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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, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Evelyn Fischer, Weil am Rhein, DE;
Walter Fischer, Reinach, DE;
Jurgen Finter, Freiburg, DE;
Kurt Meier, Therwil, CH;
Martin Roth, Giffers, CH;
Assignee:
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430342 ; 430343 ; 430962 ; 430281 ; 430286 ; 430280 ; 430338 ; 252586 ; 522 53 ; 522 63 ;
Abstract
Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which X is O, S, SO, SO.sub.2 or NR.sub.13, R.sub.13 is, for example, methyl, and R.sub.1 to R.sub.12, independently of one another, are, for example, H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, C.sub.1 14 C.sub.12 alkoxy, halogen or --CN. The compounds are photosensitive and photochromic and as suitable are photosensitizers and simultaneously as colour indicators, and as photoswitchable colour filters.