Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Process for reacting an organic compound in the presence of a supported ruthenium catalyst
    Patent number: 5936126
    Abstract: A process for the hydrogenation of an aromatic compound, in which at least one hydroxyl group is attached to an aromatic core, or an aromatic compound, in which at least one amino group is attached to an aromatic core, in the presence of a catalyst containing, as active metal, ruthenium and optionally one or more other Group IB, VIIB, or VIIIB metals, applied to a macroporous support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Ruhl, Boris Breitscheidel, Jochem Henkelmann, Wolfgang Reif, Helmuth Menig, Sabine Weiguny
  • Catalyst supports and catalysts for dehydrocyanation reactions and processes for producing them
    Patent number: 5935896
    Abstract: An SiO.sub.2 -free, .alpha.Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -containing catalyst support in the form of a hollow body in which at least part of the outer walls of the hollow body is open can be used to produce a catalyst for dehydrocyanation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jacques Dupuis, Peter Trubenbach, Ekkehard Schwab, Michael Kroner
  • Process for the production of polychrome ceramic shaped parts
    Patent number: 5935515
    Abstract: In a process for producing polychrome ceramic shaped parts, at least two granulates formed from ceramic powder, binder and color-producing particles are shaped, subjected to binder removal and sintered. The granulates are formed from different color-producing particles and/or different concentrations of the same color-producing particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Hesse, Birgit Tommuscheit
  • Monomodal and polymodal catalyst supports and catalysts having narrow pore size distributions and their production
    Patent number: 5935897
    Abstract: Monomodal or polymodal catalyst supports or catalysts having a BET specific surface area of from 0.01 to 250 m.sup.2 /g and a monomodal or polymodal pore size distribution having a mean pore diameter of from 50 to 300,000 nm measured by the mercury pressure porosimetry method, whereina) from 10 to 95% of the pore volume is at from 0.2 to 100 times the mean pore diameter and/orb) from 10 to 80% of the pore volume is at from 0.8 to 100 times the mean pore diameter and/orc) from 50 to 95% of the pore volume is at from 0.2 to 1 times the mean pore diameter and/ord) from 50 to 80% of the pore volume is at from 0.8 to 1 times the mean pore diameter ande) the width at half height of the pore size distribution is less than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Trubenbach, Alfred Hagemeyer, Gunter Lauth, Uwe Dingerdissen, Franz Josef Brocker, Klemens Flick
  • Production of clumping-free neopentyl glycol hydroxpivalate granules
    Patent number: 5936115
    Abstract: In a process for the production of neopentyl glycol hydroxypivalate granules by depositing a neopentyl glycol hydroxypivalate melt on a chill surface, on which the melt solidifies, as a flat film, which, after solidification, is comminuted to give granules. The melt contains less than 3% by weight, based on the total amount of neopentyl glycol hydroxypivalate, of neopentyl glycol hydroxypivalate crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johann-Peter Melder, Dieter Baumann, Bernhard Maltry
  • Aminoethoxyvinylglycine in combination with mepiquat chloride
    Patent number: 5935906
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods of improving a plant growth factor. The compositions and methods contain combinations of aminoethoxyvinylglycine and mepiquat chloride. The compositions provide an improvement in a plant growth factor, such as an increase in yield in cotton plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Mary Callan, Warren E. Shafer, Candace L. Black-Schafer
  • Monomodal and polymodal catalyst supports and catalysts having narrow pore size distributions and their production
    Patent number: 5935898
    Abstract: Monomodal or polymodal catalyst supports or catalysts having a BET specific surface area of from 0.01 to 250 m.sup.2 /g and a monomodal or polymodal pore size distribution having a mean pore diameter of from 50 to 300,000 nm measured by the mercury pressure porosimetry method, whereina) from 10 to 95% of the pore volume is at from 0.1 to 3 times the mean pore diameter and/orb) from 10 to 80% of the pore volume is at from 0.4 to 3 times the mean pore diameter and/orc) from 50 to 95% of the pore volume is at from 0.1 to 1 times the mean pore diameter and/ord) from 50 to 80% of the pore volume is at from 0.4 to 1 times the mean pore diameter ande) the width at half height of the pore size distribution is less than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Trubenbach, Alfred Hagemeyer, Gunter Lauth, Uwe Dingerdissen, Franz Josef Brocker, Klemens Flick
  • 2-?(2-Alkoxy-6-trifluoromethylpyrimidin-4-yl)oxymethylene!phenylacetic acid derivatives, their preparation and intermediate therefor, and use thereof
