Patents by Inventor Maarten Staal

Maarten Staal 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: 11659837
    Abstract: Described herein are mixtures including as active components at least one specific nitrification inhibitor (compound I) and at least one urease inhibitor (compound II). Also described herein are a method for improving the nitrification-inhibiting effect, or for increasing the health of a plant using mixtures of at least one compound I and at least one compound II and a method of using the mixtures comprising compounds I and compounds II for increasing the health of a plant. Also described herein are agrochemical compositions including these mixtures. Also described herein is plant propagation material including these mixtures or these agrochemical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Barbara Nave, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Maarten Staal, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Daniella Lohe, Sascha Shuxia Zhu, Wolfgang Weigelt, Manuel Daumann
  • Publication number: 20230063109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures comprising a carrier A comprising a compound I (first nitrification inhibitor) and a carrier B optionally comprising a compound II (second nitrification inhibitor), wherein the compound I (first nitrification inhibitor) and the compound II (second nitrification inhibitor) are both selected from the group consisting of different nitrification inhibitors; to a method for improving the nitrification-inhibiting effect, or for increasing the health of a plant using mixtures of one compound I and one compound II; to the use of mixtures comprising compounds I and compounds II for increasing the health of a plant; to agrochemical compositions comprising these mixtures; and to plant propagation material, comprising these mixtures or these agrochemical compositions. The present invention especially relates to mixtures comprising DMPSA and DMP/DMPP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Gregor Pasda, Markus Schmid, Manfred Stern, Daniella Lohe, Maarten Staal, Uwe Thiel, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Manuel Knauer
  • Publication number: 20230052403
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures comprising a solid carrier comprising an urease inhibitor and a further solid carrier comprising a nitrification inhibitor such as 3,4-dimethyl pyrazole phosphate (DMPP) or 2-(3,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl) succinic acid (DMPSA), to a method for improving the nitrification-inhibiting effect, or for increasing the health of a plant using mixtures of at least one compound I and at least one compound II; to the use of mixtures comprising compounds I and compounds II for increasing the health of a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Gregor Pasda, Markus Schmid, Manfred Stern, Daniella Lohe, Maarten Staal, Uwe Thiel, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Manuel Knauer
  • Patent number: 11505511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a formulation F for reducing nitrification. The present invention also relates to a formulation F obtainable by the process of the invention. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process of preparing a fertilizer-nitrification inhibitor mixture, and to a fertilizer-nitrification inhibitor mixture obtainable by this process. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method of fertilizing agricultural soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Gregor Pasda, Wolfram Zerulla, Markus Schmid, Daniella Lohe, Alexander Wissemeier, Maarten Staal, Barbara Nave, Claudia Klodwig
  • Patent number: 11384033
    Abstract: A composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (L1) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (L10), (L11), (L12), (L13), (L14), (L15), (L16), (L17), (L18), (L19), (L20), (L21), (L22), (L23), (L24), and (L29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Tobias Lang, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Zoltan Baan, Maarten Staal, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Kian Molawi, Sophia Ebert, Olivier Fleischel
  • Publication number: 20210371351
    Abstract: Described herein are mixtures including at least two different nitrification inhibitors selected from 2-(3,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)succinic acid (DMPSA), 3,4-dimethyl pyrazolium glycolate (DMPG) and other compounds, including a mixture comprising DMPSA and DMP/DMPP. Further described herein are mixtures including as active components a first nitrification inhibitor (compound I) and a second nitrification inhibitor (compound II); a method for improving the nitrification-inhibiting effect, or for increasing the health of a plant using mixtures of one compound I and one compound II; the use of mixtures including compounds I and compounds II for increasing the health of a plant; agrochemical compositions including these mixtures; and plant propagation material, including these mixtures or these agrochemical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Barbara Nave, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Maarten Staal, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Daniella Lohe, Sascha Shuxia Zhu, Wolfgang Weigelt, Manuel Daumann
  • Publication number: 20210155560
