Patents by Inventor Christoph Sigwart
Christoph Sigwart 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).
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Patent number: 9469732Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of low-halogen-content polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to the resultant polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to polybiphenyl sulfone polymers having less than 400 ppm content of polymer-bonded halogen, to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising these polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, and to their use for the production of moldings, of fibers, of films, of membranes, or of foams.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Martin Weber, Christian Maletzko, Gerhard Lange, Jörg Erbes, Matthias Dietrich, Nicolas Inchaurrondo, Christoph Sigwart
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Publication number: 20150337085Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of low-halogen-content polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to the resultant polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to polybiphenyl sulfone polymers having less than 400 ppm content of polymer-bonded halogen, to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising these polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, and to their use for the production of moldings, of fibers, of films, of membranes, or of foams.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Martin WEBER, Christian Maletzko, Gerhard Lange, Jörg Erbes, Matthias Dietrich, Nicolas Inchaurrondo, Christoph Sigwart
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Patent number: 9102798Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of low-halogen-content polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to the resultant polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to polybiphenyl sulfone polymers having less than 400 ppm content of polymer-bonded halogen, to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising these polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, and to their use for the production of moldings, of fibers, of films, of membranes, or of foams.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2010Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Martin Weber, Christian Maletzko, Gerhard Lange, Jörg Erbes, Matthias Dietrich, Nicolas Inchaurrondo, Christoph Sigwart
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Publication number: 20140183031Abstract: A process is proposed for the treatment of a recycling stream (1) from a plant for the production of polyarylene ether sulfones via polycondensation of aromatic bishalogen compounds and of aromatic bisphenols or their salts in the presence of at least one alkali metal carbonate or ammonium carbonate or alkali metal hydrogencarbonate or ammonium hydrogencarbonate in an N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone as solvent, comprising from 60 to 90% by weight of water, from 10 to 40% by weight of the N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone and, as contaminant detrimental to specification, up to 5000 ppm by weight of the N-alkylsuccinimide corresponding to the N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone and, alongside this, up to 1000 ppm by weight of other substances with higher boiling point than the N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone, in particular inorganic salts, based in each case on the total weight of the recycling stream (1), where the entirety of the components gives 100% by weight, giving a pure N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone stream (2) which can be returned to the plant for the pType: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christoph Sigwart, Cornelies Hendricus De Ruiter, Jörg Erbes, Gerhard Lange, Tobias Kortekamp
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PROCESS FOR THE TREATMENT OF A RECYCLING STREAM FROM A PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYARYLENE ETHER
Publication number: 20140183032Abstract: A process is proposed for the treatment of a recycling stream (1) from a plant for the production of polyarylene ether sulfones via polycondensation of aromatic bishalogen compounds and of aromatic bisphenols or their salts in the presence of at least one alkali metal carbonate or ammonium carbonate or alkali metal hydrogencarbonate or ammonium hydrogencarbonate in an N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone as solvent, comprising from 60 to 90% by weight of water, from 10 to 40% by weight of N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone and, as contaminant detrimental to specification, up to 5000 ppm by weight of the alkylsuccinimide corresponding to the N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone and, alongside this, up to 1000 ppm by weight of other substances with higher boiling point than N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone, in particular inorganic salts, based in each case on the total weight of the recycling stream (1), where the entirety of the components gives 100% by weight, giving a pure N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone stream (2) which can be returned to the plant for the productioType: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christoph Sigwart, Cornelis Hendricus De Ruiter, Jutta Vonend, Jörg Erbes -
Publication number: 20140183029Abstract: A process for treating a recycling stream from a plant for the production of polyarylene ether sulfones comprising 60 to 90% water, 10 to 40% N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone, up to 5000 ppm by weight of the alkylsuccinimide corresponding to the N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone, up to 1000 ppm by weight of other substances with higher boiling point than N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone, giving N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone which can be recycled via a distillation column , preceded by preliminary purification in evaporator stage(s), giving vapor stream(s) which are introduced as feed streams into the distillation column, the bottom stream from the last evaporator stage being discharged and the bottom stream from the distillation column being recycled into the last evaporator stage, and the vapor stream from the last evaporator stage being introduced fully or partly into an additional column from which a top stream is introduced into the distillation column and a bottom stream is discharged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Jörg Erbes, Christoph Sigwart, Tobias Kortekamp, Cornelis Hendricus De Ruiter, Jutta Vonend, Annette Kreiner, Markus Ottenbacher
