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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7960587 | Compositions comprising novel compounds and electronic devices made with such compositions The present invention relates to novel compounds and compositions comprising novel oligomers and polymers, and electronic device comprising at least one layer containing the compositions. The novel oligomers and polymers can be solubilized, and can be used in soluti... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7858825 | Acid and base stable diphenylmethanol derivatives and methods of use The invention provides compounds that are useful as linkers for solid phase synthesis and as protecting groups, and methods for producing and using the same. ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7569728 | Triarylamine compounds, compositions and uses therefor The present invention relates to triarylamine compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and electronic devices and applications comprising at least one layer containing at least one of the new compounds. The compounds can be used as monomers to create homop... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7449602 | Stilbene derivative compound, process for producing the same, and electrophotographic photoconductor A stilbene derivative compound having a specific substituent at the specific position thereof to exert good compatibility with a binder resin and to tend to be uniformly dispersed in a photoconductive layer so as to allow prolonged specified sensitive property, a pr... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7423180 | Bis(3-amino-4-hydroxyphenyl)adamantane derivatives and process for production thereof The invention provides compounds which are excellent in terms of heat resistance, mechanical characteristics, electric characteristics, physical properties, etc. and which provide a novel material useful for, for example, interlayer insulating film or protective fil... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7365231 | Compound with antitumor activity and preparation method therefor The present invention provides the diaminophenyladamantane derivatives with antitumor activities and the preparation method therefore. The method includes a step of reacting an aromatic diol with at least one 5-halo-2-nitrophenol in the presence of at least one inor... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7291648 | 3,3-diphenylpropylamines useful in therapy Novel 3,3-diphenylpropylamines of the formula and stereoisomers and physiologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R | 11/06/2007 |
| 7268257 | Process for producing tolterodine The present invention provides a process for producing tolterodine of the formula (1) or its salt, which comprises a step reacting a compound of the formula (2) with a base to obtain a reaction product; a step reacting the reaction product with a compound of the for... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268166 | Compounds active at a novel site on receptor-operated calcium channels useful for treatment of neurological disorders and diseases Method and compositions for treating a patient having a neurological disease or disorder, such as stroke, head trauma, spinal cord injury, spinal cord ischemia, ischemia- or hypoxia-induced nerve cell damage, epilepsy, anxiety, neuropsychiatric or cognitive deficits... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7244657 | Zeolite sol and method for preparing the same, composition for forming porous film, porous film and method for forming the same, interlevel insulator film, and semiconductor device The present invention provides a zeolite sol which can be formed into a porous film that can be thinned to an intended thickness by a method used in the ordinary semiconductor process, that excels in dielectric properties, adhesion, film consistency and mechanical s... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7205439 | Process for the preparation of di- and polyamines of the diphenylmethane series Di- and polyamines of the diphenylmethane series are prepared by a) mixing a first portion of aniline with an acid catalyst, b) mixing a second portion of aniline with formaldehyde, and c) mixing and reacting the mixtures prepared in each of steps a) and b). The dia... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7189877 | Arylamine derivatives having fluorene skeleton, synthetic intermediates thereof, processes of producing those, and organic electrolumivescene devices Arylamine derivatives that can be utilized as hole transport or hole injection materials of organic electroluminescence devices, electrophotographic reactors, etc., and synthetic intermediates thereof, and processes of producing those. The arylamine derivative is re... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176103 | Zeolite sol and method for preparing the same, composition for forming porous film, porous film and method for forming the same, interlevel insulator film, and semiconductor device The present invention provides a zeolite sol which can be formed into a porous film that can be thinned to an intended thickness by a method used in the ordinary semiconductor process, that excels in dielectric properties, adhesion, film consistency and mechanical s... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7119121 | 3,3-diphenylpropylamines useful in therapy Novel 3,3-diphenylpropylamines of the formula and stereoisomers and physiologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R | 10/10/2006 |
| 7045366 | Photocrosslinked hydrogel blend surface coatings Hydrogel polymer blends including precursors and crosslinked forms of the compositions. The blends provide an improved approach to achieve high quality, uniform coatings with better commercial viability than other approaches including copolymerization. Applications ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7015352 | Pro drugs for selective drug delivery Prodrug compounds capable of permeating a desired biological compartment and releasing a biologically active molecule in active form to effect a therapeutic functional change in the compartment to which it is introduced. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6992223 | Method for producing 2-benzylaniline 2-benzylaniline can be manufactured in one-pot reaction at a substantially reduced cost by allowing 2-amino-5-halogenobenzophenone to react under a reductive condition. ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6962964 | Hydrogenation of methylenedianiline homologs and epoxy resins cured with same This invention relates to improved polyepoxide resins cured with a mixture of methylene bridged poly(cycloaliphatic-aromatic)amines and a process for preparing such polyepoxide resins as well as to the methylene bridged poly(cycloaliphatic-aromatic)amine composition... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6933411 | Aromatic diamine and polyimide thereof The aromatic diamine compound of the present invention is represented by the following formula (1), and from the aromatic diamine compound a polyimide having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (4), which has low-temperature adherability, can be ob... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6914078 | Triarylmethane derivatives and their use as photochemotherapeutic agents Disclosed are compounds having one of the following structures: wherein R and R′ are hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C6 linear or branched alkyl, and at least one X is a halogen a... