Patents by Inventor Jan Van Breugel
Jan Van Breugel 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: 10793501Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for providing a succinic acid solution, comprising the steps of —providing a first magnesium succinate containing medium with a magnesium succinate concentration of 18-23 wt. % to a first acidification reactor where it is contacted with hydrogen chloride to form a solution of succinic acid, magnesium chloride and hydrogen chloride, —providing a second magnesium succinate containing medium with a magnesium succinate concentration of 25-50 wt. %, and contacting it in a second acidification reactor with the solution of succinic acid, magnesium chloride and hydrogen chloride withdrawn from the first acidification reactor, to form an aqueous mixture comprising magnesium chloride and succinic acid with a succinic acid concentration of at least 18 wt. %. The method according to the invention makes it possible to obtain a solution comprising succinic acid and magnesium 20 chloride with an increased succinic acid concentration.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: PURAC BIOCHEM B.V.Inventors: Peter Paul Jansen, Jan Van Breugel, Gerard Hendrik Van Bochove, Jose Maria Vidal Lancis, Tanja Dekic Zivkovic
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Patent number: 10654539Abstract: A bicycle child seat includes a seat body for accommodating a child therein and a fixation adapted to couple the bicycle child seat to a bike. The seat body includes a multi-layer structure with at least a first layer and a second layer made from different materials. The first layer is adapted to at least partially cover the second layer and to at least partially support the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Joline Karelse, Gert-Jan Van Breugel, Albert Nieuwenhuis, Jort Nijhuis
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Patent number: 10626069Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for preparing methyl lactate including the steps of: bringing an aqueous liquid comprising lactic acid, methanol, and at least 5 wt. % of a dissolved chloride salt selected from magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, and zinc chloride to reaction conditions, thereby obtaining methyl lactate, wherein an extractant is provided to the reaction mixture before, during, and/or after formation of methyl lactate; subjecting the reaction mixture to a liquid-liquid separation step wherein an organic phase comprising methyl lactate and extractant is separated from an aqueous phase comprising dissolved chloride salt. The extractant preferably includes one or more compounds selected from C5+ ketones and C3-C10 ethers, in particular C5-C8 ketones, more in particular methyl isobutyl ketone. It has been found that the process according to the invention makes it possible to manufacture methyl lactate efficiently and in high yield.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2014Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: PURAC BIOCHEM B.V.Inventors: Jan Van Krieken, André Banier De Haan, Jan Van Breugel
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Patent number: 10508069Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing a carboxylic acid, which method includes the steps of providing magnesium carboxylate, wherein the carboxylic acid corresponding with the carboxylate has a solubility in water at 20° C. of 80 g/100 g water or less; acidifying the magnesium carboxylate with HCl, thereby obtaining a solution comprising carboxylic acid and magnesium chloride (MgCl2); optionally a concentration step, wherein the solution comprising carboxylic acid and MgCl2 is concentrated; precipitating the carboxylic acid from the solution comprising the carboxylic acid and MgCl2, thereby obtaining a carboxylic acid precipitate and a MgCl2 solution.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: PURAC BIOCHEM B.V.Inventors: André Banier De Haan, Jan Van Breugel, Paulus Loduvicus Johannes Van Der Weide, Peter Paul Jansen, José Maria Vidal Lancis, Agustin Cerdà Baró
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Publication number: 20180319731Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing a carboxylic acid, which method includes the steps of providing magnesium carboxylate, wherein the carboxylic acid corresponding with the carboxylate has a solubility in water at 20° C. of 80 g/100 g water or less; acidifying the magnesium carboxylate with HCl, thereby obtaining a solution comprising carboxylic acid and magnesium chloride (MgCl2); optionally a concentration step, wherein the solution comprising carboxylic acid and MgCl2 is concentrated; precipitating the carboxylic acid from the solution comprising the carboxylic acid and MgCl2, thereby obtaining a carboxylic acid precipitate and a MgCl2 solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: André Banier DE HAAN, Jan VAN BREUGEL, Paulus Loduvicus Johannes VAN DER WEIDE, Peter Paul JANSEN, José Maria VIDAL LANCIS, Agustin CERDÀ BARÓ