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Publication number: 20140187737Abstract: A process is proposed for the treatment of a recycling stream (1) from a plant for the production of polyarylene ether sulfones via polycondensation of aromatic bishalogen compounds and of aromatic bisphenols or their salts in the presence of at least one alkali metal carbonate or ammonium carbonate or alkali metal hydrogencarbonate or ammonium hydrogencarbonate in an N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone as solvent, comprising from 60 to 90% by weight of water, from 10 to 40% by weight of the N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone and, as contaminant detrimental to specification, up to 5000 ppm by weight of the alkylsuccinimide corresponding to the N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone and, alongside this, up to 1000 ppm by weight of other substances with higher boiling point than N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone, in particular inorganic salts, based in each case on the total weight of the recycling stream (1), where the entirety of the components gives 100% by weight, giving a pure N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone stream (2) which can be returned to the plant for the produType: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Jörg Erbes, Cornelis Hendricus De Ruiter, Christoph Sigwart, Gerhard Lange, Jutta Vonend
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Publication number: 20140183028Abstract: A process is proposed for the treatment of a recycling stream (1) from a plant for the production of polyarylene ether sulfones via polycondensation of aromatic bishalogen compounds and of aromatic bisphenols or their salts in the presence of at least one alkali metal carbonate or ammonium carbonate or alkali metal hydrogencarbonate or ammonium hydrogencarbonate in an N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone as solvent, comprising from 60 to 90% by weight of water, from 10 to 40% by weight of N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone and, as contaminant detrimental to specification, up to 5000 ppm by weight of the alkylsuccinimide corresponding to the N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone and, alongside this, up to 1000 ppm by weight of other substances with higher boiling point than N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone, in particular inorganic salts, based in each case on the total weight of the recycling stream (1), where the entirety of the components gives 100% by weight, giving a pure N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone stream (2) which can be returned to the plant for the productioType: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christoph Sigwart, Jutta Vonend, Cornelis Hendricus De Ruiter, Annette Kreiner, Jörg Erbes, Tobias Kortekamp
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Publication number: 20140183030Abstract: N-alkylpyrrolidone and, as contaminant alongside this, the corresponding N-alkyl-succinimide, to give a pure solvent stream which meets the requirements for use in a process for the production of polymers, where compounds of higher and lower boiling point than the N-alkylpyrrolidone are removed by distillation, which comprises, prior to, during, or after the distillative purification process, adding a hydroxide of an alkali metal or of an alkaline earth metal in a molar amount corresponding to a molar ratio of at least 0.1:1 for this hydroxide with respect to the respective N-alkylsuccinimide in the appropriate solvent stream present prior to, during, or after the distillative purification process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: BASE SEInventors: Christoph Sigwart, Jörg Erbes, Martin Weber, Gerhard Lange, Jutta Vonend, Cornelis Hendricus De Ruiter
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Publication number: 20140187796Abstract: A process is proposed for the treatment of a recycling stream (1) from a plant for the production of polyarylene ether sulfones via polycondensation of aromatic bishalogen compounds and of aromatic bisphenols or their salts in the presence of at least one alkali metal carbonate or ammonium carbonate or alkali metal hydrogencarbonate or ammonium hydrogencarbonate in an N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone as solvent, comprising from 60 to 90% by weight of water, from 10 to 40% by weight of N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone and, as contaminant detrimental to specification, up to 5000 ppm by weight of the alkylsuccinimide corresponding to the N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone and, alongside this, up to 1000 ppm by weight of other substances with higher boiling point than N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone, in particular inorganic salts, based in each case on the total weight of the recycling stream (1), where the entirety of the components gives 100% by weight, giving a pure N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone stream (2) which can be returned to the plant for the productioType: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christoph Sigwart, Jutta Vonend, Cornelis Hendricus De Ruiter, Jörg Erbes
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Patent number: 8450507Abstract: An integrated process for preparing trioxane from formaldehyde.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2007Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Markus Siegert, Neven Lang, Eckhard Stroefer, Christoph Sigwart
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Patent number: 8378144Abstract: A process for preparing polyoxymethylene homopolymers or copolymers (7) by homopolymerization or copolymerization of trioxane, starting from methanol (1), in which methanol (1) is oxidized in a first reactor in a first production plant (A) to give an aqueous formaldehyde-comprising stream (2) which is fed to a second production plant (B) in which pure trioxane (6) is obtained and removal of low boilers (5) by distillation is carried out and the pure trioxane (6) is fed to a third production plant (C) in which it is homopolymerized or copolymerized to form polyoxymethylene homopolymers or copolymers (7), wherein the low boiler stream (5) from the low boiler removal column (K 2) is recycled to the feed stream into the first reactor in the first production plant (A), is proposed.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Markus Siegert, Tobias Kortekamp, Eckhard Stroefer, Christoph Sigwart, Neven Lang
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Patent number: 8350063Abstract: A process for separating trioxane from a feed stream I comprising formaldehyde, trioxane and water, in which a) a feed stream I comprising formaldehyde as main component and trioxane and water as secondary components is provided, b) the feed stream I, a recycle stream V and a recycle stream VII comprising formaldehyde as main component and water and trioxane as secondary components are fed into a first distillation stage and distilled at a pressure of from 0.1 to 2.5 bar to give a stream II comprising formaldehyde as main component and water as secondary component and a stream III comprising trioxane as main component and water and formaldehyde as secondary components and a stream X comprising water, trioxane and formaldehyde, c) the stream III is, if appropriate after removal of low boilers from the stream III in a low boiler removal stage, distilled in a second distillation stage at a pressure of from 0.2 to 17.5 bar, with the pressure in the second distillation stage being from 0.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Markus Siegert, Neven Lang, Laszlo Szarvas, Christoph Sigwart, Franz Niklaus Windlin, Eckhard Stroefer
