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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168780 | Method for producing a specific polymorph of titanylphthalocyanine The present invention provides a method for producing a polymorphic form of a titanylphthalocyanine having superior photoreceptor characteristics, particularly superior chargeability and photosensitivity to those of the conventional titanylphthalocyanines. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7750147 | Gallium naphthalocyanine dye An IR-absorbing naphthalocyanine dye of formula (I) is described: wherein M is Ga(A1); A1 is an axial ligand selected from —OH halogen, —OR3, —OC(O)R4... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7645875 | Colorant compounds Disclosed is a compound of the formula wherein M is atom or group of atoms capable of bonding to central cavity of phthalocyanine molecule, wherein axial ligands optionally can be attached to M, each R′ is a substituent, ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7419751 | Titanylphthalocyanine crystal and method of producing the titanylphthalocyanine crystal, and electrophotographic photoreceptor, method, apparatus and process cartridge using the titanylphthalocyanine crystal A titanylphthalocyanine crystal having an X-ray diffraction spectrum having plural diffraction peaks and a primary particle diameter not greater than 0.2 μm, wherein a maximum diffraction peak is observed at a Bragg (2θ) angle of 27.2±0.2°; main peaks are observ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7381512 | Hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigment and process for the production thereof, electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge, electrophotographic device and image formation method A hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigment is characterized by having a maximum peak wavelength within a range of from 810 nm to 839 nm in optical absorption spectrum in a wavelength range of from 600 nm to 900 nm. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378221 | Metallocenyl phthalocyanines as optical recording media Mixtures of metallocenyl phthalocyanines obtainable by reacting a mixture A comprising two phthalocyanines: with a metallocene derivative in the presence of a catalyst, and also oligomeric metallocenyl phthalocyanines, proc... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367665 | Metal-cyanine dye having axial ligands which reduce visible absorption The present invention provides an IR-absorbing metal-cyanine dye, said metal having at least one axial ligand bound thereto, wherein said axial ligand comprises a moiety suitable for reducing intermolecular interactions between adjacent dye molecules, thereby minimi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7329315 | Copper phthalocyanine blue pigment composition and water borne dispersion thereof Phthalocyanine blue pigments and pigment dispersions for water-borne inks and coatings are described. The pigments are produced by dry milling phthalocyanine blue and a polymeric dispersant, optionally with inorganic fillers and other additives, to obtain a material... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326287 | Cyan inks and their use in ink-jet printers A composition comprising: (a) a major dye component which is a mixture of copper phthalocyanine dyes of Formula (1): CuPcβ-(SO3M)xβ-(SO2NH2)y Formula (1) wherein: ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314511 | Metaloxyphthalocyanine compounds A phthalocyanine compound of Formula (I) wherein M is an oxymetal group, methods and uses involving these compounds ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312257 | Polymer encapsulation of high aspect ratio materials and methods of making same Embodiments of this invention comprise a pigment comprising one or more substantially spherical-shaped beads, wherein each substantially spherical-shaped bead comprises one or more high aspect ratio particles encapsulated within an encapsulating material. Embodiment... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7276600 | Phthalocyanine derivatives and their applications in optical recording media An optical recording medium is disclosed, which is composed of a substrate, a recording layer comprising an organic dye upon which information can be recorded by a laser beam, a reflective layer and a protective layer formed in such order; whereas the aforementioned... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267910 | Chemical battery containing gel electrolyte based on crosslinked epoxy compound having an alicyclic structure A chemical battery, comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a gel electrolyte containing a crosslinked body and an electrolyte, the crosslinked body being obtained by crosslinking at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an epox... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255733 | Process for the production of β type copper phthalocyanine pigment and a use thereof A process for the production of a β type copper phthalocyanine pigment, comprising dry-milling a crude copper phthalocyanine having a purity of 97 to 100% and a primary crystal diameter of 0.5 to 100 μm at a temperature of 180 to 50° C., to prepare an α/β mixed... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252781 | Solutions of polymer semiconductors The present invention relates to a process for producing particle-free solutions of polymeric semiconductors and to their use for producing layers of polymeric semiconductors in polymeric organic light-emitting diodes (PLEDs), organic integrated circuits (O-ICs), or... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238801 | Phthalocyanine compound, method for production thereof, and near infrared absorbing dye and near infrared absorbing filter using same A phthalocyanine compound (1) of a specific structure excelling in ability to absorb near infrared, ability to effect selective absorption of near infrared radiation particularly in a wavelength range exceeding 920 nm and falling short of 1050 nm, solubility in a so... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7186490 | Photosensitive material, electrophotographic photoreceptor using the material, and electrophotographic image forming method and apparatus using the photoreceptor A titanyl phthalocyanine crystal having an X-ray diffraction spectrum having a plurality of diffraction peaks in which a maximum diffraction peak is observed at a Bragg (2 θ) angle of 27.2°±0.2° and a diffraction peak is observed at a lowest Bragg (2θ) angle of... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182806 | Phthalocyanines and their use in ink-jet printers A composition comprising: (a) a major dye component which is a mixture of phthalocyanine dyes of Formula (1) and salts thereof: wherein: M is Cu or Ni; | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179512 | Liquid crystal display and manufacturing method of same A liquid crystal display which has spacers reliably joined with a pair of substrates of the liquid crystal display by using spacers adapted to the purpose with respect to material, structure, method of joining with the substrates, etc. A pair of substrates can be re... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175086 | Authentication system, data device, and methods for using the same An authentication system may comprise: a first light source, a second light source, and at least three optically filtered light sensing devices. The first light source can have a first light source spectral distribution and can be capable of providing sufficient exc... