Patents by Inventor Anne Wenzel

Anne Wenzel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6958304
    Abstract: A process for the regeneration of a zeolite catalyst which comprises treating the catalyst thermally in the presence of a gas stream at temperatures above 120° C., the weight-based residence time of the gas stream over the catalyst during the thermal treatment being greater than 2 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Anne Wenzel, Norbert Rieber, Ulrich Müller, Peter Rudolf
  • Patent number: 6849162
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of propylene oxide in the presence of methanol, in which propylene oxide is separated from a mixture propylene oxide and methanol, and the resultant methanol containing mixture is worked up, including seperating methanol from a mixture comprising methanol and methyl formate during the work-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Anne Wenzel, Norbert Rieber, Peter Rudolf
  • Patent number: 6790969
    Abstract: A process for regenerating a zeolite catalyst comprises thermal treatment of the catalyst at above 120° C. in the presence of a gas stream comprising hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Anne Wenzel, Wolfgang Harder, Peter Rudolf, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Ba&bgr;ler, Norbert Rieber
  • Patent number: 6756503
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of propylene oxide in which (i) propene is reacted with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of methanol to give propylene oxide, giving a mixture (Gi) comprising propylene oxide, methanol, water and unreacted hydrogen peroxide, (ii) a mixture (Gii) comprising methanol, water and hydrogen peroxide is separated off from the mixture (Gi), giving a mixture (Ga) comprising propylene oxide, and (iii) water is separated off from the mixture (Gii), giving a mixture (Giii) comprising methanol and methyl formate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Anne Wenzel, Norbert Rieber, Peter Rudolf
  • Patent number: 6727371
    Abstract: In a continuous process for reacting an organic compound with hydroperoxide in the presence of a catalyst, the reaction is carried out in a reactor assembly comprising at least two reactors connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Norbert Rieber, Andreas Walch, Peter Bassler, Alwin Rehfinger, Anne Wenzel, Wolfgang Harder
  • Patent number: 6712942
    Abstract: A mixture (M1) comprising an alkene and oxygen is worked up by a process in which (i) oxygen is removed from the mixture (M1) by a nondistillative method to give a mixture (M2) and (ii) the alkene is separated off from the mixture (M2) by distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Norbert Rieber, Werner Hefner, Anne Wenzel, Peter Rudolf
  • Patent number: 6673950
    Abstract: In a process for reacting an organic compound with a hydroperoxide using at least one heterogeneous catalyst, both the pH and the temperate of the reaction medium are changed during the reaction
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Norbert Rieber, Anne Wenzel, Andreas Walch, Wolfgang Harder
  • Publication number: 20030187286
    Abstract: A process for the regeneration of a zeolite catalyst which comprises treating the catalyst thermally in the presence of a gas stream at temperatures above 120° C., the weight-based residence time of the gas stream over the catalyst during the thermal treatment being greater than 2 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Anne Wenzel, Norbert Rieber, Ulrich Muller, Peter Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20030187284
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of an epoxide in the presence of a zeolite catalyst, in which
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Ulrich Mller, Anne Wenzel, Peter Rudolf, Wolfgang Harder, Norbert Rieber, Peter Bassler
  • Publication number: 20030181738
    Abstract: A process for regenerating a zeolite catalyst comprises thermal treatment of the catalyst at above 120° C. in the presence of a gas stream comprising hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Ulrich Muller, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Anne Wenzel, Wolfgang Harder, Peter Rudolf, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Norbert Rieber
  • Publication number: 20030146080
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of propylene oxide in the presence of methanol, in which propylene oxide is separated from a mixture comprising propylene oxide and methanol, and the resultant mixture comprising methanol is worked up, which comprises separating methanol from a mixture comprising methanol and methyl formate during the work-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Anne Wenzel, Norbert Rieber, Peter Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20030144535
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of propylene oxide in which
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Anne Wenzel, Norbert Rieber, Peter Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20030050487
    Abstract: In a continuous process for reacting an organic compound with hydroperoxide in the presence of a catalyst, the reaction is carried out in a reactor assembly comprising at least two reactors connected in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Ulrich Muller, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Norbert Rieber, Andreas Walch, Peter Bassler, Alwin Rehfinger, Anne Wenzel, Wolfgang Harder
  • Patent number: 6518441
    Abstract: A process for oxidizing an organic compound having at least one C—C double bond or a mixture of two or more thereof comprises the following steps: (I) preparing a hydroperoxide, (II) reacting an organic compound having at least one C—C double bond or a mixture of two or more thereof with the hydroperoxide prepared in step (I) in the presence of a zeolite catalyst, (III) regenerating the at least partially deactivated zeolite catalyst used in step (II), and (IV) conducting the reaction of step (II) using a zeolite catalyst containing the catalyst regenerated in step (III).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Heinrich Grosch, Ulrich Müller, Andreas Walch, Norbert Rieber, Martin Fischer, Stefan Quaiser, Wolfgang Harder, Karsten Eller, Peter Bassler, Anne Wenzel, Gerd Kaibel, Achim Stammer, Jochem Henkelmann, Arnd Böttcher, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Michael Schulz, Gert Treiber
  • Publication number: 20030004387
    Abstract: A mixture (M1) comprising an alkene and oxygen is worked up by a process in which (i) oxygen is removed from the mixture (M1) by a nondistillative method to give a mixture (M2) and (ii) the alkene is separated off from the mixture (M2) by distillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Norbert Rieber, Werner Hefner, Anne Wenzel, Peter Rudolf
  • Patent number: 6479680
    Abstract: A process for the reaction of an organic compound with a hydroperoxide comprises at least the steps (i) to (iii) below: (i) reaction of the hydroperoxide with the organic compound to give a mixture comprising the reacted organic compound and unreacted hydroperoxide, (ii) separation of the unreacted hydroperoxide from the mixture resulting from step (i), (iii) reaction of the hydroperoxide separated off in step (ii) with the organic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Bassler, Wolfgang Harder, Peter Resch, Norbert Rieber, Wilhelm Ruppel, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Andreas Walch, Anne Wenzel, Peter Zehner
  • Publication number: 20020120158
    Abstract: A process for oxidizing an organic compound having at least one C—C double bond or a mixture of two or more thereof comprises the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: GEORG HEINRICH GROSCH, ULRICH MULLER, ANDREAS WALCH, NORBERT RIEBER, MARTIN FISCHER, STEFAN QUAISER, WOLFGANG HARDER, KARSTEN ELLER, PETER BASSLER, ANNE WENZEL, GERD KAIBEL, ACHIM STAMMER, JOCHEM HENKELMANN, ARND BOTTCHER, JOAQUIN HENRIQUE TELES, MICHAEL SCHULZ, GERT TREIBER
  • Patent number: 6441234
    Abstract: In the process for preparing formamide by reaction of ammonia and carbon monoxide in the presence of at least one catalyst, sodium diformylamide is used as catalyst. If sodium methoxide is used as further active component, sodium diformylamide can be formed from this. In this process, sodium diformylamide is a particularly active and stable catalyst which can be recycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Jürgen Dahlhaus, Jörn Karl, Michael Schulz, Anne Wenzel, Wolfgang Harder, Arthur Höhn