (A) to (D): (A) 2-(2-hydroxy-5-t-octylphenyl)benzotriazole, (B) 2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-6-dodecyl-4-methylphenol, (C) specific triazine compounds, and (D) specific methylene-bisphenols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Itagaki, Satoshi Tamura, Kouji Satou
  • Publication number: 20030060543
    Abstract: The present invention provides additive packages for polyolefins The additive packages of the present invention comprise at least one non-phenolic antioxidant and a hindered amine light stabilizer. The additive packages may contain other additives as needed, and may optionally include an acid scavenger. Articles made from the resultant polymers, such as radiator surge tanks, exhibit enhanced stain and discoloration resistance upon exposure to high temperatures and harsh chemicals such as those experienced in “under the hood” spaces of modem automobiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Steven David Seip, Sharon Edwards Thompson, Edwin B. Townsend
  • Patent number: 6534566
    Abstract: An ink jet ink composition comprising water, a humectant, and a water-dispersible polymeric latex having contained therein a delocalized cationic azo dye having the following formula:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Huijuan Chen, Leslie Shuttleworth
  • Patent number: 6500885
    Abstract: A liquid chemical formulation suitable for making a thin solid polycarbonate film contains polycarbonate material and a liquid typically capable of dissolving the polycarbonate material to a concentration of at least 1%. The polycarbonate material may consist of homopolycarbonate or/and copolycarbonate. Examples of the liquid include pyridine, a ring-substituted pyridine derivative, pyrrole, a ring-substituted pyrrole derivative, pyrrolidine, a pyrrolidine derativive, chlorobenzene, and cyclohexanone. A liquid film (36A) of the formulation is formed over a substructure (30) and processed to remove the liquid. The resultant solid polycarbonate film can later serve as a track layer through which charged particles (70) are passed to form charged-particle tracks (72). Apertures (74) are created through the track layer by a process that entails etching along the tracks. The aperture-containing polycarbonate track layer is typically used in fabricating a gated electron-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignees: Candescent Technologies Corporation, Candescent Intellectual Property Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Porter, Michael P. Skinner, Stephanie Simmons
  • Patent number: 6495619
    Abstract: This invention relates to rubber compositions prepared with cis-1,4-polyisoprene, particularly natural rubber, and phthalimide disulfide and to articles of manufacture having at least one component comprised thereof, including tires. The phthalimide disulfide has been observed to enhance stiffness of natural rubber based rubber compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Lawson Gibson Wideman, Paul Harry Sandstrom
  • Patent number: 6492032
    Abstract: A blend of optical brighteners includes (a) from about 45 to 95 weight % of a mixture of benzoxazolyl stilbenes; and (b) from about 55 to about 5 weight % of at least one bis(benzoxazolyl)naphthalene based brightener, bis(benzoxazolyl)thiophene based brightener, a pyrazoline based brightener, a coumarin based brightener, and mixtures thereof, wherein the weight percents of the optical brightener blend are based on the total weight of optical brighteners in the blend. The optical brightener blend is useful for admixing with a polyolefin resin which in turn may be used for photo imaging applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Gether Irick, Jr., Jeffrey Dan Daily
  • Publication number: 20020177638
    Abstract: An insulated electric power cable having an insulator layer formed by extrusion-coating and cross-linking a cross-linkable resin composition, which contains a polyolefin blended with a total of 0.05 to 0.4 parts by mass of at least one compound selected from the group of compounds such as N,N′-(4,4′-diphenylmethane)bismaleimide, based on 100 parts by mass of the polyolefin, and a prescribed amount of an organic peroxide cross-linking agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Takahiro Sakurai, Toshiya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6482757
    Abstract: A process for the production of an ultra violet absorbing polymer latex is provided. The inventive process involves the emulsion polymerization of a benzotriazole- or benzophenone-containing monomer with a vinyl functional monomer in the presence of a chain transfer agent, preferably 1-dodecanethiol. The latex provides excellent long-lasting, easy to apply, difficult to remove, ultraviolet absorption properties for many different substrates, most notably fabrics. Different articles and fabrics coated, covered, laminated, and the like, with the inventive latex are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Kirkland W. Vogt, Shulong Li
  • Patent number: 6476103
    Abstract: The present invention deals with a novel photochromic organic material, the use of at least one plasticizer for the preparation of said novel material, said preparation and photochromic articles constituted wholly or in part of said novel material. The intervening plasticizer, advantageously a phthalate, is according to a variant simply dispersed in the polymer matrix, or, according to another variant, chemically bound to said polymer matrix. Said novel material possesses remarkable photochromic properties together with interesting optical and mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruno Baney, David Henry
  • Patent number: 6465581
    Abstract: This invention relates to use of stabilized unsymmetrical coupling agents for use in conjugated diene-based rubber compositions reinforced with silica-based reinforcement, namely use of stabilized 2-benzothiazyl-3-(triethoxysilylpropyl) disulfide and 3-(triethoxysilyl)propyl-N-maleamic acid. Said stabilized unsymmetrical coupling agent materials may be provided for mixing with said diene-based rubber(s), for example, as individual materials, as at least one of said materials being pre-reacted with aggregates of precipitated silica, said precipitated silica having hydroxyl groups (e.g. silanol groups) on its surface. The invention includes an article of manufacture, including a tire, having at least one component comprised of such rubber composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Lawson Gibson Wideman, Paul Harry Sandstrom, Theodore Lamson Folk
  • Patent number: 6458872
    Abstract: Benzotriazole UV absorbers which are substituted at the 5-position of the benzo ring by an electron withdrawing group exhibit enhanced durability and very low loss rates when incorporated into automotive coatings. This is particularly the case when the 3-position of the phenyl ring is also substituted by phenyl or phenylalkyl such as &agr;-cumyl. Compounds where the 5-position of the benzo ring are substituted by perfluoroalkyl such as trifluoromethyl are particularly of interest for both their enhanced durability and for their excellent solubility and excellent color properties in some thermoplastic compositions when the phenyl ring is substituted at the 3-position by hydrogen or tert-alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Ramanathan Ravichandran, Joseph Suhadolnik, Mervin G. Wood, Anthony Debellis, Robert E. Detlefsen, Revathi Iyengar, Jean-Pierre Wolf
  • Patent number: 6392154
    Abstract: An insulating composition for electrical conductors that is composed essentially of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, a zinc salt, aluminum trihydrate, and a peroxide curing agent is surprisingly found to have excellent long-term thermal stability with fast cure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Equistar Chemicals, LP
    Inventors: Lester Y. Lee, Steven W. Horwatt
  • Patent number: 6387296
    Abstract: Paper coating slips having high whiteness, high greying limit and high lightfastness can be prepared with the aid of whitened finely divided plastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Udo Eckstein, Joachim König, Fritz Puchner, Ulrich Feldhues, Matthias Köcher, Uwe Vogt, Eckhard Wenderoth
  • Publication number: 20020049267
    Abstract: An organohybrid-based damping material for controlling unwanted vibration and noise, an organic damping improver exhibiting piezoelectric, dielectric and electroconductive effects, and their producing methods, are provided. The damping material comprises a polymer matrix having a polar side chain and a damping improver composed of a compound containing basic nitrogen and a phenol-based compound. The damping material shows an excellent damping properties, alleviates the functional deterioration, and is applicable to different application temperature regions and wide areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Tadashi Miura, Masao Sumita