Patents Assigned to BASF AS
  • System and method for identification of plant species
    Patent number: 12142033
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computer system (100) for identifying weeds in a crop field using a dual task convolutional neural network (120) having a topology with an intermediate module (121) to execute a classification task being associated with a first loss function (LF1), and with a semantic segmentation module (122) to execute a segmentation task with a second different loss function (LF2). The intermediate module and the segmentation module are being trained together, taking into account the first and second loss functions (LF1, LF2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Artzai Picon Ruiz, Miguel Linares De La Puerta, Christian Klukas, Till Eggers, Rainer Oberst, Juan Manuel Contreras Gallardo, Javier Romero Rodriguez, Hikal Khairy Shohdy Gad, Gerd Kraemer, Jone Echazarra Huguet, Ramon Navarra-Mestre, Miguel Gonzalez San Emeterio
  • Highly active and highly selective copper extrudate catalysts
    Patent number: 12138620
    Abstract: A hydrogenation catalyst includes copper oxide, an alkali metal, and an acid-stabilized silica, wherein hydrogenation catalyst has a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (“BET”) surface area of greater than or equal to about 15 m2/g. The hydrogenation catalysts are effective for converting aldehydes, ketones, and esters to alcohols and/or diesters to diols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Chen, Scott Hedrick, Jeffrey S. Baciak, Bernd Bastian Schaack
  • Process for removal of acid gases from a fluid stream with a liquid absorbent comprising a piperazine ring
    Patent number: 12138583
    Abstract: A process for removal of acid gases from fluid stream, wherein the fluid stream is brought into contact with an absorbent to obtain a treated fluid stream and a laden absorbent, the absorbent comprising a diluent and a compound of the general formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from C1-C8-alkyl and C2-C8-hydroxyalkyl; R2 is selected from hydrogen and C1-C8-alkyl; R3 is selected from hydrogen and C1-C8-alkyl; R4 is selected from hydrogen and C1-C8-alkyl; R5 is C1-C8-alkyl; with the proviso that at least one of the following conditions (i) and (ii) is met: (i) R5 is C3-C8-alkyl bound to the nitrogen atom via a secondary or tertiary carbon atom; (ii) when R4 is hydrogen, R3 is C1-C8-alkyl; or when R4 is C1-C8-alkyl, at least one of R2 and R3 is C1-C8-alkyl; and n is an integer from 0 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin Ernst, Thomas Ingram, Gerald Vorberg, Georg Sieder
  • Tricyclic pesticidal compounds
    Patent number: 12134616
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein the variables are as defined in the specification. It also relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) as an agrochemical pesticide; to pesticidal mixtures comprising compounds of formula (I); and to agrochemical or veterinary compositions comprising compounds of formula (I). Other objects are seed comprising compounds of formula (I); and methods for controlling invertebrate pests, infestation, or infection by invertebrate pests by application of compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Von Deyn, Rizwan Shabbir Shaikh, Devendra Vyas, Arun Narine, Olesya Kuzmina
  • Process for the recycling of spent lithium ion cells
    Patent number: 12134803
    Abstract: Process for the recovery of transition metal from spent lithium ion batteries containing nickel, wherein said process comprises the steps of (a) heating a lithium containing transition metal oxide material to a temperature in the range of from 200 to 900° C. in the presence of H2, (b) treatment of the product obtained in step (a) with an aqueous medium, (c) solid-solid separation for the removal of Ni from the solid residue of step (b), (d) recovery of Li as hydroxide or salt from the solution obtained in step (b), (e) extraction of Ni and, if applicable, Co from the solid Ni-concentrate obtained in step (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rohde, Torben Adermann, Kerstin Schierle-Arndt, Birgit Gerke
  • Herbicidal mixtures comprising L-glufosinate or its salt and at least one VLCFA inhibitor
    Patent number: 12133530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidal mixture comprising L-glufosinate or its salt and at least one VLCFA inhibitor. The invention furthermore relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation in burndown programs, in industrial vegetation management and forestry, in vegetable and perennial crops and in turf and lawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Harald Winter, Markus Gewehr
  • Catalytic composition with added copper trapping component for NOx abatement
