Patents Assigned to BASF
  • FLAME RETARDANT FOR ELECTROLYTES FOR BATTERIES
    Publication number: 20160276707
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte composition with low flammability which can be used in batteries yielding high electrochemical performance. In particular, the present invention relates to an electrolyte composition comprising a) at least 3 wt.-% of the electrolyte composition of at least one compound of general structure (I) R1 and R2 are independent from each other methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or n-butyl and b) at least one anode film forming additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nicole HOLUB, Karolin GEYER, Rene SCHMITZ, Frederick Francois CHESNEAU, Michael SCHMIDT
  • USE OF A POLYALKYLENE GLYCOL TO REDUCE FUEL CONSUMPTION
    Publication number: 20160272912
    Abstract: The use of a polyalkylene glycol of formula HO-(A-O)p—(CH2CH2—O)m-(A-O)q—H wherein A is a C3- to C20-alkylene group or a mixture of such alkylene groups, m is a number of from 2 to 100 and p and q are each numbers of from 1 to 100, as an additive in a fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ludwig VOELKEL, Markus HANSCH, Thomas HAYDEN, Marc WALTER, Nawid KASHANI-SHIRAZI, Thomas WEISS
  • Process for producing electrode materials
    Patent number: 9449729
    Abstract: A process for producing electrode materials, which comprises treating a mixed oxide which comprises lithium and at least one transition metal as cations with at least one oxygen-containing organic compound of sulfur or phosphorus or a corresponding alkali metal or ammonium salt of an oxygen-containing organic compound of sulfur or phosphorus, or a fully alkylated derivative of an oxygen-containing compound of sulfur or phosphorus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin Schulz-Dobrick, Bastian Ewald, Jordan Keith Lampert
  • Biologically-degradable polyester mixture
    Patent number: 9447274
    Abstract: The invention relates to biodegradable polyester mixture, comprising i) from 5 to 80% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to ii, of at least one polyester based on aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and on aliphatic dihydroxy compounds, and ii) from 20 to 95% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to ii, of at least one biodegradable homo- or copolyester selected from the group consisting of polylactide, polycaprolactone, polyhydroxyalkanoates, and polyesters composed of aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and of aliphatic diols, and iii) from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ursula Seeliger, Gabriel Skupin, Dirk Stärke
  • Pest control apparatus and system having an electromagnetic attracting or repelling device and housing therefor
    Patent number: 9450301
    Abstract: A method of controlling pests includes placing a pest control station in an area of interest. The pest control station includes an internal chamber. The method includes placing a pest control apparatus within the internal chamber of the pest control station. The pest control apparatus has a transmitting device including an antenna and a housing sealingly enclosing the antenna. The housing substantially isolates the antenna from the environment. The method also includes activating the antenna of the transmitting device to emit an electromagnetic field to define a region of influence. The housing of the transmitting device is made from a material that reduces the region of influence of the antenna by less than 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: James H. Cink
  • Process for preparing acrylic acid using an aluminum-free zeolitic material
    Patent number: 9446390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing acrylic acid comprising (i) providing a stream comprising a formaldehyde source and acetic acid and (ii) contacting this stream with an aldol condensation catalyst comprising a zeolitic material, wherein the framework structure of the zeolitic material in (ii) includes Si and O, and has a molar Al:Si ratio of 0:1 to 0.001:1, and wherein the framework structure of the zeolitic material in (ii), in addition to Si and any Al, comprises one or more elements selected from the group consisting of tetravalent elements Y other than Si and trivalent elements X other than Al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Armin Lange De Oliveira, Michael Lejkowski, Nicolai Tonio Woerz, Marco Hartmann, Kazuhiko Amakawa, Michael Goebel, Ulrich Mueller, Mathias Feyen, Yong Liu
  • Microcapsules comprising a fat-soluble active substance
    Patent number: 9445997
    Abstract: The invention relates to microcapsule comprising at least one fat-soluble active substance selected from provitamins, vitamins and esters thereof, monounsaturated fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA's), carotenoids and benzoquinones embedded in a matrix comprising a hydrocolloid and optionally one or more other matrix components, wherein the content of active substance(s) is from 30 to 60% of total weight of the microcapsule, and wherein the ratio between said fat-soluble active substance(s) and said hydrocolloid is at least 4:1, as well as a process for preparing such microcapsules. The microcapsules of the invention may be used for the preparation of tablets, food products and other products including an active substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Morten Mohr Hansen, Nina Musaeus, Carsten Lynggaard Hansen
