Bicyclo Ring System Having The Hetero Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 549/32)
  • Patent number: 9006568
    Abstract: A method of making a fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene derivatives and photovoltaic polymers containing same using 3-bromothiophene-2-carboxylic acid as a starting material. This synthetic route provides an easier synthesis as well as greater yield and a purer product, which produces superior results over the prior art less pure products. The resulting materials can be used in a variety of photovoltaic applications and devices, especially solar cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Phillips 66 Company, Solarmer Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuangxi Wang, Chenjun Shi, Ruby Chen, Junlian Zhang, Hui Huang, Yue Wu, Wei Wang, Amit Palkar, Ting He
  • Publication number: 20150079380
    Abstract: To suppress a phenomenon where an optical axis of the optically anisotropic layer is tilted when the optically anisotropic layer is produced by using a liquid crystalline compound showing smectic phase as a materials showing a higher level of orderliness. An optically anisotropic layer wherein a polymerizable composition, containing one or more polymerizable rod-like liquid crystal compound showing a smectic phase, is fixed in a state of smectic phase, and a direction of maximum refractive index of the optically anisotropic layer is inclined at 10° or smaller to the surface of the optically anisotropic layer, a method for manufacturing the same, a laminate and a method for manufacturing the same, a polarizing plate, a liquid crystal display device, and an organic EL display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako MURAMATSU, Shinnosuke SAKAI, Teruki NIORI, Shinichi MORISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150005511
    Abstract: Provided are a compound capable of becoming an organic transparent electrode, etc. One aspect of the present invention relates to an organic transparent electrode, which is configured from an organic molecule having a Brønsted acid functional group, electron-donating properties, and a ?-conjugated plane, characterized by being self-assembled. Another aspect of the present invention relates to the organic transparent electrode characterized in that the Brønsted acid functional group is one member selected from among a carboxylic acid functional group, a sulfonic acid functional group, a phosphonic acid functional group and a thiophosphonic acid functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Yuka Kobayashi, Takeshi Terauchi, Satoshi Sumi
  • Patent number: 8859599
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds of general formula (I): Method of preparation and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: CNR—Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (I.R.S.T.) S.r.l.
    Inventors: Greta Varchi, Andrea Guerrini, Anna Tesei, Giovanni Brigliadori
  • Patent number: 8658345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorine-free photoacid generator (PAG) and a photoresist composition containing the same. The PAG is characterized by the presence of an onium cationic component and a fluorine-free fused ring heteroaromatic sulfonate anionic component containing one or more electron withdrawing substituents. The onium cationic component of the PAG is preferably a sulfonium or an iodonium cation. The photoresist composition further contains an acid sensitive imaging polymer. The photoresist composition is especially useful for forming material patterns on a semiconductor substrate using 193 nm (ArF) lithography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sen Liu, Pushkara R. Varanasi
  • Publication number: 20140012017
    Abstract: There is provided a compound or the like which can become a material in which many functions are controllable. A first aspect of the present invention lies in an organic semiconductor compound, characterized in that an organic molecule which becomes a donor is formed by being salt-formed with an inorganic acid or an inorganic base and self assembly is accomplished. According to this configuration, there can be obtained an organic semiconductor compound by a simple technique. A second aspect of the present invention lies in an organic compound, characterized in that a compound containing a tetrathiafulvalene affinity region in a framework thereof and having a protic acid functional group is formed by being induced to a salt with ammonia or a salt with hydroxyamine. According to this configuration, there can be obtained an organic compound in which many functions are controllable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SAIGO, Yuka KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8563779
    Abstract: A description is given of (4-trifluoromethyl-3-thiobenzoyl)cyclohexanediones of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), X, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals such as alkyl. A and Z are oxygen or alkylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Ahrens, Andreas Van Almsick, Elmar Gatzweiler, Dieter Feucht, Isolde Haeuser-Hahn, Stefan Lehr, Christopher Hugh Rosinger