    Abstract: Method for obtaining a fertilizer composition comprising (iii) at least one urea-containing fertilizer (1); and (iv) at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide (2) according to general formula (I) wherein X1 is O or S; R1 is C1-C20-alkyl, C3-C20-cycloalkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C6-C20-aryl-C1-C4-alkyl, or C1-C6-(di)alylaminocarbonyl; R2 is H, C1-C20-alkyl, C3-C20-cycloalkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C6-C20-aryl-C1-C4-alkyl, or C1-C6-(di)alkylaminocarbonyl; or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, and S; and R3, R4, R5, and R6 are independently of each other selected from the group consisting of H and C1-C4-alkyl; comprising the steps: a) providing a solid and/or liquid premix (P) wherein the premix (P) comprises at least one urea-containing fertilizer (1) and at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide (2) in a weight ratio of 1:6 to 400:1 bas
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Nadine Tresch, Maarten Staal, Uwe Thiel, Gregor Pasda, Karl-Heinrich Schneider
  • Publication number: 20210145001
    Abstract: Pesticidal mixtures are provided herein, including as active components at least one specific nitrification inhibitor (compound I) and at least one fungicide (compound II). A method is also provided for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi, or for improving the nitrification-inhibiting effect, or for increasing the health of a plant using mixtures of at least one compound I and at least one compound II. The use of mixtures including compounds I and compounds II is provided herein for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi or for increasing the health of a plant. Agrochemical compositions including these mixtures are also provided herein, as well as plant propagation material including these mixtures or these agrochemical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Barbara Nave, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Maarten Staal, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Daniella Lohe, Sascha Shuxia Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210145003
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pesticidal mixtures including as active components at least one specific nitrification inhibitor (compound I) and at least one herbicide (compound II). Also disclosed is a method for controlling vegetation on non-crop areas (vegetation of weeds), or for improving the nitrification-inhibiting effect, or for increasing the health of a plant using mixtures of at least one compound I and at least one compound II. Also disclosed are uses of mixtures comprising compounds I and compounds II for controlling vegetation on non-crop areas (vegetation of weeds) or to increasing the health of a plant. Also disclosed are agrochemical compositions including these mixtures, and plant propagation material including these mixtures or these agrochemical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Barbara Nave, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Maarten Staal, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Daniella Lohe, Sascha Shuxia Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200288712
    Abstract: Described herein are mixtures including as active components at least one specific nitrification inhibitor (compound I) and at least one urease inhibitor (compound II). Also described herein are a method for improving the nitrification-inhibiting effect, or for increasing the health of a plant using mixtures of at least one compound I and at least one compound II and a method of using the mixtures comprising compounds I and compounds II for increasing the health of a plant. Also described herein are agrochemical compositions including these mixtures. Also described herein is plant propagation material including these mixtures or these agrochemical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Barbara NAVE, Gregor PASDA, Alexander WISSEMEIER, Maarten STAAL, Karl-Heinrich SCHNEIDER, Markus SCHMID, Wolfram ZERULLA, Daniella LOHE, Sascha Shuxia ZHU, Wolfgang WEIGELT, Manuel DAUMANN
  • Publication number: 20200216368
    Abstract: A cation source to prevent decomposition of a (thio)phosphoric acid triamide is disclosed. A method for preventing decomposition of a (thio)phosphoric acid triamide by adding a cation source is disclosed. A mixture comprising a cation source and a (thio)phosphoric acid triamide is disclosed. A granule coated with a cation source and comprising a fertilizer is disclosed. A composition obtainable by specific processes and comprising a (thio)phosphoric acid triamide, a fertilizer mixture, and a cation source is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Maarten Staal, Johannes Reuvers, Wolfram Zerulla, Markus Schmid, Uwe Thiel
  • Patent number: 10701932
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising dicamba and a drift control agent, wherein the drift control agent comprises at least one fatty alcohol. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing a tank mix and to a method of plant, seed and/or soil treatment. The present invention also relates to the use of at least one fatty alcohol for reducing the wind drift of a composition comprising a pesticide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Terrance Cannan, Maarten Staal
