Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Patent number: 10174269
    Abstract: Use of a hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid for improving or boosting the separation of water from fuel oils and gasoline fuels which comprise additives with detergent action. A Fuel additive concentrate comprising the said hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid, certain additives with detergent action and optionally other customary additives and solvents or diluents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Harald Boehnke, Ludwig Voelkel, Marc Walter
  • Patent number: 10174213
    Abstract: A coating formed on a substrate is provided which coating comprises (a) an organic NIR-transparent pigment and/or an inorganic NIR-reflective pigment; (b) a dye having a transmittance of at least 75% in the range of from 700 to 2500 nm; and (c) optionally an effect pigment; wherein said coating exhibits a total solar reflectance (TSR) of (i) ?40%, if 60<L*<100, or (ii) ?30%, if 30<L*?60, or (iii) ?20%, if 0<L*?30, wherein L* is the lightness. The coating is suitable for an exterior-use coating like an industrial coating or a coating for vehicles, especially an automotive finish, having improved jetness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Juliane Kruesemann, Thomas Frey, Rainer Henning, Annegret Pietsch, Claudia Sierakowski, Tom Landuydt
  • Patent number: 10174212
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a pigment paste and an electrocoat containing the paste, the past being made by mixing solid pigment particles with a grind resin in the presence of water and/or an organic liquid, wherein the grind resin includes a dispersion of core-shell particles in an epoxide prepolymer which is liquid at 20° C. and the core-shell particles have a silicone core and a polymer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: BASF Coatings GmbH, Henkel AG & Company, KGaA
    Inventors: Ute Herrmann, Sebastian Sinnwell, Thorsten Gelbrich, Konstantinos Markou, Rolf Schulte, Sabine Holtschulte, Dominik Stoll, Guenther Ott
  • Patent number: 10174935
    Abstract: A system (1) and method for operating a liquid gas evaporator (3), comprising an evaporator (3), a trough (5) carrying the evaporator (3), a housing (7) which surrounds the evaporator (3) on three sides, at least one detector (9) for sensing liquid gas arranged in the trough (5), a line (11) for the distribution of vapor D on the fourth, non-housed side of the evaporator (3) arranged at the margin of the trough (5) which is not closed off by the housing (7), a feed (13), connected to the line (11), and a regulating valve (15) provided on the feed (13) and connected to the detector (9) and at least one shut-off valve (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ulrich Hammon, Thomas Walter
  • Patent number: 10177313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising one or more (repeating) unit(s) of the formula (I) which are characterized in that Ar1 and Ar1? are independently of each other are an annulated (aromatic) heterocyclic ring system, containing at least one thiophene ring, which may be optionally substituted by one, or more groups, and their use as organic semiconductor in organic devices, especially in organic photovoltaics (solar cells) and photodiodes, or in a device containing a diode and/or an organic field effect transistor. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the polymers according to the invention are used in organic field effect transistors, organic photovoltaics (solar cells) and photodiodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Pascal Hayoz, Olivier Aebischer, Mathias Duggeli, Hans Jurg Kirner, Marta Fonrodona Turon
  • Patent number: 10173963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quaternized ammonium salts of hydrocarbyl epoxides, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel additive and lubricant additive, such as, more particularly, as a detergent additive; for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and as an additive for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Hansch, Harald Boehnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Hannah Maria Koenig, Arno Lange, Ludwig Voelkel
  • Patent number: 10174156
    Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising an active ingredient with a maximum solubility in water at 20° C. of 10 g/l, and a hyperbranched polyester based on a hydrophobic dicarboxylic acid and a trifunctional alcohol. The invention further relates to the hyperbranched polyester mentioned, to a process for preparation thereof and to the use thereof for solubilizing an active ingredient with a maximum solubility in water at 20° C. of 10 g/l in aqueous solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Holger Türk, Monika Haberecht, Hiroe Yamada, Bernd Bruchmann, Daniel Schönfelder, Michael Ishaque, Ulrike Troppmann, Joachim Clauss, Chee Chin Liew
  • Publication number: 20190001527
