Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Stabilizer for polymer polyol production processes
    Patent number: 10472458
    Abstract: This invention relates to a stabilizer for polymer polyol production processes, its production and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Koenig, Dejan Petrovic
  • Use of dithiophosphinic acid and/or its salts for producing anti-corrosion coatings that are devoid of chrome
    Patent number: 10472525
    Abstract: Use of dithiophosphinic acids of the general formula HS2P(R1)(R2) and/or salts thereof for producing chrome-free, polymer-containing corrosion control layers on metallic surfaces, R1 and R2 independently of one another each being organic radicals having 1 to 30 C atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Monica Fernandez Gonzalez, Markus Hickl, Cordula Mock-Knoblauch, Manfred Essig, Wolfgang Schrepp, Manfred Biehler
  • One-component amino resin coating compositions
    Patent number: 10472539
    Abstract: The present invention relates to one-component amino resin coating compositions having good chemical resistance, a good balance of hardness to elasticity, and rapid drying, to their use, and to methods for coating. Synthesis components that the coating compositions comprise include amino resin, hydroxyl-containing polymers as principal polyols, and certain branched polyester polyols, obtainable by polycondensation of hexahydrophthalic anhydride, trimethylolpropane, and optionally further components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Harald Schaefer, David Tuerp, Daniel Flojhar
  • Methods and means for modulating flowering time in monocot plants
    Patent number: 10472645
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of monocot FLC sequences, such as wheat FLC sequences, as well as their uses in modulating flowering time, seed development and seed germination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: BASF SE, BAYER CROPSCIENCE NV
    Inventors: Koen Geuten, Kerstin Kaufmann, Philip Ruelens
  • Polyether-based reaction products and aqueous basecoat materials comprising said products
    Patent number: 10472541
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprising a polyether-based reaction product which is preparable by reaction of (a) at least one diisocyanate of the formula (I) OCN—Y—NCO??(I) in which Y is a divalent aliphatic, aromatic or araliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 6 to 30 carbon atoms, with (b) at least one polyether of the general structural formula (II) in which R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical and n is selected accordingly such that the polyether (b) possesses a number-average molecular weight of 200 to 4000 g/mol, where components (a) and (b) are used in the reaction in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7 and the resulting reaction product possesses a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 15 000 g/mol and an isocyanate content of less than 0.2%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Steinmetz, Peter Hoffmann, Hardy Reuter
  • Cotton variety ST 5471GLTP
    Patent number: 10470428
    Abstract: The cotton variety ST 5471GLTP is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 5471GLTP with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of ST 5471GLTP and to plants of ST 5471GLTP reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from ST 5471GLTP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS SEED, US LLC, COTTON SEED INTERNATIONAL PROPRIETARY LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Robinson, Michael Swindle
  • Exhaust gas treatment catalyst
    Patent number: 10471413
    Abstract: Described is a catalyst composition suitable for use as a selective catalytic reduction catalyst, including small-pore molecular sieve particles having a pore structure and a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms and impregnated with a promoter metal, and metal oxide particles dispersed within the small-pore molecular sieve particles and external to the pore structure of the small-pore molecular sieve particles, wherein the metal oxide particles include one or more oxides of a transition metal or lanthanide of Group 3 or Group 4 of the Periodic Table. A method for preparing the catalyst, a method for selectively reducing nitrogen oxides, and an exhaust gas treatment system are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Jaya L. Mohanan, Gary A. Gramiccioni, John Hochmuth, Kenneth E. Voss
  • Chimney tray for a column for thermal treatment of fluid mixtures