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169920 | Photoreceptors Methods for preparing phthalocyanine co-crystals are provided. The phthalocyanine co-crystals include titanyl phthalocyanines and metal free phthalocyanines. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169615 | Method of authenticating polymers, authenticatable polymers, methods of making authenticatable polymers and authenticatable articles, and articles made there from Disclosed is a method of authenticating that a test polymer is an authenticatable polymer, wherein the authenticatable polymer has an authentication signal and comprises a substrate polymer and an optically variable tag, the optically variable tag having a fluoresce... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166719 | Fluorinated photosensitizers related to chlorins and bacteriochlorins for photodynamic therapy Provided herein are compounds for detection, diagnosis and treatment of target tissues or target compositions, including hyperproliferative tissues such as tumors, using photodynamic methods. In particular, photosensitizer compounds that collect in hyperproliferativ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163772 | Organic electrophotographic photo-receptor The present invention provides an organic electrophotographic photo-receptor having a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer laid on the conductive substrate, wherein the photosensitive layer contains at least one μ-oxo bridged heterometal compound as a ch... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160371 | Method of improving pigment fluorescence A process for the preparation of organic pigments with enhanced fluorescence, which process comprises treating said pigments with a surfactant, and to the fluorescent organic pigments obtained by said process. The pigments according to the present invention can be u... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153956 | Cyanine dye having multifunctional peripheral groups The present invention provides an IR-absorbing dye of formula (I) or (II) wherein R10, R13, R20, R23, R30, R33, R40 and R | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153621 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor and image forming apparatus using the photoreceptor An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a photosensitive layer on an electroconductive substrate, wherein nitrate ion is present on the surface of the photosensitive layer in an amount of from 50 to 300 μg per 1 m2 of the surface of the photosensi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144879 | Substituted metal-phthalocyanines, their preparation and the use thereof The present invention is directed to metal-phthalocyanines of general formula (I) to the corresponding conjugates, the processes for their preparation and use in the photodynamic therapy of microbial infections (viral, bacterial and mycotic), tumor, pre-cancerous an... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135521 | Tinted, high Dk ophthalmic molding and a method for making same The invention relates to ophthalmic molding formulations and to tinted, high Dk ophthalmic moldings. This invention also relates to a method for making a tinted ophthalmic molding. The method comprises: (a) providing a polymer precursor having cross-linkable or poly... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7108839 | Process for the recovery of palladium from spent silica The present invention provides a provides a process for the recovery of precious metals from spent catalysts or adsorbent or inorganic waste, more specifically the process relates to recovery of Pd from silica, which is used as an adsorbent in column chromatography ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094364 | Method of authenticating polymers, authenticatable polymers, methods of making authenticatable polymers and authenticatable articles, and articles made there from In one embodiment, a method for authenticating that a test polymer is an authenticatable polymer is disclosed wherein the authenticatable polymer comprises a substrate polymer and a thermochromic compound, the thermochromic compound having a first signal at a first ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087747 | μ-Oxo bridged heterometal compound and selective production method thereof An object of the present invention is to provide a new μ-oxo bridged heterometal compound, which can make the photo-functional materials to have diversified properties, and a production method such that the μ-oxo bridged heterometal compound is obtained simply, se... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7067652 | Copper phthalocyanine/iodine intermolecular compound and process for the production thereof A copper phthalocyanine/iodine intermolecular compound wherein the ratio of copper phthalocyanine molecules/iodine molecules is 2.0±0.1, and a process for the production thereof. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7060835 | Preparation of yellow pigment A process for preparing transparent Pigment Yellow 138 by grinding Pigment Yellow 138 in the presence of a grinding agent, preparing an aqueous slurry of the ground particles, and filtering the slurry resulting in a filter cake containing particles of transparent Pi... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057034 | Titanyl phthalocyanine crystal and production method of the same, and electrophotosensitive material The present invention relates to a novel titanyl phthalocyanine crystal which can prepare a coating solution having excellent storage stability because it satisfies both of the following two characteristics (a) and (b), a method of producing the same, an electrophot... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053210 | Efficient synthesis of pyropheophorbide a and its derivatives A process for the preparation of pyropheophorbide a and its derivatives, including 3-devinyl-3-(1′-hexyloxy)ethyl-pyropheophorbide-a, otherwise known as HPPH, is provided. The process involves treating chlorin e6, in the form of its trimethyl ester, wit... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7034148 | Metallocenyl phthalocyanines as optical recording media Mixtures of metallocenyl phthalocyanines obtainable by reacting a mixture A comprising two phthalocyanines (I) and (II) with a metallocene derivative in the presence of a catalyst, and also oligomeric metallocenyl phthalocyanines, processes for preparing them, their... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033715 | Uniform cocrystals of titanyl fluorophthalocyanine and titanyl phthalocyanine formed in trichloroethane, and charge generating layer containing same In a process for forming a nanoparticulate crystalline titanium phthalocyanine pigment composition, a titanium phthalocyanine pigment is contacted with substantially pure 1,1,2-trichloroethane (TCE) under conditions effective to convert the titanium phthalocyanine p... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018395 | Photodynamic treatment of targeted cells The present invention is drawn to methods for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of a target cell, target tissue or target composition in a mammalian subject, using a therapeutically effective amount of a targeted substance, which is either a targeted photosensitizing agent... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018456 | Phthalocyanine compound, water-base ink composition and colored material A metal phthalocyanine compound that is useful as a black colorant suitable for use in an ink-jet recording ink, a water-based ink composition containing the metal phthalocyanine compound, and a product colored with the metal phthalocyanine compound. In particular, ... | 03/28/2006 |