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Patent number: 10093608Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for preparing succinic acid which comprises providing an aqueous magnesium succinate solution to an acidification step, wherein the magnesium succinate solution is acidified by the addition of hydrogen chloride, thereby obtaining an aqueous solution comprising succinic acid and magnesium chloride and subjecting the aqueous solution comprising succinic acid and magnesium chloride derived from the acidification step to a treatment step with active carbon followed by precipitating succinic acid from an aqueous mixture comprising succinic acid and magnesium chloride resulting from the active carbon treatment step in a precipitation step to form solid succinic acid. It has been found that the method according to the invention leads to succinic acid crystals with better properties than a comparable method wherein no active carbon treatment is used.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: PURAC BIOCHEM B.V.Inventors: Jan Van Breugel, Peter Paul Jansen, Jose Maria Vidal Lancis, Tanja Dekic Zivkovic, Adriaan Dirk Kon
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Patent number: 10071948Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing a carboxylic acid, which method includes the steps of providing magnesium carboxylate, wherein the carboxylic acid corresponding with the carboxylate has a solubility in water at 20° C. of 80 g/100 g water or less; acidifying the magnesium carboxylate with HCl, thereby obtaining a solution comprising carboxylic acid and magnesium chloride (MgCl2); optionally a concentration step, wherein the solution comprising carboxylic acid and MgCl2 is concentrated; precipitating the carboxylic acid from the solution comprising the carboxylic acid and MgCl2, thereby obtaining a carboxylic acid precipitate and a MgCl2 solution.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: PURAC BIOCHEM B.V.Inventors: André Banier De Haan, Jan Van Breugel, Paulus Loduvicus Johannes Van Der Weide, Peter Paul Jansen, José Maria Vidal Lancis, Agustín Cerdà Baró
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Publication number: 20180208534Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for providing a succinic acid solution, comprising the steps of—providing a first magnesium succinate containing medium with a magnesium succinate concentration of 18-23 wt. % to a first acidification reactor where it is contacted with hydrogen chloride to form a solution of succinic acid, magnesium chloride and hydrogen chloride,—providing a second magnesium succinate containing medium with a magnesium 3 succinate concentration of 25-50 wt. %, and contacting it in a second acidification reactor with the solution of succinic acid, magnesium chloride and hydrogen chloride withdrawn from the first acidification reactor, to form an aqueous mixture comprising magnesium chloride and succinic acid with a succinic acid concentration of at least 18 wt. %. the method according to the invention makes it possible to obtain a solution comprising succinic acid and magnesium 20 chloride with an increased succinic acid concentration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Peter Paul JANSEN, Jan VAN BREUGEL, Gerard Hendrik VAN BOCHOVE, Jose Maria VIDAL LANCIS, Tanja DEKIC ZIVKOVIC
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Publication number: 20180194706Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for preparing succinic acid comprising the steps of —providing an aqueous magnesium succinate solution to an acidification step, wherein the magnesium succinate solution is acidified by the addition of hydrogen chloride, thereby obtaining an aqueous solution comprising succinic acid and magnesium chloride; —subjecting an aqueous solution comprising succinic acid and magnesium chloride derived from the acidification step to a treatment step with active carbon, —precipitating succinic acid from an aqueous mixture comprising succinic acid and magnesium chloride resulting from the active carbon treatment step in a precipitation step to form solid succinic acid and a magnesium chloride solution, —separating the solid succinic acid from the magnesium chloride solution —subjecting the magnesium chloride solution to a thermal decomposition at a temperature of at least 300° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Jan VAN BREUGEL, Peter Paul JANSEN, Jose Maria VIDAL LANCIS, Tanja DEKIC ZIVKOVIC, Adriaan Dirk KON