  • Patent number: 8501801
    Abstract: Disclosed is, for example, a compound that can be a material which can control many functions. According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an organic semiconductor compound characterized in that the organic semiconductor compound is produced by forming a salt of organic molecules as a donor with an inorganic acid or an inorganic base and causes self-accumulation. According to the above constitution, the organic semiconductor compound can be obtained in a simple manner. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an organic compound characterized by being produced by deriving an ammonia salt or a hydroxyamine salt from a compound having a tetrathiafulvalene analogue site in the skeleton thereof and containing a protonic acid functional group. According to the above constitution, an organic compound which can control many functions can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Saigo, Yuka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8486606
    Abstract: An acrylate derivative represented by the following general formula (1): (in the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a trifluoromethyl group; each of R2, R3, R5, R7, R8, R9 and R10 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an alkoxy group; each of R4 and R6 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an alkoxy group, or R4 and R6 are bonded to each other to represent an alkylene group, —O— or —S—; n represents 0, 1 or 2; and W represents an alkylene group or a cycloalkylene group); an intermediate thereof; a method for producing the same; a polymer compound which is obtainable from polymerization of a raw material containing the foregoing acrylate derivative and which is excellent in solubility in an organic solvent used for the preparation of a photoresist composition; and a photoresist composition containing the polymer compound, an organic solvent and a photo acid generator and having excellent adhesion to s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junko Sato, Osamu Nakayama, Takashi Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 8481243
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin comprising a structural unit represented by the formula (aa): wherein R1 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally having one or more halogen atoms, a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, T1 represents a C4-C34 sultone ring group optionally having one or more substituents, Z1 represents a C1-C6 alkanediyl group optionally having one or more substituents, or a group represented by the formula (a-1): -A10X10-A11sX11-A12-??(a-1) wherein X10 and X11 each independently represents —O—, —NH—, —CO—, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —CO—NH— or —NH—CO—, A10, A11 and A12 each independently represent a C1-C5 divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group optionally having one or more substituents, and s represents 0 or 1, and Z2 represents a single bond or —CO—.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hyungjoo Kim, Akira Kamabuchi, Koji Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 8440773
    Abstract: A stimulus-responsive compound includes a pair of alkyl chains; a crosslinking portion that crosslinks the pair of alkyl chains; and a liquid-crystalline functional group attached to at least one of the alkyl chains. The crosslinking portion includes: a unit A that has a bond that serves as a rotational axis, a first group positioned at one end of the bond, and a second group positioned at the other end of the bond, a first unit B disposed at a first bonding site of the first group, and a second unit B disposed at a first bonding site of the second group. The first unit B and the second unit B are capable of forming a bond between each other through redox reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihiro Otake
  • Patent number: 8436117
    Abstract: A stimuli responsive compound includes: a unit A having bonds that function as rotation axes; a first unit B disposed at a first bonding section of the unit A; a second unit B disposed at a second bonding section of the unit A; a first unit C disposed at a third bonding section of the unit A; and a second unit C disposed at a fourth bonding section of the unit A. The first unit B bonds with the second unit B by oxidation-reduction reaction, and the first unit C and the second unit C have liquid crystallinity and include polymerizable functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihiro Otake
  • Patent number: 8304762
    Abstract: To provide an organic semiconductor of tetrathiafulvalene derivative and an organic thin-film transistor formed therefrom, the tetrathiafulvalene derivative being readily formed into a stable thin film and the organic thin-film transistor having a high mobility and being driven at a low threshold voltage, an organic semiconductor includes a hexamethylenetetrathiafulvalene compound represented by the formula (1) below, and an organic thin-film transistor having a thin film obtained therefrom (where R1 and R2 each independently denote an alkyl group which may have a C1-10 branched structure).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Mori, Masato Kanno
