Patents by Inventor Sabine Fuchs
Sabine Fuchs 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).
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Publication number: 20240084120Abstract: The invention relates to flame-retarded copolymers and molding materials or molding compounds with covalently bonded sulfur and covalently bonded organic phosphorus compounds having a statistical monomer distribution. The flame-retarded copolymers and molding compounds of the invention are substantially colorless, odorless and halogen-free and can be used in the building industry and electrical industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Petra FRANK, Michael LUKSIN, Sabine FUCHS, Ulrich JONAS, Mateusz Patryk ANDRUSCHKO
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Patent number: 11851512Abstract: The invention relates to copolymers and molding compounds having reactively bonded sulfur and an overall low sulfur content. The copolymers and molding compounds of the invention are substantially colorless and odorless while sufficiently flame-retardant and can be used in the building industry and electrical industry.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: UNIVERSITAT SIEGEN, HOCHSCHULE HAMM-LIPPSTADTInventors: Petra Frank, Ulrich Jonas, Michael Luksin, Sabine Fuchs
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Publication number: 20230036329Abstract: The invention relates to copolymers and molding compounds having reactively bonded sulfur and an overall low sulfur content. The copolymers and molding compounds of the invention are substantially colorless and odorless while sufficiently flame-retardant and can be used in the building industry and electrical industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Petra FRANK, Ulrich JONAS, Michael LUKSIN, Sabine FUCHS
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Patent number: 9493736Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the lysis of cells, especially bacterial cells and the isolation of nucleic acids. The sample is treated with lysis solution that comprises at least one liquid that is not miscible with water and heated. Afterwards the mixture is cooled down and water is added so that after cooling a two phase system is generated. The nucleic acids can be found in the aqueous phase.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Joerg Slaghuis, Peter Rossmanith, Sabine Fuchs, Patrick Julian Mester, Martin Wagner
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Patent number: 9234137Abstract: Use of a phosphorus compound of the formula (I) as flame retardant, where the definitions of the symbols in the formula (I) are as follows: A is one of the following groups: Y is —P(?X2)SR3R4, H, a straight-chain or branched C1-C12-alkyl group, C5-C6-cycloalkyl, C6-C12-aryl, or benzyl, where the four last-mentioned groups are unsubstituted or have substitution by one or more radicals from the group of C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-alkenyl; R1, R2, R3, and R4 are identical or different and are hydrogen, OH, C1-C16-alkyl, C1-C16-alkenyl, C1-C16-alkoxy, C1-C16-alkenoxy, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkoxy, C6-C10-aryl, C6-C10-aryloxy, C6-C10-aryl-C1-C16-alkyl, C6-C10-aryl-C1-C16-alkoxy, SR9 COR10, COOR11, CONR12R13 or two radicals R1, R2, R3, or R4 form, together with the phosphorus atom to which they are bonded, or the P—O-A-O—P group, a ring system; R5, R6, R7, and R8 are identical or different and are H, C1-C16-alkyl, C1-C16-alkenyl, C1-C16-alkoxy, C1-C16-alkenoxy; R9, R10, R11, R12, R13 are identical orType: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christoph Fleckenstein, Hartmut Denecke, Ingo Bellin, Olaf Kriha, Patrick Spies, Sabine Fuchs, Klemens Massonne, Klaus Hahn, Peter Deglmann, Maximilian Hofmann, Alois Kindler
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Patent number: 9115312Abstract: A flame retardant comprising a) at least one sulfur compound of the formula (I) A1-(Z1)m—(S)n—(Z2)p-A2??(I) where the definitions of the symbols and indices are as follows: A1 and A2 are identical or different, being C6-C12-aryl, cyclohexyl, Si(ORa)3, a saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic, mono- or bicyclic ring having from 3 to 12 ring members and comprising one or more heteroatoms from the group of N, O, and S, where the system is unsubstituted or has substitution by one or more substituents of the group of O, OH, S, SH, COORb, CONRcRd, C1-C18-alkyl, C1-C18-alkoxy, C1-C18-thioalkyl, C6-C12-aryl, C6-C12-aryloxy, C2-C18-alkenyl, C2-C18-alkenoxy, C2-C18-alkynyl, and C2-C18-alkinoxy; Z1 and Z2 are identical or different, being —CO— or —CS—; Ra is C1-C18-alkyl; Rb, Rc, and Rd are identical or different, being H, C1-C18-alkyl, C6-C12-aryl, or an aromatic, mono- or bicyclic ring having from 3 to 12 ring members and comprising one or more heteroatoms from the group of N, O, and S; m and p are identicType: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Klaus Hahn, Sabine Fuchs, Ingo Bellin, Patrick Spies, Maximilian Hofmann, Peter Deglmann, Klemens Massonne, Hartmut Denecke, Christoph Fleckenstein, Geert Janssens, Manfred Döring, Michael Ciesielski, Jochen Wagner
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Publication number: 20140364524Abstract: A process for producing expandable styrene polymers via polymerization of at least one vinylaromatic monomer in aqueous suspension in the presence of at least one halogenated polymer as flame retardant, graphite, and blowing agent, which comprises the presence, in the aqueous suspension at the start of the polymerization reaction, of from 1 to 30% by weight of at least one styrene polymer, based on the entirety of monomers and styrene polymer, and likewise the presence of at least one halogenated polymer as flame retardant in the styrene polymer used at the start of the polymerization reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Frank Braun, Patrick Spies, Sabine Fuchs, Rainer Ostermann, Andreas Kleinke, Klaus Hahn
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Patent number: 8877838Abstract: The present invention relates to flame retardant polymer compositions which comprise melamine phenylphosphinates and mixtures with dihydro-oxa-phosphaphenanthrene derivatives. The compositions are especially useful for the manufacture of flame retardant compounds based on polyfunctional epoxides or polycondensates like polyesters, polyamides and polycarbonates.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2009Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Sabine Fuchs, Thomas Weiβ
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Patent number: 8808683Abstract: The present invention relates to a genetically modified bacterium of the species Listeria monocytogenes, wherein the genomic locus of the transcriptional factor PrfA has been deleted, characterized in that it comprises on genomic level an artificial sequence that acts as internal amplification control, the use of this bacterium as well as a method for detecting and determining qualitatively and/or quantitatively the occurrence of wild type Listeria monocytogenes in a sample suspected to be contaminated with said micro-organism and a kit.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Peter Rossmanith, Karin Fruehwirth, Martin Wagner, Sabine Fuchs
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Publication number: 20140221529Abstract: The present invention relates to flame retardant polymer compositions which comprise mixtures of phosphinic acid salts and dihydrophospho-phenantrene (DOPO). The mixtures are especially useful for the manufacture of flame retardant compositions based on polyfunctional epoxides and epoxy resin compositions that result in laminates with excellent surface characteristics and reduced delamination tendency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Sabine FUCHS, Michael Roth, Rainer Xalter
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Patent number: 8691896Abstract: Disclosed is a polymer foam with density in the range from 5 to 120 kg/m3 composed of a polymer component including at least one styrene polymer and from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a flame retardant mixture including at least one phosphorus compound of the formula PR1R2R3. A process for producing the polymer is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Klaus Hahn, Olaf Kriha, Ingo Bellin, Patrick Spies, Sabine Fuchs, Peter Deglmann, Klemens Massonne, Hartmut Denecke, Christoph Fleckenstein, Geert Janssens, Maximilian Hofmann, Manfred Döring, Ciesielski Michael, Jochen Wagner
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Publication number: 20140051088Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the lysis of cells, especially bacterial cells and the isolation of nucleic acids. The sample is treated with lysis solution that comprises at least one liquid that is not miscible with water and heated. Afterwards the mixture is cooled down and water is added so that after cooling a two phase system is generated. The nucleic acids can be found in the aqueous phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Joerg Slaghuis, Peter Rossmanith, Sabine Fuchs, Patrick Julian Mester, Martin Wagner
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Publication number: 20130137100Abstract: The present invention relates to a genetically modified bacterium of the species Listeria monocytogenes, wherein the genomic locus of the transcriptional factor PrfA has been deleted, characterised in that it comprises on genomic level an artificial sequence that acts as internal amplification control, the use of this bacterium as well as a method for detecting and determining qualitatively and/or quantitatively the occurrence of wild type Listeria monocytogenes in a sample suspected to be contaminated with said micro-organism and a kit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Peter Rossmanith, Karin Fruehwirth, Martin Wagner, Sabine Fuchs
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Publication number: 20130030066Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer composition containing i) styrene polymer(s) and ii) phosphorylated polyether(s) with from 0.5 to 40% by weight phosphorus content, the main chain of which is formed exclusively from carbon atoms and from oxygen atoms, and which has at least three terminal and/or pendant OH groups, where these have been substituted with where ˜ indicates the bond to the polymer skeleton of the polyether; Y is O or S; t is 0 or 1; R1 and R2, being identical or different, are H, C1-C18-alkyl, C2-C18-alkenyl, C2-C18-alkynyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C6-C10-aryl, furyl, C6-C10-aryl-C1-C10-alkyl, OR3, SR3, NR3R4, COR3, COOR3 or CONR3R4, or R1 and R2 form, together with the phosphorus atom P, a 4-8-membered ring system; R3 and R4, being identical or different, are H, C1-C16-alkyl, C2-C16-alkenyl, C3C16-alkynyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C6-C10-aryl or C6-C10-aryl-C1-C10-alkyl, and/or polycarbonates containing phosphorus-containing group(s) of the general formula (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Klaus Hahn, Sabine Fuchs, Ingo Bellin, Patrick Spies, Maximilian Hofmann, Peter Deglmann, Klemens Massonne, Hartmut Denecke, Christoph Fleckenstein, Geert Janssens, Anna Müller-Cristadoro, Bernd Bruchmann
