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  3. /B41 · Printing
  4. /B41M · Printing, duplicating, marking, or copying processes
  5. /B41M 5/00 · Duplicating or marking methods
  6. /B41M 5/124 · Duplicating or marking methods: using pressure to make a masked colour visible
  7. /B41M 5/132 · Chemical colour-forming components
  8. /B41M 5/136 · Organic colour formers
  9. /B41M 5/15
B41M 5/15

Spiro-pyrans

B41M5/15 (Spiro-pyrans) appears on 15 US grants and 1 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. BPerforming operations
  2. B41Printing
  3. B41MPrinting, duplicating, marking, or copying processes
  4. B41M 5/00Duplicating or marking methods
  5. B41M 5/124Duplicating or marking methods: using pressure to make a masked colour visible
  6. B41M 5/132Chemical colour-forming components
  7. B41M 5/136Organic colour formers
  8. B41M 5/15Spiro-pyrans
Granted patents
15
Published applications
1
Assignees
7
Inventors
17
Latest grant
26 Aug 2014

Filings by year

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B41M 5/15: granted patents and published applications per publication year
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19761986199620062014

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Mechanochromic coating composition26 Aug 2014US 8,815,771 B2PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
  • Monophase solid solutions comprising a plurality of color former compounds and process for their preparation20 May 2003US 6,566,302 B1Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
  • Recording material13 Oct 1992US 5,155,087 AMitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
  • Spirodibenzopyrans9 Sep 1986US 4,611,070 ABASF SE
  • Record material1 Apr 1986US 4,580,153 AKanzaki Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
  • Mechanochromic coating composition17 Oct 2013US 2013/0269445 A1PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Spirodipyrans and chromogenic materials for copying processes32US 3,971,808 ABASF SE · 1976
  • 7,7'-Diamino derivatives of 2,2'-spirodibenzopyranes6US 4,110,348 ABASF SE · 1978
  • Mechanochromic coating composition6US 8,815,771 B2PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. · 2014
  • Record material5US 4,580,153 AKanzaki Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 1986
  • Spirodipyrans4US 4,161,589 ABASF SE · 1979

Top assignees

Documents
  • BASF SE6
  • CGCiba-Geigy Corporation4
  • PIPPG Industries Ohio, Inc.2
  • BBASF SE1
  • CSCiba Specialty Chemicals Corporation1
  • KPKanzaki Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.1
  • Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited1

Often classified with

  • C07DHeterocyclic compounds11
  • C08GMacromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds2
  • C09DCoating compositions2
  • G01LMeasuring force, stress, torque, work, mechanical power, mechanical efficiency, or fluid pressure2
  • G03CPhotosensitive materials for photographic purposes2
  • Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests2

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