Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasticizer composition which comprises at least one cycloalkyl ester of saturated dicarboxylic acids and at least one terephthalic ester, to molding compositions which comprise a thermoplastic polymer or an elastomer and this plasticizer composition, and to the use of these plasticizer compositions and molding compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 8, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 14, 2019
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Matthias Pfeiffer, Boris Breitscheidel, Axel Grimm, Herbert Morgenstern
Abstract: The present invention relates to the cosmetic and/or nutraceutical use of an extract of the Lythrum salicaria plant and/or of gallic acid and/or one of the gallic acid derivatives, in particular vescalagin and/or castalagin. Provided is a cosmetic care process comprising the application, preferably topically, of the Lythrum salicaria extract according to the invention and/or of gallic acid and/or of one of the gallic acid derivatives, in particular vescalagin and/or castalagin, more preferentially castalagin, or of a cosmetic composition comprising it, for maintaining and/or increasing collagen expression in the skin and/or the mucous membranes, for increasing the firmness of the skin and/or of the mucous membranes and/or maintaining and/or increasing lipolysis in skin adipocytes for inducing a slimming effect onto the skin and/or decreasing, preventing and/or treating the unaesthetic manifestations of cellulite, for example the orange peel appearance of the skin and/or the jodhpur thigh appearance.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 14, 2019
Assignee:
BASF Beauty Care Solutions France SAS
Inventors:
Lysianne Cittadini, Louis Danoux, Nathalie Godard
Abstract: A catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx comprises a zeolitic material which comprises (A) one or more zeolites having a GME framework structure containing YO2 and X2O3, and optionally further comprises one or more zeolites having a CHA framework structure containing YO2 and X2O3, and/or comprises, (B) one or more zeolite intergrowth phases of one or more zeolites having a GME framework structure containing YO2 and X2O3 and one or more zeolites having a CHA framework structure containing YO2 and X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element, and the zeolitic material contains Cu and/or Fe as non-framework elements in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 15 wt. % calculated as the element and based on 100 wt. % of YO contained in the zeolitic material. Also provided are a process for its preparation, and a use in a method for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 2, 2017
Publication date:
May 9, 2019
Applicant:
BASF Corporation
Inventors:
Mathias FEYEN, Ulrich MUELLER, Faruk OEZKIRIM, Stefan DUMSER, Natalia TRUKHAN, Michaela MALTRY, Stefan MAURER
Abstract: A cyclic metals deactivation system unit for the production of equilibrium catalyst materials including a cracker vessel configured for cracking and stripping a catalyst material; and a regenerator vessel in fluid communication with the cracker vessel, the regenerator vessel configured for regeneration and steam deactivation of the catalyst material.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 27, 2017
Publication date:
May 9, 2019
Applicant:
BASF Corporation
Inventors:
James C. FU, Chandrashekhar P. KELKAR, Roman MATLIN, Johannes MANG, Andreas MULLER
Abstract: Described is an aqueous coating composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of a radically polymerized addition polymer and phyllosilicate. The aqueous polymer dispersion has a particularly low electrical conductivity. The composition can be used for providing oxygen barrier properties to polymer films.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 28, 2017
Publication date:
May 9, 2019
Applicant:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Ines PIETSCH, Konrad ROSCHMANN, Christine TONHAUSER, Kristina GEORGIEVA, Josef BREU, Patrick FEICHT
Abstract: The invention relates to a method to reduce or prevent agglomeration of polyisobutylene particles in aqueous media by LCST compounds and highly pure isobutylenes obtained thereby. The invention further relates to polyisobutylene products comprising the same or derived therefrom.