    Patent number: 5935965
    Abstract: 2-?(2-Alkoxy-6-trifluoromethylpyrimidin-4-yl)oxymethylene!-phenylacetic acid derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where the index and the substituents have the following meanings: U is CH or N;V is O or NH;R is alkyl;R.sup.1 is cyano, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy or phenyl;n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 4,processes and intermediates for their preparation, and their use are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhard Kirstgen, Klaus Oberdorf, Franz Schutz, Hans Theobald, Volker Harries
  • Azolyl oxybenzyl alkoxyacrylic acid esters, process for producing them and their use
    Patent number: 5935986
    Abstract: There are described compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## in which the index and the substituents have the following meanings: n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;R is nitro, cyano, halogen,unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy orin the event that n is greater than 1 additionally an unsubstituted or substituted bridge which is bonded to two adjacent ring atoms;R.sup.1, R.sup.2 are alkyl;R.sup.3 is a substituted pyrazole ?sic! or triazole ?sic! radical of the formulae A.1 to A.3 ##STR2## where the bond marked .circle-solid. is the bond to the oxygen, processes for their preparation, and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Muller, Reinhard Kirstgen, Hartmann Konig, Michael Rack, Klaus Oberdorf, Franz Rohl, Hubert Sauter, Gisela Lorenz, Eberhard Ammermann, Siegfried Strathmann, Volker Harries
  • Biodegradable polymers, the preparation thereof, and the use thereof for producing biodegradable moldings
    Patent number: 5936045
    Abstract: Biodegradable polymers comprising a polyether ester P1 obtained by reactinga first mixture of20-95 mol% of adipic acid or ester-forming derivatives thereof or mixtures thereof,5-80 mol% of terephthalic acid or ester-forming derivatives thereof or mixtures thereof, and0-5 mol% of a compound containing sulfonate groups,and a second mixture of15-99.8 mol% of a dihydroxy compound selected from the group consisting of C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkanediols and C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkanediols,85-0.2 mol% of a dihydroxy compound IHO--?(CH.sub.2).sub.n --O!.sub.m --H(n=2, 3 or 4, m=2-250)with0-5 mol%, based on the first mixture, of a compound D having at least three groups capable of ester formation,and a bisoxazoline C1, their preparation and their use in the manufacture of biodegradable molding materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Warzelhan, Gunter Pipper, Ursula Seeliger, Peter Bauer, Dieter Bernhard Beimborn, Motonori Yamamoto
  • Substituted benzylidenecyanoacetic acid esters
    Patent number: 5935563
    Abstract: A compound of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is i-propyl, i-butyl or t-butyl,R.sup.2 is alkyl with 6-14 carbon atoms, ##STR2## with R.sup.3 =H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and m, n=0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Beate Trentmann
  • Block copolymer and preparation thereof by anionic polymerization
    Patent number: 5932663
    Abstract: A process for preparing block copolymers containing at least one block A, constructed from units of styrene or its technical equivalents (a), and at least one block C, constructed from units of a cyclic lactone (c), by anionic polymerization comprises reacting the living chain end remaining following the construction of block A with a diarylethylene, especially 1,1-diphenylethylene, under anionic polymerization conditions before reaction with the monomer (c), and preferably attaching in a conventional manner to the living end of block A a further block B, constructed from units of a diene, and also at least one further monomer unit (a) before the reaction with the diarylethylene. The block copolymer is useful for producing shaped articles, films or fibers or as a compatibilizer in polymer blends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Axel Gottschalk, Raimund Stadler, Karsten Jung, Susanne Brinkmann, Vittoria Balsamo-Hernandez
  • Phase-directed preparation of metal-free phthalocyanine
    Patent number: 5932723
    Abstract: A process for preparing metal-free phthalocyanine by reductive cyclization of phthalonitrile in the presence of an aliphatic alcohol, of a redox catalyst and of an inorganic base comprises effecting the cyclization in the presence of one or more phthalocyanine derivatives selected from the group consisting of phthalocyanine-sulfonic acids and -carboxylic acids and their alkali metal, ammonium and alkylarnozium salts, the amino-substituted and aminomethylated phthalocyanines and their reaction products with alkylating agents, sulfonic acids, sulfonyl chlorides and carbonyl chlorides, the imidomethylene- and amidomethylene-substituted phthalocyanines, the alkyl-, aryl- and cyano-substituted phthalocyanines, the hydroxyl- and alkoxy-substituted phthalocyanines and their reaction products with tetraalkyl- and tetraalkoxy-silanes and the halogenated phthalocyanines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andrea Birgit Schutze, Frank Scherhag, Ingo Klopp, Anette Hartmann
