Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Ionically conductive compounds and related uses
    Patent number: 10388987
    Abstract: Articles, compositions, and methods involving ionically conductive compounds are provided. The disclosed ionically conductive compounds may be incorporated into an electrochemical cell (e.g., a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, an intercalated-cathode based electrochemical cell) as, for example, a protective layer for an electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and/or any other appropriate component within the electrochemical cell. In certain embodiments, electrode structures and/or methods for making electrode structures including a layer comprising an ionically conductive compound described herein are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SE
    Inventors: Hui Du, Tracy Earl Kelley, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Johan ter Maat
  • Emulsifiable concentrate comprising pesticide, fatty amide and lactamide
    Patent number: 10383334
    Abstract: Subject matter of the present invention is an emulsifiable concentrate comprising a water-insoluble pesticide, an amide of the formula (I) as defined herein, and a lactamide of the formula (II) as defined herein. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said concentrate; an emulsion obtainable by mixing water, a water-insoluble pesticide, the amide of the formula (I) and the lactamide of the formula (II); and to 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: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Agro B.V.
    Inventors: Murat Mertoglu, Stefan Bechtel, Natascha Annawald, Marcus Annawald
  • Sorting of carbon nanotubes
    Patent number: 10388881
    Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing a composition comprising semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes, a semiconducting polymer and solvent A (composition A), which process comprises the step of separating composition A from a composition comprising semiconducting and metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes, the semiconducting polymer and solvent B (composition B), wherein the semiconducting polymer has a band gap in the range of 0.5 to 1.8 eV and solvent A and B comprise an aromatic or a heteroaromatic solvent, composition A itself, a process for forming an electronic device, which process comprises the step of forming a layer by applying composition A to a precursor of the electronic device, as well as the electronic device obtainable by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: BASF SE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhenan Bao, Ting Lei, Ying-Chih Lai, Huiliang Wang, Pascal Hayoz, Thomas Weitz
  • Use of a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition for polishing of cobalt and / or cobalt alloy comprising substrates
    Patent number: 10385236
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition (Q) for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate (S) containing (i) cobalt and/or (ii) a cobalt alloy, wherein the CMP composition (Q) contains: (A) Inorganic particles, (B) a substituted aromatic compound with at least one carboxylic acid function as corrosion inhibitor, (C) at least one amino acid, (D) at least one oxidizer, (E) an aqueous medium, wherein the CMP composition (Q) has a pH of from 7 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert Reichardt, Max Siebert, Yongqing Lan, Michael Lauter, Sheik Ansar Usman Ibrahim, Reza Golzarian, Haci Osman Guevenc, Julian Proelss, Leonardus Leunissen
  • Thioamides and amides for controlling animal pests
    Patent number: 10385012
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof for combating animal pests, where the symbols and indices are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sebastian Soergel, Pascal Bindschaedler, Matthias Pohlman, Ralph Paulini
  • Compositions for anti pattern collapse treatment comprising gemini additives
    Patent number: 10385295
    Abstract: A method of reducing defects of a semiconductor substrate whereby the substrate is rinsed with an aqueous composition containing a gemini additive of the general formula I after the development of a photoresist or a photolithographic mask wherein X is a divalent group, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are substituted or unsubstituted monovalent groups, n is an integer from 1 to 5, or 1 to 10000 depending on R3 and R4, z is an integer, which is chosen so that the overall surfactant is electrically uncharged, and Z is a counter-ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Klipp, Andrei Honciuc, Guenter Oetter, Christian Bittner
  • Binder composition
    Patent number: 10384976
    Abstract: Binder compositions comprising as essential components at least one dispersion polymer P having a glass transition temperature ?20° C. and comprising ethyl acrylate in copolymerized form and also at least one mineral binder M exhibiting low VOC emission after curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joerg Nieberle, Sebastian Emmerling, Thomas Goetz, Bogdan Moraru