Abstract: A process for removing hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide from a fluid stream comprises a) an absorption step in which the fluid stream is contacted with an absorbent comprising an aqueous solution (i) of an amine of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; each R4 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; each R5 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; X is OH or NH(CR1R2R3); m is 2, 3, 4 or 5; n is 2, 3, 4 or 5; and o is 0 or 1; and optionally (ii) at least one tertiary amine, where the molar ratio of (i) to (ii) is greater than 0.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 2, 2019
Publication date:
May 9, 2019
Applicant:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Thomas INGRAM, Ralf NOTZ, Gerald VORBERG, Georg SIEDER
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing surface-postcrosslinked water-absorbent polymer particles by coating of water-absorbent polymer particles having a content of residual monomers in the range from 0.03 to 15% by weight with at least one surface-postcrosslinker and thermal surface-postcrosslinking at temperatures in the range from 100 to 180° C.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 12, 2018
Publication date:
May 9, 2019
Applicant:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Thomas Daniel, Norbert Herfert, Stephan Bauer, Katrin Baumann, Birgit Reinhard, Jürgen Freiberg, Christophe Bauduin, Katarzyna Dobrosielska-Oura, Michael A. Mitchell
Abstract: Copolymers comprising ethylene, vinyl esters, in particular vinyl acetate and esters of (meth)acrylic acid, selected from esters comprising branched alkyl, cyclic alkyl or optionally alkyl substituted aryl moieties and having a weight average molecular weight of 35,000 g/mol to 150,000 g/mol, formulations of such copolymers in organic solvents and their use as pour point depressant, wax inhibitor and flow enhancer for crude oils.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 4, 2019
Publication date:
May 9, 2019
Applicant:
BASF SE
Inventors:
IVETTE GARCIA CASTRO, Stefan FRENZEL, Maria HEUKEN, Jennifer JACKSON
Abstract: A spring element includes a longitudinal axis, a main body that extends along the longitudinal axis and which can be elastically deformed between an uncompressed base state and a state in which the main body is compressed in the direction of the longitudinal axis, a groove extending peripherally on the outside of the main body, and a supporting ring arranged in the groove. A plurality of cut-outs is formed between the supporting ring and the main body in the groove in the base state of the main body. A vehicle shock absorber and a vehicle can use the spring element.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a protected lithium anode for a lithium ion battery, wherein the protected lithium anode comprises metallic lithium and at least one alloy, and the present invention also relates to a process for producing an electrochemical cell comprising as one production step said process for producing said protected lithium anode.
Abstract: The use of formulations comprising (A) one or more aminocarboxylates, selected from among methylglycine diacetate (MGDA) and its alkali metal salts, glutamic acid diacetate (GLDA) and its alkali metal salts, iminodisuccinate, hydroxyethylimine diacetate and ethyleneiminodisuccinate and the corresponding alkali metal salts, (B) at least one organic compound selected from among organic phosphates, organic phosphonates and organic phosphites and salts of the abovementioned organic compounds, and (C) optionally water, for application to plants or the ground.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 19, 2012
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Stephan Hueffer, Alejandra Garcia Marcos, Paul Klingelhoefer, Gerhard Schnabel
Abstract: The present invention relates to salts of etheramines and polymeric acid, and in particular to salts of etheramines and polycarboxylic acid and their manufacturing process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 11, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Bernhard Ulrich von Vacano, Sophia Ebert, Bjoern Ludolph, Christof Wilhelm Wigbers, Christian Eidamshaus, Brian J. Loughnane, Frank Huelskoetter, Stefano Scialla
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a polyurethane sealant, which comprises mixing (a) polyisocyanate, (b) polyetherpolyols, (c) aliphatic, exclusively amine initiated alkoxylation products having an OH-number of 400 to 1000 mg KOH/g and a functionality of 4, (d) blowing agents and optionally (e) chain extenders and/or crosslinking agents, (f) catalysts and (g) auxiliaries and/or additives to give a reaction mixture and reacting the reaction mixture to give the polyurethane sealant. The present invention further relates to a cast in place polyurethane sealant, obtained according to a process according to the present invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 7, 2014