  • Patent number: 8293146
    Abstract: An optical film, which has been subjected to an orientation treatment, containing a low-molecular weight compound, in which a birefringence ?n(550 nm) is larger than zero (0) in an orientation direction, and the optical film satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2); and a phase difference plate, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display using the same: 0.5<?n(450 nm)/?n(550 nm)<1.0; and??Expression (1) 1.05<?n(630 nm)/?n(550 nm)<1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Uehira, Michitaka Matsuumi, Mamoru Sakurazawa, Masaki Okazaki, Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8222431
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved process for synthesizing phosphonic and phosphinic acid chymase inhibitor compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Luigi Anzalone, Daniel J. Pippel, Neelakandha S. Mani, Penina Feibush, Ilias K. Dorziotis, Stefan Horns, Frank J. Villani, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120119195
    Abstract: To provide an organic semiconductive material, expressed by the following general formula I: General Formula I where R1 to R10 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and may be bonded to each other to form a ring; and X is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Toshiya Sagisaka, Satoshi Yamamoto, Takuji Kato, Takashi Okada, Masato Shinoda, Daisuke Goto, Shinji Matsumoto, Masataka Mohri
  • Patent number: 8168671
    Abstract: Inexpensive and facile methods of preparing fused heterocycles such as thieno[3,4-b]thiophene, thieno[3,4-b]furan, related compounds, and their derivatives are disclosed. Also disclosed are regioregular polymers prepared from the fused heterocycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: The University of Connecticut
    Inventor: Gregory A. Sotzing
  • Patent number: 8106219
    Abstract: A kind of organic compound and organic dye used in dye-sensitized solar cell thereof. In the present invention, we synthesize a series of novel organic compounds with the structure of donor-conjugated chain-acceptor (D-?-A). The electron donor and acceptor groups, for example, are arylamine and cyanoacrylic acid, respectively. These novel organic compounds can be applied to the material of dye layer in the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: National Taipei University of Technology
    Inventors: Shu-Mei Chang, Yu-Cheng Chang, Chi-Ming Lan
  • Publication number: 20110196120
    Abstract: A stimuli responsive compound includes: a unit A having bonds that function as rotation axes; a first unit B disposed at a first bonding section of the unit A; a second unit B disposed at a second bonding section of the unit A; a first unit C disposed at a third bonding section of the unit A; and a second unit C disposed at a fourth bonding section of the unit A. The first unit B bonds with the second unit B by oxidation-reduction reaction, and the first unit C and the second unit C have liquid crystallinity and include polymerizable functional groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro OTAKE
  • Patent number: 7939528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds which are antagonist or inverse agonists at an opioid receptor. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of obesity and related diseases and/or conditions in mammals, particularly humans. Methods of making and using such compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Karl Barvian, Jason Daniel Speake, David John Cowan, Andrew Lamont Larkin, Jerzy Ryszard Szewczyk
  • Patent number: 7935474
    Abstract: An acid-amplifier having an acetal group and a photoresist composition including the same, are disclosed. The acid-amplifier produces an acid (second acid) during a post-exposure-bake (PEB), which is induced by an acid (first acid) generated from a photo-acid generator (PAG) at the exposure process so that a line edge roughness (LER) of the photoresist pattern and photoresist energy sensitivity are improved. The acid-amplifier has a structure of following Formula 1. in Formula 1, R is C4˜C20 mono-cyclic or multi-cyclic saturated hydrocarbon, R1 is C1˜C10 linear hydrocarbon, C1˜C10 perfluoro compound or C5˜C20 aromatic compound, Ra and Rb are independently hydrogen atom or C1˜C4 saturated hydrocarbon and A is independently oxygen atom (O) or sulfur atom (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Dongjin Semichem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Youl Lee, Min-Ja Yoo, Jeong-Sik Kim, Young-Bae Lim, Jae-Woo Lee, Jae-Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20110040106
