Bizarre Patents
Smoking Cessation Lighter and Method
A lighter for tobacco products suppresses the urge to smoke by operant conditioning.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7485706 | Neurodegenerative protein aggregation inhibition methods and compounds Methods and compositions are provided for reducing aggregation of neurodegenerative proteins associated with neurotoxicity or other proteins. The compounds comprise a first domain or targeting element for binding to the target proteins linked to a second domain or r... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7446184 | Magenta dyes and their use in ink-jet printing A compound of Formula (1) and salts thereof: wherein: Q is an optionally substituted aryl ring; Y is CO2H, SO3H or PO3H2; ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7300506 | Ink formulations, print systems, and methods thereof Ink formulations, ink jet sets, methods of stabilizing an ink formulation, printer systems, and methods thereof, are disclosed. One exemplary ink formulation, among others, includes a pigment and a borate buffer. The ink formulation has an ink stability characterist... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7273520 | Ink set for ink jet printing Ink set for ink jet printing comprised of at least one yellow ink, one magenta ink, one cyan ink and one black ink, wherein the yellow ink contains a mixture of at least one yellow dye with reddish hue of formula (I), ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7247261 | Nonlinear optical material with nano-sized dendrimer structure The present invention relates to a non-linear optical material having a dendrimer structure; and, more particularly, to a non-linear optical material having organic chromophores at the ends and formed based on ester linkages and/or ether linkages. Since the non-line... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7183409 | Basic mono- and bisazo compounds The invention relates to basic mono- and bisazo compounds according to formula (I) wherein all substituents are defined as in Claim 1, their production, their use as dyestuffs as well as material dyed with these ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7163576 | Disazo dyes and ink jet inks containing them A compound of Formula (1): wherein: A1 and A2 are each independently optionally substituted phenyl or naphthyl; each Q independently is op... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156907 | Multimeric dye structures The present invention is drawn to multimeric dyes, ink-jet inks, and systems that can be used to print images having good water fastness and humid fastness, as well as good color characteristics. Specifically, a multimeric dye for ink-jet printing can comprise a fir... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150783 | Disazo dyes and ink jet inks containing them A composition comprising a liquid medium and a compound of Formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein: m is 1 or 2; n is 1 or 2; and x is 2 to 4. | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144451 | Method of printing sheet-form substrates by the inkjet printing process The invention relates to a method of printing sheet-form substrates by the inkjet printing process, which method comprises printing those materials with an aqueous ink comprising a) at least one dye of formula wh... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7122544 | Anilinopyrimidine derivatives as IKK inhibitors and compositions and methods related thereto Compounds having activity as inhibitors of IKK are disclosed, particularly IKK-2. The compounds of this invention are anilinopyrimidine derivatives having the following structure: wherein R1 and R6 | 10/17/2006 |
| 7078497 | Disazo dyes, and copper complexes thereof, for dyeing paper The dyes of formula (1) according to claim 1 and the copper complexes of dyes of formula (2) according to claim 9 or the mixtures of mono-copper complex with the bis-copper complex are excellently suitable for dyeing paper with good light-fastness prop... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066969 | Dyes incorporating annionic and cationic groups The present invention relates to novel compounds of the formulae A, D1, D2, R1 and n are as defined in the description the compounds being in an internal or external salt form, or mixtures of compounds (1) and (2), a process for thei... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7019129 | Dark quenchers for donor-acceptor energy transfer The present invention provides a family of dark quenchers, termed Black Hole Quenchers (“BHQs”), that are efficient quenchers of excited state energy but which are themselves substantially non-fluorescent. Also provided are methods of using the BHQs, probes inco... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6867286 | Yellow dyes and ink compositions Provided are novel yellow azo dyes which are useful in ink compositions, especially ink jet compositions. The dyes and ink compositions of the present invention exhibit a good balance of optical density, print reliability, water fastness and light fashion and exhibi... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6844428 | Use of disazo compounds The invention relates to the use of disazo compounds according to formula (I) wherein all substituents are as defined in claim 1 salts thereof and mixtures of these compounds for dyeing or printing or... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6784287 | Organic dye molecules and nonlinear optical polymeric compounds containing chromophores Organic dye molecular materials prepared by coupling existing organic chromophore molecules to benzene or carbazole derivatives and nonlinear optical polymeric compounds having polyimide repeating units coupled with the organic dye molecular material are provided. T... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6758890 | Aqueous ink and process for producing dye Aqueous ink for ink jet recording comprising a coloring matter and an aqueous medium, in which at least one of dyes represented by the formula (A) or a salt thereof is contained as the coloring matter wherein R1 | 07/06/2004 |
