Patents Assigned to BASF
  • ELECTROLYTE COMPRISING CYCLIC DINITRILES AND FLUOROETHERS
    Publication number: 20190115624
    Abstract: The invention is aimed at combining dinitrile heterocyclic additives with fluoroethers additives for electrolyte compositions, electrolyte compositions containing the additives and electrochemical devices containing the additives. The electrolyte compositions are suitable for use in electrochemical devices such as lithium ion batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Mei Mei WU, Jacky YANG, Itamar Michael MALKOWSKY
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A POLYACRYLAMIDE SOLUTION WITH INCREASED VISCOSITY
    Publication number: 20190112399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a polyacrylamide solution having increased viscosity. In particular, the present invention is related to the separation of a biocatalyst from an aqueous acrylamide solution prepared utilizing the biocatalyst prior to polymerization of the aqueous acrylamide solution to polyacrylamide. A polyacrylamide solution having in creased viscosity is well suited to be used in tertiary oil recovery. Accordingly, the present application provides means and methods to crucially improve the quality of polyacrylamide solutions for use in tertiary oil recovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bjoern LANGLOTZ, Linda GARELLA, Michael Guenter BRAUN, Juergen DAEUWEL
  • RADIATION CURABLE COATING COMPOSITION BASED ON CHAIN-EXTENDED AND CROSS-LINKED POLYURETHANES
    Publication number: 20190112500
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous polyurethane dispersions that are curable with UV radiation. The polyurethanes are chain-extended with aromatic, cycloaliphatic or aliphatic diamine compound and cross-linked with aliphatic triamine compound. The polyurethanes are useful dispersions for coating various substrates. The use of the invented dispersions results in high hardness, very good flexibility and good chemical resistance in both clear coats and pigmented coatings before and after UV curing combined with very good adhesion to different substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sebastian BERGER, Peter Thuery, Susanne Neumann, Christine Roesch, Uwe Burkhardt, Katharina Andes, Stefan Wahl, Manfred Biehler, Sebastian Roller
  • 3-phenyl-benzofuran-2-one derivatives containing phosphorus as stabilizers
    Patent number: 10259931
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising an organic material susceptible to oxidative, thermal or light-induced degradation and a compound of formula I-P, I-O or I-M Further embodiments are a compound of formula I-P, I-O or I-M, a process for protection of the organic material by the compound, the use of the compound for stabilizing the organic material, an additive composition comprising the compound, a process for manufacturing the compound and intermediates involved therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Werner Hoelzl, Bruno Rotzinger, Kai-Uwe Schoening, Roswell Easton King
  • Nitrous oxide removal catalysts for exhaust systems
    Patent number: 10260395
    Abstract: A nitrous oxide (N2O) removal catalyst composite is described, which includes: a N2O removal catalytic material on a carrier, wherein the catalytic material comprises a platinum group metal (PGM) component on a ceria-containing support having a single phase, cubic fluorite crystal structure. The catalytic material is effective to decompose nitrous oxide (N2O) to nitrogen (N2) and oxygen (O2) and/or to reduce N2O to N2 and water (H2O) and/or (CO2) under conditions of an exhaust stream of an internal combustion engine operating under conditions that are stoichiometric or lean with periodic rich transient excursions. Methods of making and using the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Yuejin Li, Xiaolai Zheng, Stanley A. Roth, Olga Gerlach, Andreas Sundermann
  • PT and/or PD egg-shell catalyst and use thereof
    Patent number: 10258967
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of catalysis. More particularly, the present invention is directed to supported precious metal catalysts, preferably palladium and/or platinum metal catalysts, having a high metal loading, a high degree of dispersion and a high degree of edge-coating. The present invention is further directed to a process for producing these catalysts, as well as to the use of these catalysts in chemical reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Witte, Lei Zhang, Robert Terorde
  • Process for preparing a mixture comprising 5-(hydroxymethyl) furfural and specific HMF esters
    Patent number: 10259797
    Abstract: Provided herein is a process for preparing a mixture including 5-(hydroxy-methyl)furfural (HMF) and one or more HMF esters of formula (I), the process including the following steps: (A-1) preparing or providing a starting mixture which includes one, two or more carbohydrate compounds and as the solvent or as a co-solvent for the carbohydrate compounds an amount of one or more carboxylic acid esters of formula (II); (A-2) subjecting the starting mixture to reaction conditions so that at least one of the one, two or more carbohydrate compounds reacts, and a fraction of the amount of one or more carboxylic acid esters of formula (II) is hydrolyzed, so that a mixture results that includes 5-(hydroxy-methyl)furfural and/or the one or more HMF esters of formula (I), one or more carboxylic acids of formula (III) and a remaining fraction of the amount of one or more carboxylic acid esters of formula (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alvaro Gordillo, Martin Alexander Bohn, Stephan A Schunk, Ivana Jevtovikj, Holger Werhan, Svenia Duefert, Markus Piepenbrink, Rene Backes, Richard Dehn
