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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:
Jul. 11, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
548455 ; 428167 ; 428199 ;
Abstract
A cyanine dye having formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents Cl, Br or hydrogen; R.sup.2 represents Cl, Br, hydrogen, or a nitro group; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each represent a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group or --(CH.sub.2).sub.n OR.sup.5 (in which n is an integer of 2 or 3, and R.sup.5 represents hydrogen or an acetyl group), and X.sup..crclbar. represents an acid anion, provided that the case where R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are both an identical alkyl group, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are an identical group, is excluded; and