Patents by Inventor Thomas Genger

Thomas Genger 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: 11807709
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for preparing polyisocyanates containing isocyanurate groups and being flocculation-stable in solvents from (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Harald Schaefer, Daniel Flojhar, Jens Scheidel, Thomas Genger, Sebastian Emmerling, Matthias Kroner, Guillermo Arens
  • Patent number: 11624003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel color drift-stable compositions of polyisocyanates of (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventors: Harald Schaefer, Thomas Genger, Sebastian Emmerling
  • Patent number: 11542356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for preparing polyisocyanates containing isocyanurate groups and being flocculation-stable in solvents from (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Harald Schaefer, Thomas Genger, Sebastian Emmerling
  • Patent number: 11001730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing isocyanurate-comprising polyisocyanates of (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates that are especially stable to color drift in solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventors: Harald Schaefer, Daniel Flojhar, Jens Scheidel, Thomas Genger, Matthias Kroner, Sebastian Emmerling, Guillermo Arens
  • Publication number: 20200262968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for preparing polyisocyanates containing isocyanurate groups and being flocculation-stable in solvents from (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Harald SCHAEFER, Daniel FLOJHAR, Jens SCHEIDEL, Thomas GENGER, Sebastina EMMERLING, Matthias KRONER, Guillermo ARENS
  • Publication number: 20200216711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel color drift-stable compositions of polyisocyanates of (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Harald SCHAEFER, Thomas GENGER, Sebastian EMMERLING
  • Publication number: 20200181449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing isocyanurate-comprising polyisocyanates of (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates that are especially stable to color drift in solvents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Harald SCHAEFER, Daniel FLOJHAR, Jens SCHEIDEL, Thomas GENGER, Matthias KRONER, Sebastian EMMERLING, Guillermo ARENS
  • Patent number: 8461392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing at least one monocyclic ketone having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms by reacting a mixture G1 comprising at least one monocyclic olefin having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms with a mixture G2 comprising at least dinitrogen monoxide, wherein said reaction is performed adiabatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Wilhelm Ruppel, Ulrike Wegerle, Anton Meier, Thomas Genger, Michael Schelper, Peter Resch
  • Publication number: 20130109806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for preparing polyisocyanates of (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates, said polyisocyanates containing isocyanurate groups and being stable with respect to color drift in solvents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Harald SCHAEFER, Horst Binder, Thomas Genger, Daniel Flojhar
  • Patent number: 8058466
    Abstract: An process for preparing 3-pentenenitrile by hydrocyanating 1,3-butadiene, in which the process yield with regard to recycled 1,3-butadiene is maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerd Haderlein, Tobias Aechtner, Andreas Leitner, Hermann Luyken, Peter Pfab, Jens Scheidel, Andrea Haunert, Thomas Genger
  • Publication number: 20110152576
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing at least one monocyclic ketone having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms by reacting a mixture G1 comprising at least one monocyclic olefin having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms with a mixture G2 comprising at least dinitrogen monoxide, wherein said reaction is performed adiabatically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Wilhelm Ruppel, Ulrike Wegerle, Anton Meier, Thomas Genger, Michael Schelper, Peter Resch
  • Patent number: 7959766
    Abstract: Process for recovering cyclododecatriene (CDT) from a solution containing CDT and high boilers such as deactivated catalyst and polymers, which includes feeding the solution into a preheater and heating it, subsequently depressurizing it through a downstream pressure maintenance device and feeding the resulting two-phase mixture into a helical tube evaporator and there reducing the CDT content of the liquid phase by partial evaporation and discharging a gaseous product stream having an increased concentration of CDT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Rumpf, Ortmund Lang, Andrea Haunert, Thomas Genger, Anton Meier
  • Patent number: 7838705
