Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Patent number: 10186664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) where R1 and R2 independently of each other, are selected from 1H,1H—C2-C10-perfluoroalkyl and 1H,1H,2H,2H—C3-C10-perfluoroalkyl, except for the compound of formula (I), where R1 and R2 are both 1H,1H-perfluorobutyl, and to their use, especially as an n-type semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Gessner, Daniel Kaelblein, Jochen Brill, Thomas Musiol, Frank Wuerthner, Sabin-Lucian Suraru, Matthias Stolte
  • Patent number: 10184094
    Abstract: Mixtures comprising a mixture of compounds (A), said mixture comprising a mixture of compounds according to the general formula (I) wherein R1 is C1-C4-alkyl, linear or branched, or hydrogen, R2 is —CH2CH2R1, each G1 is glucose or xylose, wherein in the range of from 70 to 95% mole-% are glucose and from 5 to 30 mole-% are xylose, the average of x is in the range of from 1.1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frederic Bauer, Rainer Eskuchen
  • Patent number: 10183426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of an expandable thermoplastic polymer comprising water as blowing agent, comprising at least the step (A) of storage of the thermoplastic polymer in water, so that water is absorbed by the thermoplastic polymer, in order to obtain an expandable thermoplastic polymer, to expandable thermoplastic polymer, obtainable via the process, to a corresponding expanded thermoplastic polymer, to a process for the production of a foam via foaming and fusion of the expanded thermoplastic polymer, and also to a foam, obtainable via said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Braun, Frank Prissok
  • Publication number: 20190016650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing butadiene from n-butenes having the steps: A) providing a feed gas stream a comprising n-butenes; B) feeding the feed gas stream a comprising the n-butenes and an oxygen-comprising gas into at least one oxidative dehydrogenation zone and oxidatively dehydrogenating n-butenes to butadiene, wherein a product gas stream b comprising butadiene, unreacted n-butenes, steam, oxygen, low-boiling hydrocarbons, high-boiling minor components, possibly carbon oxides and possibly inert gases is obtained; Ca) cooling the product gas stream b by contacting it with a refrigerant and condensing at least a part of the high-boiling minor components; Cb) compressing the remaining product gas stream b in at least one compression stage, wherein at least one aqueous condensate stream c1 and a gas stream c2 comprising butadiene, n-butenes, steam, oxygen, low-boiling hydrocarbons, possibly carbon oxides and possibly inert gases are obtained; Da) separating off non-condensable and low-b
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicants: BASF SE, Linde AG
    Inventors: Jan Pablo JOSCH, Georgios KARANIKOULIS, Oliver HAMMEN, Claudia MOSSBACHER, Ulrike WENNING, Anton WELLENHOFER, Christine TOEGEL, Hendrik REYNEKE
  • Publication number: 20190016919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation-curable coating composition, especially for producing a scratch-resistant coating on polycarbonate surfaces, comprising at least one urethane acrylate of an isocyanurate trimer of 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate and butanediol monoacrylate. The invention also relates to a method for producing scratch-resistant coatings on polycarbonate surfaces, to the use of the coating composition, and to a substrate coated accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Isabelle KAUFFER, Guenter KLEIN, Peter MAYENFELS, Ulrike WENKING, Thomas LEITNER
  • Publication number: 20190016915
    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: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Harald SCHAEFER, David TUERP, Daniel FLOJHAR
  • Publication number: 20190016931
    Abstract: A description is given of the use of a one-component laminating adhesive for composite film lamination, and also of a method for composite film lamination. The laminating adhesive comprises an aqueous polymer dispersion preparable by radical emulsion polymerization of monomers comprising (a) at least 60 wt %, based on the total amount of monomers, of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of C1 to C20 alkyl acrylates, C1 to C20 alkyl methacrylates, vinyl esters of carboxylic acids comprising up to 20 carbon atoms, vinylaromatics having up to 20 carbon atoms, vinyl halides, vinyl ethers of alcohols comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, aliphatic hydrocarbons having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and one or two double bonds, and mixtures of these monomers, and (b) at least 0.1 wt %, based on the total amount of monomers, of at least one monomer having at least one acid group, and (c) 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz SCHUMACHER, Christine TONHAUSER, Christoph KIENER, Peter PREISHUBER-PFLUEGL, Andrea KUNTZ
  • Publication number: 20190016858
