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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8067630 | T-butyl cascade polymers A method for forming cascade polymers specifically utilizing the amine monomer of the formula The monomer is made by initially reacting nitromethane and CH2═CHCO2—TBu by nucleophilic addition to fo... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7531686 | Salt suitable for an acid generator and a chemically amplified resist composition containing the same The present invention provides a salt of the formula (I): wherein ring X represents polycyclic hydrocarbon group having tricycle or more and having 10 to 30 carbon atoms, and one or more hydrogen atom in the ring X is optio... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7388070 | Structure-based approach to design of inhibitors of protein-processivity factor interactions A method for the structure-based identification and selection of inhibitors of processivity factor binding to protein is disclosed herein. Characterization of the protein/processivity factor interface is given. Methods for the structure-based inhibition of processiv... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7342125 | Method of treating inflammation with acanthoic acid derivatives Novel compounds are disclosed that have the chemical structure of Formula (II), and its prodrug esters and acid-addition salts, and that are useful as Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α modulators, and thus are useful in the treatment of various listed disea... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7309504 | Extract of for the treatment or prevention of hepatitis or the liver protective drug The disclosure concerns an extract of Acanthopanax koreanum and its use. More particularly, it concerns the extract of Acanthopanax koreanum comprising 1) the extract of Acanthopanax koreanum extracted from water, 2) among the water extract, the... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7288671 | Interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor-α modulators, synthesis of said modulators and their enantiomers and methods of using said modulators Novel compounds are disclosed that have the following chemical structures, and prodrug esters and acid-addition salts thereof, that are useful as Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α modulators, and thus are useful in the treatment of various diseases. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7252924 | Positive resist composition and method of pattern formation using the same A positive resist composition comprising: at least two resins which differ in glass transition temperature by at least 5° C.; and a compound which generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, wherein each of the two resins comprises at least e... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253300 | Production process for high purity tricyclo-[5.2.1.0]decane-2-carboxylic acid ester In a process for producing tricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]decane-2-carboxylic acid ester by reacting tricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]deca-3-ene with carbon monoxide and alcohol in the presence of HF, carried out separately are (a) a step in which tricyclo[5.2.1.0 | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247418 | Imageable members with improved chemical resistance Both single-layer and multilayer imageable elements have a substrate and at least one imageable layer. The elements can be used to prepare either negative- or positive-working imaged elements, for example as lithographic printing plates. The imageable elements also ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7144939 | Organic nucleating agents that impart very high impact resistance and other beneficial physical properties within polypropylene articles at very low effective amounts The use of organic based nucleating agents to induce certain specific polymer orientations into the molded polypropylene articles such that the resultant part has improved stiffness-impact properties without sacrificing other attributes of the polypropylene is provi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7119223 | Interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor-α modulators, synthesis of said modulators and their enantiomers and methods of using said modulators Novel compounds are disclosed that have the following chemical structures, and prodrug esters and acid-addition salts thereof, that are useful as Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α modulators, and thus are useful in the treatment of various diseases. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7105684 | Lactone compounds An object of the present invention is to provide a novel monomer compound having a lactone structure which gives polymers having more excellent feature as resist material, etc. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula [... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102027 | Adamantanetricarboxylic acid derivatives An adamantanetricarboxylic acid derivative is represented by following Formula (1): wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; and R1, R2 and R3 may be the same as or di... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090925 | Dielectric films and materials therefor A material for dielectric films is a polymerizable composition containing an adamantanepolycarboxylic acid represented by following Formula (1): wherein X is a hydrogen atom, a carboxyl group or a hydrocarbon group; and Y1, Y2, Y3 | 08/15/2006 |
| 7045524 | Pleuromutilin derivatives with antimicrobial activity Pleuromutilin compounds of the formula: are of use in anti-bacterial therapy. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7022873 | Antibiotics Cyan-416 A, Cyan-416 B, Cyan-416 C, Cyan-416 D and Cyan-416 E, and ester derivatives of Cyan-416 B The invention relates to new antibiotics designated Cyan-416A, Cyan 416B, Cyan-416C, Cyan-416D and Cyan-416E to their production by fermentation of Acremonium sp. NRRL 30631 to methods for recovery and concentration from the crude solutions, and to a process ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6881857 | Tricyclic diterpene derivatives Disclosed herein are novel tricyclic diterpene compounds. These compounds, including their prodrug esters and acid-addition salts, are useful as Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α modulators, and thus are useful in the treatment of various diseases. A... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6852885 | Production method of high purity organic compound There is provided a method for obtaining a target organic compound such as an alkyladamantyl ester efficiently by purifying a crude organic compound which contains, as impurities, sublimable materials which start to sublime at temperatures lower than a boiling point... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6852876 | Treatment of colon cancer The novel compound of the disclosure is 4-chloro-4-(4-ethoxy-phenyl)-2-(fluoren-9-ylidene-hydrazono)-but-3-enoic acid methyl ester (3F-19), and it alone or in combination with 4-(4-Ethoxy-phenyl)-2-(N′-fluoren-9-ylidene-hydrazino)-2-hydroxy-4-oxo-butyric acid meth... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6833388 | Adamantane derivative There is provided a trisadamantane based compound which is useful not only as a photoresist additive but also as pharmaceuticals, an agrochemical intermediate, a resin additive (heat resistance improver) and the like, and which is represented by the general formula ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6774258 | Tertiary alcohol compounds having alicyclic structure Tertiary alcohol compounds of formula (1) are novel wherein R1 and R2 are C1-10 alkyl groups which may have halogen substituents, or R1 and R2 may form an aliphatic hydrocarbon ring, Y and Z are a single bond or a divalent... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6750364 | Bridged tricyclic analogs of 2-(carboxycyclopropyl)glycine as inhibitors of glutamate transport This invention provides compounds of the formula: wherein X is (CH2)n, O, S, SO, SO2 or CR1R2; n is 1 or 2; R1 and R2 are H, halogen, hydroxy, ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6740358 | Reactive coalescents Compounds useful as reactive coalescents and methods of improving the stability of reactive coalescents are disclosed. A process for the preparation of low molecular weight polymers which are also useful as reactive coalescents is also disclosed. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6670499 | Adamantane derivatives and processes for the preparation thereof Adamantane derivatives in which two (meth)acryloyloxyalkyl groups are bonded with an adamantane ring through ester groups, adamantane derivatives in which two adamantane rings are bonded through an alkylene group and two urethane bonds, which two adamanta... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6599971 | Metals salts of hexahydrophthalic acid as nucleating additives for crystalline thermoplastics Compounds and compositions comprising specific metal salts of hexahydrophthalic acid (HHPA) in order to provide highly desirable properties within thermoplastic articles are provided. The inventive HHPA derivatives are useful as nucleating and/or clarifyi... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6593363 | Diterpene derivatives and anti-inflammatory analgesic agents comprising the same The present invention relates to diterpene derivatives prepared from the components which are extracted from Acanthopanax Koreanum and represented by Chemical Formula (1).... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6469197 | Negative photoresist composition using polymer having 1,2-diol structure and process for forming pattern using the same It is an object of the present invention to provide a negative photoresist composition for lithography, using short-wavelength light such as ArF excimer laser beam as a light source. The negative photoresist composition of the present invention is a negative ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6369194 | Vicinyl tricarbonyl compounds and combinatorial libraries containing same The invention relates to compounds of formula ##STR1## where R is a structural diversity element selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, peptidyl, heteroatom-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, and amines; and Nu is a st... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6365768 | Interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factors- modulators, syntheses of said modulators and methods of using modulators Novel compounds are disclosed that have the chemical structure of Formula (IIB), and its prodrug esters and acid-addition salts, and that are useful as Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor- modulators, and thus are useful in the treatment of var... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6344590 | Adamantanemethanol derivatives and production processes thereof An adamantanemethanol derivative of the invention is represented by the following formula (1), wherein Ra is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; Rb is a hydrocarbon group having a carbon atom, to which carbon atom at least one hy... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6313327 | Carboxylic acid derivatives and their synthesis method This invention relates to novel carboxylic acid derivatives represented by the following formula I and their synthesis: ##STR1## wherein, R1 is an hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms in a linear, branched or... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6248920 | Preparation process for esters and resist materials Process for the quantitative preparation of esters, with a high yield, which comprises reacting an aldehyde or ketone compound and an acid halide compound in a one pot reaction in the presence of at least one compound represented by the following formulae... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6180815 | Anti-viral compounds The present invention provides compounds which inhibit an envelope virus by inhibiting the fusion of the virus with the host cell. The virus may be inhibited in an infected cell, a cell susceptible of infection or a mammal in need thereof.... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6166236 | Vinyl carbonate and vinyl carbamate contact lens material monomers Novel monomers of the general formula ##STR1## where b is 0 or 1, a is 1, 2, 3 or 4, R2 is a monovalent alkyl radical and R is an organic radical. The novel monomers may be employed to produce novel copolymers useful as hydrogel, soft non-... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6121317 | Gibberellins (including gibberellins A3 and A7) used in ulcer or wound healing Compounds of formula (1), (Gibberellins), and their pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives to promote ulcer-healing, healing of surgical wounds or open fractures and treatment of bronchitis or thrombophlebitis in animals including humans or cultivation o... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6114300 | Spirocyclic compounds Spirocyclic compounds of the general formula (I) are provided which are powerful odorants. Compositions which include these compounds are also provided. They can be used, for instance, in perfumery.... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6020370 | Bridged cyclic amino acids as pharmaceutical agents Bridged cyclic amino acids of formula ##STR1## are disclosed and are useful as agents in the treatment of epilepsy, faintness attacks, hypokinesia, cranial disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, depression, anxiety, panic, pain and neuropathological... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5808133 | Alicyclic bifunctional compounds and processes for their preparation The invention provides an alicyclic bifunctional compound represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a carboxyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group or a hydroxymethyl group and n is 0 or 1.... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5730903 | Compound and thin film composed of the discotic compound A thin film comprising a discotic compound having diacetylene groups at the side chain moiety thereof, and a compound represented by formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R2 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group.... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5670696 | Alicyclic bifunctional compounds and processes for their preparation The invention provides an alicyclic bifunctional compound represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a carboxyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group or a hydroxymethyl group and n is 0 or 1.... | 09/23/1997 |
