Patents Assigned to BASF
  • ELECTROPHORETIC INK PROVIDING BISTABILITY
    Publication number: 20200165479
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an electrophoretic ink, a method for preparing an electrophoretic ink, an electrophoretic display comprising the electrophoretic ink, a smart window comprising the electrophoretic ink as well as the use of the electrophoretic ink in electrophoretic displays or smart windows and the use of at least one surface-treated silica for improving the bistability of an electrophoretic ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerardus DE KEYZER, Ying GUO
  • SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZED TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20200165471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to surface functionalized titanium dioxide nanoparticles, a method for its production, a coating composition, comprising the surface functionalized titanium dioxide nanoparticles and the use of the coating composition for coating holo-grams, wave guides and solar panels. Holograms are bright and visible from any angle, when printed with the coating composition, comprising the surface functionalized tita-nium dioxide nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Reinhold OEHRLEIN, Raphael DABBOUS, Michelle RICHERT, Gabriele BAISCH
  • Article comprising tubular particles
    Patent number: 10662309
    Abstract: An article has a density of from 0.03 to 0.45 g/cc. The article includes a plurality of anisotropic tubular particles that are randomly oriented in the article. The tubular particles include a thermoplastic elastomer foam and a non-foamed polymer disposed on an exterior surface of the thermoplastic elastomer foam as an outermost layer of the tubular particles. Each of the thermoplastic elastomer foam and the non-foamed polymer independently has a softening temperature determined according to DIN ISO 306. Moreover, the non-foamed polymer includes an additive that is responsive to non-heat energy to selectively heat the non-foamed polymer to its softening temperature prior to the thermoplastic elastomer foam reaching its softening temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Brad J. Martin, Mihai Manitiu, Mark Paul Kujawski
  • Crosslinkable acrylate polymer composition
    Patent number: 10662336
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crosslinkable acrylate polymer composition comprising a first polymer having Tg of 50 to 100° C. and a second polymer having Tg of ?10 to 25° C., wherein the composition has an acid number of 1-30 mg KOH/g, or the composition has an acid number of 1-39 mg KOH/g and at least one of the first polymer and the second polymer comprises 0.1-5 wt % of monomer units having a crosslinkable functional group based on the weight of the composition, and a primer prepared thereof. The invention also relates to use of said primer for preparing beer bottle label paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lily Li, Jeff Jianfeng Xia, Chunying Erin Liu
  • Method for producing multi-layered lignocellulose materials having a core with special properties and at least one upper and one lower cover layer
    Patent number: 10661472
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing multi-layered lignocellulose materials having a core and an upper and a lower cover layer, said method comprising the following steps a) mixing the components, b) spreading the mixtures in layers, c) pre-compressing, d) applying a high-frequency electric field e) hot pressing. According to the invention, a mixture of C) 1-15 wt.-% of a binding agent selected from the group consisting of aminoplastic resin and organic isocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups [components C)], F) 0.1-3% alkali-/akaline earth salts, for the cover layers of the lignocellulose particles G) with H) 1-15% of a binding agent selected from the group consisting of aminoplastic resin and an organic isocyanate is mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Weinkötz, Ingolf Hennig, Matthias Schade, Detlef Krug, Marco Mäbert
  • Silver nanowire synthesis with (meth)acrylate based capping agents
    Patent number: 10661348
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound as a capping agent for controlling or modifying the growth of silver nanowires in a polyol method. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of making silver nanowires. And even further, the present invention relates to a product comprising silver nanowires having adsorbed to their surface a capping agent compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Li Chen, Friederike Fleischhaker, Andrea Misske, Sylke Haremza