    Abstract: The invention relates to an extruder comprising a housing having a flow channel (1) for a melt and a perforated plate (2) delimiting the flow channel (1) on the outlet side, wherein an inlet flow element (3) having passage areas (4) and covering surfaces (5) is arranged so as to be movable ahead of the perforated plate (2) in the direction of flow of the melt in such a way that, when the inlet flow element (3) is moved, a first subset of holes in the perforated plate (2) is exposed and a second subset of holes in the perforated plate (2) is closed, wherein the covering surfaces (5) extend radially from the center of the inlet flow element (3) to the rim thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Andreas LOHSE
  • Publication number: 20190002911
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a benzoxazinone-derivative herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Publication number: 20190002743
    Abstract: Described are aqueous polymer dispersions and a method for producing them. The polymer dispersions comprise polymer particles having an average particle diameter of greater than 200 nm, monomodal particle size distribution, and uniform glass transition temperature, and are prepared by radical emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising ethylenically unsaturated, radically polymerizable monomers, using a polymer seed, less than 0.8 part by weight of emulsifier, and without protective colloids. The monomer mixture consists of a) at least 60 wt % 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 containing up to 20 carbons, vinylaromatics having up to 20 carbons, ethylenically ensaturated nitriles, vinyl halides, vinyl ethers of alcohols containing 1 to 10 carbons, aliphatic hydrocarbons having 2 to 8 carbons and one or two double bonds, and mixtures of these monomers, b) at least 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christine TONHAUSER, Karl-Heinz SCHUMACHER, Georg LANGHAUSER, Sindy SCHUSTER, Christoph KIENER, Matthias ZORN
  • Publication number: 20190002729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product which is preparable by reacting (a) dimer fatty acids with (b) at least one dimer diol, where components (a) and (b) are used in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.3/1.7 and the resulting dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product possesses a number-average molecular weight of 1200 to 5000 g/mol and an acid number <10 mg KOH/g. The invention further relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material which comprises this dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product, and also to the use of said dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product in pigmented aqueous basecoat materials. It relates, further, to a method for producing multicast paint systems, and also to the multicoat paint systems producible by means of said method. The present invention relates, furthermore, to the refinishing of defects on multicoat paint systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Steinmetz, Hardy Reuter, Peter Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20190001528
    Abstract: An extruder containing a housing having a flow channel for a melt and a perforated plate delimiting the flow channel on the outlet side, where the perforated plate has at least two through-flow areas spaced apart from one another, each through-flow area contains at least one through-flow opening, and the perforated plate is furthermore mounted in a changing device, where the changing device has guide elements, in which the perforated plate can be moved substantially perpendicularly to the flow channel, and the extruder, directly ahead of the perforated plate when viewed in the direction of flow of the melt, has an inlet flow cone, which is structurally separate from the perforated plate, thus allowing the through-flow areas of the perforated plate to be moved relative to the inlet flow cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Andreas LOHSE
  • Publication number: 20190003049
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of processes for the generation of thin inorganic films on substrates, in particular atomic layer deposition processes. In particular, the present invention relates to a process comprising bringing a compound of general formula (I) into the gaseous or aerosol state Ln . . . M . . . Xm (I) and depositing the compound of general formula (I) from the gaseous or aerosol state onto a solid substrate, wherein M is a metal, L is a ligand which coordinates to M and contains at least one phosphorus-carbon multiple bond, wherein L contains a phosphorus-containing heterocyclic ring or a phosphorus-carbon triple bond, X is a ligand which coordinates to M, n is 1 to 5, and m is 0 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Falko ABELS, Daniel LOEFFLER, Hagen WILMER, Robert WOLF, Christian ROEDL, Philipp BUESCHELBERGER
  • Publication number: 20190002422
    Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, methanol, water, at least one dissolved potassium salt of hydroxyethylidenediphosphonic acid, and optionally propane; passing the liquid feed stream provided in (i) into an epoxidation reactor comprising a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite of structure type MFI, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation reactor, obtaining a reaction mixture comprising propylene oxide, methanol, water, and the at least one dissolved potassium salt of hydroxyethylidenediphosphonic acid, and optionally propane; removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation reactor, the effluent stream comprising propylene oxide, methanol, water, at least a portion of the at least one potassium salt of hydroxyethylidenediphosphonic acid, and optionally propane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicants: BASF SE, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Edward O. MADENJIAN, Kenric A. Marshall
  • Publication number: 20190002802
    Abstract: Described is a post chemical-mechanical-polishing (post-CMP) cleaning composition comprising or consisting of: (A) one or more nonionic polymers selected from the group consisting of poly-acrylamides, polyhydroxyethyl(meth)acrylates (PHE(M)A), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polymers of formula (I), and mixtures thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, iso-butyl, or sec-butyl, R2 is hydrogen or methyl, and n is an integer, (B) poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) or acrylic acid-maleic acid copolymer with a mass average molar mass (Mw) of up to 10,000 g/mol, and (C) water, wherein the pH of the composition is in the range of from 7.0 to 10.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian DAESCHLEIN, Max SIEBERT, Michael LAUTER, Piotr PRZYBYLSKI, Julian PROELSS, Andreas KLIPP, Haci Osman GUEVENC, Leonardus LEUNISSEN, Roelf-Peter BAUMANN, Te Yu WEI
  • Publication number: 20190001279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to shaped bodies comprising a composition (Z1), wherein said composition comprises at least one polymer having an elongation at break of >30% and at least one porous metal-organic framework material, to processes for producing shaped bodies of this kind and to the use of a composition (Z1) comprising at least one polymer having an elongation at break of >30% and at least one porous metal-organic framework material for production of a film, membrane or laminate having a water vapor permeability according to DIN 53122 at 38° C./90% rel. humidity of greater than 1000 g/(m2*d), based on a film thickness of 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dietrich SCHERZER, Frank PRISSOK, Lena ARNOLD, Juergen AHLERS, Martin WEBER
  • Patent number: 10165823
    Abstract: A process for producing a shoe sole, having a hybrid material of a polyurethane foam as a matrix material and an inlay component of expanded particles of a thermoplastic polyurethane is provided. The process includes preparing an inlay form by joining the expanded particles of a thermoplastic polyurethane in an amount and size of the desired inlay; preparing the shoe sole by placing the prepared inlay form in a shoe sole mold such that an edge of the inlay component is 0.2 cm or more from an edge of the shoe sole mold; embedding the inlay form within a reaction mixture in the shoe sole mold; and reacting the reaction mixture to form the matrix in the shoe sole mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Prissok, Andre Kamm, Bin-Eric Chen, Yoke Khim Raymond Toh
  • Patent number: 10168105
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for storing heat, comprising a heat storage medium which absorbs heat in order to store heat and releases heat in order to use the stored heat, and a container for holding the heat storage medium, the container being closed by a gastight cover, and the device comprising volume compensation means in order to compensate for a volume increase of the heat storage medium (3) due to a temperature rise and a volume decrease due to a temperature reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jürgen Wortmann, Claus Schäfer, Michael Lutz, Fabian Seeler, Martin Gärtner, Felix Major, Kerstin Schierle-Arndt, Otto Machhammer, Günther Huber, Stephan Maurer
  • Patent number: 10167297
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substituted pyridine compound of the formula I or an agriculturally suitable salt or N-oxide thereof, wherein the variables in the formula I are defined as in the description. Substituted pyridine compounds of formula I are useful as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gilbert Besong, Matthias Witschel, Thomas Seitz, Liliana Parra Rapado, Richard Evans, Kristin Hanzlik, Gerd Kraemer, Michael Rack
  • Patent number: 10165778
    Abstract: A method for controlling pests of soybean plants comprises the step of contacting the soybean plant, parts of it, its propagation material, the pests, their food supply, habitat or breeding grounds with one or more components of the ginkgo tree selected from the group consisting of bilobalide, ginkgolide A, ginkgolide B, ginkgolide C, ginkgolide J and ginkgolide M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Daniel Saelinger, Joachim Dickhaut, Karsten Koerber, Wolfgang von Deyn, Raffael Koller, Arun Narine, Jean-Yves Wach, Jochen Dietz