    Abstract: A process for preparing polymeric compounds comprising ionic imidazolium groups (polymeric imidazolium compounds for short) comprising reacting —an ?-dicarbonyl compound, —an amino compound having at least two primary amino groups (referred to as oligoamine), —a protic acid, —less than 1 mol of a compound with only one aldehyde group (referred to as monoaldehyde) per mol of oligoamine and —optionally further compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Berkan LINDNER
  • Patent number: 10179741
    Abstract: A process for the post-treatment of a zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure, the process comprising (i) providing a zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure, wherein the framework structure of the zeolitic material comprises X2O3 and YO2, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element and wherein the molar ratio X2O3:YO2 is greater than 0.02:1; (ii) treating the zeolitic material provided in (i) with a liquid solvent system thereby obtaining a zeolitic material having a molar ratio X2O3:YO2 of at most 0.02:1, and at least partially separating the zeolitic material from the liquid solvent system; (iii) treating the zeolitic material obtained from (ii) with a liquid aqueous system having a pH in the range of 5.5 to 8 and a temperature of at least 75° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Jeff Yang, Stefan Maurer, Manuela Gaab, Karsten Seidel, Olga Gerlach, Ulrich Mueller
  • Patent number: 10179891
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of branched polyesters obtainable by polycondensation of citric acid with at least one polyalcohol, and optionally with polycarboxylic acid component as additive in washing compositions, cleaners, detergents or a formulation for water treatment and to mixtures comprising such branched polyesters. The invention further relates to the use of hydrophobically modified branched polyesters, and to the method for cleaning, washing or water treatment using such branched polyesters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jürgen Detering, Monika Haberecht, Anna Müller-Cristadoro, Heike Weber
  • Patent number: 10179923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for cyclizing geranyllinalool using the squalene-hopene cyclase from Zymomonas mobilis (Zm-SHC) or a cyclase with at least 80% sequence identity to the Zm-SHC, and cyclization products obtained in this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Breuer, Ralf Pelzer
  • Patent number: 10179185
    Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles is provided, comprising a) a polymerization step in which an aqueous monomer solution comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer M which bears acid groups and may have been at least partly neutralized and at least one crosslinker is polymerized to obtain an aqueous polymer gel; b) a pelletization step in which the aqueous polymer gel having a solids content of 35 to 70% by weight and a temperature of 75 to 125° C. is forced from a high-pressure zone through a die plate into a low-pressure zone and pellets are obtained, the pressure differential between the high-pressure zone and the low-pressure zone being 4 to less than 14 bar and the orifice ratio of the die plate being 30 to 80%; c) a drying step in which the pellets are dried to a moisture content of less than 10% by weight; d) a grinding step and a classifying step to obtain water-absorbing polymer particles; and e) surface crosslinking of the water-absorbing polymer particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Braun, Monica Haag, Stephan Deuerlein, Volker Klock, Roland Krauss
  • Patent number: 10179759
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chromatographic separation process for recovering a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) product from a feed mixture, which comprises: (a) purifying the feed mixture in a first chromatographic separation step using an eluent a mixture of water and a first organic solvent, to obtain an intermediate product; and (b) purifying the intermediate product in a second chromatographic separation step using as eluent a mixture of water and a second organic solvent, to obtain the PUFA product, wherein the second organic solvent is different from the first organic solvent and has a polarity index which differs from the polarity index of the first organic solvent by between 0.1 and 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Pharma (Callanish) Limited
    Inventors: Adam Kelliher, Angus Morrison
  • Publication number: 20190010165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cyanated compounds of the formula (I) wherein at least one of the radicals R2, R3, R4 and R5 is CN, and the remaining radicals are selected from hydrogen, chlorine and bromine; X is O, S, SO or SO2; m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; R1 is selected from bromine, chlorine, cyano, —NRaRb, C1-C24-alkyl, C1-C24-haloalkyl, C1-C24-alkoxy, C1-C24-haloalkoxy, C3-C24-cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl, C6-C24-aryl, C6-C24-aryloxy, C6-C24-aryl-C1-C10-alkylene, etc.; A is a diradical selected from diradicals of the general formulae (A.1), (A.2), (A.3), and (A.4) wherein R6, (R7)n, (R8)o and (R9)p are as defined in the claims and in the description. The invention further relates to color converters comprising at least one polymer as a matrix material and at least one cyanated compound of formula (I) or mixtures thereof as a fluorescent dye, to the use of the color converters and to lighting devices comprising at least one LED and at least one color converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin KOENEMANN, Gerhard Wagenblast, Sorin Ivanovici, Gabriele Mattern, Martina Mitgude, Gerd Weber