  • Candle wax compositions stabilized with UV absorbers and select hindered amine light stabilizers
    Patent number: 10385213
    Abstract: A stabilized composition includes candle wax; an ultraviolet light absorber; and a hindered amine light stabilizer of formula (I). The compositions stabilize the candle with respect to yellowing, color fading in the case of dyed or pigmented candles, and other degradation of the waxes. The materials and compositions may be used in a wide variety of a candle waxes including, but not limited to, paraffin, beeswax, natural oils, polyamide plus fatty acids and esters thereof, fatty acids such as stearin, opacifiers, glycerides plus oxidized wax, alcohols, and ethylene oligomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mervin G. Wood, Diane T. Langer, Don M. Barber, Leo Devota
  • Emulsifiable granule obtainable by mixing an pesticidal emulsion with solid dispersant and extruding the resulting paste
    Patent number: 10383327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an emulsifiable granule comprising the steps of a) emulsifying water with a solution of a pesticide in a water-insoluble solvent, b) contacting the emulsion resulting from step a) and a solid dispersant containing a water-soluble polycarboxylate and a water-soluble anionic surfactant, and c) extruding the paste resulting from step b). The invention further relates to emulsifiable granules containing a water-insoluble solvent, a pesticide, which is dissolved in the water-insoluble solvent, a water-soluble polycarboxylate, and a water-soluble anionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Claude Taranta, Thomas Bork, Jochen Schreieck, Helmut Mueller, Nadine Riediger, Clark D. Klein, Rebecca Willis, Tatjana Sikuljak, Simon Nord
  • Copolymer made from cyclic exo-vinyl carbonate acrylates
    Patent number: 10385152
    Abstract: What are described are copolymers formed from (a) at least one monomer M1 of the formula in which R1 is an organic radical having a (meth)acryloyl group, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1- to C10-alkyl group; and (b) at least one ethylenically unsaturated, free-radically copolymerizable monomer M2 other than the monomers M1. What are also described are two-pack adhesives comprising the copolymers and a polyfunctional hardener. The copolymers and the two-pack adhesives can be used as laminating adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ulrike Licht, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Rainer Klopsch, Diego Ghislieri
  • Process for preparing furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid
    Patent number: 10385033
    Abstract: A process for preparing furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid is disclosed. The process includes the following steps: preparing or providing a starting mixture including 5-(hydroxy-methyl)furfural (HMF), 5,5?-[oxy-bis(methylene)]bis-2-furfural (di-HMF), and water; subjecting said starting mixture to oxidation conditions in the presence of an oxygen-containing gas and a catalytically effective amount of a heterogeneous catalyst including one or more noble metals on a support so that both HMF and di-HMF react to give furane-2,5-dicarboxylic acid in a product mixture also including water and oxidation by-products. The use of a catalyst is also disclosed, the catalyst including one or more noble metals on a support as an heterogeneous oxidation catalyst for catalyzing in an aqueous starting mixture the reaction of both HMF and di-HMF to furane-2,5-dicarboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alvaro Gordillo, Holger Werhan, Richard Dehn, Benoit Blank, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Stephan A Schunk, Markus Piepenbrink, Rene Backes, Lei Zhang
  • PROCESS FOR THE GENERATION OF THIN INORGANIC FILMS
    Publication number: 20190248821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for generating a thin inorganic film on a substrate. In particular, the present invention relates to a process in which a compound of formula (I) is brought into a gaseous or an aerosol state and deposited from the gaseous or aerosol state onto a solid substrate: In the formula (I), R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are independently hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group or a silyl group; p is 1, 2; M is Ni or Co; X is a ?-donating ligand which coordinates M; m is 1 or 2; and n is 0 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Carolin LIMBURG, Daniel LOEFFLER, Hagen WILMER, Marc WALTER, Matthias REINERS
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING CROP YIELDS THROUGH TRAIT STACKING
    Publication number: 20190248843