  • Catalyzed SCR filter and emission treatment system
    Patent number: 10258972
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst article for simultaneously remediating the nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons present in diesel engine exhaust streams. The catalyst article has a soot filter coated with a material effective in the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx by a reductant, e.g., ammonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph A. Patchett, Joseph C. Dettling, Elizabeth A. Przybylski
  • Binder system for high-gloss coatings
    Patent number: 10259967
    Abstract: Binder systems for high-gloss coatings and processes for producing them are provided, where the binder systems are prepared by preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion by radically initiated aqueous emulsion polymerization using defined first and second polymerization stages wherein the weight ratio of the sum of the total amounts of first polymerization stage monomers A1 to C1 (total monomer amount 1) to the sum of the total amounts of second polymerization stage monomers A2 to C2 (total monomer amount 2) is in the range 5:95 to 70:30, the amount of chain transfer agent in the second polymerization stage is selected such that the resulting overall polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of ?15 000 and ?50 000 g/mol, and the amount of the dispersing assistant is ?3.0 wt %, based on the sum of total monomer amount 1 and total monomer amount 2 (total monomer amount).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ulrich Tromsdorf, Rabie Al-Hellani, Frederic Lucas, Sebastian Roller
  • Method for producing polyurethane rigid foams and polyisocyanurate rigid foams
    Patent number: 10259906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyester polyols obtainable or obtained by esterification of 10 to 70 mol % of at least one compound from the group consisting of terephthalic acid (TPA), dimethyl terephthalate (DMT), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), phthalic anhydride (PA), phthalic acid and isophthalic acid, 0.1 to 30 mol % of one or more fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives, 10 to 70 mol % of one or more aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diols having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or alkoxylates thereof, 5 to 70 mol % of a polyether polyol prepared by alkoxylating an aromatic starter molecule having a functionality of not less than 2, and of 0 to 70 mol % of a tri- or polyol other than the polyether polyol, all based on the total amount of the components used, wherein the amounts used of the components add up to 100 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tobias Kaluschke, Gunnar Kampf
  • Method for the preparation of compounds having a 16-oxabicyclo[10.3.1]pentadecene scaffold and the subsequent products thereof
    Patent number: 10259822
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing compounds having a 16-oxabicyclo[10.3.1]pentadecene skeleton, specifically 14-methyl-16-oxabicyclo[10.3.1]pentadecenes, and conversion products thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Albert Werner, Miriam Bru Roig, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Stefan Rüdenauer, Stephan Maurer, Manuel Danz
  • Catalyst coatings incorporating binder compositions
    Patent number: 10258968
    Abstract: Disclosed in certain implementations is a catalysis composition that includes a metal catalyst and a support material impregnated with the metal catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Buelow, Steven W. Chin, Jeffrey Barmont Hoke, Nicholas R. Leclerc, David M. Robinson
  • HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS FOR ORGANIC PIGMENT DISPERSIONS AND WATER-SENSITIVE PIGMENTS
    Publication number: 20190106592
    Abstract: Aryl-modified hyperbranched polyols are described, as are coating compositions containing these polyols. These polyols enable waterborne coating compositions that: include water-sensitive pigments; are storage stable; and have a low content of VOCs, as well as solventborne coating compositions that: include organic pigments; are storage stable; and enable certain enhanced color properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Emerson Keith Colyer, Abhijit Jadhav
  • BOUND STOPPER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20190106526
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a bound stopper, which has high mechanical strength, is excellent in durability against fatigue breaking, settling or the like when a heavy load is repeatedly received, and is easy to be produced, in which the bound stopper comprises a polyurethane foam obtained from a polyurethane foam composition containing an isocyanate component and a blowing agent, and the isocyanate component contains a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group, the urethane prepolymer being obtained from a polyol component, a polyrotaxane containing a cyclic molecule having an active hydrogen group as a constituent, and an isocyanate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicants: BASF INOAC Polyurethanes Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyuki MAKIHARA, Yoshikatsu HATAKEYAMA