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Patent number: 10017446Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing a carboxylic acid, which method includes the steps of providing magnesium carboxylate, wherein the carboxylic acid corresponding with the carboxylate has a solubility in water at 20° C. of 80 g/100 g water or less; acidifying the magnesium carboxylate with HCl, thereby obtaining a solution comprising carboxylic acid and magnesium chloride (MgCl2); optionally a concentration step, wherein the solution comprising carboxylic acid and MgCl2 is concentrated; precipitating the carboxylic acid from the solution comprising the carboxylic acid and MgCl2, thereby obtaining a carboxylic acid precipitate and a MgCl2 solution.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: PURAC BIOCHEM B.V.Inventors: André Banier De Haan, Jan Van Breugel, Paulus Loduvicus Johannes Van Der Weide, Peter Paul Jansen, José Maria Vidal Lancis, Agustín Cerdà Baró
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Patent number: 9926578Abstract: A process for the preparation of butanediol includes providing an aqueous medium comprising magnesium succinate by fermentation of a carbohydrate source, in the presence of a magnesium base. The aqueous medium is processed wherein the magnesium succinate is treated with a monovalent base, prior to or after a crystallization step, to provide a magnesium base and an aqueous solution comprising a monovalent succinate salt. The concentration of the monovalent succinate salt is adusted to between 10 and 35 wt. %. The aqueous solution is subjected to water-splitting electrodialysis, to produce a first solution comprising monovalent base and a second solution comprising succinic acid and monovalent succinate salt, the electrodialysis causing conversion the monovalent succinate salt into succinic acid of 40 to 95 mole % calculated on a total molar amount of succinic acid and succinate present in solution. The second solution is separated into succinic acid and the monovalent succinate salt by crystallization.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Purac Biochem BVInventors: Willem Jacob Groot, Jan Van Breugel
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Publication number: 20180057088Abstract: A bicycle child seat includes a seat body for accommodating a child therein and a fixation adapted to couple the bicycle child seat to a bike. The seat body includes a multi-layer structure with at least a first layer and a second layer made from different materials. The first layer is adapted to at least partially cover the second layer and to at least partially support the second layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Joline KARELSE, Gert-Jan VAN BREUGEL, Albert NIEUWENHUIS, Jort NIJHUIS
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Patent number: 9683075Abstract: Continuous process of forming aliphatic polyesters The process includes continuously providing cyclic ester monomer and polymerization catalyst to a continuous mixing loop reactor (CMLR) having static mixing elements and operated at a temperature between 100 and 240° C. to form a pre-polymerized reaction mixture. The conversion is between 40 and less than 90 wt. %, wherein the cyclic ester monomer comprises lactide having a free acid content lower than 50 milli-equivalents per kg. The pre-polymerized reaction mixture is continuously provided to a plug flow reactor that is a static mixer reactor having static mixing elements and is operated at a temperature between 110-240° C., wherein the reaction mixture is polymerized to a conversion of at least 90%, to form polymer wherein the flow ratio of the CMLR and the plug flow reactor is between 1.5 an d50. The process includes continuously removing polymer from the plug flow reactor devolitizing the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2009Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignees: Purac Biochem B.V., Sulzer Chemtech AGInventors: Robert Edgar Haan, Peter Paul Jansen, Siebe Cornelis De Vos, Jan Van Breugel, Peter Willi Kreis, Sarah Borer
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Publication number: 20170101362Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing a carboxylic acid, which method includes the steps of providing magnesium carboxylate, wherein the carboxylic acid corresponding with the carboxylate has a solubility in water at 20° C. of 80 g/100 g water or less; acidifying the magnesium carboxylate with HCl, thereby obtaining a solution comprising carboxylic acid and magnesium chloride (MgCl2); optionally a concentration step, wherein the solution comprising carboxylic acid and MgCl2 is concentrated; precipitating the carboxylic acid from the solution comprising the carboxylic acid and MgCl2, thereby obtaining a carboxylic acid precipitate and a MgCl2 solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: André Banier DE HAAN, Jan VAN BREUGEL, Paulus Loduvicus Johannes VAN DER WEIDE, Peter Paul JANSEN, José Maria VIDAL LANCIS, Agustín CERDÀ BARÓ
