Patents by Inventor Knut Oppenlaender

Knut Oppenlaender 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: 5746786
    Abstract: Fuel and lubricant compositions contain a poly-1-n-alkenylamine as an additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Mueller, Bernd Lothar Marczinke, Roger Klimesch, Michael Roeper, Lothar Franz, Peter Schreyer, Juergen Thomas, Juergen Mohr, Knut Oppenlaender, Wolfgang Guenther
  • Patent number: 5700351
    Abstract: Antifoams based on oil-in-water emulsions, in which the oil phase accounts for from 5 to 50% by weight of the emulsions and consists essentially of a mixture of(a) fatty esters of C.sub.12 -C.sub.22 -carboxylic acids with monohydric to trihydric C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 -alcohols,(b) polyglyceryl esters which are obtainable by at least 20% esterification of polyglycerols which contain at least 2 glyceryl units with at least one C.sub.12 -C.sub.36 -fatty acid and(c) fatty esters of C.sub.12 -C.sub.22 -carboxylic acids and polyalkylene glycols, the molecular weight of the polyalkylene glycols being up to 5,000 g/mol, and, if required,(d) long-chain alcohols, fatty esters of alcohols of at least 22 carbon atoms and C.sub.1 -C.sub.36 -carboxylic acids, distillation residues which are obtainable in the preparation of alcohols having a relatively large number of carbon atoms by oxo synthesis or by the Ziegler process and which may be alkoxylated, and/or(e) hydrocarbons having a boiling point above 200.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Schuhmacher, Gabriele Dralle-Voss, Knut Oppenlaender, Brigitte Wegner, Andreas Hohmann
  • Patent number: 5677384
    Abstract: Grafted polyamidoamines and grafted polyethyleneimines obtainable by free-radically initiated polymerization of(a) 1-vinylpyrrolidone, 1-vinyltriazole, 1-vinylimidazoles, mixtures of said monomers or mixtures of at least one of said monomers with up to 20% by weight of other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of(b) water-soluble or -dispersible polyamidoamines, polyethyleneimines or mixtures thereof in a weight ratio of (a):(b) from 5:95 to 95:5, are useful as dye transfer inhibitors in surfactant-based detergents when included therein in an amount from 0.05 to 10% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Detering, Christian Schade, Knut Oppenlaender, Michael Zirnstein, Guenter Scherr, Wolfgang Trieselt, Volker Schwendemann
  • Patent number: 5567845
    Abstract: Halogen-free fuel additives based on a long-chain hydrocarbon having a polar terminal group are obtained by reacting a hydroformylated olefin with a polyamine and hydrogenating the reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lothar Franz, Juergen Mohr, Peter Schreyer, Juergen Thomas, Knut Oppenlaender, Wolfgang Guenther
  • Patent number: 5527360
    Abstract: A process for fatliquoring, filling and hydrophobicizing leathers and furs, comprises using ene adducts of maleic anhydride with unsaturated fatty acids of from 12 to 24 carbon atoms or their C.sub.1 - to C.sub.20 -alkyl or C.sub.2 - to C.sub.20 -alkenylesters, triglycerides, amides, mono- or di(C.sub.2 - to C.sub.4 -alkanol)amides, mono- or dipolyetheramides or polyetheresters, or ene adducts partially or completely derivatized by reaction with amines or alcohols to form amides or esters, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hermann Birkhofer, Peter Danisch, Norbert Greif, Knut Oppenlaender
  • Patent number: 5496383
    Abstract: Halogen-free fuel additives based on a long-chain hydrocarbon having a polar terminal group are obtained by reacting a hydroformylated olefin with a polyamine and hydrogenating the reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lothar Franz, Juergen Mohr, Peter Schreyer, Juergen Thomas, Knut Oppenlaender, Wolfgang Guenther
  • Patent number: 5492641
    Abstract: .beta.-Aminonitriles of the following formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having alkyl side groups and a number average molecular weight of from 250 to 5,000 and R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, independently of one another, are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl and R.sup.2 or R.sup.4 is also phenyl, and alkylpropylenediamines prepared from the .beta.-aminonitriles by hydrogenation are used as additives in fuels and lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Mohr, Knut Oppenlaender, Lothar Franz, Juergen Thomas