  • PLATINUM GROUP METAL CATALYSTS SUPPORTED ON LARGE PORE ALUMINA SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20190105636
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a three-way conversion (TWC) catalyst composition suitable for at least partial conversion of gaseous hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen oxides (NOx). Generally, the catalyst composition comprises a platinum group metal component impregnated into a porous refractory oxide support, wherein the porous refractory oxide support has an average pore radius ranging from about 250 ? to about 5,000 ?, a total intrusion volume of at least about 1.8 ml/g, and a porosity of at least about 80%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoming Wang, Michel Deeba
  • Catalytic articles containing platinum group metals and non-platinum group metals and methods of making and using same
    Patent number: 10252217
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention pertain to catalytic articles and methods of making catalytic articles comprising a first catalytic coating comprising a platinum group metal, wherein the first catalytic coating is substantially free of Cu, Ni, Fe, Mn, V, Co, Ga, Mo, Mg, Cr and Zn; a second catalytic coating comprising a non-PGM metal, wherein the second catalytic coating is substantially free of any platinum group metal; and one or more substrates, wherein the first catalytic coating is separated from the second catalytic coating, optionally with a barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Qinglin Zhang, Ye Liu, Pascaline Harrison Tran, Xinsheng Liu, Michelle Casper, Michael P. Galligan, John R. Adomaitis, Shau-Lin F. Chen, Weiliang Feng
  • Security elements and method for their manufacture
    Patent number: 10252561
    Abstract: The present invention relates to complex security elements based on liquid crystal coatings which are subsequently coated with specific metallic nano-shaped metal particles, a method for their manufacture, in particular on a glass, paper or on a plastic substrate and a security product obtainable using the security element. The security element may contain additionally an embossed surface relief microstructure, especially an optically variable image (an optically variable device, OVD), such as a hologram. A further aspect of the invention is the use of such a security element for the prevention of counterfeit or reproduction of a document of value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michelle Richert, Oliver Seeger, Nikolay A. Grigorenko
  • Composite pavement structure
    Patent number: 10253460
    Abstract: A process for making a composite pavement structure comprising primed glass aggregate particles and a polymeric binder composition is disclosed. Systems and methods are also disclosed for the priming of glass aggregate particles. In one embodiment, the glass aggregate particles range from about 0.1 to about 0.5 inch in diameter and are exposed to a coupling agent in solution, for example an aqueous aminosilane solution, in an amount of about 1 to about 10 parts by weight of solution based on 100 parts by weight of the glass aggregate particles wherein the aqueous solution contains about 0.01 to about 5.0 parts by weight coupling agent based on 100 parts by weight of solution. After exposure, the primer is allowed to react and bond with the glass aggregate particles for a predetermined time period to provide primed glass particles, for example silylated glass particles, which are then dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: BASF SE, Pervious Paving Contractors LLC
    Inventors: Steven Hicks, David K. Bower, William Handlos
  • Method of dehydrating 3-hydroxypropionic acid to form acrylic acid
    Patent number: 10252970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for dehydrating aqueous 3-hydroxypropionic acid to acrylic acid in the liquid phase, wherein aqueous acrylic acid is removed continuously from the liquid phase and the aqueous 3-hydroxypropionic acid and/or the liquid phase have a high content of oligomeric 3-hydroxypropionic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tim Blaschke, Ortmund Lang, Nicolai Tonio Wörz, Christian Raith, Marco Hartmann, Marta Zajaczkowski-Fischer
  • Alkylglycoside sulfomethylsuccinate surfactants
    Patent number: 10253058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkyl glycoside sulfomethylsuccinate having the formula R1-O-Sn-R2 wherein R1 is an alkyl radical having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, S is a monosaccharide moiety, and R2 is a sulfomethylsuccinate moiety. Furthermore the present invention relates to a process for making this alkyl glycoside sulfomethylsuccinate and to an alkyl glycoside itaconate which is a useful intermediate for use in this process. Furthermore the present invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising the alkyl glycoside sulfomethylsuccinate and to the use of the alkyl glycoside sulfomethylsuccinate for improving the foam stability of a cosmetic composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Laurence Pottie, Eva Max, Frank Clasen, Christian Schade