    Patent number: 10471369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chimney tray (3) for a column (1) for thermal treatment of fluid mixtures, comprising a collecting tray (4) and at least two chimneys (5-1, 5-2) spaced apart horizontally in the collecting tray (4), where each chimney (5-1, 5-2) forms a vertically aligned chimney body (6-1, 6-2) which forms a passage orifice (7-1, 7-2) through the collecting tray (4), and has a cover unit (8-1, 8-2) arranged spaced apart from the chimney body (6-1, 6-2), and where the cover unit (8-1, 8-2) covers the respective passage orifices (7-1, 7-2) in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ulrich Hammon, Thomas Walter
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20190337970
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of processes for the production of nanoparticles. It relates to a process for the preparation of nanoparticles comprising heating a water-free solution containing (a) a metal-organic compound containing an alkaline earth metal and a group 4 metal, and (b) a stabilizer to at least 150° C. for at least 30 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicants: BASF SE, Ghent University
    Inventors: Maximilian HEMGESBERG, Carlos LIZANDARA, Jan BENNEWITZ, Armin MEYER, Stephan A. SCHUNK, Timo EMMERT, Isabel van DRIESSCHE, Katrien DE KEUKELEERE, Hannes RIJCKAERT, Glen POLLEFEYT, Jonathan DE ROO
  • Compositions containing derivatized polyamines
    Patent number: 10465086
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are aqueous coating compositions containing an anionically stabilized polymer, one or more derivatized polyamines, and a volatile base. Coating compositions can further include one or more additional copolymers, which may or may not be anionically stabilized, and/or additional additives, including pigments, defoamers, pigment dispersing agents, thickeners, surfactants, and combinations thereof. By incorporating a derivatized polyamine, such as an alkoxylated polyamine, the setting time of the coating compositions can be decreased. Also provided are coatings formed from the coating compositions described herein, as well as methods of forming these coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Randall Petrie, Luke S. Egan, Sridhar G. Iyer, Armin Burghart, Jeremy Funk
  • Fungal resistant plants expressing MybTF
    Patent number: 10465204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the order Pucciniales in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of a MybTF protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the order Pucciniales, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding a MybTF protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Schultheiss, Ralf Flachmann, Tobias Mentzel
  • Cartridge holder, multichamber cartridges and metering and mixing devices which comprise these
    Patent number: 10464086
    Abstract: A metering and mixing device contains a multichamber cartridge and a cartridge holder having a reception container for the multichamber cartridge and a compressed air connection and a connection for an application device. The reception container has an internal tube arranged coaxially to the walls of the cartridge holder and equipped with static mixing elements. The multichamber cartridge contains an upper portion having a directional valve, a middle portion configured as a tubular empty space surrounded by at least two chambers arranged tubularly in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the cartridge, and a lower portion having a piston for each chamber. The multichamber cartridge is arranged in the cartridge holder such that the inner wall of the inner tube of the multichamber cartridge bears, leak-tight, against the outer wall of the tube of the cartridge holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Sibylle Schoeps, Thomas Krueger, Joachim Vosskuhl, Roland Andreas Meisner, Ernst Schneider
  • Oxidation catalyst and method for its preparation
    Patent number: 10464052
    Abstract: Described is a process for the preparation of a catalyst. The process comprises (i) providing a substrate which is optionally coated with one or more coating layers; (ii) impregnating one or more particulate support materials with one or more platinum group elements; (iii) adding one or more alkaline earth elements and one or more solvents to the product obtained in step (ii) to obtain a slurry; (iv) adjusting the pH of the slurry obtained in step (iii) to a value ranging from 7 to 10 (v) adjusting the pH of the slurry to a value ranging from 2 to 6; (vi) optionally milling the slurry obtained in step (v); (vii) providing the slurry obtained in step (vi) onto the optionally coated substrate in one or more coating steps. Describes is as a catalyst which is obtainable according to said process and its use in the treatment of exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marcus Hilgendorff, Alfred H. Punke, Torsten Neubauer, Gerd Grubert
  • Fungal resistant plants expressing HCP7
    Patent number: 10462994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the family Phacosporaceae in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of an HCP7 protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding an HCP7 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Schultheiss, Ralf Flachmann