  • Publication number: 20200165173
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a formulation F for reducing nitrification. The present invention also relates to a formulation F obtainable by the process of the invention. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process of preparing a fertilizer-nitrification inhibitor mixture, and to a fertilizer-nitrification inhibitor mixture obtainable by this process. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method of fertilizing agricultural soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Gregor Pasda, Wolfram Zerulla, Markus Schmid, Daniella Lohe, Alexander Wissemeier, Maarten Staal, Barbara Nave, Claudia KIodwig
  • Publication number: 20200163342
    Abstract: Described herein are pesticidal mixtures including as active components at least one specific nitrification inhibitor (compound I) and at least one biopesticide (compound II). Also described herein are a method for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi, or for improving the nitrification-inhibiting effect, or for increasing the health of a plant using mixtures of at least one compound I and at least one compound II and a method of using the mixtures comprising compounds I and compounds II for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi or to increasing the health of a plant. Also described herein are agrochemical compositions including these mixtures. Also described herein is plant propagation material including these mixtures or agrochemical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Barbara Nave, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Maarten Staal, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Daniella Lohe, Sascha Shuxia Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200157018
    Abstract: A composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (L1) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (L10), (L11), (L12), (L13), (L14), (L15), (L16), (L17), (L18), (L19), (L20), (L21), (L22), (L23), (L24), and (L29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Tobias Lang, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Zoltan Baan, Maarten Staal, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Kian Molawi, Sophia Ebert, Olivier Fleischel
  • Patent number: 10577290
    Abstract: A composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (L1) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (L10), (L11), (L12), (L13), (L14), (L15), (L16), (L17), (L18), (L19), (L20), (L21), (L22), (L23), (L24), and (L29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Tobias Lang, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Zoltan Baan, Maarten Staal, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Kian Molawi, Sophia Ebert, Olivier Fleischel
  • Publication number: 20190112241
    Abstract: A cation source to prevent decomposition of a (thio)phosphoric acid triamide is disclosed. A method for preventing decomposition of a (thio)phosphoric acid triamide by adding a cation source is disclosed. A mixture comprising a cation source and a (thio)phosphoric acid triamide is disclosed. A granule coated with a cation source and comprising a fertilizer is disclosed. A composition obtainable by specific processes and comprising a (thio)phosphoric acid triamide, a fertilizer mixture, and a cation source is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Maarten Staal, Johannes G Reuvers, Wolfram Zerulla, Markus Schmid, Uwe Thiel
  • Patent number: 10072145
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic molding composition which comprises at least one copolymer component made of styrene monomers and nitrile monomers, and also at least one graft copolymer based on an acrylate rubber. The invention also relates to thermoplastic moldings produced from the thermoplastic molding composition, and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: INEOS STYROLUTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Boeckmann, Wolfgang Fischer, Maarten Staal
  • Publication number: 20170369385
    Abstract: A composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (L1) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (L10), (L11), (L12), (L13), (L14), (L15), (L16), (L17), (L18), (L19), (L20), (L21), (L22), (L23), (L24), and (L29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Tobias Lang, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Zoltan Baan, Maarten Staal, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Kian Molawi, Sophia Ebert, Olivier Fleischel
  • Patent number: 9714310
    Abstract: Thermoplastic copolymer compositions which contain 50 to 82 wt.-% of a SAN copolymer AI and 15 to 55 wt.-% of a graft copolymer A2, which has an average particle size of 50 to 150 nm and is constituted of at least one rubber-like graft base with a glass transition temperature Tg<0° C., at least one alkyl acrylate, the cyclic cross-linking agent dicyclopentadienyl acrylate and a non-cyclic, additional cross-linking agent, and of 20 to 40 wt.-% of at least one graft shell composed of styrene and acrylonitrile; and auxiliary agents and/or additives, have improved gloss when exposed to weathering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: INEOS STYROLTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Niessner, Phillip Boeckmann, Maarten Staal, Rolf Minkwitz