Patents Assigned to BASF
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Publication number: 20160207774Abstract: Oligophenylene monomers for the synthesis of polymeric precursors for the preparation of graphene nanoribbons, the polymeric precursors, and methods for preparing them, as well as methods for preparing the graphene nauoribbons from the polymeric precursors and the monomers are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicants: BASF SE, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V.Inventors: Sorin IVANOVICI, Matthias SCHWAB, Xinliang FENG, Klaus MUELLEN
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Publication number: 20160207852Abstract: An apparatus (10) for preparation of acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen is proposed, comprising a reactor (12). The reactor (12) has a burner block (14) with a firing space for acetylene preparation, a secondary space (18) formed within the burner block (14), and an annular space (20) surrounding the secondary space (18). The burner block (14) has holes (22) for supply of a stream of a mixture of hydrocarbons and oxygen to the firing space and holes (24) for supply of a stream of auxiliary oxygen to the firing space. The holes (24) for supply of a stream of auxiliary oxygen to the firing space are connected to the secondary space (18). The secondary space (18) is connected to the annular space (20). There is a further proposal of a process for preparing acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Matthias KERN, Michael RUSS, Peter RENZE, Maximilian VICARI
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Publication number: 20160207767Abstract: An apparatus (10) for preparing acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen is proposed, comprising a mixing unit (12), a mixing section and a mixing diffuser (16). The mixing unit (12) has a feed orifice (18) for supply of a hydrocarbonaceous stream, a feed orifice (20) for supply of an oxygenous stream, a swirl register and a distributor plate (24). The distributor plate (24) is disposed between the mixing section (14) and the feed orifice (18) for supply of a hydrocarbonaceous stream. The distributor plate (24) has orifices (28). The swirl register (22) is disposed between the feed orifice (20) for supply of an oxygenous stream and the mixing section (14). The mixing diffuser (16) is connected to the mixing section (14). There is a further proposal of a process for preparing acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Matthias KERN, Michael RUSS, Peter RENZE, Maximilian VICARI
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Publication number: 20160211464Abstract: The present invention relates to a photoactive material comprising a donor substance and an acceptor substance, wherein the donor substance comprises or consists of one or more compounds of formula (I) described below, or the acceptor substance comprises or consists of one or more compounds of formula (I) described below, or the donor substance comprises or consists of a first compound of formula (I) described below and the acceptor substance comprises a second compound of formula (I) described below with the proviso that the first and second compound are not the same, as well as to an organic solar cell or photodetector comprising said photoactive material. The present invention also relates to a photoelectric conversion device comprising or consisting of two or more organic solar cells comprising said photoactive material and to compounds of formula (I) as described below for use as donor substance or as acceptor substance in a photoactive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Junichi TANABE, Yuichi NISHIMAE, Christian EICKHOFF, Peter ERK, Ruediger SENS, Robert SEND, Sudhakar SUNDARRAJ
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Publication number: 20160207831Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the preparation of a calcium silicate hydrate and ettringite containing hardening accelerator composition by reaction of a water-soluble calcium compound, silicate compound, aluminum compound and a sulfate compound, wherein the molar ratio of silicon to sulfate is from 2/1 to 30/1 and the reaction of the four compounds being carried out in the presence of an aqueous solution which contains a comb polymer suitable as a plasticizer for hydraulic binders. Also concerned are the use of said accelerators in building material mixtures, the building material mixtures containing said accelerators and a process for the preparation of a sprayable binder composition in which said accelerators are used.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: BASF Construction Solutions GMBHInventors: Christoph HESSE, Niklas LOGES
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Publication number: 20160206772Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluid-absorbent article, comprising a water-absorbent core with a basis weight of the fluid-absorbent core at the insult zone of at least 500 gsm, comprising 10 to 100% by weight water-absorbent polymer particles, wherein the water-absorbent polymer particles having a mean sphericity (SPHT) from 0.8 to 0.95 and satisfying the following conditions: (a) the sum of centrifuge retention capacity (CRC) and absorbency under high load (AUHL) being at least 60 g/g, and/or (b) the log10(SFC)>5.7?0.138×CRC, with SFC being not less than 5, wherein the CRC is given in g/g and the SFC in 10?7 cm3?s/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Ulrich Schröder, Rüdiger Funk, John Joseph Louden
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Publication number: 20160207237Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of a component made of a polymer material via an injection-molding process comprising the following steps: (a) insertion of a polymer-saturated fiber structure, or of a semifinished product comprising a fiber structure, into an injection mold, (b) injection of a molten thermoplastic polymer into the injection molding in order to sheath or coat the fiber structure, or the semifinished product comprising the fiber structure, (c) allowing the polymer to solidify, and removal of the component from the injection mold, where dimensions established for molten-polymer-flow channels surrounding the fiber structure, or surrounding the semifinished product comprising the fiber structure, are such that the wall thickness of the first component corresponds to the wall thickness achievable for a component without inserted fiber structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Andreas RADTKE, Oliver GEIGER