  • Composition comprising a pesticide and isononanoic acid N,N-dimethyl amide
    Patent number: 10463040
    Abstract: A composition comprising a pesticide and a certain carboxylic acid amide, i.e. isononanoic acid N,N-dimethyl amide, is described herein. Also disclosed is a method for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesirable plant growth and/or undesirable insect or mite infestation and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, the habitat thereof or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or the habitat thereof. Furthermore, use of the carboxylic acid amide as a solvent for pesticides with no or low phytotoxicity is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kristin Tiefensee, Ingo Fleute-Schlachter, Verena Mormul, Bernd Siegel
  • Shampoos and conditioners having a conditioning effect
    Patent number: 10463888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition suitable as a shampoo or hair conditioner, comprising at least one surfactant, at least one cationic polymer, ethoxylated fatty acid glycerides, ethoxylated mono- and diglycerol esters, trimethylpropane EO/PO trioleate, NaCl and water. The present invention further relates to an intermediate suitable for preparing said composition, comprising ethoxylated fatty acid glycerides, ethoxylated mono- and diglycerol esters and trimethylpropane EO/PO trioleate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Werner Mauer, Werner Seipel, Hans-Martin Haake, Sybille Cornelsen, Guadalupe Pellon, Birgit Glasmacher, Helga Gondek
  • Method for treating gypsum
    Patent number: 10464851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a gypsum-containing foamed prefabricated building material and to a gypsum-containing foamed prefabricated building material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Construction Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Gehrig, Klaus Möller, Michael Schinabeck, Martin Pichler, Joachim Pakusch, Ekkehard Jahns
  • Pigmented coating agent and coatings produced therefrom
    Patent number: 10465088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solventborne, pigmented coating composition having a solids fraction of at least 35%, which comprises, based on the total amount of the coating composition, 0.1 to 1.5 wt % of at least one copolymer (A), where the copolymer (A) is obtainable by copolymerization of a mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers (a) in at least one organic solvent, the mixture of monomers (a) to be polymerized consists of (a1) 10 to 60 mol % of at least one monomer of the formula (I) below where R1?C1 to C4 alkoxy, R2?C1 to C4 alkyl, and m=0 to 2, and also (a2) 40 to 90 mol % of at least one further olefinically unsaturated monomer, and the copolymer (A) possesses a glass transition temperature Tg of at least ?30° C. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a multicoat paint system using the coating composition, and to the multicoat paint systems themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Poppe, Norbert Loew, Cathrin Corten, Britta Schnieders, Wei Qiu Hu
  • Process for making cathode materials for lithium ion batteries
    Patent number: 10468678
    Abstract: Process for making a particulate material of general formula (I), wherein the integers are defined as follows: M is selected from Al and Ti, x is in the range of from 0.015 to 0.03, a is in the range of from 0.3 to 0.6, b is in the range of from 0.05 to 0.35, c is in the range of from 0.2 to 0.5, d is in the range of from 0.001 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Aleksei Volkov, Jordan Lampert, Thomas Michael Ryll, Ji-Yong Shin, Markus Hoelzle, Michael Eder
  • Absorbent for selective removal of hydrogen sulfide from a fluid stream
    Patent number: 10464013
    Abstract: An absorbent for selective removal of hydrogen sulfide from a fluid stream comprises an aqueous solution of a) a tertiary amine, b) a sterically hindered secondary amine of the general formula (I) in which R1 and R2 are each independently selected from C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each independently selected from hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl, with the proviso that at least one R4 and/or R5 radical on the carbon atom bonded directly to the nitrogen atom is C1-4-alkyl or C1-4-hydroxyalkyl when R3 is hydrogen; x and y are integers from 2 to 4 and z is an integer from 1 to 4; where the molar ratio of b) to a) is in the range from 0.05 to 1.0, and c) an acid in an amount, calculated as neutralization equivalent relative to the protonatable nitrogen atoms in a) and b), of 0.05 to 15.0%. One preferred amine of the formula I is 2-(2-tert-butylaminoethoxy)ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerald Vorberg, Ralf Notz, Thomas Ingram, Georg Sieder, Torsten Katz