    Abstract: Disclosed is, for example, a compound that can be a material which can control many functions. According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an organic semiconductor compound characterized in that the organic semiconductor compound is produced by forming a salt of organic molecules as a donor with an inorganic acid or an inorganic base and causes self-accumulation. According to the above constitution, the organic semiconductor compound can be obtained in a simple manner. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an organic compound characterized by being produced by deriving an ammonia salt or a hydroxyamine salt from a compound having a tetrathiafulvalene analogue site in the skeleton thereof and containing a protonic acid functional group. According to the above constitution, an organic compound which can control many functions can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Saigo, Yuka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7884146
    Abstract: A polymer material, containing at least one kind of polymer substance selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid-based polymers, polyester-based polymers, and polycarbonate-based polymers; and a compound represented by formula (2) contained in the polymer substance: wherein A21 and A22 each independently represent an atom other than hydrogen atom and carbon atom; Y21 and Y22 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; at least one of Y21 and Y22 represents a substituent having a Hammett substituent constant ?p of 0.2 or more; Y21 and Y22 may bind to each other to form a ring; and (B) represents a group of atoms necessary for forming a five- or six-membered ring with A21, A22 and the carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yawata, Naoyuki Hanaki, Hisashi Mikoshiba, Akihiro Kaneko
  • Patent number: 7851644
    Abstract: A new class of heterocyclic metallocenes, a catalytic system containing them and a process for polymerizing addition polymerizable monomers using the catalytic system are disclosed; the heterocyclic metallocenes correspond to the formula (I): YjR?iZjjMeQkPl wherein Y is a coordinating group containing a six ? electron central radical directly coordinating Me, to which are associated one or more radicals containing at least one non-carbon atom selected from B, N, O, Al, Si, P, S, Ga, Ge, As, Se, In, Sn, Sb and Te; R? is a divalent bridge between the Y and Z groups; Z is a coordinating group, optionally being equal to Y; Me is a transition metal; Q is halogen or hydrocarbon substituents; P is a counterion; i is 0 or 1; j is 1-3; jj is 0-2; k is 1-3; and l is 0-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: John A. Ewen, Michael J. Elder, Robert L. Jones, Jr., Yuri A. Dubitsky
  • Patent number: 7838687
    Abstract: The present invention provides a monomer comprising the structure: wherein R1 and/or R1? are selected from the group consisting of MeO, EtO, COF3, SO4H, SO3?, SO3H, H, CHNO4S2F3, C5H4N2O6S2F6, C10H10N4S2, CH3, n-Bu, Cl, NH2, EtN, Br, alkyl, ether, ester, sulfonate, ammonium, carboxylate, phosphonate and any combination thereof, R2 and/or R2?, are selected from the group consisting of EtO, SO3H, H, C10H10N4S2, CH3, Cl, C6H14N2S and any combination thereof, R3 and/or R3? are selected from the group consisting of CH3, Cl, H and any combination thereof, and R4 and/or R4? are selected from the group consisting of CH3, H, C2H5, C4H9, C6H5, C8H17, C2H5S, C3H7S, C4H8Br, C10H23N, C20H21N2, C18H25N2, C21H23N2, C31H29N2O2, C22H25N4, C20H25N2, C3H7OS, and any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Brown University
    Inventors: G. Tayhas R. Palmore, Jiangfeng Fei, Hyun-Kon Song
  • Patent number: 7829063
    Abstract: The present application discloses methods for identifying inhibitors with high binding-affinity for the carbonic anhydrase-IX (CA-IX) enzyme using click chemistry and uses the candidates thereof as positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Hartmuth C. Kolb, Joseph C. Walsh, Dhanalakshmi Kasi, Vani P. Mocharla, Bing Wang, Umesh B. Gangadharmath, Brian A. Duclos, Kai Chen, Wei Zhang, Gang Chen, Henry Clifton Padgett, Farhad Karimi, Peter J. H. Scott, Zhiyong Gao, Qianwa Liang, Thomas Lee Collier, Tieming Zhao, Chunfang Xia
  • Patent number: 7807677
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: wherein R1, R2, X and N are as defined in the specification; E is N, CH; A? and A? are terminal groups as defined in the specification. The compounds have utility as HIV-1 protease inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Medivir AB
    Inventors: Jenny Ekegren, Anders Hallberg, Hans Wallberg, Bertil Samuelsson, Mahalingam Kannan
  • Publication number: 20100213444
    Abstract: To provide an organic semiconductor of tetrathiafulvalene derivative and an organic thin-film transistor formed therefrom, the tetrathiafulvalene derivative being readily formed into a stable thin film and the organic thin-film transistor having a high mobility and being driven at a low threshold voltage, an organic semiconductor includes a hexamethylenetetrathiafulvalene compound represented by the formula (1) below, and an organic thin-film transistor having a thin film obtained therefrom (where R1 and R2 each independently denote an alkyl group which may have a C1-10 branched structure).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Takehiko MORI, Masato Kanno
  • Publication number: 20100210683
