Patents by Inventor Werner Reimann

Werner Reimann 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: 6565616
    Abstract: The invention relates to blends of copolymers containing structural units of olefins, derivatives of dibasic carboxylic acids and, if required, polyolefins and, structural units of ethylene and vinyl esters of tertiary carboxylic acids, and their use as additives to fuel oils for improving their cold flow properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Thomas Volkmer, Werner Reimann
  • Patent number: 6509424
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of terpolymers of ethylene and at least 2 further olefinically unsaturated compounds by polymerization in a tubular reactor fitted with at least one side branch, wherein the fresh monomer components, which are introduced into the tubular reactor via the reactor inlet (the primary stream) or via the side branch or side branches (secondary stream or secondary streams), in each of the streams contain ethylene and at most one further olefinically unsaturated compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann, Wilhelm Zoller, Heinz Dieter Bühnen, Gerhard Bettermann
  • Patent number: 6475250
    Abstract: The invention relates to additives for improving cold-flow and lubricating properties of fuel oils, comprising A) 5-95% by weight of at least one oil-soluble amphiphile of the formulae in which R1 is an alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl or aromatic radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, X is NH, NR3, O or S, y is 1, 2, 3 or 4, R2 is an alkyl radical carrying hydroxyl groups and having 2 to 10 carbon atoms and R3 is an alkyl radical carrying nitrogen and/or hydroxyl groups and having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or a C1-C20-alkyl radical, and B) 5 to 95% by weight of a terpolymer of ethylene, the vinyl ester of one or more aliphatic, linear or branched monocarboxylic acids which contain 2 to 20 carbon atoms in the molecule and a C5-C7-olefin containing from 9 to 18 mol % of vinyl ester and from 0.5 to 5 mol % of olefin (based in each case on the terpolymer), having a melt viscosity, measured at 140° C., of from 20 to 10,000 mPas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Patent number: 6461393
    Abstract: The invention relates to additives for improving lubricating properties of fuel oils, comprising A) 10-95% by weight of at least one oil-soluble amphiphile of the formulae 1  and/or 2 R1—X—R2  (2) B) 5-90% by weight of at least one copolymer which contains B1) from 5 to 80 mol % of structural units which are derived from olefinically unsaturated compounds, and B2) from 20 to 95 mol % of structural units which are derived from olefinically unsaturated compounds, B3) from 0 to 40 mol % of further structural units selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic acid, (meth)acrylates, vinyl esters, vinyl ethers and alkenes, and the copolymer has an average molar mass Mw of from 500 to 100,000 g/mol and an OH number of from 10 to 350 mg KOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Publication number: 20020095857
    Abstract: The invention relates to low-temperature-stabilized additives for fuel oils having a sulfur content of up 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Publication number: 20020099228
    Abstract: The invention relates to low-temperature-stabilized fatty acid mixtures comprising A) from 10 to 99.99% by weight of fatty acid mixtures comprising A1) from 1 to 99% by weight of at least one saturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, A2) from 1 to 99% by weight of at least one unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, and B) from 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Publication number: 20020028890
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of ethylene copolymers, and their use as additives to mineral oil and mineral oil distillates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann, Wilhelm Zoller, Heinz Dieter Buhnen, Gerhard Bettermann
  • Publication number: 20020002793
    Abstract: The invention relates to additives for improving cold-flow and lubricating properties of fuel oils, comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Publication number: 20010034968
    Abstract: A fuel oil comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann, Markus Kupetz, Waltraud Nagel, Raimund Wildfang
  • Publication number: 20010034308
    Abstract: The invention relates to additives for improving lubricating properties of fuel oils, comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Applicant: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Publication number: 20010034410
    Abstract: The invention relates to additives for improving the cold flow properties of middle distillates, containing from 10 to 95% by weight of copolymers A), from 5 to 90% by weight of copolymers B) and, if required, from 0 to 70% by weight of copolymers C), which correspond to the following formulae:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Applicant: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Thomas Volkmer, Werner Reimann
  • Patent number: 6281292