  • Preparation of keto-functional polyethylene waxes
    Patent number: 5932684
    Abstract: A process for preparing keto-functional polyethylene waxes having a molecular weight of from 150 to 1000 g/mol by telomerization of ethylene with aldehydes at from 500 to 5000 bar and from 100 to 280.degree. C., wherein ethylene and aldehyde are employed in a molar ration of from 5:1 to 50:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Deckers, Eckard Schauss
  • Rigid thermoplastic article having soft covering
    Patent number: 5932353
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for making articles of manufacture, as well as the articles themselves, comprising thermoplastic nylon materials and thermoplastic polyurethane blends capable of adhering to the thermoplastic nylon materials, wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane blends comprise:a) 3 to 200 parts of a terpolymer of styrene/.alpha.-methylstyrene/acrylonitrile/C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl acrylate with a glass transition temperature (Tg) below 0.degree. C.;b) 100 parts of a thermoplastic polyurethane produced from a diisocyanate, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 diol, and a polyether and/or polyester-based polyol; andc) 0 to 50 parts of various additives including lubricants, pigments, stabilizers, etc. The articles of manufacture may be configured as power tool housings, luggage handles, gear shifts, automotive pedals, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Jyh-Chiarng R. Huarng, James M. Hurley
  • Multiple domain fibers having inter-domain boundary compatibilizing layer and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 5932346
    Abstract: Multicomponent fibers and methods of producing the same are provided such that an inter-domain boundary layer is interposed between distinct domains formed of incompatible polymers so as to minimize (if not eliminate entirely) separation of the domains at their interfacial boundary. The polymer forming the inter-domain boundary layer therefore is provided so as to be compatible with the otherwise incompatible polymers forming each of the domains between which it is interposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Diane R. Kent, Matthew B. Hoyt, Charles F. Helms, Jr.
  • Thrombin inhibitors
    Patent number: 5932567
    Abstract: Thrombin inhibitors of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, A, B and D have the meaning indicated in the description, and intermediates for the preparation thereof are described.The compounds I are suitable for controlling diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Seitz, Helmut Mack, Thomas Zierke, Hans-Joachim Bohm, Hans Wolfgang Hoffken, Stefan Koser, Thomas Pfeiffer, Wilfried Hornberger
  • Arylaminomethylenecamphor derivatives
    Patent number: 5932195
    Abstract: Arylaminomethylenecamphor derivatives of the formula (1) ##STR1## where the C.dbd.C double bond is in the Z or E configuration, and the variables have the following meanings:R.sup.1 H, CH.sub.3,R.sup.2 H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkenyl, aryl or substituted aryl,R.sup.3 H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -acyl,Ar aryl, substituted aryl, hetaryl or substituted hetaryl,are used as sunscreen agents, especially in cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Drogemuller, Volker Bomm, Volker Schehlmann, Horst Westenfelder
  • Carboxylic acid derivatives, their preparation and use
    Patent number: 5932730
    Abstract: Carboxylic acid derivatives ##STR1## where R-R.sup.6, X, Y and Z have the meanings stated in the description, and the preparation thereof, are described. The novel compounds are suitable for controlling diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Riechers, Dagmar Klinge, Wilhelm Amberg, Andreas Kling, Stefan Muller, Ernst Baumann, Joachim Rheinheimer, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Wolfgang Wernet, Liliane Unger, Manfred Raschack
  • N-substituted glutamic acid derivatives with interleukin-1.beta. converting enzyme inhibitory activity
    Patent number: 5932549
    Abstract: The present invention relates to N-substituted derivatives of glutamic acid of pharmaceutical interest, to pharmaceutical compositions which include compounds of the invention and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, to methods of their preparation, and to their use in purification of interleukin-1.beta. converting enzyme (ICE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignees: Warner-Lambert Company, BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hamish John Allen, Subhashis Banerjee, Kenneth Dale Brady, John Cooke Hodges, Catherine Rose Kostlan, Robert Vincent Talanian