  • Patent number: 5472617
    Abstract: A method of demulsifying a crude oil and water composition involves adding demulsifiers made from acrylic acid/methacrylic acid copolymerized with hydrophilic monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Barthold, Richard Baur, Stevano Crema, Knut Oppenlaender, Juergen Lasowski
  • Patent number: 5445765
    Abstract: Petroleum emulsion breakers based on alkoxylated polyethyleneimines are obtained by reacting polyethyleneimine with a molecular weight of 2,500-35,000 with 5-40 moles each of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide per ethyleneimine unit in the polyethyleneimine and are used for the demulsification of petroleum emulsions at from 10.degree. C. to 130.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Guenther Elfers, Wilfried Sager, Hans-Henning Vogel, Knut Oppenlaender
  • Patent number: 5437695
    Abstract: Fuels and lubricants contain, as detergents, N-alkylcarboxamides prepared from olefins by the Ritter reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Mohr, Knut Oppenlaender, Hans J. Pander, Rolf Schneider, Juergen Thomas, Peter Schreyer
  • Patent number: 5433752
    Abstract: Products useful for fatliquoring and filling leather and fur skins are obtained on reactingA) homo- or copolymers based on monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydrides and obtainable by free-radically initiated polymerization ofa) from 30 to 100 mol % of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydrides of from 4 to 10 carbon atoms,b) from 0 to 70 mol % of one or more aromatic vinyl compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each hydrogen, methyl or ethyl and k is 1 or 2,(c) from 0 to 70 mol % of one or more vinyl esters of C.sub.1 - to C.sub.8 -carboxylic acids,(d) from 0 to 50 mol % of one or more C.sub.2 - to C.sub.6 -olefins, and(e) from 0 to 30 mol % of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 - to C.sub.5 -carboxylic acids,which mixture of monomers (a) to (e) may additionally contain up to 10% by weight of further copolymerizable monomers, withB) amines of the general formula R.sub.4 R.sub.5 NH, where R.sup.4 is hydrogen, C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hermann Birkhofer, Peter Danisch, Walter Denzinger, Heinrich Hartmann, Norbert Greif, Knut Oppenlaender
  • Patent number: 5424445
    Abstract: Alkoxylation products which are suitable as dispersants and are of the general formula I ##STR1## where A is oxygen or --CO--O-- when x and y are each 1 or is nitrogen when x+y=3,B is ethylidene or 1,2-propylidene,Z is one of the groups ##STR2## D.sup..crclbar. is formate, acetate, propionate or hydroxide, E.sup..crclbar. is carboxylate or sulfonate,M is a bridge group for completion of a pyrrolidone, succinimide or maleimide ring to give a group ##STR3## n is from 1 to 50, q is from 1 to 4,x and y are each 1 or 2, with the proviso that x+y.ltoreq.3,R.sup.1 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.30 -alkyl or, when A is oxygen, is C.sub.4 -C.sub.12 -alkyl-substituted phenyl,R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each hydrogen, methyl or ethyl andR.sup.5 is hydrogen or methyl,a process for their preparation, their use for dispersing finely divided solids in flowable media, and formulations containing the alkoxylation products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johan H. Hendrick ter Maat, Marion Meyer, Knut Oppenlaender, Michael Zirnstein, Walter Denzinger, Lothar Franz
  • Patent number: 5420207
    Abstract: Polyisobutylsuccinic anhydrides having an average molar ratio of succinic anhydride groups to polyisobutyl groups of from 1.05:1 to 1.3:1 are prepared by reacting polyisobutene having an average molecular weight M.sub.w of 600-5000 and containing at least 70% of terminal double bonds with maleic anhydride in a molar ratio of maleic anhydride to polyisobutene of from 1.05:1 to 3:1 at 160.degree.-210.degree. C. in the presence of a catalytic amount of a dicarboxylic acid of 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Norbert Greif, Knut Oppenlaender