  • Publication number: 20190010274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a molded body (MB) comprising the production of a thermoplastic polyurethane, the production of a molded body (MB*) from the thermoplastic polyurethane, heating the molded body (MB*) to a temperature below the temperature at which there is permanent deformability of the molded body (MB*), and above the switching temperature of the thermoplastic polyurethanes, elongating the heated molded body (MB*) with obtention of a molded body (MB), and cooling the molded body (MB) to a temperature below the switching temperature of the thermoplastic polyurethane, and the molded body obtained or obtainable by such a method. The present invention further relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane with shape memory and the use of a thermoplastic polyurethane for producing a molded body with shape memory effect in a temperature range from 0° C. to 130° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Zeljko TOMOVIC, Frank PRISSOK, Kathrin COHEN
  • Publication number: 20190010577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of hydrophobically associative copolymers as binders for pelletizing metal containing ores such as iron containing ores. The copolymers comprise monomer unitsderived from at least one hydrophobically as sociative monomer, preferably at least one unsaturated hydrophobically associating monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Adrian Mauricio VILLANUEVA BERINDOAGUE, Alexej MICHAILOVSKI, Gregor BRODT, Sylvia VON KROG, Dominic Rene BECHEN, Rainer PACKE-WIRTH, Shane HOFF
  • Patent number: 10174201
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a crosslinked product prepared by ionically crosslinking a solid grade oligomer and a polymer using an ionic crosslinking agent. In some embodiments, the polymer is derived from a hydrophobic monomer and/or a gas-phase mono-mer. In some embodiments, the solid grade oligomer is reacted with a polymer comprising a hydrophobic monomer and/or a gas-phase monomer. The present disclosure also relates to methods of making the disclosed compositions. The compositions disclosed herein can be used in a variety of applications including, but not limited to, asphalt compositions, paints, coatings, carpet compositions, paper binding and coating compositions, foams, or adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Kostas S. Avramidis
  • Patent number: 10172342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for pest control; and to the use of said apparatus for pest control. The apparatus comprises a hollow station forming at least one entrance for the pests to be controlled; a pheromone of a pest to be controlled; and a contact pesticide for the pests to be controlled, said contact pesticide being provided inside said hollow station, and the hollow station being designed to prevent the pests from remaining within said hollow station without expenditure of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: David G. Bolin
  • Patent number: 10173147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for separation of a target product from a liquid phase P comprising the target product, comprising at least one primary space (3) for a heat transfer medium W, at least one first feed unit (5a) and one first removal unit (5b) for the heat transfer medium W, at least one secondary space (7) for the liquid phase P, at least one second feed unit (9) for the liquid phase P, at least one crystallization surface (13) which divides the primary space (3) and the secondary space (7), at least one second removal unit (15) for the target product and at least one application unit (11) for a liquid phase P0 essentially directly to the crystallization surface (13) or the surfaces of lines that conduct the heat transfer medium W. The present invention further relates to a process for removing a target product from a liquid phase P comprising the target product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joerg Heilek, Rainer Askani, Ulrich Hammon, Wolfgang Schneider, Thomas Walter
  • Patent number: 10174335
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid molecule is provided comprising a nucleotide sequence which encodes a glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase from E. coli which is particularly suitable for expression in cotton plant cells. The invention also relates to plant cells or plants, in particular to cotton plant cells or cotton plants which produce an increased amount of positively charged polysaccharides in their cell walls. Furthermore methods and means are provided to increase the content of positively charged polysaccharides in the cell walls of cotton cells, in particular in cotton fibers. Fibers obtained from such cotton plants have an altered chemical reactivity which can be used to attach reactive dyes or other textile finish reagents to these fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Frank Meulewaeter