    Patent number: 12134088
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides catalyst compositions for NOx conversion and wall-flow filter substrates comprising such catalyst compositions. Certain catalyst compositions include a zeolite with sufficient Cu exchanged into cation sites thereof to give a Cu/Al ratio of 0.1 to 0.5 and a CuO loading of 1 to 15 wt. %; and a copper trapping component (e.g., alumina) including a plurality of particles having a D90 particle size of about 0.5 to 20 microns in a concentration of about 1 to 20 wt. %. The zeolite and copper trapping component can be in the same washcoat layer or can be in different washcoat layers (such that the copper trapping component serves as a “pre-coating” on the wall-flow filter substrate).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC
    Inventor: Yuejin Li
  • Composition for copper bump electrodeposition comprising a polyaminoamide type leveling agent
    Patent number: 12134834
    Abstract: Described herein is a composition including copper ions, an acid, and at least one polyaminoamide including, a group of formula L1 [A-B-A?-Z]n[Y—Z]m??(L1) where B is a diacid fragment of formula L2 A, A? are amine fragments independently selected from the group consisting of formula L3a and formula L3b Y is a co-monomer fragment; Z is a coupling fragment of formula L4 n is an integer of from 1 to 400; and m is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marco Arnold, Alexander Fluegel, Charlotte Emnet, Nadine Engelhardt
  • Scouting functionality emergence
    Patent number: 12136265
    Abstract: In order to improve early emergence stages discrimination of plants, an early emergence app is proposed based on a neural network optionally with ‘attention’ mechanisms, which detects the number of plants that opened after sowing and are present in the field. This way the farmer can easily determine, if crop density targets are met at an early stage after sowing and optionally receive recommendations on catch crop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF AGRO TRADEMARKS GMBH
    Inventors: Marek Piotr Schikora, Tim Schaare, Joerg Wildt, Martin Bender
  • Herbicidal phenylethers
    Patent number: 12133529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phenylethers of formula (I) or their agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the phenylethers of formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one phenylether of formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, Laetitia Souillart, Tobias Seiser, Trevor William Newton, Liliana Parra Rapado, Dario Massa, Raphael Aponte, Thomas Mietzner, Thomas Seitz
  • Nonwoven fabric
    Patent number: 12134846
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric comprising continuous spunbonded bicomponent fibers which consist of: 0 to 95% by weight of an aromatic polyester (A) in a core; to 50% by weight of a polyester blend (B) containing a) 65 to 95% of an aromatic polyester (BA) and b) 5 to 35% by weight of an aliphatic-aromatic polyester (BB) with a glass temperature below 0° C. in a sheath surrounding the core; and 0 to 5% by weight of at least one additive (C); wherein the % by weight are based in each case on the total weight of the components (A) and (B) and optionally (C); and wherein the aromatic polyesters (A) and (BA) are selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(butylene terephthalate).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gijsbrecht Jacobus Maria Habraken, Klaus Scheuermann, Gabriel Skupin, Jens-Uwe Schierholz
  • Composition used in 3D printing system, its application thereof
    Patent number: 12134670
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising at least one monomer of Formula I, at least one monomer of Formula II, and at least one alkali metal salt of Formula III and/or Formula IV The present invention also provides a process of fabricating a three-dimensional object, comprising i) dispensing a build material that comprises a model material composition and a support material composition; ii) curing the layer dispensed in step i); iii) repeating step i) and ii) so as to sequentially form a plurality of layers in a configured pattern corresponding to the shape of the object; and iv) removing the support material from the build material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hang Xu, Sheng Zhong Zhou, Stefan Hirsemann
  • Aqueous binder formulation based on functionalized polyurethanes
    Patent number: 12134695
    Abstract: Described herein are binder formulations based on acryloyloxy-functionalized polyurethanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Wolfgang Paulus
  • Manganese-containing diesel oxidation catalyst
    Patent number: 12134086