  • Patent number: 5401439
    Abstract: Oil demulsifiers are based on an alkoxylate having a polydispersity of at least 1.7, and the alkoxylates are prepared using a metal alcoholate as a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Guenther Elfers, Wilfried Sager, Hans-Henning Vogel, Knut Oppenlaender
  • Patent number: 5393463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of trialkanolamine polyethers obtained by condensation of one or more trialkanolamines in the presence of phosphorous acid and/or hypophosphorous acid as demulsifiers for oil-in-water emulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Fikentscher, Knut Oppenlaender, Johannes P. Dix, Wilfried Sager, Hans-Henning Vogel, Klaus Barthold, Guenther Elfers
  • Patent number: 5376155
    Abstract: Mineral oil middle distillate compositions based on hydrocarbon mixtures whose boiling range begins at above 160.degree. C. and ends at below 420.degree. C. contain, as paraffin dispersants, reaction products of aminoalkylenecarboxylic acids with primary or secondary long-chain amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gabriele Dralle-Voss, Knut Oppenlaender, Klaus Barthold, Bernd Wenderoth, Wolfgang Kasel
  • Patent number: 5360454
    Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure: A process for tanning leather comprises using for this purpose compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## where m is 0 or 1, and the radicalsR are independently of each other C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl, which may be substituted by hydroxyl or carboxyl and/or interrupted by oxygen atoms, or else one of the radicals R is a radical of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.1 is alkylene, which may be substituted by hydroxyl and/or interrupted by oxygen atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Basf Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Norbert Grief, Knut Oppenlaender, Hermann Birkhofer, Brigitte Wegner, Johannes P. Dix
  • Patent number: 5352729
    Abstract: Pigment formulations containing(a) at least one finely divided pigment,(b) at least one copolymer obtainable by free radical polymerization of(.alpha..sub.1) C.sub.8 -C.sub.40 -monoolefins or(.alpha..sub.2) C.sub.8 -C.sub.40 -alkyl vinyl ethers or(.alpha..sub.3) a mixture of C.sub.8 -C.sub.40 -alkyl vinyl ethers and up to 50 mol % of C.sub.8 -C.sub.40 -monoolefins with(.beta.) monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.4 -C.sub.12 -dicarboxylic acids or C.sub.4 -C.sub.12 -dicarboxylic anhydridesand having a molecular weight of from 500 to 20,000 g/mol, some or all of whose carboxyl or anhydride groups may be reacted with ammnonia, amines, alcohols, amino- or hydroxycarboxylic acids or alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxides, and(c) if required, further assistants conventionally used in pigment formulationsare used for the preparation of pastes, printing inks and coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hermann Birkhofer, Walter Denzinger, Heinrich Hartmann, Juan A. G. Gomez, Paul Guenthert, Joachim Jesse, Robert Kreuzer, Knut Oppenlaender, Reinhard U. Roth, Benno Sens
  • Patent number: 5350429
    Abstract: Fuels for internal combustion engines or lubricants contain small amounts of compounds of the formulae Ia and/or Ib ##STR1## where R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having a number average molecular weight of from 250 to 5,000 and X is ##STR2## where the radicals R.sup.1 may be identical or different and are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -hydroxyalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -aminoalkyl, or where the two radicals R.sup.1 may form a nonaromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Mohr, Knut Oppenlaender, Lothar Franz, Peter Schreyer, Juergen Thomas
  • Patent number: 5348560
    Abstract: Carbamates having a long-chain N-alkyl radical, a process for the preparation of the carbamates in a conventional manner and fuels and lubricants which contain these carbamates as additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Mohr, Knut Oppenlaender, Wolf-Dieter Balzer, Juergen Thomas, Peter Schreyer