  • Ink-jet printing ink comprising N-vinyloxazolidinone
    Patent number: 9447295
    Abstract: Use of a radiation curable composition as printing ink for ink-jet printing, wherein the radiation curable composition comprises N-vinyloxazolidinone of formula (I) in which R1 to R4 independently from each other are a hydrogen atom or an organic radical having not more than 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Erhard Guenther, Radwan Abdallah, Giovanni Dandola, Dagmar Pascale Kunsmann-Keitel, Edouard Loisel
  • Electrode which has been coated with a solid ion conductor which has a garnet-like crystal structure and has the stoichiometric composition LAGZrO
    Patent number: 9450271
    Abstract: The invention id directed to an article which contains a solid ion conductor which has a garnet-like crystal structure and has the stoichiometric composition L7+xAxG3?xZr2O12, where L is in each case independently a monovalent cation, A is in each case independently a divalent cation, G is in each case independently a trivalent cation, 0 ?x?3 and O can be partly or completely replaced by divalent or trivalent anion, wherein the article is a battery, an accumulator, a supercap, a fuel cell, sensor, a thermoelectric converter or an electrochromic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Werner Weppner, Ramaswamy Murugan
  • Protected reduced metal catalyst
    Patent number: 9446391
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a protected reduced supported metal catalyst powder, in particular catalysts used in a variety of chemical reactions, such as the hydrogenation of hydrocarbon compounds in petrochemical and oleochemical processes; the hydrogenation of unsaturated fats and oils, and unsaturated hydrocarbon resins; and in the Fischer Tropsch process. This invention also relates to a composition comprising said catalyst and a liquid. In accordance with the invention there is provided a process for preparing a protected, reduced metal catalyst on a support, wherein said supported catalyst is in the form of a powder, which process comprises contacting and mixing said supported catalyst with a liquid in an inert atmosphere and wherein the amount of liquid corresponds to up to five times the amount required for incipient wetness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Johan Andreas Maria Terörde, Albertus Jacobus Sandee
  • Composition and method to improve the fuel economy of hydrocarbon fueled internal combustion engines
    Patent number: 9447351
    Abstract: A composition and method of improving the fuel economy of hydrocarbon fuel-powdered internal combustion engines. The composition contains a propoxylated and/or butoxylated reaction product of (a) at least one fatty acid, fatty acid ester, or mixture thereof and (b) a dialkanolamime. The composition is added to a hydrocarbon fuel in an amount of about 5 to about 2,000 ppm, based on the weight of the hydrocarbon fuel, to reduce friction within the engine and achieve an enhanced fuel economy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alfred K. Jung, Ludwig Voelkel, Stefano Crema, Andrea Misske
  • Polyurethane-based expandable polymer particles
    Patent number: 9447249
    Abstract: Expandable-polymer-particle material comprising at least one thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with Vicat softening point (in accordance with ISO 306/ASO) below 80° C. and from 5 to 95% by weight of at least one polymer obtainable via free-radical polymerization, based on the entirety of TPU and of the polymer obtainable via free-radical polymerization, where the polymer obtainable via free-radical polymerization has been bonded to the TPU in a manner that gives a comb polymer, graft polymer, or copolymer, is suitable for the production of moldings, in particular for use as insulation material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Patrick Spies, Frank Braun, Carsten Schips, Frank Prissok, Peter Gutmann, Klaus Hahn, Bernhard Schmied
  • Method for the biocatalytic cyclization of terpenes and cyclase mutants employable therein
    Patent number: 9447404
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel mutants with cyclase activity and use thereof in a method for biocatalytic cyclization of terpenes, such as in particular for the production of isopulegol by cyclization of citronellal; a method for the preparation of menthol and methods for the biocatalytic conversion of further compounds with structural motifs similar to terpene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Breuer, Bernhard Hauer, Dieter Jendrossek, Gabrielle Siedenburg, Juergen Pleiss, Demet Sirim, Silvia Fadenrecht
  • Process for ion exchange on zeolites
    Patent number: 9446960