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Publication number: 20160208128Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing emulsion polymer particles having a core-shell structure wherein at least one polyalkylene oxide containing additive is used in the core, and also to their use in paints, paper coatings, foams, crop protection agents, liquid inks and cosmetic compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Daniel KEHRLOESSER, Joost LESWIN, Daniel SPECKER, Konrad ROSCHMANN, Matthias GERST, Harm WIESE
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Publication number: 20160208038Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing emulsion polymer particles having a core-shell structure, wherein the weight ratio of the shells is within specific limits, and also to their use in paints, paper coatings, foams and cosmetic compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Daniel KEHRLOESSER, Joost LESWIN, Daniel SPECKER, Konrad ROSCHMANN, Matthias GERST, Harm WIESE
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Publication number: 20160207031Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a catalyst for the reforming of hydrocarbons, preferably methane, in the presence of CO2, water and/or hydrogen. The production of the catalyst is based on contacting of a hydrotalcite-comprising starting material with a fusible metal salt. The compounds which have been brought into contact with one another are intimately mixed and treated thermally, resulting in the fusible metal salt forming a melt. After molding, the material is subjected to a high-temperature calcination step. The metal salt melt comprises at least one metal selected from the group consisting of K, La, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Ce, preferably Ni. The metal salt melt more preferably comprises nickel nitrate hexahydrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Ekkehard SCHWAB, Andrian MILANOV, Stephan SCHUNK, Thomas ROUSSIERE, Guido WASSERSCHAFF, Andreas STRASSER
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Publication number: 20160208042Abstract: The invention relates to multi-component epoxy resin compositions, comprising the following components: a) at least one epoxy resin component containing a1) at least one epoxy resin and a2) at least one compound of the general formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 independently from one another stand for hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1 -C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C5-C6-cycloalkyl, phenyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, or C2-C6-alkynyl, or R1 and R2 jointly stand for a C3-C11 alkylene group; R3 and R4 independently from one another stand for hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C5-C6-cycloalkyl, phenyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, or C2-C6-alkynyl, or R3 and R4 jointly stand for a C4-C6 alkylene group; b) at least one hardener component containing b1) at least one amine curing agent, wherein the epoxy resin component (a) and/or the hardener component (b) contain at least one additional constituent part c1), which is selected from aliphatic polyether polyols and aliphatic polyetheramine polyols.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Rainer KLOPSCH, Monika CHARRAK, Joachim ZWECKER
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Publication number: 20160208043Abstract: The present invention relates to new carboxy-functional polyester and diester derivatives preparable by ring-opening reaction of (A) at least one anhydride of the formula (I) where R1=H, C1 to C24 alkyl, or C2 to C24 alkenyl with (B) at least one hydroxy-functional component, where (B1) the polyester derivatives are prepared using at least one linear hydroxy-functional polyester prepared using 7 to 95 mol %, based on the total amount of the monomers used in preparing the polyester (B1), of at least one difunctional monomer (b1) with aliphatic groups with 12 to 70 carbon atoms between the functional groups, and (B2) the diester derivatives are prepared using at least one dihydroxy-functional component which has an aliphatic group with 12 to 70 carbon atoms between the hydroxyl groups. The present invention further relates to aqueous compositions comprising at least one such polyester derivative and/or diester derivative, and water.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbHInventors: Horst HINTZE-BRUENING, Eike AUSTRUP, Thomas LOHMEIER, Charles Frederick James FAUL, Alex Matthew OLIVER
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Publication number: 20160208056Abstract: Process for producing polyarylene ether beads from a polyarylene ether solution, comprising the steps of i) dividing the polyarylene ether solution into droplets, ii) transferring the droplets into a precipitation bath to form polyarylene ether beads in the precipitation bath which (A) comprises at least one aprotic solvent (component (1)) and at least one protic solvent (component (2)), (B) has a temperature of 0° C. to Tc, where the critical temperature Tc in [° C.] can be determined by the numerical equation Tc=(77?c)/0.58 in which c is the concentration of component (1) in the precipitation bath in [% by weight] and (C) has component (1) in concentrations of 5% by weight to cc, where the critical concentration cc in [% by weight] can be determined by the numerical equation cc=77?0.58*T in which T is the temperature in the precipitation bath in [° C.], where the percentages by weight are each based on the sum of the percentages by weight of component (1) and of component (2) in the precipitation bath.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Joerg ERBES, Gerhard LANGE, Tobias KORTEKAMP, Cecile SCHNEIDER
