Patents by Inventor Robert Franke

Robert Franke 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: 11971506
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a light propagation time pixel, comprising modulation gates and integration nodes which are arranged on the upper face of a photosensitive semiconductor region. The photosensitive semiconductor region is designed as an N-epitaxy and is delimited laterally and/or at the corners by p-doped vertical p-structures. A buried layer with a p-doping adjoins the lower face of the photosensitive semiconductor region, and the vertical p-structures are in electric contact with the buried layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: PMDTECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Matthias Franke, Robert Rössler
  • Patent number: 11965806
    Abstract: An apparatus, for automated sampling from vessels that may be under a high pressure, is achieved by a specific construction with multiple multiport valves. A method of automated sampling can be used with the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Reuter, Dirk Fridag, Georg Nordhoff, Sebastian Haumann, Alexander Brächer, Robert Franke, Dieter Hess
  • Patent number: 11951466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a simple process for regenerating a hydroformylation catalyst consisting of a heterogenized catalyst system on a support consisting of a porous ceramic material. The invention also relates to a process for the start-up of the hydroformylation reaction after regeneration according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: EVONIK OXENO GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Robert Franke, Linda Arsenjuk, Jessika Schüller, Frank Stenger, Vinzenz Fleischer, Marc Oliver Kristen
  • Patent number: 11925926
    Abstract: Platinum complexes having ferrocene-diphosphine ligands for catalysis of the hydroxycarbonylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: EVONIK OXENO GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Carolin Schneider, Ralf Jackstell, Matthias Beller, Robert Franke
  • Patent number: 11912726
    Abstract: Pt-xanthene-iodine complex and Pt-xanthene-bromine complex, and use thereof for catalysis of a hydroformylation reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: EVONIK OXENO GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Carolin Schneider, Ralf Jackstell, Matthias Beller, Robert Franke
  • Patent number: 11878294
    Abstract: Process for the hydroformylation of olefins using a cobalt precatalyst and a diphosphine ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Baoxin Zhang, Armin Börner, Robert Franke
  • Publication number: 20240010593
    Abstract: Process for preparing the dialdehyde of vinylcyclohexene
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Franke, Carolin Schneider, Ralf Jackstell, Matthias Beller
  • Publication number: 20240010587
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of dicidal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Franke, Carolin Schneider, Ralf Jackstell, Matthias Beller, Dieter Reusch, Harald Häger
  • Patent number: 11866400
    Abstract: Process for hydroformylation of olefins using Pt and DPEphos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Carolin Schneider, Ralf Jackstell, Matthias Beller, Robert Franke
  • Patent number: 11866399
    Abstract: Process for hydroformylation of olefins using Pt and bromine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Carolin Schneider, Ralf Jackstell, Matthias Beller, Robert Franke
  • Patent number: 11840506
    Abstract: A process for preparing C5 aldehydes involves hydroformylation of butenes with synthesis gas in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst system and a solvent. It is a feature of the process that the aldehyde concentration in the reaction mixture is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Fridag, Johannes Knossalla, Alexander Brächer, Peter Kucmierczyk, Anna Chiara Sale, Robert Franke, Ana Markovic
  • Patent number: 11834399
    Abstract: A process can be used for preparing aldehydes from C2 to C20 olefins with a subsequent thermal separation for removal of the aldehyde formed. The process involves a membrane separation, which is preceded by performance of a gas exchange by which the proportion of the partial pressure represented by carbon monoxide or hydrogen is increased in order to reduce catalyst losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Brächer, Ana Markovic, Anna Chiara Sale, Dirk Fridag, Johannes Knossalla, Peter Kucmierczyk, Robert Franke
  • Patent number: 11820739
    Abstract: A process for preparing aldehydes by a homogeneously catalysed hydroformylation of C4 to C20 olefins involves withdrawing a biphasic stream (liquid/gaseous) and expanding in two stages. Before, between, or after the two stages, the liquid phase is cooled. Only after expansion and cooling is the homogeneously dissolved rhodium catalyst system separated from the residual stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ana Markovic, Frank Geilen, Alexander Brächer, Benedikt Dercks, Stefan Drees, Tonia Weber, Robert Franke, Dirk Fridag
  • Publication number: 20230357117
    Abstract: A process for preparing C5 aldehydes involves hydroformylation of butenes with synthesis gas in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst system and a solvent. It is a feature of the process that the aldehyde concentration in the reaction mixture is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Fridag, Johannes Knossalla, Alexander Brächer, Peter Kucmierczyk, Anna Chiara Sale, Robert Franke, Ana Markovic
  • Patent number: 11806669
    Abstract: The invention provides an improvement in terms of control and process technology for a method of continuous removal of a component from a liquid mixture using a membrane unit comprising at least one membrane stage. The improvement is that a portion of the overall permeate stream is recycled to the feed vessel and/or beyond the feed vessel but upstream of the conveying device, and the remainder of the overall permeate stream is removed, with the recycled permeate having a higher concentration of the component to be separated off than the removed permeate. The presently disclosed method can especially be used for separation of a homogeneously dissolved catalyst from a liquid reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Frederik Gluth, Marc Schäpertöns, Thomas Quell, Frank Geilen, Stefan Drees, Fabian Höckelmann, Robert Franke
  • Publication number: 20230348356
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) where R1, R2, R3, R4 are each independently selected from —(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —(C3-C12)-heterocycloalkyl, —(C6-C20)-aryl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl; at least one of the R1, R2, R3, R4 radicals is a —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl radical; and R1, R2, R3, R4, if they are —(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —(C3-C12)-heterocycloalkyl, —(C6-C20)-aryl or —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl, may each independently be substituted by one or more substituents selected from —(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —(C3-C12)-heterocycloalkyl, —O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —O—(C1-C12)-alkyl-(C6-C20)-aryl, —O—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —S—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —S—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —COO—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —COO—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —CONH—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —CONH—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —CO—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —CO—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —N—[(C1-C12)-alkyl]2, —(C6-C20)-aryl, —(C6-C20)-aryl-(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C6-C20)-aryl-O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl-(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C20)-heteroar
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Kaiwu DONG, Xiangjie FANG, Helfried NEUMANN, Ralf JACKSTELL, Matthias BELLER, Robert FRANKE, Dieter HESS, Katrin Marie DYBALLA, Dirk Fridag, Frank GEILEN
  • Publication number: 20230321642
    Abstract: Process for the hydroformylation of olefins using a cobalt precatalyst and a diphosphine ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Baoxin Zhang, Armin Börner, Robert Franke
  • Patent number: 11773049
    Abstract: Ru-catalysed domino hydroformylation/hydrogenation/esterification using phosphine ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Kucmierczyk, Robert Franke, Matthias Beller, Ricarda Dühren, Ralf Jackstell
  • Patent number: 11773042
    Abstract: Process for hydroformylation of olefins using Pt and iodine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Carolin Schneider, Ralf Jackstell, Matthias Beller, Robert Franke
  • Patent number: 11773041
    Abstract: A process for preparing aldehydes by a homogeneously catalyzed hydroformylation of C4 to C20 olefins involves withdrawing a biphasic stream (liquid/gaseous) and expanding in two stages. Before, between, or after the two stages, the liquid phase is cooled. Only after expansion and cooling is the homogeneously dissolved rhodium catalyst system separated from the residual stream in a three-stage removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Geilen, Alexander Brächer, Stefan Drees, Benedikt Dereks, Robert Franke, Ana Markovic, Armin Matthias Rix, Martin Oldemeyer, Dirk Fridag