  • Aqueous formulations, their manufacture, and their use in hard surface cleaning
    Patent number: 10662397
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards aqueous formulations comprising (A) at least one alkoxylated polypropylenimine, (B) at least one non-ionic surfactant, selected from (B1) alkyl polyglycosides and (B2) alkoxylated C8-C14-Guerbet alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sophia Ebert, Bjoern Ludolph, Christoph Mueller, Stephan Hueffer, Alejandra Garcia Marcos
  • Lubricant composition
    Patent number: 10662390
    Abstract: A lubricant composition includes a base oil present in an amount of greater than 70 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the lubricant composition and an antioxidant. The antioxidant has the structure: wherein each X is independently C-A or N, so long as at least one X is N but no more than two of X are N. Moreover, A is H, cyano or an electron donating group that: (1) has an atom having at least one lone pair of electrons that is bonded directly to the aromatic ring; or (2) is an aryl group or alkyl group. Further, each R is independently H, an alkyl group, or aryl group and each R? is independently an alkyl group or an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Philippe Rabbat, Mary Elizabeth Dery, Bridgett Rakestraw, Sai P. Shum, Paul Angelo Odorisio
  • Process for hydrogenating toluenediamine (TDA) tar
    Patent number: 10662141
    Abstract: Process for hydrogenating toluenediamine (TDA) tar containing TDA and high boilers relative to TDA, including the step of contacting the toluenediamine tar with a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Ru, Pd, Pt on at least one catalyst support selected from the group consisting of carbon, TiO2 and ZrO2, and with hydrogen under hydrogenating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Armin Lange De Oliveira, Ines Lottenburger, Christian Bechtold, Thomas Heidemann
  • PROCESS FOR MAKING AN ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20200161652
    Abstract: Process for making an electrode active material according to general formula Li1+?TM1??O2, wherein TM is a combination of Mn, Co and Ni in combination with at least one more metal selected from Al, Ti, and W, wherein at least 60 mole-% of TM is Ni, the percentage referring to the sum of Ni, Co and Mn, and x is in the range of from zero to 0.2, said process comprising the following steps: (a) mixing (A) a mixed oxide or oxyhydroxide of Mn, Co and Ni, (B) at least one lithium compound selected from lithium hydroxide, lithium oxide and lithium carbonate, and (C) an oxide, hydroxide or oxyhydroxide of Al, Ti or W, (b) Subjecting said mixture to heat treatment at a temperature in the range of from 700 to 1000° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christoph ERK, Thomas Michael RYLL, Aleksei VOLKOV, Brandon Ray LONG, Jacob HAAG
  • A POLYETHYLENE PIPE
    Publication number: 20200157324
    Abstract: A polyethylene pipe comprising components A) and B), wherein component A) is a hindered amine light stabilizer containing a triazine residue, component B) is a natural or synthetic hydrotalcite and the weight ratio of component A) to component B) is 1:10 to 10:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tania WEYLAND, Marie Laure BERTET, Heinz HERBST
  • Lubricant composition
    Patent number: 10655079
    Abstract: A lubricant composition includes a base oil present in an amount of greater than 70 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the lubricant composition and an antioxidant. The antioxidant has the structure: wherein each X is independently CH or N, so long as at least one X is N. A is an electron donating group that (1) has an atom having at least one lone pair of electrons that is bonded directly to the aromatic ring or (2) is an aryl or alkyl group. Z is chosen from a hydrogen atom and an electron donating group that has an atom having at least one lone pair of electrons that is bonded directly to the aromatic ring or is an aryl or alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Philippe Rabbat, Mary Elizabeth Dery, Bridgett Rakestraw, Sai P. Shum, Paul Angelo Odorisio
  • Solid polymer composition obtained by polymerization of an acid group-containing monomer in the presence of a polyether compound
    Patent number: 10655088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a polymer composition, in which an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid is subjected to a free-radical polymerization in the presence of at least one polyether component, to the polymer composition obtainable by this process and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Yannick Fuchs, Helmut Witteler, Heike Weber, Alejandra Garcia Marcos, Jürgen Detering
