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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:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masato Fukudome, Kyoto, JP;
Kazushi Kamiyama, Uji, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ; C07D / ;
Abstract
A novel diarylethene photochromic compound is provided. The photochromic compound is capable of forming an amorphous thin film by itself through a coating method and has an excellent thermostability. The amorphous thin film of the photochromic compound can exhibit a large refractive index between the isomers of the photochromic compound. Thus, using such an amorphous thin film provides an optical function device suitable for an optical memory device and an optical switching device.