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).

  • Publication number: 20160309713
    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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Terrance CANNAN, Maarten STAAL
  • Publication number: 20160297957
    Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding compositions containing: from 55 to 85% by weight of a copolymer A composed of styrene and acrylonitrile, from 10 to 40% by weight of at least one graft copolymer B composed of B1: from 50 to 80% by weight, preferably from 60 to 70% by weight, of crosslinked acrylate polymer B1 with average particle diameter from 300 to 700 nm as graft base B1, B2: a first graft shell B2 made of from 5 to 30 of a vinylaromatic monomer B21, and B3: a second graft shell B3 made of from 15 to 40 of a mixture of vinylaromatic monomers B31 and nitrile monomers B32, where these are present in a ratio by weight of from 4:1 to 3:2, and from 0 to 5% by weight of additives and/or auxiliaries C, have particular mechanical properties when the content of acrylonitrile in the copolymer component A and the content of acrylonitrile in the graft shell B3 differ by at least 8% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: INEOS STYROLUTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp BOECKMANN, Wolfgang FISCHER, Maarten STAAL
  • Patent number: 9451767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising dicamba and a drift control agent; to a method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting water and said composition, and optionally further pesticides; to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or unde-sired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment; and finally to a use of the alkoxylate of the formula (I) as defined below for reducing the wind drift of an aqueous composition comprising a pesticide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marc Nolte, Wen Xu, Steven Bowe, Maarten Staal, Terrance M. Cannan
  • Publication number: 20160200906
    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: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: INEOS STYROLUTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert NIESSNER, Philipp BOCKMANN, Maarten STAAL, Rolf MINKWITZ
  • Publication number: 20150181865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjuvant comprising a sugar-based surfactant; a drift control agent and/or a humectant; and an alkoxylate, wherein the alkoxylate is an amine alkoxylate (A) or a quaternized derivative (AQ) of the amine alkoxylate (A) as defined below. It further relates to a method of preparing said adjuvant by contacting the sugar-based surfactant; the drift control agent and/or the humectant; and the amine alkoxylate (A) or the quaternized derivative (AQ) of the amine alkoxylate (A); and to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the tank mix according is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Paul Klingelhoefer, Matthias Bratz, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Steven Bowe, John Frihauf, Walter Thomas, Chad Brommer, Terrance M. Cannan, Maarten Staal
  • Publication number: 20150173354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising dicamba and a drift control agent; to a method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting water and said composition, and optionally further pesticides; to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or unde-sired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment; and finally to a use of the alkoxylate of the formula (I) as defined below for reducing the wind drift of an aqueous composition comprising a pesticide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Marc Nolte, Wen Xu, Steven Bowe, Maarten Staal, Terrance M. Cannan
  • Publication number: 20150150249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting a pesticide formulation, water, and a tank mix adjuvant which comprises a polypropylene glycol and a triblock polymer comprising at least one polyethyleneoxide moiety and at least one polypropyleneoxide moiety; to the tank mix adjuvant; to a pesticide formulation comprising the tank mix adjuvant: to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the tank mix is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment, and to a use of the tank mix adjuvant or reducing the wind drift of a pesticide formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Marc Nolte, Gerhard Schnabel, Ann-Kathrin Marguerre, Viet Nguyen-Kim, Steven Bowe, John Frihauf, Walter Thomas, Maarten Staal
  • Publication number: 20150051076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to q method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting a pesticide formulation, water, and a tank mix adjuvant, wherein the tank mix adjuvant comprises a base selected from a carbonate and/or a phosphate, and wherein the tank mix adjuvant is present in form of a particulate solid, which contains at least 10 wt % of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Gerhard Genari, Paul Klingelhoefer, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Steven Bowe, John Frihauf, Chad Brommer, Terrance M. Cannan, Walter Thomas, Maarten Staal
  • Publication number: 20150051077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to q method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting a pesticide formulation, water, and a tank mix adjuvant, wherein the tank mix adjuvant comprises a base, which contains a mixture of an alkali salt of carbonate and an alkali salt of hydrogencarbonate, and wherein the tank mix adjuvant is present in form of an aqueous liquid, which contains at least 50 g/l of the base, or in form of a particulate solid, which contains at least 10 wt % of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Gerhard Genari, Paul Klingelhoeffer, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Steven Bowe, John Frihauf, Chad Brommer, Terrance M. Cannan, Walter Thomas, Maarten Staal
  • Publication number: 20150051078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting a glyphosate formulation, water, and a tank mix adjuvant, wherein the tank mix adjuvant comprises a base selected from a carbonate or an alkali salt of a phosphate, and wherein the tank mix adjuvant is present in form of an aqueous liquid, which contains at least 50 g/l of the base, or in form of a particulate solid, which contains at least 10 wt % of the base, wherein the tank mix has a tank mix acidity of at least pH 8.0, and wherein the tankmix contains at least 50 wt % water. The invention also relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the tank mix is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Gerhard Genari, Paul Klingelhoefer, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Steven Bowe, John Frihauf, Chad Brommer, Terrance M. Cannan, Walter Thomas, Maarten Staal
