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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. 23, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael R Wasielewski, Naperville, IL (US);
George L Gaines, River Forest, IL (US);
Mark P Niemczyk, Wheaton, IL (US);
Douglas G Johnson, Grayslake, IL (US);
David J Gosztola, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Michael P O'Neil, San Leandro, CA (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
540145 ; 524 88 ;
Abstract
A light-intensity dependent molecular switch comprised of a compound which shuttles an electron or a plurality of electrons from a plurality of electron donors to an electron acceptor upon being stimulated with light of predetermined wavelengths, said donors selected from porphyrins and other compounds, and a method for making said compound.