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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1981
Filed:
May. 17, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
542459 ; 2603 / ; 260924 ; 544110 ; 544371 ; 544372 ; 544383 ; 546200 ; 546211 ; 548379 ; 542464 ; 25230121 ; 25230122 ; 25230125 ; 25230126 ; 25230127 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to cationic fluorescent whitening agents of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is the radical of a fluorescent whitening agent, Q is the direct bond or a bridge member, R.sub.1 to R.sub.5 are specific substituents and n is 1 or 2. A process for the manufacture of these compounds and a method of whitening organic material which comprises their use are also disclosed.