  • Publication number: 20150031539
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting a pesticide formulation, water, and a tank mix adjuvant, wherein the tank mix adjuvant comprises an alkyl polyglucoside and a base selected from a carbonate and/or a phosphate, and wherein the tank mix adjuvant is present in form of an aqueous liquid, which contains at least 50 g/l of the base, or in form of a particulate solid, which contains at least 10 wt % of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Gerhard Genari, Paul Klingelhoefer, Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry, Steven Bowe, John Frihauf, Chad Brommer, Terrance M. Cannan, Walter Thomas, Maarten Staal
  • Patent number: 8129455
    Abstract: A flame retardant thermoplastic molding composition containing a thermoplastic copolymer A, a graft copolymer B, and a flame retardant component C, wherein the molding composition contains: A: from 40 to 80% by weight of a thermoplastic copolymer A, obtainable e.g. from acrylonitrile and styrene; B: from 15 to 50% by weight of a graft ABS copolymer B, and C: from 15 to 30% by weight of the flame retardant component C, comprising at least an expandable graphite component (C1) and a phosphorous flame retardant component (C2) and a perfluorinated polymer (C3); has a high fire protection and improved mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Styrolution GmbH
    Inventors: Piyada Charoensirisomboon, Maarten Staal, Michel Pepers, Christoph Link
  • Patent number: 8097669
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flameproofed resilient block polymer comprising polymerized units of at least one vinylaromatic monomer and at least one diene monomer with at least one flameproofing agent B) which comprises a compound comprising phosphorus, in particular a phosphorus-containing melamine compound, a process for the preparation and the use for the production of moldings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Styrolution GmbH
    Inventors: Konrad Knoll, Maarten Staal, Piyada Charoensirisomboon, Volker Warzelhan
  • Publication number: 20110118371
    Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 55 to 98% by weight of at least one vinylaromatic copolymer impact-modified with a particulate graft rubber, B) from 1 to 44% by weight of a flame retardant comprising B1) an expandable graphite, B2) a phosphorus-comprising flame-retardant compound, and B3) a fluorine-comprising polymer, C) from 1 to 20% by weight of a non-particulate rubber comprising polar groups, and D) from 0 to 40% by weight of further additives, where the percentages by weight are in each case based on the total weight of components A) to D) and give a total of 100% by weight, and also to processes for the preparation of these molding compositions, to the use of these molding compositions for the production of moldings, of fibers, of foams, or of foils, and also to the resultant moldings, fibers, foams, and foils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maarten Staal, Piyada Charoensirisomboon, Norbert Güntherberg, Hartmut Heinen, Günter Kehr, Michel Pepers
  • Publication number: 20110028613
    Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 39 to 99% by weight of at least one thermoplastic polymer, B) from 1 to 60% by weight of a flame-retardant component comprising B1) a compound of the formula (I), and C) from 0 to 60% by weight of further additives, where the percentages by weight are always based on the total weight of components A) to C) and their total is 100% by weight, and also to processes for the preparation of these molding compositions, to the use of these molding compositions for the production of moldings, of fibers, of foams, or of foils, and also to the resultant moldings, fibers, foams, or foils and moreover to the use of the compound of the formula (I) as flame retardant for thermoplastic polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Maarten Staal, Piyada Charoensirisomboon
  • Publication number: 20100210766
    Abstract: A flame retardant thermoplastic molding composition containing a thermoplastic copolymer A, a graft copolymer B, and a flame retardant component C, wherein the molding composition contains: A: from 40 to 80% by weight of a thermoplastic copolymer A, obtainable e.g. from acrylonitrile and styrene; B: from 15 to 50% by weight of a graft ABS copolymer B, and C: from 15 to 30% by weight of the flame retardant component C, comprising at least an expandable graphite component (C1) and a phosphorous flame retardant component (C2) and a perfluorinated polymer (C3); has a high fire protection and improved mechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Piyada Charoensirisomboon, Maarten Staal, Michel Pepers, Christoph Link
  • Publication number: 20100184889
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flameproofed resilient block polymer comprising polymerized units of at least one vinylaromatic monomer and at least one diene monomer with at least one flameproofing agent B) which comprises a compound comprising phosphorus, in particular a phosphorus-containing melamine compound, a process for the preparation and the use for the production of moldings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Konrad Knoll, Maarten Staal, Piyada Charoensirisomboon, Volker Warzelhan
  • Publication number: 20100174025
    Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition is proposed, comprising a graft copolymer A and a thermoplastic copolymer B in the following proportions by weight: A: from 10 to 80% by weight of the graft copolymer A composed of a1: from 30 to 90% by weight, based on the graft copolymer A, of a graft base a1 obtainable via the reaction of a11: from 50 to 98.99% by weight, based on the graft base a1, of a C1-C10-alkyl ester of acrylic acid, a12: from 1 to 49.99% by weight, based on the graft base a1, of a copolymerizable linear, branched or cyclic olefin having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms, and a13: from 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Ishaque, Rajan Venkatesh, Maarten Staal