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides modified, transgenic, or genome edited/mutated corn plants that are semi-dwarf and have one or more improved ear traits relative to a control plant, such as increase in ear area, increased single kernel weight, increased ear fresh weight, increased number of florets, and mitigated flowering delay. The modified, transgenic, or genome edited/mutated corn plants comprise a transgene encoding one or more CONSTANS (CO) or CONSTANS-like (COL) polypeptide and have a reduced expression of one or more GA20 or GA3 oxidase genes. Also provided are methods for producing the modified, transgenic, or genome edited/mutated corn plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: Monsanto Technology LLC, BASF Plant Science LP, BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Leonardo ALVES-JUNIOR, Wesley B. BRUCE, Charles R. DIETRICH, Natalia IVLEVA, Kian KIANI, Ryan RAPP, Thomas L. SLEWINSKI
  • PHOSPHONATE BASED LITHIUM COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20190252723
    Abstract: Phosphonate based lithium complexes of formula (I) and their use in electrolyte compositions for electrochemical cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Johannes David HOECKER, Manuel Alejandro MENDEZ AGUDELO, Ryosuke TAKEUCHI, Frederick Francois CHESNEAU, Jinbum KIM, Kazuki YOSHIDA
  • COPOLYMERS AS ADDITIVES FOR FUELS AND LUBRICANTS
    Publication number: 20190249099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel uses of copolymers for removing and/or reducing the level of deposits in the fuel system and/or injection system of direct injection diesel and/or gasoline engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maxim PERETOLCHIN, Ivette GARCIA CASTRO, Aaron FLORES-FIGUEROA, Dieter FAUL
  • MAGNETOCALORIC REGENERATORS COMPRISING MATERIALS CONTAINING COBALT, MANGANESE, BORON AND CARBON
    Publication number: 20190252097
    Abstract: Described is a magnetocaloric regenerator comprising one or more materials containing cobalt, manganese and boron and optionally carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: BASF SE, The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary P. TENER, Mykola ABRAMCHUK, Xiaoyan TAN, Michael SHATRUK, Sumohan MISRA, Daniel BARRERA-MEDRANO
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS COMPRISING BIFUNCTIONAL PHOSPHONIC ACID SILYLESTERS
    Publication number: 20190252722
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell comprising (A) an anode comprising at least one anode active material, (B) a cathode comprising at least one cathode active material selected from mixed lithium transition metal oxides containing Mn and at least one second transition metal; lithium intercalating mixed oxides containing Ni, Al and at least one second transition metal; LiNiPO4; LiMnPO4; and LiCoPO4; (C) an electrolyte composition containing (i) at least one aprotic organic solvent; (ii) at least one lithium ion containing conducting salt; (iii) a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Manuel Alejandro MENDEZ AGUDELO, Johannes David HOECKER, Frederick Francois CHESNEAU, Kazuki YOSHIDA, Jinbum KIM
  • Ternary herbicidal combination comprising saflufenacil
    Patent number: 10375959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal combination which comprises: a) a herbicide A which is 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)-pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl-(1-methylethyl)-amino]sulfonyl]benzamide, b) a single herbicide B selected from sulfentrazone, flumioxazin, dicamba and their salts and esters, and c) at least one herbicide C different from herbicides A and B which is selected from C.1) herbicides of the group of acetolactate synthase inhibitors, C.2) herbicides of the group of protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors, C.3) herbicides of the group of synthetic auxins, C.4) herbicides of the group of microtubule inhibitors, C.5) herbicides of the group of acetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitors, C.6) herbicides of the group of photosystem II inhibitors, C.7) herbicides of the group of pigment synthesis inhibitors, and C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Agro B.V.
    Inventors: Dario Massa, Richard Evans, Tobias Seiser, Matthias Witschel, Rex Liebl, Alexandre Frateschi
  • Corrosion inhibitors for fuels and lubricants
    Patent number: 10377958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel uses of corrosion inhibitors in fuels and lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochen Mezger, Maxim Peretolchin, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Markus Hansch, Ivette Garcia Castro, Klaus Muehlbach
  • Converting biomass to fermentative products
    Patent number: 10378033
    Abstract: The present application relates to reaction mixtures comprising biomass, a solid acid catalyst and cellulolytic enzymes or organisms expressing such enzymes for converting biomass to useful feedstocks and methods of forming products via fermentation using the said reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Haowen Xu, Sharad Mathur, Karin Arens