Patents Assigned to BASF SE
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Patent number: 8877683Abstract: The present invention provides substituted pyridine compounds of the formula I or N-oxides or agriculturally suitable salts thereof, wherein the variables in the formula I are defined as in the description. Substituted pyridines of formula I are useful as herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Gilbert Besong, Michael Rack, Andree Van Der Kloet, Thomas Seitz, Ruediger Reingruber, Helmut Kraus, Johannes Hutzler, Trevor William Newton, Jens Lerchl, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Richard Roger Evans
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Patent number: 8877966Abstract: A process for preparing acrylic acid from methanol and acetic acid, in which, in a reaction zone A, the methanol is partially oxidized to formaldehyde in a heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase reaction, the product gas mixture A obtained and an acetic acid source are used to obtain a reaction gas input mixture B which comprises acetic acid and formaldehyde and has the acetic acid in excess over the formaldehyde, and the formaldehyde present in reaction gas input mixture B is aldol-condensed to acrylic acid under heterogeneous catalysis in a reaction zone B with acetic acid present in reaction gas input mixture B, and unconverted acetic acid still present alongside the acrylic acid target product in the product gas mixture B obtained is removed therefrom, and the acetic acid removed is recycled into the production of reaction gas input mixture B.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Stefanie Herzog, Stefan Altwasser, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel
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Patent number: 8877937Abstract: Process for preparing cyclometallated transition metal-carbene complexes comprising at least one carbene ligand, which comprises reacting a ligand precursor with a base, an auxiliary reagent and a metal complex comprising at least one metal M1 (route A) or reacting the ligand precursor with a basic auxiliary reagent and a metal complex comprising at least one metal M1 (route B). The present invention further relates to the use of an auxiliary reagent selected from among salts comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ag, Hg, Sb, Mg, B and Al together with a base in a process for preparing cyclometallated metal complexes.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Oliver Molt, Evelyn Fuchs, Martina Egen, Klaus Kahle, Christian Lennartz
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Patent number: 8877681Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of specific amphiphilic alkoxyates as synergistic adjuvant for agrotechnical applications. Suitable agrotechnical compositions are also described. Thus, the addition of such alkoxylates makes possible an accelerated uptake of active ingredients by the plant. The alkoxylates to be used are alkoxylates based on branched alcohols such as 2-propylheptanol, C13-oxo alcohols and C10-oxo alcohols.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Rainer Berghaus, Oskar Schmidt, Harald Köhle, Reinhard Stierl, Norbert Wagner, Paul Klingelhöfer
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Patent number: 8877657Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a layer comprising at least one semiconductive metal oxide on a substrate, comprising at least the steps of: (A) preparing a solution comprising at least one precursor compound of the at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of carboxylates of mono-, di- or polycarboxylic acids having at least three carbon atoms, or derivatives of mono-, di- or polycarboxylic acids, alkoxides, hydroxides, semicarbazides, carbamates, hydroxamates, isocyanates, amidines, amidrazones, urea derivatives, hydroxylamines, oximes, urethanes, ammonia, amines, phosphines, ammonium compounds, azides of the corresponding metal and mixtures thereof, in at least one solvent, (B) applying the solution from step (A) to the substrate and (C) thermally treating the substrate from step (B) at a temperature of 20 to 200° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Andrey Karpov, Friederike Fleischhaker, Imme Domke, Marcel Kastler, Veronika Wloka, Lothar Weber
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Patent number: 8877009Abstract: A pulp making process in which fibrous cellulosic material is pulped to form an aqueous suspension of cellulosic material, the suspension is drained through a screen to form a pulp sheet and that the pulp sheet is dried to form a dry market pulp, in which a water soluble cationic polymer is added to the suspension as the sole drainage aid wherein the water-soluble cationic polymer is either, i) a copolymer comprising (a) between 1 and 70 mole % (meth)acrylamide and (b) between 30 and 99 mole % (meth)acryloyloxyethyl-trimethyl ammonium chloride with an intrinsic viscosity between 5 and 9 dl/g; or ii) a hydrolysed homopolymer of vinylformamide comprising between 1 and 100 mole % vinyl amine units and having a K value of between 45 and 240. The process of the invention provides improved drainage time and solids content of the dewatered pulp.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Jehn-Rendu, Joachim Hege, Detlef Kannengieβer
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Publication number: 20140323631Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 10 to 99.7% by weight of a polyamide, B) from 1 to 30% by weight of an impact modifier, C) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a copolymer of C1) from 50 to 95% by weight of styrene or substituted styrenes of the general formula I or a mixture of these in which R is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom and R1 is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and n has the value 0, 1, 2, or 3, and C2) from 5 to 50% by weight of structural units derived from one or more dicarboxylic anhydrides, D) from 0.001 to 20% by weight of iron powder, E) from 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Claus Gabriel, Manoranjan Prusty, Martin Baumert, Norbert Güntherberg