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Yue Xia Feng, Cheun Gwo Chen, Andreas Emge, Jia Liang Di
Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a toxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated toxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:50-96, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1-47, as well as variants and fragments thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 13, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC
Inventors:
Kimberly S. Sampson, Daniel John Tomso, Razvan Valeriu Dumitru
Abstract: The invention relates to physically, thermally and physically, or thermally curable aqueous coating compositions comprising A) at least one polyurethane selected from the group consisting of physically curable, thermally self-crosslinking and/or thermally externally crosslinking, ionically and/or nonionically stabilized polyurethanes, which are saturated, unsaturated and/or grafted with olefinically unsaturated compounds, as binder and B) at least one leaflet-shaped metallic pigment produced by PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) methods, the amount of B), based on the total binder content of the coating composition, being less than 10% by weight, and the total binder content, based on the coating composition, being less than 12% by weight. The invention further relates to a process for producing the compositions and to their use in particular in the production of coatings.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 16, 2008
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
BASF Coatings GmbH
Inventors:
Norbert Low, Stephan Schwarte, Peter Sonntag, Melina Rutte, Kurt Hupp
Abstract: A process for producing expanded pellets from a thermoplastic elastomer having an elongation at break of more than 100% measured to DIN EN ISO 527-2, comprising: (a) pressing a polymer melt comprising a blowing agent through a perforated disk (18) controlled to a temperature between 150° C. and 280° C. and into a pelletizing chamber (26), (b) using a cutting device (20) to comminute the polymer melt pressed through the perforated disk (18) into individual expanding pellets, (c) discharging the pellets from the pelletizing chamber (26) using a liquid stream (36), wherein the blowing agent comprises CO2 and/or N2 and the amount of blowing agent in the polymer melt is from 0.5 to 2.5 wt %, the pelletizing chamber (26) is traversed by a stream of liquid at a temperature between 5° C. and 90° C. and the pressure of 0.1 bar to 20 bar above ambient pressure such that the pellets are expanded in the pressurized liquid by the blowing agent, producing expanded pellets having an uninterrupted skin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 11, 2014
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Christian Däschlein, Peter Gutmann, Frank Prissok, Uwe Keppeler, Jürgen Ahlers
Abstract: An absorbent for removing carbon dioxide from a fluid stream, comprising an aqueous solution a) of an amine of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; each R4 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-4alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; each R5 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; X is OH or NH(CR1R2R3); m is 2, 3, 4 or 5; n is 2, 3, 4 or 5; and o is 0 or 1; and b) at least one activator selected from b1) a sterically unhindered primary amine and/or a sterically unhindered secondary amine; and a carboanhydrase. The absorbent allows rapid absorption of carbon dioxide from fluid streams.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 20, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Thomas Ingram, Ralf Notz, Gerald Vorberg, Georg Sieder, Gustavo Adolfo Lozano Martinez, Hugo Rafael Garcia Andarcia
Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamination printing ink comprising an aqueous polyurethane dispersion binder, pigments, an aqueous carrier and optional additives, wherein the polyurethane is made of polyisocyanates, specific polyesterdiols, polytetrahydrofuran diol, monohydroxy-poly(alkylene oxide), diamino acid compound, polyamine compound and optionally one or more low molecular weight polyols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 14, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Paola Romanato, Karl Haeberle, Arjan Thomas Termaten, Steven Zijlstra, Wouter Toutenhoofd
Abstract: The invention is directed to the production of metal-carbon containing bodies, which process comprises impregnating cellulose, cellulose-like or carbohydrate bodies with an aqueous solution of at least one metal compound, followed by heating the impregnated bodies in an inert and substantially oxygen-free atmosphere, thereby reducing at least part of the at least one metal compound to the corresponding metal or metal alloy.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2014
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
BASF Corporation
Inventors:
Jacobus Hoekstra, John Wilhelm Geus, Leonardus Wijnand Jenneskens, Dirk van de Kleut, Edward Jan Vlietstra