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6891067 | Optical polyimide precursor, optical polyimide compound and fabricating method thereof The present invention provides an optical polyimide precursor for use in making a polyimide. The precursor is defined by the following formula: wherein X is Cl, Br, oxo-halide, or fully halogenated alkyl, and A is a di... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6861561 | Substituted aromatic policyclic tertiary-heteroalkylamines useful for inhibiting cholesteryl ester transfer protein activity The invention relates to substituted aromatic polycyclic tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and o... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6822119 | Process for the preparation of tolterodine The present invention relates to a cost effective and industrially advantageous process for the preparation of tolterodine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6815090 | Organic electroluminescence device An organic electroluminescence device which exhibits an excellent purity of color and a high efficiency of light emission, has a long life and emits reddish light and a novel compound having these characteristics are provided. The organic electroluminescence device ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6794544 | Method for the preparation of tetrahydrobenzothiepines Among its several embodiments, the present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of tetrahydrobenzothiepine-1,1-dioxide compounds; the provision of a process for preparing a diastereomeric mixture of tetrahydrobenzothiepine-1,1-dioxide compounds... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6710209 | Heteroaryl-substituted quinolin-2-one derivatives useful as anticancer agents The present invention relates to a method of preparation for compounds of Formula 23: wherein R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and W are as defined herein. ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6656737 | Isocynate derivatizing agent and methods of production and use An organic compound useful for detecting the total quantity of isocyanate in an environmental sample is provided. The compound is 9-anthrcenylmethyl-1-piperazinecarboxylate (PAC), an isocyanate derivatizing agent. A process for producing PAC and methods f... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6630607 | Aromatic methylidene compounds, aromatic aldehyde compounds and methylstyryl compounds used to prepare the methylidene compounds, and methods for preparing these compounds Aromatic methylidene compounds of the following general formula ##STR1## wherein R11 and R21 independently in each occurrence represent an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl or alkoxy group, a halogen, a cyano group or a nitro gr... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6586634 | Process for the preparation on (1S,2R)-1-amino-2-indanol-(R,R)-tartrate methanol solvate Process for the preparation of (1S,2R)-1-amino-2-indanol-(R,R)-tartrate methanol solvate, in which in a solvent a mixture of enantiomers of cis-1-amino-2-indanol reacts at an elevated temperature with (R,R)-tartaric acid and methanol and in which opticall... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6515179 | Process for the removal of nitrobenzenesulfonyl A 2- or 4-nitrobenzenesulfonamide is allowed to react with an alkali metal alkoxide to remove a nitrobenzenesulfonyl group to thereby obtain an amine corresponding to the amide. Furthermore, a method for producing an amine derivative by allowing the resul... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6436973 | LTA4 hydrolase inhibitors The invention concerns LTA4 hydrolase inhibiting compositions of formula (1) as set forth below. It also concerns their therapeutic, in particular anti-inflammatory, applications. ##STR1##... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6379590 | Method for making unsymmetrically substituted fluorenyl compounds for nonlinear optical applications A new method for producing unsymmetrically substituted fluorenyl compounds, one step of which is the preparation of 2,7-disubstituted fluoren-9-one derivatives via the nucleophilic substitution of a compound of the formula D ##STR1## wherein A' is se... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6380433 | Process for the production of diaminodiphenylmethane and its higher homologues Process for the production of diaminodiphenylmethane and its higher homologues products, which comprises reacting aniline, or one of its derivatives, and formaldehyde, or a compound capable of producing formaldehyde under the reaction conditions, in the p... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6329551 | Phenylenediamine derivative, production method thereof and antioxidant for rubber using it as effective constituent A phenylenediamine derivative represented by following formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 each represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or a lower alkoxy group; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methy... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6310249 | Process for producing 2-aminobenzophenone compound A 2-aminobenzophenone represented by formula (2) is obtained by heating an arylsulfonamide represented by formula (1) in the presence of aluminum chloride. ##STR1##... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6310103 | S(-)-tolterodine in the treatment of urinary and gastrointestinal disorders The S-isomer of a compound represented by the following formula: ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof is disclosed as being useful for treating urinary disorders, including urinary incontinence, and gastrointestinal disorders, including ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6306912 | Compounds active at a novel site on receptor-operated calcium channels useful for treatment of neurological disorders and diseases Method for identifying a compound useful for the therapeutic treatment of a neurological disease or disorder such as stroke, head trauma, spinal cord injury, epilepsy, anxiety, or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's Diseas... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6297196 | Benzoyl derivatives, process for their preparation and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators Benzoyl derivatives of the formula (I), process for their preparation and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators are described. ##STR1## In this formula (I), R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are var... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6280859 | Light-emitting material for organo-electroluminescence device and for organic electroluminescence device which the material is applied A light-emitting material which serves to emit light having a high brightness and is almost free of deterioration in light emission, and an organic EL device for which the light-emitting material is adapted, the material having the formula [1], ##STR... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6258842 | Method for the preparation of citalopram A method for the preparation of citalopram is described comprising reaction of a compound of Formula (IV) wherein R1 is H or C1-6 alkylcarbonyl successively with a Grignard reagent of 4-halogen-fluorophenyl and a Grignard reagent of ... | 07/10/2001 |