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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:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09B / ; F21V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
534717 ; 252585 ; 8506 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a novel disazo compound represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Q is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or naphthyl group; Me is copper, nickel, zinc or iron; and Z is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxyl, sulfo, or substituted or unsubstituted amino; and also to a polarizing film having said disazo compound incorporated into a polarizing film base. The polarizing film exhibits high polarizing activities comparable to those of an iodine-containing polarizing film, and also has excellent durability.