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Publication number: 20160208135Abstract: The present invention relates to a dimer fatty acid/polyesterdiol reaction product which is preparable by reacting (a) dimer fatty acids with (b) at least one polyesterdiol of the general structural formula (I) where R is a divalent radical comprising 2 to 10 carbon atoms, R1 and R2 independently of one another are straight-chain or branched alkylene radicals having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, X and Y independently of one another are O, S or NR3, in which R3 is hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and m and n are selected accordingly such that the polyesterdiol possesses a number-average molecular weight of 450 to 2200 g/mol, 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/polyesterdiol reaction product possesses a number-average molecular weight of 1500 to 5000 g/mol and an acid number <10 mg KOH/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbHInventors: Bernhard STEINMETZ, Hardy Reuter, Peter HOFFMANN
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Patent number: 9394212Abstract: In a process for the cooligomerization of olefins, an olefin starting material comprising olefins having n carbon atoms and olefins having 2n carbon atoms is reacted over an olefin oligomerization catalyst to give a reaction product. The process is carried out under such conditions that the conversion of olefins having 2n carbon atoms is less than 10%. Both the cooligomer having 3n carbon atoms and the olefin having 2n carbon atoms which has been separated off from the reaction product have a high hydroformylatability.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Wolfgang Rohde, Qiang Miao, Stefan Bitterlich, Gauthier Luc Maurice Averlant, Hans-Guenter Wagner, Beatrice Röβler-Feigel
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Patent number: 9394528Abstract: The present invention relates to 25 hitherto undescribed genes of B. licheniformis and gene products derived therefrom and all sufficiently homologous nucleic acids and proteins thereof. They occur in five different metabolic pathways for the formation of odorous substances. The metabolic pathways in question are for the synthesis of: 1) isovalerian acid (as part of the catabolism of leucine), 2) 2-methylbutyric acid and/or isobutyric acid (as part of the catabolism of valine and/or isoleucine), 3) butanol and/or butyric acid (as part of the metabolism of butyric acid), 4) propyl acid (as part of the metabolism of propionate) and/or 5) cadaverine and/or putrescine (as parts of the catabolism of lysine and/or arginine).Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Cornelius Bessler, Jörg Feesche, Stefan Evers, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Armin Ehrenreich, Birgit Veith, Heiko Liesegang, Anke Henne, Christina Herzberg, Gerhard Gottschalk
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Patent number: 9394642Abstract: A basket assembly (24) for a washing machine includes a basket and a support bracket (36) adjacent the basket. The basket has a first end (54) and a second end (56) and defines a cavity at the first end for receiving laundry. The support bracket (36) includes a base (40) having a front side (42) and at least two attachment portions (60) extending from the front side. The attachment portions are spaced from each other and are connected to the second end (56) of the basket. At least two fins (74) integrally extend from the front side of the base toward the first end of the basket. The fins (74) are integral with the attachment portions (60) of the support bracket (36) for reinforcing the attachment portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: William J. McMaster, Stephen P. Serna, Gavin L. Jewell
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Patent number: 9393555Abstract: The invention relates to a catalytically active body for the synthesis of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas. In particular, the invention relates to an improved catalytically active body for the synthesis of dimethyl ether, whereby the components of the active body comprise a defined particle size distribution. Furthermore, the present invention concerns a method for the preparation of a catalytically active body, the use of the catalytically active body and a method for preparation of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Alexander Schäfer, Thorsten von Fehren, Rostam Madon
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Patent number: 9396833Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for printing electrodes on a substrate, comprising 30 to 90% by weight of electrically conductive particles, 0 to 7% by weight of glass frit, 0.1 to 5% by weight of at least one absorbent for laser radiation, 0 to 8% by weight of at least one matrix material, 0 to 8% by weight of at least one organometallic compound, 3 to 50% by weight of water as a solvent, 0 to 65% by weight of at least one retention aid and 0 to 5% by weight of at least one additive, based in each case on the total mass of the composition. The invention further relates to a use of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Frank Kleine Jaeger, Stephan Hermes, Juergen Kaczun
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Patent number: 9394244Abstract: Disclosed are functional polyallophanate oligomers comprising ethylenically unsaturated groups and polymer stabilizer groups selected from hindered amine light stabilizers, ultraviolet light absorbers, antioxidants and dihydrocarbylhydroxylamines. The ethylenically unsaturated groups and the polymer stabilizer groups are bound to the polyallophanate oligomers through allophanate and/or carbamate groups. The polyallophanate oligomers are useful in curable coatings, inks and varnishes. The present polyallophanate oligomers are derived from a) organic polyisocyanates, b) compounds containing at least one isocyanate reactive group and at least one ethylenically unsaturated group and c) polymer stabilizers containing at least one isocyanate reactive group.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Eugene Valentine Sitzmann, David Trumbo, Mervin Wood