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Publication number: 20120149796Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of low-halogen-content polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to the resultant polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to polybiphenyl sulfone polymers having less than 400 ppm content of polymer-bonded halogen, to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising these polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, and to their use for the production of moldings, of fibers, of films, of membranes, or of foams.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Martin Weber, Christian Maletzko, Gerhard Lange, Jörg Erbes, Matthias Dietrich, Nicolas Inchaurrondo, Christoph Sigwart
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Publication number: 20100324311Abstract: A process for preparing crude trioxane (1) having a concentration in the range from 50 to 75% by weight of trioxane by trimerization of formaldehyde from an aqueous formaldehyde solution (2) in the presence of an acid catalyst (3) and concentration of the trioxane from the reaction mixture from the trimerization by distillation, wherein the trimerization of the formaldehyde and the concentration of the trioxane from the reaction mixture from the trimerization are carried out in a single column (K) which is divided by a horizontal dividing plate (T) into a lower column region (A) and an upper column region (B), with the lower column region (A) and the upper column region (B) being connected by an external vapor line and an external liquid line, and a reactive distillation in which the formaldehyde is trimerized to trioxane and the trioxane in the reaction mixture is concentrated to the solubility limit of formaldehyde is carried out in the lower column region (A) at a pressure in the range from 1 to 5 bar aType: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2008Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Markus Siegert, Neven Lang, Joachim Thiel, Eckhard Stroefer, Christoph Sigwart
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Publication number: 20100280195Abstract: A process for preparing polyoxymethylene homopolymers or copolymers (7) by homopolymerization or copolymerization of trioxane, starting from methanol (1), in which methanol (1) is oxidized in a first reactor in a first production plant (A) to give an aqueous formaldehyde-comprising stream (2) which is fed to a second production plant (B) in which pure trioxane (6) is obtained and removal of low boilers (5) by distillation is carried out and the pure trioxane (6) is fed to a third production plant (C) in which it is homopolymerized or copolymerized to form polyoxymethylene homopolymers or copolymers (7), wherein the low boiler stream (5) from the low boiler removal column (K 2) is recycled to the feed stream into the first reactor in the first production plant (A), is proposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Markus Siegert, Tobias Kortekamp, Eckhard Stroefer, Christoph Sigwart, Neven Lang
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Publication number: 20100270140Abstract: A process for separating trioxane from a feed stream I comprising formaldehyde, trioxane and water, in which a) a feed stream I comprising formaldehyde as main component and trioxane and water as secondary components is provided, b) the feed stream I, a recycle stream V and a recycle stream VII comprising formaldehyde as main component and water and trioxane as secondary components are fed into a first distillation stage and distilled at a pressure of from 0.1 to 2.5 bar to give a stream II comprising formaldehyde as main component and water as secondary component and a stream III comprising trioxane as main component and water and formaldehyde as secondary components and a stream X comprising water, trioxane and formaldehyde, c) the stream III is, if appropriate after removal of low boilers from the stream III in a low boiler removal stage, distilled in a second distillation stage at a pressure of from 0.2 to 17.5 bar, with the pressure in the second distillation stage being from 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Markus Siegert, Neven Lang, Laszlo Szarvas, Christoph Sigwart, Franz Niklaus Windlin, Eckhard Stroefer
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Patent number: 7456249Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid, acid catalyst for the preparation of polytetrahydrofuran, polytetrahydrofuran copolymers, diesters or monoesters of these polymers by polymerization of tetrahydrofuran in the presence of at least one telogen and/or comonomer, which has a BET surface area of at least 160 m2/g and an acid center density of at least 0.05 mmol/g for pKa values of from 1 to 6, to a process for preparing it and to a process for the polymerization of cyclic ethers over this catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2008Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Stephan Schlitter, Martin Haubner, Michael Hesse, Stefan Kaeshammer, Rolf Pinkos, Christoph Sigwart
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Patent number: 7449422Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid, acid catalyst for the preparation of polytetrahydrofuran, polytetrahydrofuran copolymers, diesters or monoesters of these polymers by polymerization of tetrahydrofuran in the presence of at least one telogen and/or comonomer, which has a BET surface area of at least 160 m2/g and an acid center density of at least 0.05 mmol/g for pKa values of from 1 to 6, to a process for preparing it and to a process for the polymerization of cyclic ethers over this catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2003Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Stephan Schlitter, Martin Haubner, Michael Hesse, Stefan Käshammer, Rolf Pinkos, Christoph Sigwart
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Publication number: 20080108786Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid, acid catalyst for the preparation of polytetrahydrofuran, polytetrahydrofuran copolymers, diesters or monoesters of these polymers by polymerization of tetrahydrofuran in the presence of at least one telogen and/or comonomer, which has a BET surface area of at least 160 m2/g and an acid center density of at least 0.05 mmol/g for pKa values of from 1 to 6, to a process for preparing it and to a process for the polymerization of cyclic ethers over this catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2008Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Stephan Schlitter, Martin Haubner, Michael Hesse, Stefan Kashammer, Rolf Pinkos, Christoph Sigwart