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst composite, methods, and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from a diesel engine are described. More particularly, an oxidation catalyst composite including a first washcoat layer comprising a Pt component and a Pd component, and a second washcoat layer including a refractory metal oxide support containing manganese, a zeolite, and a platinum component is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Shiang Sung, Stanley A. Roth, Claudia Zabel, Susanne Stiebels, Andreas Sundermann, Olga Gerlach
  • Herbicidal mixtures comprising L-glufosinate or its salt and at least one bleacher herbicide
    Patent number: 12133531
    Abstract: Herbicidal mixtures comprising L-glufosinate or its salt and at least one bleacher herbicide The present invention relates to herbicidal mixture comprising L-glufosinate or its salt and at least one bleacher herbicide. The invention furthermore relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation in burndown programs, in industrial vegetation management and forestry, in vegetable and perennial crops and in turf and lawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Harald Winter, Markus Gewehr, Ryan Louis Nielson
  • VIRAL COAT DELIVERY OF INSECT RESISTANCE GENES IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20240360468
    Abstract: Herein, is describe a new technology that exploits modified-virus-like particles (VLP) to improve deliverability and increase effectiveness of dsRNAs/chemicals/peptides to difficult-to-control phytophagous insect pests, including hemipteran and lepidopteran insects. This technology has also the potential to control plant pathogens including fungi, like Asian Soybean Rust (ASR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC
    Inventors: Kavita Bitra, Alberto Bressan
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF ASPHALT MIX COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20240360314
    Abstract: The present invention relates to process for the preparation of an asphalt mix composition, said process comprising: (1) heating an asphalt composition to a temperature in the range of from 110 to 190° C. to obtain a first input stream; (2) providing one or more thermosetting reactive compounds to obtain a second input stream; and (3) homogenizing the streams of (1) and (2) in at least a first tank fitted with a rotor stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Samantha Au Gee, Brian Orr, Hong Lu, Bernie Lewis Malonson, Paul Lewandowski, Waldemar Schatz
  • PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING A NICKEL SULFATE PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20240360001
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to processes and systems for dissolving elemental nickel in sulfuric acid solutions to produce nickel sulfate products, and for example. nickel sulfate products suitable for battery materials production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Pichlmair, Ralf Boehling, Sabine Frischhut, Vincent Smith
  • Polybutylene terephthalate composition and a composite of plastic/metal hybrid
    Patent number: 12129375
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polybutylene terephthalate composition, comprising as component (A) polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin, as component (B) polyester copolymer with melting point from 105° C. to 185° C., as component (C) vinyl-based polymer, and optionally as component (D) glass bubbles. The present invention also relates to a composite of plastic/metal hybrid, which comprises metal article and the polybutylene terephthalate composition of the present invention which is joined to and integrated with the metal article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Zhen Ke Wei, Qiong Jie Han, Chao Liu, Roland Helmut Kraemer, Dai Watanabe, Zhenguo Liu
  • Chabazite synthesis method including organic and inorganic structure directing agents and chabazite zeolite with flake-like morphology
    Patent number: 12128389
    Abstract: The disclosure generally provides zeolites having the CHA crystalline framework and methods of preparing the same. Provided herein are CHA zeolites containing intergrowths, a controlled framework aluminum distribution, or both. Further provided are CHA zeolites wherein crystals of the zeolite material have a predominantly flake-like morphology as determined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Further provided are catalyst compositions, articles, and systems including CHA zeolites promoted with a metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Rajamani P. Gounder, John Rocco Di Iorio, Casey Benjamin Jones, Claire Townsend Nimlos, Vivek Vattipalli, Subramanian Prasad, Eduard L. Kunkes, Ahmad Moini