    Abstract: A process for preparing cyclododecanone by reacting cyclododecene with dinitrogen monoxide, comprising in particular steps (I) and (II): (I) preparing cyclododecene by partially hydrogenating cyclododecatriene; (II) reacting cyclododecene obtained in (I) with dinitrogen monoxide to obtain cyclododecanone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Basf Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Beatrice Rössler, Rolf Pinkos, Thomas Genger, Thomas Preiss
  • Patent number: 7803971
    Abstract: A process for preparing cyclopentanone, at least comprising the following steps (i) to (iii): (i) providing a mixture G(i) comprising cyclopentene; (ii) providing liquid or supercritical N2O or a liquid or supercritical gas mixture G(ii) comprising at least 20% by volume of N2O, based on the total volume of the mixture G(ii); (iii) contacting the mixture G(i) with the liquid or supercritical N2O or the liquid or supercritical mixture G(ii) to obtain a mixture G(iii) comprising cyclopentanone, wherein the mixture G(i) contains at least 25% by weight and at most 95% by weight, of cyclopentene, based on the total weight of the mixture G(i).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Akiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Beatrice Röβler, Thomas Genger, Andreas Glass
  • Publication number: 20100179352
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing cyclopentanone. Said method comprises the step of reacting a mixture (G1), which contains at least cyclopentene, with a mixture (G2), which contains at least dinitrogen monoxide. The reaction is carried out in at least one reactor (R1) having channels with a diameter in the range of 0.1 mm to 50 mm, the reactor comprising at least two zones (Z1) and (Z2) having channels with different diameters and the diameters of the channels of zone (Z1) being smaller than the diameter of the channels of zone (Z2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE Patents, Trademarks and Licences
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Mathieu Chabanas, Thomas Genger, Beatrice Rossler
  • Patent number: 7692045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying a gas mixture comprising dinitrogen monoxide and to the use of a gas mixture purified in this way as an oxidant for olefins. In a further embodiment, the present invention also relates to a process for preparing ketones comprising the oxidation of an olefin with a gas mixture which has been purified in accordance with the invention and comprises dinitrogen monoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Beatrice Roessler, Thomas Genger, Andreas Glass, Dieter Baumann, Jan-Martin Loening
  • Publication number: 20090247779
    Abstract: A method for producing 3-pentenenitrile by means of the hydrocyanation of 1,3-butadiene, which comprises the following process steps: (b?) distillation of 1,3-butadiene comprising water, 1- and 2-butenes and a stabilizer in a distillation apparatus K4 to obtain a stream 15 as the bottom product, which comprises dried 1,3-butadiene, 1- and 2-butenes and the stabilizer, and a stream 16 as the top product, which comprises an azeotropic 1,3-butadiene/water mixture, condensation of the stream 16 in a condenser W, transfer of the resulting condensate (stream 17) into a phase separation apparatus, recycling of the upper liquid phase (stream 18) consisting of 1,3-butadiene as reflux to the column K4, and discharge of the lower liquid aqueous phase (stream 19), (a) reaction of stream 15 in a reactor R1 with hydrogen cyanide over at least one catalyst (stream 6d) to obtain a stream 1 which comprises 3-pentenenitrile, 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, the at least one catalyst, unconverted 1,3-butadiene, and 1- and 2-butenes,
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerd Haderlein, Tobias Aechtner, Andreas Leitner, Hermann Luyken, Peter Pfab, Jens Scheidel, Andrea Haunert, Thomas Genger
  • Publication number: 20090227815
    Abstract: A process for preparing cyclododecanone by reacting cyclododecene with dinitrogen monoxide, comprising in particular steps (I) and (II): (I) preparing cyclododecene by partially hydrogenating cyclododecatriene; (II) reacting cyclododecene obtained in (I) with dinitrogen monoxide to obtain cyclododecanone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft Patents, Trademarks and Licenses
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Beatrice Rossler, Rolf Pinkos, Thomas Genger, Thomas Preiss
  • Patent number: 7449606
    Abstract: A process for preparing a ketone, in particular cyclododecanone, by reacting cyclododecatriene with dinitrogen monoxide to obtain cyclododecadienone and hydrogenating the resulting cyclododecadienone, in particular to give cyclododecanone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Beatrice Röβler, Rolf Pinkos, Thomas Genger, Thomas Preiss
  • Publication number: 20080275276
    Abstract: A process for preparing cyclododecanone by reacting cyclododecene with dinitrogen monoxide, comprising in particular steps (I) and (II): (I) preparing cyclododecene by partially hydrogenating cyclododecatriene; (II) reacting cyclododecene obtained in (I) with dinitrogen monoxide to obtain cyclododecanone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Beatrice Rossler, Rolf Pinkos, Thomas Genger, Thomas Preiss