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Publication number: 20140323606Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic moulding compositions comprising A) between 55 to 98% in weight of at least one vinyl aromatic copolymer modified with a particulate graft rubber, B) between 1 to 44% in weight of a flame retardant comprising B1) an expandable graphite, B2) a flame-retardant compound comprising phosphorus, and B3) a fluorine-containing polymer, C) between 1 to 20% in weight of a non-particulate-forming rubber comprising polar groups, and D) between 0 to 40% in weight of additional additives, where the weight percentages are respectively based on the total weight of components A) to D), and said percentages add up to a total of 100% in weight, and the polybutadiene content is between 0 to 11I % in weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Matthias Mueller, Norbert Guentherberg, Guenter Kehr, Norbert Niessner
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Publication number: 20140323305Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of strobilurine type compounds of formula I and the N-oxides and the salts thereof for combating phytopathogenic fungi containing a mutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene conferring resistance to Qo inhibitors, and to methods for combating such fungi. The invention also relates to novel compounds, processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising at least one such compound, to plant health applications, and to seeds coated with at least one such compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Joachim Rheinheimer, Violeta Terteryan, Stefan Redlich, Doris Kremzow, Claudia Rosenbaum, Sebastian Georgios Rohrer, Wassilios Grammenos, Christian Pilger, Franz Roehl, Markus Gewehr, Gerd Stammler, Jurith Montag, Hubert Sauter
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Publication number: 20140323306Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 1,2,5-oxadiazole compounds of the formula I and the N-oxides and salts thereof and to compositions comprising the same. The invention also relates to the use of the 1,2,5-oxadiazole compounds or of the compositions comprising such compounds for controlling unwanted vegetation. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods of applying such compounds. In formula I, the variables have the following meanings R is e.g. hydrogen, cyano, nitro, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-haloalkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C2-C6haloalkynyl, C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, O—Ra, Z—S(O)n—Rb, Z—C(?O)—Rc, Z—C(?O)—ORd, Z—C(?O)NReRf, Z—NRgRh, Z-phenyl and Z-heterocyclyl etc; R1 is e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Helmut Kraus, Matthias Witschel, Thomas Seitz, Trevor William Newton, Liliana Parra Rapado, Raphael Aponte, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Jens Lerchl, Richard Roger Evans
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Publication number: 20140323310Abstract: The present invention relates to an agrochemical mixture for increasing the health of a plant, comprising as active ingredients a herbicidal compound (I) selected from the group consisting of: Benzoic acids, Pyridine carboxylic acids, Quinoline carboxylic acids, and benazolin-ethyl; and a fungicidal compound (II) in synergistically effective amounts. The present invention further relates to a method for improving the health of a plant, wherein the plant, the locus where the plant is growing or is expected to grow or plant propagation material from which the plant grows is treated with an effective amount of a mixture as defined above. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a mixture as defined above for synergistically increasing the health of a plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Markus GEWEHR, Robert John GLADWIN, Lutz BRAHM
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Publication number: 20140318002Abstract: An additive formulation suitable for antistatic modification and improving the electrical conductivity of inanimate organic material, consisting essentially of (A) from 1 to 50% by weight of an olefin-sulfur dioxide copolymer, (B) from 1 to 50% by weight of a compound which comprises one or more basic nitrogen atoms and has at least one relatively long-chain linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having at least four carbon atoms or an equivalent structural element which ensures the solubility of component (B) in the inanimate organic material, (C) from 0.1 to 30% by weight of an oil-soluble acid and (D) from 1 to 80% by weight of a high-boiling organic solvent which consists of one or more molecule types, where at least 80% by weight of these molecule types have a boiling point of more than 150° C. at standard pressure, where the sum of all components adds up to 100% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Dietmar POSSELT, Frank-Olaf MAEHLlNG, Arno LANGE, Anja VINCKIER, Claudius KORMANN
