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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7875746 | Photosensitive composition, compound for use in the photosensitive composition and pattern forming method using the photosensitive composition A photosensitive composition comprising: (A) a compound capable of generating a compound having a specific structure upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, a pattern forming method using the photosensitive composition, and a compound capable of generating ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7678941 | Polyoxyalkylene ammonium salts and their use as antistatic agents The present invention provides polyoxyalkylene ammonium imide or methide salts and their use as antistatic agents. Another embodiment provides articles comprising these salts, and processes for making and using these salts. ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7411002 | Polycationic sulfonamides and use thereof Certain lipophilic polycationic sulfonamides are provided and are useful for treating various diseases or conditions and particularly sepsis. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7378034 | Ionic compounds with a delocalized anionic charge, and their use as ion conducting components or as catalysts The invention relates to an ionic compound corresponding to the formula [R1X1(Z1)-Q−-X2(Z2)-R2]m Mm+ in which Mm+ is a cation of valency m, each of the gr... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7323608 | Copper-catalyzed formation of carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bonds One aspect of the present invention relates to copper-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bond-forming methods. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to copper-catalyzed methods of forming a carbon-sulfur bond between the sulfur atom of a t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7265130 | NPY Y5 antagonist The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for use as an NPY Y5 receptor antagonist comprising a compound of the formula (I): wherein R1 is lower alkyl, cycloalkyl or the like, ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265249 | Enantioselective alpha-fluorination of aldehydes using chiral organic catalysts Nonmetallic, chiral organic catalysts are used to catalyze enantioselective fluorination of enolizable aldehydes. Reaction systems composed of an enolizable aldehyde, an electrophilic fluorination reagent, and a nonmetallic chiral catalyst in the form of an imidazol... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262223 | Amidine derivatives for treating amyloidosis The present invention relates to the use of amidine compounds in the treatment of amyloid-related diseases. In particular, the invention relates to a method of treating or preventing an amyloid-related disease in a subject comprising administering to the subject a t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7169620 | Method of reducing the surface roughness of spin coated polymer films According to one aspect of the invention, a method of constructing a memory array is provided. An insulating layer is formed on a semiconductor wafer. A first metal stack is then formed on the insulating layer and etched to form first metal lines. A polymeric layer ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169750 | Methods to mobilize progenitor/stem cells Methods to elevate progenitor and stem cell counts in animal subjects using compounds which bind to the chemokine receptor CXCR4 are disclosed. Preferred embodiments of such compounds are of the formula Z-linker-Z′ (1) ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7164041 | Fluorinated Gemini surfactants A gemini surfactant represented by the formula: wherein: each Rf independently represents perfluorobutyl or perfluoropropyl; each R1 independently represents alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7147767 | Plating solutions for electrochemical or chemical deposition of copper interconnects and methods therefor The present invention provides plating solutions having either copper bis(perfluoroalkanesulfonyl) imides or copper tris(perfluoroalkanesulfonyl) methides and methods of electrochemically or chemically depositing copper interconnects using these plating solutions. | 12/12/2006 |
| 7135537 | Sulfonimide-containing poly(arylene ether)s and poly(arylene ether sulfone)s, methods for producing the same, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to sulfonimide-containing polymers, specifically sulfonimide-containing poly(arylene ether)s and sulfonimide-containing poly(arylene ether sulfone)s, and processes for making the sulfonimide-containing poly(arylene ether)s and sulfo... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7101676 | Methods for identifying compounds which inhibit binding of nucleocapsid 7 protein to HIV-1 RNA The present invention relates to methods of identifying a molecule from a library of molecules that inhibits binding of human immunodeficiency virus nucleocapsid 7 polypeptide (NCp7) to an oligonucleotide which comprises admixing an NCp7 polypeptide with at one labe... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7091219 | Bis-sulfonamide hydroxyethyl-amino retroviral protease inhibitors Bis-sulfonamido hydroxyethylamino compounds are effective as retroviral protease inhibitors, and in particular as inhibitors of HIV protease. The present invention relates to retroviral protease inhibiting compounds of the formula: | 08/15/2006 |
| 7071358 | Arylsulfonamidobenzylic compounds Arylsulfonamidobenzyl alcohols, amines and sulfonamides are provided which are useful in treating lipid disorders, metabolic diseases and cell-proliferative diseases. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7019173 | Fluorine compound and fluorinating agent comprising the compound A fluorine compound represented by Formula (1) is provided. The above fluorine compound is effective for introducing a fluorine atom into a compound having an active group such as an oxygen-containing functional group, and it can be used for uses of surface treatmen... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7005549 | Peracid precursors for antimicrobial use This disclosure describes unique chemical structures for use as solid or concentrated chemical precursors to the production of peroxy acids when combined with hydrogen peroxide or a hydrogen peroxide precursor such as percarbonates or perborates. Peroxy acids (perac... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6984756 | Process for preparing biphenyl compounds The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a biphenyl compound comprising combining a phenyl boronic acid derivative with an halobenzene derivative in the presence of a suitable additive in a suitable organic solvent with a suitable catalyst a... