Patents by Inventor Norbert Rieber

Norbert Rieber 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: 20030187286
    Abstract: A process for the regeneration of a zeolite catalyst which comprises treating the catalyst thermally in the presence of a gas stream at temperatures above 120° C., the weight-based residence time of the gas stream over the catalyst during the thermal treatment being greater than 2 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Anne Wenzel, Norbert Rieber, Ulrich Muller, Peter Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20030187284
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of an epoxide in the presence of a zeolite catalyst, in which
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Ulrich Mller, Anne Wenzel, Peter Rudolf, Wolfgang Harder, Norbert Rieber, Peter Bassler
  • Publication number: 20030181738
    Abstract: A process for regenerating a zeolite catalyst comprises thermal treatment of the catalyst at above 120° C. in the presence of a gas stream comprising hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Ulrich Muller, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Anne Wenzel, Wolfgang Harder, Peter Rudolf, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Norbert Rieber
  • Publication number: 20030145641
    Abstract: The use of inorganic or organic polyacids for the treatment of inorganic fertilizers, in particular the use of the polyacids as a mixture with at least one nitrification inhibitor for the treatment of inorganic fertilizers; the use of selected pyrazole derivatives as nitrification inhibitor in inorganic fertilizers and also as stabilizers of liquid manure or liquid fertilizer formulations, as well as the corresponding treated inorganic fertilizers per se; and novel pyrazole derivatives which can be used as nitrification inhibitors in inorganic fertilizers and also as stabilizers of liquid manure or liquid fertilizer formulations are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Barth, Norbert Rieber, Randall Evan Gold, Jurgen Dressel, Klaus Erhardt, Klaus Horchler Von Locquengh, Edgar Leibold, Stefan Rittinger
  • Publication number: 20030146080
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of propylene oxide in the presence of methanol, in which propylene oxide is separated from a mixture comprising propylene oxide and methanol, and the resultant mixture comprising methanol is worked up, which comprises separating methanol from a mixture comprising methanol and methyl formate during the work-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Anne Wenzel, Norbert Rieber, Peter Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20030144535
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of propylene oxide in which
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Anne Wenzel, Norbert Rieber, Peter Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20030050487
    Abstract: In a continuous process for reacting an organic compound with hydroperoxide in the presence of a catalyst, the reaction is carried out in a reactor assembly comprising at least two reactors connected in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Ulrich Muller, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Norbert Rieber, Andreas Walch, Peter Bassler, Alwin Rehfinger, Anne Wenzel, Wolfgang Harder
  • Patent number: 6518441
    Abstract: A process for oxidizing an organic compound having at least one C—C double bond or a mixture of two or more thereof comprises the following steps: (I) preparing a hydroperoxide, (II) reacting an organic compound having at least one C—C double bond or a mixture of two or more thereof with the hydroperoxide prepared in step (I) in the presence of a zeolite catalyst, (III) regenerating the at least partially deactivated zeolite catalyst used in step (II), and (IV) conducting the reaction of step (II) using a zeolite catalyst containing the catalyst regenerated in step (III).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Heinrich Grosch, Ulrich Müller, Andreas Walch, Norbert Rieber, Martin Fischer, Stefan Quaiser, Wolfgang Harder, Karsten Eller, Peter Bassler, Anne Wenzel, Gerd Kaibel, Achim Stammer, Jochem Henkelmann, Arnd Böttcher, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Michael Schulz, Gert Treiber
  • Publication number: 20030004387
    Abstract: A mixture (M1) comprising an alkene and oxygen is worked up by a process in which (i) oxygen is removed from the mixture (M1) by a nondistillative method to give a mixture (M2) and (ii) the alkene is separated off from the mixture (M2) by distillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Norbert Rieber, Werner Hefner, Anne Wenzel, Peter Rudolf
  • Patent number: 6491861
    Abstract: A process for the production of a molding containing at least one zeolite, wherein the at least one zeolite contains a titanium-, zirconium-, chromium-, niobium-, iron- or vanadium-containing zeolite: (I) adding a mixture consisting of at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, propanol or butanol, and water to a mixture containing said zeolite or a mixture of two or more thereof, and (II) kneading, molding, drying and calcining the mixture from (I); wherein the molding is useful as a catalyst, particularly in epoxidation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Heinrich Grosch, Ulrich Müller, Andreas Walch, Norbert Rieber, Wolfgang Harder
  • Patent number: 6488734
    Abstract: The use of inorganic or organic polyacids for the treatment of inorganic fertilizers, in particular the use of the polyacids as a mixture with at least one nitrification inhibitor for the treatment of inorganic fertilizers; the use of selected pyrazole derivatives as nitrification inhibitor in inorganic fertilizers and also as stabilizers of liquid manure or liquid fertilizer formulations, as well as the corresponding treated inorganic fertilizers per se; and novel pyrazole derivatives which can be used as nitrification inhibitors in inorganic fertilizers and also as stabilizers of liquid manure or liquid fertilizer formulations are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Barth, Norbert Rieber, Randall Evan Gold, Jürgen Dressel, Klaus Erhardt, Klaus Horchler von Locquengh, Edgar Leibold, Stefan Rittinger