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Patent number: 8349224Abstract: The present invention relates to flame retardant polymer compositions which comprise melamine phenylphosphonates and mixtures with dihydro-oxa-phosphaphenanthrene derivatives. The compositions are especially useful for the manufacture of flame retardant compounds based on polyfunctional epoxides or polycondensates like polyesters, polyamides and polycarbonates.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: BASF SE LudwigshafenInventors: Sabine Fuchs, Thomas Weiβ, Rainer Xalter
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Publication number: 20120270052Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition, foam particles coated therewith, processes for producing foam moldings, and their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Benjamin Nehls, Tatiana Ulanova, Sabine Fuchs, Klaus Hahn, Bernhard Schmied
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Publication number: 20120252914Abstract: Flame-retardant polymer foams which comprise, as flame retardant, at least one halogenated polymer, for example brominated polystyrene or styrene-butadiene block copolymer having bromine content in the range from 40 to 80% by weight, or tetrabromobisphenol A compounds (TBBPA), processes for producing these, and also flame-retardant expandable styrene polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Klaus Hahn, Olaf Kriha, Ingo Bellin, Frank Braun, Patrick Spies, Jan Kurt Walter Sandler, Geert Janssens, Jürgen Fischer, Christoph Fleckenstein, Hartmut Denecke, Sabine Fuchs, Peter Merkel, Manfred Pawlowski, Holger Ruckdäschel, Klemens Massonne
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Publication number: 20120252911Abstract: Use of a phosphorus compound of the formula (I) as flame retardant, where the definitions of the symbols in the formula (I) are as follows: A is one of the following groups: Y is —P(?X2)SR3R4, H, a straight-chain or branched C1-C12-alkyl group, C5-C6-cycloalkyl, C6-C12-aryl, or benzyl, where the four last-mentioned groups are unsubstituted or have substitution by one or more radicals from the group of C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-alkenyl; R1, R2, R3, and R4 are identical or different and are hydrogen, OH, C1-C16-alkyl, C1-C16-alkenyl, C1-C16-alkoxy, C1-C16-alkenoxy, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkoxy, C6-C10-aryl, C6-C10-aryloxy, C6-C10-aryl-C1-C16-alkyl, C6-C10-aryl-C1-C16-alkoxy, SR9 COR10, COOR11, CONR12R13 or two radicals R1, R2, R3, or R4 form, together with the phosphorus atom to which they are bonded, or the P—O-A-O—P group, a ring system; R5, R6, R7, and R8 are identical or different and are H, C1-C16-alkyl, C1-C16-alkenyl, C1-C16-alkoxy, C1-C16-alkenoxy; R9, R10, R11, R12, R13 are identical orType: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christoph Fleckenstein, Hartmut Denecke, Ingo Bellin, Olaf Kriha, Patrick Spies, Sabine Fuchs, Klemens Massonne, Klaus Hahn, Peter Deglmann, Maximilian Hofmann, Alois Kindler
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Publication number: 20120178842Abstract: Halogen-free, flame-retardant polymer foams which comprise, as flame retardant, at least one cyclic or acyclic oligophosphorus compound, and processes for their production. Examples of suitable oligophosphorus compounds are those having the structure Ia, Ib, or Ic: Another group of suitable oligophosphorus compounds is that having one of the following structures IIa, IIb, or IIc: Cyclic oligophosphorus compounds of the following structure III are also suitable: The radicals R1-R5 have been selected independently of one another from the group of C1-C16-alkyl, C1-C16-alkenyl, C1-C16-alkoxy, C1-C16-alkenyloxy, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkoxy, C6-C10-aryl, C6-C10-aryloxy, C6-C10-aryl-C1-C16-alkyl, C6-C10-aryl-C1-C16-alkoxy, NR2R3, COR2, COOR2, and CONR2R3 , and the radicals X1 and X2, independently of one another, are O or S.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Klaus Hahn, Olaf Kriha, Ingo Bellin, Patrick Spies, Sabine Fuchs, Peter Deglmann, Klemens Massonne, Hartmut Denecke, Christoph Fleckenstein, Geert Janssens
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Publication number: 20120172467Abstract: The invention relates to a flame retardant comprising a) at least one sulfur compound of the formula (I) b) at least one halogen-free organophosphorus compound with phosphorus content in the range from 0.5 to 40% by weight, based on the phosphorus compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Ingo Bellin, Patrick Spies, Sabine Fuchs, Christoph Fleckenstein, Peter Deglmann, Maximilian Hofmann, Rainer Ostermann, Klaus Hahn, Hartmut Denecke, Klemens Massonne, Geert Janssens, Manfred Döring, Ciesielski Michael, Jochen Wagner