| 6736888 | Disazo dyes and inks containing them A compound comprising a disazo chromophore and an optionally substituted heterocyclic group linked together through a —SO2—NH— group, inks comprising these compounds, ink jet printer cartridges containing these inks and their use in ink jet printing... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6730780 | Water-based ink An oil-soluble dye prepared by subjecting a water-soluble dye having at least one group selected from the group consisting of sulfonate group and carboxyl group in its molecule to amidation: a water-based ink comprising the oil-soluble dye: and a process for prepari... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6695899 | Disazo dyestuffs for ink jet printing A compound of Formula (1) and salts thereof: ##STR1## wherein: A is a substituted phenyl group carrying a group of the formula --NR3 R4 and an ortho carboxy group; n is 0 or 1; L1 and L2 are each independ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6482255 | Disazodyes for ink jet printing Compounds of the Formula (1) and salts thereof: ##STR1## wherein B1, B2, Q, R1, R2, A, Z1 and Z2 are defined in the description. Also claimed are compositions containing two or more compoun... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6451988 | Naphthol derivatives Novel naphthol derivatives, and various azo compounds and metal complexes prepared by using the derivatives are provided. The instant invention provides naphthol derivatives represented by general formula (1); ##STR1## wherein at least one of Y1 | 09/17/2002 |
| 6395885 | Use of lithium salts of anionic dyes to enhance their light-fastness The use of lithium as a cation for an anionic dye to enhance the light-fastness of the dye. Also claimed are the lithium salts of certain anionic dyes as defined in the description; mixed lithium/sodium salts of an anionic dye wherein the molar ratio of l... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6365719 | Bridged disazo compounds Compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## with the meanings of D, R1, R2, X and Y as given in claim 1 can be used as paper dyes or direct dyes or for the preparation of ink-jet inks.... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6290763 | AZO dyes and compositions comprising such dyes Azo dyes of Formula (1) have utility as dyes for ink-jet printing, where Formula (1) represents: ##STR1## which comprises any suitable form of the compound: such as salt; stereoisomer, zwitterion, polymorph, complex, isotopic form, combinations there... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6277185 | Dye compounds, compositions containing them and their use Azo dyes of Formula (1) have utility as dyes for ink-jet printing where Formula (1) represents: ##STR1## which comprises any suitable form of the compound: such as salt; stereoisomer, zwitterion, polymorph, complex, isotopic form, combinations thereo... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6140477 | Near-infrared ray absorbing polyazo compound A polyazo compound capable of effectively absorbing near-infrared rays, which can be produced from readily available raw materials is provided, which comprises at least one --OH group or at least one group derived from --OH group at p-position of the azo ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6130320 | Acid disazo dyes as well as sulphonamides as their intermediate product Disazo dyes of formula (I) where one of the two symbols X1 and X2 means hydroxy and the other amino and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defin... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6127531 | Monoazo reactive dyes A dyestuff according to formula (I) ##STR1## or a salt thereof wherein the substituents have the definitions as defined in claim 1. The dyestuffs are useful for dyeing or printing nitrogen-containing or hydroxy-group-containing organic substrates and... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6068687 | Azo dyes and their preparation and use Azo dyes of formula (4) ##STR1## wherein A, R4, M and m are as defined in the specification, are excellent dyes for dyeing and printing of cellulose containing materials and especially for the preparation of inks for ink jet printing.... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6008331 | Disazo compounds containing a piperazinylethysulfonyl group A compound of the formula (1) ##STR1## or a salt thereof wherein J is a group of the formula (1a) ##STR2## and A, Y, T, T1, R, R1, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification are usefu... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6005085 | Condensed azo compounds and process for preparing the same The present invention provides novel condensed azo compounds using bisamide compounds of 2-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-dicarboxylic acid, amide, or ester as the couplers, which have excellent properties such as excellent water resistance, chemical resistance, ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5969114 | Azo compound A compound of Formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein: J is --OR4 or --NR4 R5 ; R4 is H or optionally substituted alkyl, aryl or acyl; and R4 and R5 taken together with the N atom to which they are at... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5965715 | Bisazo compounds and process for the preparation thereof The invention provides novel bisazo compounds which is obtained by coupling two molecules of a 2-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-dicarboxylic acid derivative and a compound having two diazo groups in its molecule, as well as a process for producing the same. The p... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5925746 | Azo dyes, processes for their preparation and the use thereof Azo dyes of the formula (1) ##STR1## wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 independently of one another are each hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C1 -C4 alkyl, R5, R6, R | 07/20/1999 |
| 5882392 | Bisazo inkjet dyes A dye of Formula (1) and salts thereof: ##STR1## in which R is H, --NHC1-4 -alkylN(C1-4 -alkyl)2 or ##STR2## R1 and R2 each independently is H, optionally substituted C1-4 -alkyl ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5882391 | Bisazo inkjet dyes A bisazo dye of Formula (1) and salts thereof: ##STR1## in which R is H or ##STR2## R1 and R2 each independently is H, optionally substituted C1-4 -alkyl or optionally substituted aryl; R3 and R5 | 03/16/1999 |
| 5869627 | Stabilised dye composition A composition of a water-soluble bis-azo dye of the Formula (1) and an oxidising agent. ##STR1## wherein A is optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted naphthyl; B is optionally substituted phenylene or optionally substituted napht... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5859216 | Anionic acid dyes, processes for their preperation and their use Anionic acid dyes of the formula ##STR1## in which R1 and R2 independently of one another are hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C1 -C4 alkyl, X1 is C1 -C8 alkyl, substitut... | 01/12/1999 |