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6908947 | Sulfonamide-substituted fused 7-membered ring compounds, their use as a medicament, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them The present invention relates to compounds of formula I, in which X1, X2, X3, X4, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, R(3), R(4) and R(5) have the meanings mentioned in the specification, their preparation and their use, in particular in ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6900353 | Cyclopentyl sulfonamide derivatives The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): useful for potentiating glutamate receptor function in a mammal and therefore, useful for treating a wide variety of conditions, such as psychiatric and neurological disorders. ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6863838 | Zwitterionic imides Zwitterionic imide compounds are provided according to the formula: R1—SO2—N−—SO2—R2+, where R1 and R2+ are any suitable groups. Typically R1 is a... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6836383 | Diphenylsquarylium compound and filter for display containing the same The object of the invention is to provide a diphenylsquarylium compound which has a sharp minimum value within the wavelength range of from 550 to 610 nm in the light transmittance curve and from which a filter causing no reduction of brightness of the visual field ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6790990 | Method for preparing fluorosulfonyl imide monomer Disclosed is a method for the preparation of a fluorosulfonyl imide monomer of the structure represented by formula (IV), wherein X is F or perfluoroalkyl having 1-4 carbons optionally substituted by ether oxygen, M is an alkali or alkaline earth metal when y is res... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6743947 | Electrochemically stable onium salts and electrolytes containing such for electrochemical capacitors Based on the discovery that the melting point and solubility of onium salts are affected by the asymmetry of the substitution on cation, and that the branched substituents effectively shield onium cations from electrochemical reduction, new onium salts are synthesiz... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6727386 | Aromatic imide and aromatic methylidynetrissulfonyl compounds and method of making A method is provided for making aromatic-imide and aromatic-methylidynetrissulfonyl species by reaction of aromatic species with a reactant according to formula (I): (X—SO2—)m—QH—(—SO2—R1)n ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6706920 | Antistatic composition An antistatic composition comprises (a) at least one ionic salt consisting of a nonpolymeric nitrogen onium cation and a weakly coordinating fluoroorganic anion, the conjugate acid of the anion being a superacid; and (b) at least one thermoplastic polymer. The compo... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6693136 | Fluorenes and anthracenes that inhibit P2X3 and P2X2/3 containing receptors Compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## are novel P2X3 and P2X2 /P2X3 containing receptor antagonists and are useful in treating pain, urinary incontinence, and bladder overactivity.... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6660884 | Catalysts, methods for making said catalysts, and methods for making chiral compounds with high enantioselectivity The present invention relates to compounds useful as catalysts in asymmetric synthesis of chiral compounds, methods for the synthesis of said catalysts, and methods for synthesizing chiral compounds with high enantioselectivity.... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6646009 | N-(aryl)-2-arylethenesulfonamides and therapeutic uses thereof N-(Aryl)-2-arylethenesulfonamides and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions thereof are useful as antiproliferative agents, including, for example, anticancer agents. They are also useful as radioprotective agents.... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6620933 | Azomethine yellow dye compound A azomethine yellow dye compound of general formula (I): General formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R3 represents a substituent; m indicates an integer fro... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6620858 | Colorants containing copolymerizable vinyl groups and sulfonamide linkages Disclosed are thermally-stable, colored, photopolymerizable compounds containing a vinyl group which are capable of being copolymerized with reactive vinyl monomers to produce colored compositions such as polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, polystyrene, etc... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6608120 | Diallylamine monomers and network polymers obtained therefrom Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## having two double bonds which are activated so that they will take part in a polymerization reaction, the double bonds being sufficiently close together to ensure that cyclopolymerization will preferentially occur. ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6569882 | Bis-sulfonamide hydroxyethyl-amino retroviral protease inhibitors Bis-sulfonamido hydroxyethylamino compounds are effective as retroviral protease inhibitors, and in particular as inhibitors of HIV protease. The present invention relates to retroviral protease inhibiting compounds of the formula: ##STR1## or a phar... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6562985 | Geminal-dinitro-1-5 diazocine derivatives This invention involves a new class of compounds, certain geminal-dinitro-substituted heterocycles, including geminal-bis(difluoramino)-substituted heterocyclic nitramines and the production thereof. More specifically, this invention involves the pro... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6562782 | Oligocycloalkanoid compounds and methods of use The present invention related to an oligocycloalkanoid compound comprising formula (I) ##STR1## wherein m, n, and o are independently an integer from 0 to 2; A1 through A10 are independently a direct link, alkylene, alkylene-O--, ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6548567 | Ionic compounds with delocalized anionic charge, and their use as ion conducting components or as catalysts The invention relates to an ionic compound corresponding to the formula [R1 X1 (Z1)--Q- --X2 (Z2)--R2 ]m Mm+ in which Mm+ is a cation of valency m, ea... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6482909 | Compounds useful for control agents for living-type free radical polymerization Control agents that have a nitrogen-nitrogen bond covalently bonded to a thiocarbonyl moiety are provided for living-type free radical polymerization of a wide variety of monomers. These control agents provide superior properties for control of the polyme... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6472393 | Serine protease inhibitors Compounds having the structure shown below wherein A, B, N1, N2, X, Y, Q, R2, R5 and R6 are as defined herein are useful to inhibit serine protease enzymes, such as TF/factor VIIa factor Xa, thrombin ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6452048 | Process for producing sulfonylimide compound A process for producing sulfonylimide compound is represented by the formula (I) MN(SO2 Rf1) (SO2 Rf2) industrially easily at a low cost in an efficient manner comprising reactions of at le... | 09/17/2002 |