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to an improved process for exchanging sodium ions in zeolites comprising sodium ions and rare earth metal ions for ammonium ions. For this exchange, aqueous solutions of ammonium salts, for example ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate or ammonium chloride, are currently being used. The resulting “ammonium zeolites” are calcined to convert them, with release of ammonia, to the H form of the zeolites suitable as a catalyst. The use of ammonium carbonate also minimizes the amount of rare earth metal ions which are leached out of the zeolites comprising rare earth metal ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Luyken, William Todd Owens
  • Pesticide Compositions Containing Thyme Oil and Cinnamon Oil
    Publication number: 20160262404
    Abstract: Pesticide compositions and methods of controlling insects and other pests are disclosed. Generally, the pesticide compositions contain thyme oil and cinnamon oil as their principal active ingredients which, when used in combination, act synergistically to control pests such as crawling insects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: BASF Coporation
    Inventor: Steven R. Sims
  • ALKOXYLATES OF S-VINYLTHIOALKANOLS
    Publication number: 20160264691
    Abstract: Unsaturated compounds of the general formula (I) where R1, R2, R3 are the same or different and are each independently H, CH3, R4 is a linear or branched C1-C30-alkylene, R5, R6 are the same or different and are each independently, H, C1-C20-alkyl, C3-C15-cycloalkyl, aryl, —CH2—O—C1-C20-alkyl, —CH2—O—C2-C20-alkenyl, where R5 and R6 may together form a C3-C6-alkylene, R7, is the same or different and is independently, H, C1-C4-alkyl, R8 is C1-C22-alkyl, C2-C22-alkenyl, and n is an integer from 2 to 200. Mixtures and polymers comprising compounds of the general formula (I). A method for preparing polymers wherein a free-radical polymerization of monomers comprising unsaturated compounds of the general formula (I) is carried out. A process for preparing polymers comprising polymer-analogous reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sophie MAITRO-VOGEL, Martin ERNST, Christian SCHADE, Pavel TUZINA, Hoang Trang TRAN-THIEN, Eva-Maria REIS-WALTHER, Natalia SHABELINA, Nina Susanne HILLESHEIM, Christian SCHOLZ
  • IMPROVING THE CHEMICAL STABILITY OF FILTRATION MEMBRANES
    Publication number: 20160263529
    Abstract: Polyethers (A), whose main chain essentially consists of repeating units of the formulae (1) and (2) in alternating order, are useful as an additive to a porous polymer membrane, or as the main polymer constituent of a porous polymer membrane, for stabilizing said membrane against detrimental effects of oxidizing agents and/or for improving the stability of a filtration module comprising said membrane against detrimental effects of oxidizing agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Edoardo MENOZZI, Martin HEIJNEN, Martin WEBER, Nicole JANSSEN
  • ANTIFOAMING AGENTS FOR THE PAPER INDUSTRY, BASED ON OIL IN WATER EMULSIONS
    Publication number: 20160265162
    Abstract: The present invention which provides antifoaming agents for the paper industry, based on oil-in-water emulsions, in which the oil phase accounts for from 5 to 50% by weight of the emulsion if the oil phase of the emulsions contains (a) an alcohol of not less than 12 carbon atoms, fatty esters of alcohols of not less than 22 carbon atoms and C1-C36-carboxylic acids, distillation residues which are obtainable in the preparation of alcohols having a relatively large number of carbon atoms by the oxo synthesis or by the Ziegler method and which may furthermore be alkoxylated, a mixture of the stated compounds and (b) optionally a fatty ester of a C12-C22-carboxylic acid with a monohydric to trihydric C1-C18-alcohol and, (c) optionally a hydrocarbon having a boiling point above 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Holger KERN, Christoph HAMERS, Klaus MÖLLER, Uwe ALBRECHT
  • USE OF A COMPLEX ESTER TO REDUCE FUEL CONSUMPTION
    Publication number: 20160264898
    Abstract: The use of a complex ester obtainable by esterification reaction between aliphatic linear or branched C2- to C12-dicarboxylic acids, aliphatic linear or branched polyhydroxy alcohols with 3 to 6 hydroxyl groups, and, as chain stopping agents, aliphatic linear or branched C1- to C30-monocarboxylic acids or aliphatic linear or branched monobasic Ci- to C30-alcohols, as an additive in a fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marc WALTER, Dirk RETTEMEYER, Markus HANSCH, Ludwig VOELKEL, Bjoern Thomas HAHN, Muriel ECORMIER, Thomas HAYDEN
  • Method for the production of 4,4?-[1-(trifluoromethyl)alkylidene]-bis-(2,6-diphenylphenols)
    Patent number: RE46151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 4,4?-[1-(trifluoromethyl)alkylidene]bis(2,6-diphenylphenols), in particular for preparing 4,4?-[1-(trifluoromethyl)ethylidene]bis(2,6-diphenylphenol), which comprises the self-condensation of cyclohexanone in the presence of a basic catalyst to form tricyclic condensation products, dehydrogenation of the resulting tricyclic condensation products in the presence of a supported transition metal catalyst in the condensed phase to form 2,6-diphenylphenol and reaction of the 2,6-diphenylphenol with a trifluoromethyl ketone. The invention further provides an improved process for preparing 2,6-diphenylphenol by aldol self-condensation of cyclohexanone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gabriele Gralla, Gunnar Heydrich, Klaus Ebel, Wolfgang Krause