    Abstract: There is provided a compound having an excellent controlling effect on arthropod pests represented by the formula (I-1): wherein Z represents an optionally substituted carbocyclic group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; G represents a -A1-R1 group, etc.; X0 represents a -A2-R4 group, etc.; X represents a -A2-R4 group, etc.; X0 represents a -A3-R6 group, etc.; or X and X0 are optionally taken together to form a -A2-T0-A3- group; M1 represents a —R8 group, etc.; A1, A2 and A3 independently represent an oxygen atom, etc.; R1 and R8 independently represents an optionally substituted C1-C20 chain hydrocarbon group, etc.; R4 and R6 independently represent an optionally substituted C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group, etc.; and T0 represents an optionally substituted C2-C6 alkanediyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideo Kamiyama, Shigeyuki Itoh
  • Patent number: 7763650
    Abstract: A new pharmaceutical compound for treating central nervous disorders, the compound comprising a therapeutically effective amount of valproic acid or pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof covalently bonded to myo-inositol. The invention also provides a composition, method for treating a patient and a method for obtaining the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignees: Medipharma S.A., University Nacional De La Plata
    Inventors: Luis Bruno-Blanch, Sung Chin Moon
  • Patent number: 7745445
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with the activity of the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor (PPAR) families, particularly the activity of PPAR?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Robert Epple, Mihai Azimioara
  • Publication number: 20100160411
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided, wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, y, n, m, p, and Ar are as defined, and described in classes and subclasses herein, which are agonists or partial agonists of the 2C subtype of brain serotonin receptors. The compounds, and compositions containing the compounds, can be used to treat a variety of central nervous system disorders such as schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Gary Paul Stack, Ivana Bianchi, Stefania Vallese, Giovanna Luoni
  • Patent number: 7732507
    Abstract: Spirotetrathiocarbamates (STOCs) or oxa substituted compounds (SOTOCs) of Formula I: Formula (I) or bisSTOC or bisSOTOC compounds of Formula II: Formula (II) wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, and X8, are independently O or S; and preferably at least two and up to all four of X1, X2, X3 and X4, and at least two and up to all four of X5, X6, X7, and X8 are sulfur; Z is —CmR22m wherein m=1 to 4; —C(R2)2SC(R2)2—, C(R2)2SSC(R2)2—, or —C(R2)OC(R2)2; n is from 0 to 4; M is selected from CH2Cl, CH2SC(O)R1, CH2SC(S)R1, CH2S(CH2CH2S)qH wherein q is 0, 1 or 2; —CR2?CH2, —CH2OC(O)CR2?CH2, CH2N?C?S, CH2N?C?O, CH2NR2H, CH2OH, CH2SCH2CH2CR2?CH2, phenyl, C(R2)phenyl, furan, thiophene, halogen, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C3-C6 heretocyclics, thiol, H, (III) or (IV) wherein A is S, O or phenyl; x is 0 or 1; R1 is C1-C22 alkyl; and R2 is H or C1-C22 alkyl have excellent optical properties. Methods for preparing these compositions and optical lenses prepared from the compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Essilor International Compagnie Generale d'Optique
    Inventors: Aref Jallouli, Martin Rickwood, Kimberly Morgan, Sirisoma Wanigatunga
  • Publication number: 20100104985
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound for photoresist, selected from the group consisting of a compound comprising an oxonol dye skeleton, a cyanine dye, a styryl dye, a compound comprising a merocyanine dye skeleton, a compound comprising a phthalocyanine dye skeleton, an azo compound, and a complex compound of an azo compound and a metal ion. The present invention further provides a photoresist liquid comprising at least one of the compound for photoresist and a method of etching a surface being processed using the photoresist liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventor: Tetsuya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100076124
    Abstract: A polymer material, containing at least one kind of polymer substance selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid-based polymers, polyester-based polymers, and polycarbonate-based polymers; and a compound represented by formula (2) contained in the polymer substance: wherein A21 and A22 each independently represent an atom other than hydrogen atom and carbon atom; Y21 and Y22 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; at least one of Y21 and Y22 represents a substituent having a Hammett substituent constant ?p of 0.2 or more; Y21 and Y22 may bind to each other to form a ring; and (B) represents a group of atoms necessary for forming a five- or six-membered ring with A21, A22 and the carbon atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yawata, Naoyuki Hanaki, Hisashi Mikoshiba, Akihiro Kaneko