  • Patent number: 6479680
    Abstract: A process for the reaction of an organic compound with a hydroperoxide comprises at least the steps (i) to (iii) below: (i) reaction of the hydroperoxide with the organic compound to give a mixture comprising the reacted organic compound and unreacted hydroperoxide, (ii) separation of the unreacted hydroperoxide from the mixture resulting from step (i), (iii) reaction of the hydroperoxide separated off in step (ii) with the organic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Bassler, Wolfgang Harder, Peter Resch, Norbert Rieber, Wilhelm Ruppel, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Andreas Walch, Anne Wenzel, Peter Zehner
  • Publication number: 20020120158
    Abstract: A process for oxidizing an organic compound having at least one C—C double bond or a mixture of two or more thereof comprises the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: GEORG HEINRICH GROSCH, ULRICH MULLER, ANDREAS WALCH, NORBERT RIEBER, MARTIN FISCHER, STEFAN QUAISER, WOLFGANG HARDER, KARSTEN ELLER, PETER BASSLER, ANNE WENZEL, GERD KAIBEL, ACHIM STAMMER, JOCHEM HENKELMANN, ARND BOTTCHER, JOAQUIN HENRIQUE TELES, MICHAEL SCHULZ, GERT TREIBER
  • Publication number: 20020082159
    Abstract: A process for regenerating a zeolite catalyst comprises the following stages:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Heinrich Grosch, Ulrich Mueller, Andreas Walch, Norbert Rieber, Wolfgang Harder
  • Patent number: 6380119
    Abstract: A process for regenerating a zeolite catalyst comprises the following stages: (I) Heating a partially or completely deactivated catalyst to 250-600° C. in an atmosphere which contains less than 2% by volume of oxygen, (II) treating the catalyst at from 250 to 800° C., preferably from 350 to 600° C., with a gas stream which contains from 0.1 to 4% by volume of an oxygen-donating substance or of oxygen or of a mixture of two or more thereof, and (III) treating the catalyst at from 250 to 800° C., preferably from 350 to 600° C., with a gas stream which contains from more than 4 to 100% by volume of an oxygen-donating substance or of oxygen or of a mixture of two or more thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Heinrich Grosch, Ulrich Müller, Andreas Walch, Norbert Rieber, Wolfgang Harder
  • Patent number: 6371999
    Abstract: Fuels for internal combustion engines or lubricants contain small amounts of polyisobutylaminoalcohols of the formulae Ia and Ib where R is polyisobutyl having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 5,000 and in each of the two formulae one of the radicals X is OH and the other is the group where the radicals R1 may be identical or different and are each hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or aminoalkyl which may be substituted by further hydroxyl- or amino-carrying alkyl radicals, or the two radicals R1 may form a nonaromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Mohr, Knut Oppenlaender, Charalampos Gousetis, Ralf Kaestner, Norbert Rieber, Martin Fischer, Juergen Thomas
  • Patent number: 6348607
    Abstract: In a process for oxidizing an organic compound containing at least one C—C double bond, or a mixture of two or more thereof, which comprises the step (II) below: (II) reaction of the organic compound or the mixture of two or more thereof with a medium comprising molecular oxygen in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, the medium further comprises carbon monoxide (CO).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Georg Heinrich Grosch, Bernd Stein, Norbert Rieber
  • Patent number: 6239315
    Abstract: A process for preparing glycol monoethers from olefins comprises reacting the olefins with an epoxidizing reagent in the simultaneous presence of hydroxyl-containing organic compounds over a mixture of epoxidation catalysts and alkoxylation catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Georg Heinrich Grosch, Andreas Walch, Norbert Rieber
  • Patent number: 6211416
    Abstract: Enol ethers of the formula I where R1 is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic radical which may carry further substituents which do not react with acetylenes or allenes, and the radicals R, independently of one another, are hydrogen or aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic radicals, which may be bonded to one another to form a ring, and m is 0 or 1, are prepared by reacting an acetal or ketal of the formula II with an acetylene or allene of the formula III or IV where R and R1 have the abovementioned meanings, in the gas phase at elevated temperatures in the presence of a zinc- or cadmium- and silicon- and oxygen-containing heterogeneous catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Norbert Rieber, Klaus Breuer, Dirk Demuth, Hartmut Hibst, Heinz Etzrodt, Udo Rheude
  • Patent number: 6184420
    Abstract: Unsaturated ketones of the formulae Ia and Ib are prepared by a process consisting of the combination of the following reactions: a) The conventional reaction of an allyl alcohol of the formula IIa or a propargyl alcohol of the formula IIb with an isopropenyl ether of the formula III with formation of a ketal of the formula IV as a byproduct, b) preparation of the isopropenyl ether of the formula III by reacting a ketal of the formula IV with propyne or allene, or a mixture thereof in the gas phase at elevated temperatures in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst containing zinc or cadmium together with silicon or oxygen, and c) feeding the ketal of the formula IV formed in the reaction (a) into stage (b) for the preparation of the isopropenyl ether of the formula III again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Norbert Rieber, Klaus Breuer, Dirk Demuth, Hartmut Hibst, Stefan Kaeshammer, Heinz Etzrodt, Wulf Kaiser