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Publication number: 20170088501Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing a carboxylic acid, which method includes the steps of providing magnesium carboxylate, wherein the carboxylic acid corresponding with the carboxylate has a solubility in water at 20 ° C. of 80 g/100 g water or less; acidifying the magnesium carboxylate with HCl, thereby obtaining a solution comprising carboxylic acid and magnesium chloride (MgCl2); optionally a concentration step, wherein the solution comprising carboxylic acid and MgCl2 is concentrated; precipitating the carboxylic acid from the solution comprising the carboxylic acid and MgCl2, thereby obtaining a carboxylic acid precipitate and a MgCl2 solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: André Banier DE HAAN, Jan VAN BREUGEL, Paulus Loduvicus Johannes VAN DER WEIDE, Peter Paul JANSEN, José Maria VIDAL LANCIS, Agustín CERDÀ BARÓ
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Patent number: 9550712Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing a carboxylic acid, which method includes the steps of providing magnesium carboxylate, wherein the carboxylic acid corresponding with the carboxylate has a solubility in water at 20° C. of 80 g/100 g water or less; acidifying the magnesium carboxylate with HCl, thereby obtaining a solution comprising carboxylic acid and magnesium chloride (MgCl2); optionally a concentration step, wherein the solution comprising carboxylic acid and MgCl2 is concentrated; precipitating the carboxylic acid from the solution comprising the carboxylic acid and MgCl2, thereby obtaining a carboxylic acid precipitate and a MgCl2 solution.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: PURAC BIOCHEM B.V.Inventors: André Banier De Haan, Jan Van Breugel, Paulus Loduvicus Johannes Van Der Weide, Peter Paul Jansen, José María Vidal Lancis, Augustín Cerdà Baró
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Patent number: 9376364Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing a succinic acid, which method includes the steps of: providing magnesium succinate; acidifying the magnesium succinate with hydrochloric acid (HCl), thereby obtaining a solution including succinic acid and magnesium chloride (MgCl2); optionally a concentration step, wherein the solution including succinic acid and MgCl2 is concentrated; precipitating succinic acid from the solution including succinic acid and MgCl2, thereby obtaining a succinic acid precipitate and a MgCl2 solution. The addition of HCl to a magnesium salt of succinic acid and subsequent precipitation of succinic acid from the solution leads to a very efficient separation of succinic acid from a magnesium succinate solution.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: PURAC BIOCHEM B.V.Inventors: André Banier De Haan, Jan Van Breugel, Paulus Loduvicus Johannes Van Der Weide, Peter Paul Jansen, José María Vidal Lancis, Agustín Cerdà Baró
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Publication number: 20160040194Abstract: A process for the preparation of succinic acid comprising the steps of: a) providing an aqueous medium comprising magnesium succinate by fermentation of a carbohydrate source, in the presence of a magnesium base; b) processing the aqueous medium wherein the magnesium succinate is treated with a monovalent base, prior to or after a crystallisation step, to provide a magnesium base and an aqueous solution comprising a monovalent succinate salt; c) adjusting the concentration of the monovalent succinate salt to between 10 and 35 wt. %; d) subjecting the aqueous solution to water-splitting electrodialysis, to produce a first solution comprising monovalent base and a second solution comprising succinic acid and monovalent succinate salt, the electrodialysis causing conversion of 40 to 95 mole %; e) separating the second solution into succinic acid and the monovalent succinate salt by crystallisation; f) recycling the monovalent succinate salt solution of step e) to step d).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Willem Jacob Groot, Jan Van Breugel
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Patent number: D799220Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Gert-Jan van Breugel, Jort Nijhuis, Albert Nieuwenhuis, Joline Karelse
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Patent number: D826584Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Gert-Jan van Breugel, Jort Nijhuis, Albert Nieuwenhuis, Joline Karelse