  • Patent number: 7576129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carboxylic acid compound of formula (I): wherein R1 is H, alkyl; m is 2, 3; n is 0-2; R2 is phenyl, naphthyl, benzofuran, benzothiophene; Q is —CH2—O-Cyc1, —CH2-Cyc2, -L-Cyc3; R3a and R3b each independently is hydrogen, alkyl or taken together form tetrahydro-2H-pyran; a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a method for producing a process of the preparation thereof and a pharmaceutical agent comprising the same as an active ingredient. The compound of formula (I) have an antagonizing activity against PGE2 receptor, specifically EP3 receptor which is subtype thereof, and are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of itching, pain, urinary disturbance or stress disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Asada, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masami Narita, Kazutoyo Sato, Atsushi Kinoshita, Toshihiko Nagase, Ken Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20090189120
    Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I) below: where, each of A1 and A2 independently represents a group selected from the group consisting of —O—, —NR— (R represents a hydrogen atom or substituent), —S— and —CO—; Z forms a five- or six-membered ring together with C—C?C—C or C?C—C?C illustrated in the formula; Y forms a five- to seven-membered ring together with B1—C—B2 illustrated in the formula, provided that those having the same substituent for A1 and B1 and for A2 and B2 and those having the same substituent for A1 and B2 and for A2 and B1 are excluded, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20090159857
    Abstract: An optical film, which has been subjected to an orientation treatment, containing a low-molecular weight compound, in which a birefringence ?n(550 nm) is larger than zero (0) in an orientation direction, and the optical film satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2); and a phase difference plate, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display using the same: 0.5<?n(450 nm)/?n(550 nm)<1.0; and??Expression (1) 1.05<?n(630 nm)/?n(550 nm)<1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Uehira, Michitaka Matsuumi, Mamoru Sakurazawa, Masaki Okazaki, Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 7534475
    Abstract: A new liquid crystal compound comprises two condensed and substituted rings. The ring preferably is a five-membered heterocyclic ring. The heterocyclic ring is preferably condensed with benzene ring or an aromatic six-membered heterocyclic ring. The benzene ring or the aromatic six-membered heterocyclic ring is preferably substituted with a group comprising a cyclic structure and a chain structure. The liquid crystal compound is advantageously used in preparation of a thin phase retarder, such as a wide-ranged ?/4 plate, which gives inverse wavelength distribution. The phase retarder can be easily produced according to a simple process by using the new liquid crystal compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nishikawa, Ryo Hamasaki, Atsuhiro Ohkawa
  • Patent number: 7449481
    Abstract: The present invention is related to chemical compositions, processes for the preparation thereof and uses of the composition. Particularly, the present invention relates to compositions that include substituted biaryl-methanesulfinyl acetamides of Formula (I): wherein Ar, Y, R1, R2, R4, R5, q and x are as defined herein; and their use in the treatment of diseases, including treatment of sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea, or shift work disorder; Parkinson's disease; Alzheimer's disease; attention deficit disorder; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; depression; or fatigue associated with a neurological disease; as well as the promotion of wakefulness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R. Bacon, Sankar Chatterjee, Derek Dunn, Marie-Edith Gourdel, Greg Hostetler, Mohamed Iqbal, Brigitte Lesur, Philippe Louvet, Eric Riguet, Dominique Schweizer, Christophe Yue
  • Patent number: 7238818
    Abstract: A new class of heterocyclic metallocenes, a catalytic system containing them and a process for polymerizing addition polymerizable monomers using said catalytic system are disclosed; the heterocyclic metallocenes correspond to the formula (I): YjR?iZjjMeQkPl wherein Y is a coordinating group containing a six ? electron central radical directly coordinating Me, to which are associated one or more radicals containing at least one non-carbon atom selected from B, N, O, Al, Si, P, S, Ga, Ge, As, Se, In, Sn, Sb and Te; R? is a divalent bridge between the Y and Z groups; Z is a coordinating group, optionally being equal to Y; Me is a transition metal; Q is halogen or hydrocarbon substituents; P is a counterion; i is 0 or 1; j is 1–3; jj is 0–2; k is 1–3; and l is 0–2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: John A. Ewen, Michael J. Elder, Robert L. Jones, Jr., Yuri A. Dubitsky
  • Patent number: 7196108
    Abstract: The invention relates to certain bicyclic heterocycles havng the structure shown below which are useful in the treatment of diseases related to lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, such as type 2 diabetes, and atherosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignees: Incyte San Diego Inc., Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc.