  • Blow-moldable polyamide compositions
    Patent number: 10655013
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Claus Gabriel, Manoranjan Prusty, Martin Baumert, Norbert Güntherberg
  • Copper CHA zeolite catalysts
    Patent number: 10654031
    Abstract: Zeolite catalysts and systems and methods for preparing and using zeolite catalysts having the CHA crystal structure are disclosed. The catalysts can be used to remove nitrogen oxides from a gaseous medium across a broad temperature range and exhibit hydrothermal stable at high reaction temperatures. The zeolite catalysts include a zeolite carrier having a silica to alumina ratio from about 15:1 to about 256:1 and a copper to alumina ratio from about 0.25:1 to about 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Ivor Bull, Wen-Mei Xue, Patrick Burk, R. Samuel Boorse, William M. Jaglowski, Gerald Stephen Koermer, Ahmad Moini, Joseph A. Patchett, Joseph C. Dettling, Matthew Tyler Caudle
  • PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ALICYCLIC POLYISOCYANATE
    Publication number: 20200148809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyisocyanate (P) of general formula (I), the method for preparing polysisocyanate (P) of general formula (I) and the use of polyisocyanate (P) of general formula (I) as crosslinking reagent in clearcoats. The method for preparing polyisocyanate (P) of general formula (I) comprises the reaction of a reaction mixture (RM), which comprises at least one cyclic isocyanate of general formula (IIIa), (IIIb), (IIIc), (IIId), (IIIe) and/or (IIIf) and at least one alcohol having at least two hydroxyl groups, to obtain polyisocyanate (P) of general formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frederic LUCAS, Alexander PANCHENKO, Klaus BREUER, Frank HETTCHE, Chee Kean THAM
  • DEVICES FOR CULTIVATING CELLS COATED WITH A COPOLYMER OF POLYETHYLENEGLYKOL (METH)ACRYLATE
    Publication number: 20200148991
    Abstract: Device D for cultivating cell cultures C, wherein said device D has a surface O and comprises on its surface O at least one polymer P wherein said polymer P is a copolymer of at least one monomer M and at least one ester E of (meth)acrylic acid and polyethylene oxide, wherein said monomer M is different from ester E and has at least one ethylenically unsaturated double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rupert KONRADI, Veronique SCHWARTZ, Michael SEUFERT, Lars David RENNER, Uwe FREUDENBERG, Carsten WERNER
  • ALKYLATED TRIPHENYL PHOSPHOROTHIONATES AS SELECTIVE METAL SULPHIDE COLLECTORS
    Publication number: 20200147619
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for selectively recovering a sulphide mineral from an ore applying a collector being an alkylated triphenyl phosphorothionate. Further, the present invention is directed to the use of said alkylated triphenyl phosphorothionates to separate a target mineral from iron sulphide and/or silicate gangue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Adrian Mauricio VILLANUEVA BERINDOAGUE, Alexej MICHAILOVSKI, Scott Alexander DICKIE, Daniel CHIPFUNHU
  • Production process for producing water-absorbent polymer particles and belt dryer
    Patent number: 10647787
    Abstract: A production process for production of water absorbing polymer particles, including drying an aqueous polymer gel in a belt drier with a conveyor belt having a drier setup in the interior, in which drying air in the interior of the drier setup is conducted in countercurrent counter to the conveying direction and the interior of the drier setup is kept substantially at a reduced pressure relative to the ambient pressure outside the drier setup, and the interior has and/or forms a pressure zone, and is especially divided into a number of pressure zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerald Grünewald, Rüdiger Funk, Matthias Weismantel
  • Nickel hydroxide composite material for alkaline rechargeable battery
    Patent number: 10651459
    Abstract: Provided are uniquely structured electrochemically active particles characterized by a first electrochemically active material and a second electrochemically active material disposed about the first material whereby at least the second material includes a modifier present as a continuous transition concentration gradient from the first material into the second material whereby the concentration is lower in the first material than the second material. Also provided are processes of producing the particle and electrochemical cells incorporating the particles as a positive electrode material in a cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Kwo Young, William C. Mays, Lixin Wang