    Abstract: The invention relates to mixtures comprising A) from 10 to 90% by weight of at least one copolymer comprising structural units derived from ethylene and structural units derived from olefinically unsaturated, hydroxyl-containing compounds, and B) from 90 to 10% by weight of at least one copolymer comprising structural units derived from ethylene and structural units derived from vinyl esters, olefinically unsaturated ethers and/or acrylates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann, Markus Kupetz
  • Publication number: 20010013196
    Abstract: The invention relates to additives for improving cold-flow and lubricating properties of fuel oils, comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Applicant: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Patent number: 6110238
    Abstract: A process for improving the cold flow properties of fuel oils comprising the addition to fuel oil of an additive comprising copolymers of lower olefins and vinyl esters and a terpolymer of 4-methylpentene-1 and an additive composition comprising copolymers of lower olefins and vinyl esters and a terpolymer of 4-methylpentene-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Patent number: 6090169
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for improving the cold-flow properties of oils having a sulfur content of less than 500 ppm and a content of n-paraffins having a chain length of C.sub.18 or longer of at least 8% by weight, comprising adding an additive comprising a mixture of A) from 15 to 50% by weight of a copolymer comprising, besides from 87 to 92 mol % of structural units derived from ethylene;a) from 6.5 to 12 mol % of structural units derived from vinyl acetate andb) from 0.5 to 6 mol % of structural units derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene, with the proviso that the sum of the molar proportions of structural units a) and b) is from 8 to 14 mol %, and B) from 85 to 50% by weight of at least one further copolymer or terpolymer of ethylene and vinyl esters or acrylates which is per se a cold-flow improver.The invention furthermore relates to an additive for improving the cold-flow behavior of mineral oils and mineral-oil distillates, and to fuel oil compositions containing these additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Patent number: 6013114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to environmentally friendly diesel fuel, containing natural, liquid triglycerides of natural or animal origin, such as rapeseed or soybean oil, and acetals of the formula (I) or (II) ##STR1## in which the substitutents have the meaning defined in the description. This diesel fuel is biodegradable and free of sulfur, nitrogen and aromatics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Hille, Frank Weinelt, Heinz Wittkus, Werner Reimann
  • Patent number: 6010989
    Abstract: The invention relates to an additive for improving the flow properties of paraffin-containing mineral oils and mineral oil distillates, comprising a mixture of at least one ethylene/vinyl ester copolymer or terpolymer and at least one paraffin dispersant, wherein said mixture contains ethers and/or esters as solubilizers, wherea) the ethers conform to the formula 1R--O--R' (1)in which R is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms, and R' is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms,b) the esters are derived from monobasic or polybasic carboxylic acids having 4 to 30 carbon atoms (acid radical) and from monohydric or polyhydric alcohols having 1 to 30 carbon atoms (alcohol radical), orc) the ethers and/or esters are cyclic, with a ring size of from 6 to 30 carbon atoms.The invention furthermore relates to a process for improving the flow properties of mineral oils and mineral oil distillates which comprises adding the novel additive thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Patent number: 5998530
    Abstract: Improving the flowability of mineral oils and mineral oil distillates using alkylphenol-aldehyde resinsThe invention relates to a process for improving the flowability of paraffin-containing mineral oils and mineral oil distillates by adding flow improvers based on ethylene/vinyl ester co- and terpolymers, alkylphenol-aldehyde resins and, if appropriate, other paraffin dispersants, mixtures of these different flow improvers and mineral oils and mineral oil distillates which comprise these flow improvers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Michael Feustel, Werner Reimann, Ulrike Tepper
  • Patent number: 5789510
    Abstract: Terpolymers obtained by copolymerization of ethylene, a vinyl ester of at least one aliphatic monocarboxylic acid of 2 to 20 carbon atoms in the molecule and bicyclo?2.2.1!hept-2-ene (also referred to as norbornene) or its derivatives, a process for their preparation and their use as additives for mineral oils and mineral oil distillates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann
  • Patent number: 5767190
    Abstract: Terpolymers obtained by copolymerization of ethylene, the vinyl ester of one or more aliphatic monocarboxylic acids containing from 2 to 20 carbon atoms in the molecule and 4-methylpent-1-ene, a process for their preparation and their use as additives for mineral oils and mineral oil distillates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann