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Photochromic articles

US6113812A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 4, 1997
Grant dateSep 5, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/23
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A photochromic article that includes a host material and a photochromic amount of a benzopyran compound, the benzopyran compound represented by one of the formulas: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, and R.sub.10 are selected from hydrogen, a stable organic radical, a heterocyclic group, halogen, a nitrogen-substituted group, and a nitrogen-substituted ring compound.

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