    Inventors: Magnus Pfahl, Catherine Tachdjian, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Andrea Fanjul Giachino, Karine Jakubowicz-Jaillardon, Jianhua Guo, Richard M. Fine, Lyle W. Spruce, James W. Zapf
  • Patent number: 7192982
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by Structural Formula (I): Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group. Q is a covalent bond, —CH2— or —CH2CH2—; W is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroalkylene linking group from two to ten atoms in length, preferably from two to seven atoms in length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignees: Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Dawn Alisa Brooks, Alan M. Warshawsky, Chahrzad Montrose-Rafezadeh, Anne-Reifel Miller, Lourdes Prieto, Isabel Rojo, Jose Alfredo Martin, Maria Rosario Gonzales Garcia, Alicia Torrado, Rafael Ferritto Crespo, Carlos Lamas-Peteira, Robert J. Ardecky, Maria Martin-Ortega Finger
  • Patent number: 7015243
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of novel cyclohexyl analogues of E-type prostaglandins as EP4 agonists, in general, and, in particular as ocular hypotensives. The cyclohexyl analogues used in accordance with the invention are represented by the following formula I: wherein the wavy segments represent ? or ? bond, dashed line represents the presence or absence of a bond W, Y, Z, R, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Robert M. Burk, Thang D. Dinh
  • Patent number: 6951878
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds, novel compositions, methods of their use, and methods of their manufacture, where such compounds are pharmacologically useful inhibitors of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (PTPase's) such as PTP1B, CD45, SHP-1, SHP-2, PTP?, LAR and HePTP or the like. The compounds are useful in the treatment of type I diabetes, type II diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, obesity, immune dysfunctions including autoimmunity diseases with dysfunctions of the coagulation system, allergic diseases including asthma, osteoporosis, proliferative disorders including cancer and psoriasis, diseases with decreased or increased synthesis or effects of growth hormone, diseases with decreased or increased synthesis of hormones or cytokines that regulate the release of/or response to growth hormone, diseases of the brain including Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia, and infectious diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Niels Peter Hundahl Møller, Henrik Sune Andersen, Lars Fogh Iversen, Ole Hvilsted Olsen, Sven Branner, Daniel Dale Holsworth, Farid Bakir, Luke Milburn Judge, Frank Urban Axe, Todd Kevin Jones, William Charles Ripka, Yu Ge, Roy Teruyuki Uyeda
  • Patent number: 6800380
    Abstract: An organometallic luminescent material comprising the compound of formula (I) of the present invention can emit pure blue light and have high thermal stability: wherein, M1 is a monovalent or tetravalent metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Zr, Si, Ti, Sn, Cs, Fr, Rb, Hf, Pr, Pa, Ge, Pb, Tm and Md; R is hydrogen or C1-10 alkyl; B is O, S, Se or Te; D is O or S; and n is an integer ranging from 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Nessdisplay Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngkyoo Kim, Jae-Gyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 6790965
    Abstract: Combinatorial libraries are disclosed which are represented by Formula I: (T′—L)q—Ŝ—C(O)—L′—II′  I wherein: Ŝ is a solid support; T′—L— is an identifier residue; and —L′—II′ is a ligand/linker residue. These libraries contain dihydrobenzopyrans of the formula: which interact (i.e., as agonists or antagonists) with &agr; adrenergic receptors, dopamine receptors, &dgr;-opiate receptors, and K+ channels and are inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase isozymes. They are useful in the treatement of ocular diseases such as glaucoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Baldwin, John C. Reader, Lawrence W. Dillard, Ge Li, Wenguang Zeng
  • Patent number: 6695978
    Abstract: Conjugated mono-, oligo- and polymers of benzo[b]thiophene and bisbenzo[b]thiophene are useful as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors, electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Christopher Worrall, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Louise Diane Farrand, Mark Giles, Marcus Thompson, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
  • Patent number: 6683192
    Abstract: A compound represented in general formula (X) and (XI):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Curis, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony David Baxter, Edward Andrew Boyd, Oivin M. Guicherit, Jeffrey Porter, Stephen Price, Lee Rubin, John Harry Alexander Stibbard
  • Patent number: 6635779
    Abstract: A class of metallocene compounds is disclosed having general formula (I) wherein Y is a moiety of formula (II) wherein A, B, and D, same or different from each other, are selected from an element of the groups 14 to 16 of the Periodic Table of the Elements (new IUPAC version), with the exclusion of nitrogen and oxygen; R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are hydrogen or hydrocarbon groups, Z is selected from a moiety of formula (II) as described above and from a moiety of formula (III) wherein R6, R7, R8 and R9, are hydrogen or hydrocarbon groups; L is a divalent bridging group; M is an atom of a transition metal selected from those belonging to group 3, 4, 5, 6 or to the lanthanide or actinide groups in the Periodic Table of the Elements (new IUPAC version), X, same or different, is hydrogen, a halogen, a R10, OR10, OSO2CF3, OCOR10, SR10, NR102 or PR102 group, wherein the substituents R10 are hydrogen or alkyl groups; p is an integer of from 1 to 3, being equal to the oxidation state of the metal M minus 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Basell Technology Company bv
    Inventors: John A. Ewen, Michael J. Elder, Robert L. Jones