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Publication number: 20140323311Abstract: The present invention relates to an agrochemical mixture for increasing the health of a plant, comprising as active ingredients a herbicidal compound (I) selected from the group consisting of: Benzoic acids, Pyridine carboxylic acids, Quinoline carboxylic acids, and benazolin-ethyl; and a fungicidal compound (II) in synergistically effective amounts. The present invention further relates to a method for improving the health of a plant, wherein the plant, the locus where the plant is growing or is expected to grow or plant propagation material from which the plant grows is treated with an effective amount of a mixture as defined above. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a mixture as defined above for synergistically increasing the health of a plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Markus GEWEHR, Robert John GLADWIN, Lutz BRAHM
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Publication number: 20140323539Abstract: Subject matter of the present invention is an emulsifiable concentrate comprising a water-insoluble pesticide, dimethyl sulfoxide, benzyl alcohol, alkyl lactate and a diester of the formula (I) R1—O(O)C—R2—C(O))—R1??(I), where R1 is C1-C8-alkyl and R2 is C2-C10-alkanediyl or C2-C10-alkenediyl. A further subject matter is an emulsion obtainable by mixing water with the emulsifiable concentrate; a process for the preparation of the emulsifiable concentrate; and a method for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired attack by insects or mites and/or for regulating the growth of plants, where the concentrate or the emulsion is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or on the crop plants to be protected from the respective pests, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or their environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Cedric Dieleman, Winfried Mayer, Manuel Schmitt, Juergen Jakob, Siegfried Strathmann
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Publication number: 20140324005Abstract: The present invention is directed to a liquid-absorbing article comprising: a first sheet layer presenting an array of absorbent receiving pockets; masses of superabsorbent material, which masses are placed in said absorbent receiving pockets; a second sheet layer placed on top of the first layer; bonding beads placed between the respective pockets.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicants: BASF SE, BOSTIK INC.Inventors: Christophe Bauduin, Jean-Francois Chartrel, Thomas Daniel, Julien Liger, Renate Wuestefeld
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Publication number: 20140319417Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for restabilizing free-radically polymerizable monomers. The process comprises the steps: (a) introduction of a solution of an inhibitor of the free-radical polymerization by means of an inert pressurized gas into a vessel (1) comprising the monomers via a line (10) which comprises an ascending region, and (b) mixing of the contents of the vessel and the inhibitor solution by blowing gas through the line (10). In step (a), the flow velocity of the pressurized gas is set so that plug flow or annular flow is obtained as flow regime of the inhibitor solution and in step (b) the superficial gas velocity is set to ?0.1 mm/s. The present invention further relates to a supply unit (11) for carrying out the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Friedrich-Georg MARTIN, OLIVER ODENWALD
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Patent number: 8871969Abstract: The invention provides a multistage process for continuously preparing organic polyisocyanates, preferably diisocyanates, more preferably aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diisocyanates, by reaction of the corresponding organic polyamines with carbonic acid derivatives and alcohols into monomeric polyurethanes of low molecular mass, and the dissociation of said polyurethanes. The invention further provides an associated preparation process in which at certain reaction stages the polyisocyanates prepared and unutilizable residues are removed and reusable by-products and intermediates are recycled to preliminary stages.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Torsten Mattke, Matthias Klötzer, Robert Baumann
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Patent number: 8871679Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures, comprising as active components 1) at least one 1-methylpyrazol-4-ylcarboxanilide of the formula I where R1?C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-haloalkyl, R2=hydrogen or halogen, X=hydrogen or halogen, Q=direct bond, a cyclopropylene or an anellated bicyclo[2.2.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2009Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Markus Gewehr, Ulf Groeger, Egon Haden, Michael Vonend
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Patent number: 8871965Abstract: The content of the invention is a process for preparing urethanes by reaction of aromatic amines with a dialkyl carbonate, wherein the alkyl radical of the organic dialkyl carbonate comprises 4-18 carbon atoms and is branched in the 2 position, and the reaction is performed in the presence of a substoichiometric amount of base, based on the amino groups.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Axel Franzke, Robert Baumann, Michael Bock
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Patent number: 8871817Abstract: The present invention relates to a single-stage process for preparing polyurethanes which comprise at least three hydrophilic sections, at least four hydrophobic sections, optionally allophanate segments and optionally isocyanurate segments, in the presence of alkali(ne earth) metal carboxylates or zinc carboxylates. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the polyurethanes themselves obtainable in this way, to the use thereof as thickeners for aqueous preparations, and to aqueous preparations comprising polyurethanes of this type.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Holger Türk, Volker Wendel
