Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Patent number: 9393596
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for making multicoat color and/or effect paint systems employing a pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprising a mixture M comprised of (K1) a branched C8-17 alkane or a mixture thereof, (K2) a branched C18-25 alkane or a mixture thereof, and (K3) a water-miscible fluorinated polymer or a mixture thereof, where mixture M comprises 0.1% to 5% by weight, based on the weight of the aqueous basecoat material, component (K1) comprises 34% to 94% by weight, component (K2) comprises 5% to 46% by weight, and component (K3) comprises 1% to 20% by weight, all based on the weight of the mixture M, and components (K1) and (K2) have a degree of branching which corresponds to a ratio of the number of >CH— and —CH2— groups to the number of —CH3 groups of at least 25:75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventor: Bernhard Steinmetz
  • Publication number: 20160200081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a plastic composite component (CC) in which a first fiber material (F1) is impregnated with a polyamide matrix polymer (PAM) to obtain a matrix composition (MC), to which a surface composition (SC) is applied, and a first plastic component (C1) is obtained. In a second step, a second plastic component (C2) is molded onto the first plastic component (C1), giving the plastic composite component (CC). The invention further relates to the plastic composite component (CC) obtainable by the process of the invention. The present invention further provides for the use of polyethyleneimine (PEI) for improving the impregnation of the first fiber material (F1) with the polyamide matrix polymer (PAM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gijsbrecht HABRAKEN, Manoranjan PRUSTY, Andreas RADTKE, Gaurav Ramanlal KASALIWAL
  • Publication number: 20160200938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to radiation-curable, water-dispersible polyurethane(meth)acrylates, to coating compositions comprising the latter, to the use thereof and to the process for production thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sebastian BERGER, Peter THUERY, Kenneth Shaun TRANTER
  • Publication number: 20160201093
    Abstract: A process for preparing linear or branched primary alcohols with 3 to 13 carbon atoms from linear or branched alkanes with 3 to 13 carbon atoms by incubating a host organism having a functional P153 enzyme under elevated pressure in the presence of oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Breuer, Boris Breitscheidel, Hans-Günter Wagner, Detlef Kratz, Bernhard Hauer, Daniel Scheps, Bernd Nebel
  • Publication number: 20160200943
    Abstract: A chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) composition is provided comprising (A) one or more compounds selected from the group of benzotriazole derivatives which act as corrosion inhibitors and (B) inorganic particles, organic particles, or a composite or mixture thereof. The invention also relates to the use of certain compounds selected from the group of benzotriazole derivatives as corrosion inhibitors, especially for increasing the selectivity of a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition for the removal of tantalum or tantalum nitride from a substrate for the manufacture of a semiconductor device in the presence of copper on said substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert REICHARDT, Martin KALLER, Michael LAUTER, Yuzhuo LI, Andreas KLIPP
  • Publication number: 20160200936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reaction product preparable by reacting (a) dimer fatty acids with (b) at least one compound (b) of the general structural formula (I) where R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical and n correspondingly is selected such that the compound (b) possesses a number-average molecular weight of 120 to 445 g/mol, components (a) and (b) are used in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7, and the resulting reaction product possesses a number-average molecular weight of 600 to 4000 g/mol and an acid number of less than 10 mg KOH/g. The invention further relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material which comprises this reaction product, and to the use of the reaction product in pigmented aqueous basecoat materials for improving adhesion. The present invention further relates to a method for producing multicoat paint systems, and also to the multicoat paint systems producible by means of said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard STEINMETZ, Peter HOFFMANN, Hardy REUTER
  • Publication number: 20160199528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a feminine hygiene absorbent article comprising water-absorbing polymer particles having a mean sphericity (SPHT) from 0.8 to 0.95 obtainable by spray polymerization of a monomer solution or suspension, wherein the intake ratio of the feminine hygiene absorbent article is less than 0.27.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Tönnessen, Thomas Daniel, Tobias Bottelberger, Stephan Bauer
  • Publication number: 20160200844
    Abstract: A copolymer with high chemical homogeneity, consisting of (A) 50 to 30% by weight of ethylene, (B) 50 to 70% by weight of C4- to C24-hydrocarbyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, (C) 0 to 5% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and (D) 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers, obtainable by polymerizing a mixture of 80 to 60% by weight of ethylene, 20 to 40% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers in a backmixing, continuous polymerization apparatus, and subsequently polymer-analogously esterifying the resulting copolymer with C4- to C24-hydrocarbinols. The inventive copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of fuel oils, for lowering the lower mixing temperature of cold flow improver additives into fuel oils, and for improving the filterability of fuel oils comprising cold flow improver additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank-Olaf MAEHLING, Jan STRITTMATTER, Irene TROETSCH-SCHALLER, Ivette GARCIA-CASTRO, Michael SCHROERS, Uwe REBHOLZ
  • Publication number: 20160200969
    Abstract: The present application relates to compositions comprising at least one acrylamide polymer P and at least one stabilizer S selected from sterically hindered amines; more particularly, the composition may be an aqueous solution comprising at least one acrylamide polymer P and at least one stabilizer S. In addition, the present invention relates to a process for producing the composition and to the use thereof in mineral oil production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Roland REICHENBACH-KLINKE, Kai-Uwe SCHÖNING, Bruno ROTZINGER, Björn LANGLOTZ
  • Publication number: 20160200935
    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 multicoat 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: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard STEINMETZ, Hardy REUTER, Peter HOFFMANN
  • Publication number: 20160200954
    Abstract: A method of suppressing dust formation in a particulate mineral material, which particulate mineral material has been dewatered from a suspension of said material, comprising the steps of transferring the suspension of particulate mineral material as a fluid to a deposition area, and in which the suspension is allowed to stand and dewater at the deposition area to form a dewatered particulate mineral material, wherein suppression dust formation of the material is achieved by adding a dust suppressing amount of a polymer to the suspension of the particulate mineral material while it is being transferred as a fluid to the deposition area, wherein the polymer is either a synthetic water-soluble polymer formed from one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 4 dl/g or a water-soluble polymer that is a natural polymer or semi natural polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: John Lamperd, Lloyd Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20160200883
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic composite component (CC) which has a first plastic component (C1) and a second plastic component (C2) and comprises a polyethyleneimine (PEI) for improving the adhesion between C1 and C2. The present invention further relates to a process for producing this plastic composite component (CC), to a process for improving the adhesion between a first plastic component (C1) and a second plastic component (C2) in a plastic composite component (CC) and to the use of polyethyleneimine for improving the adhesion between a first plastic component (C1) and a second plastic component (C2) in a plastic composite component (CC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: GIJSBRECHT HABRAKEN, Manoranjan PRUSTY, Andreas RADTKE, Gaurav Ramanlal KASALIWAL
  • Publication number: 20160201078
    Abstract: The invention refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated Alopecurus PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants. The present invention further refers to a method for controlling weeds 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 Alopecurus PPO enzyme which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Publication number: 20160200863
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reaction product preparable by reacting (a) dimer fatty acids with (b) at least one polyether of the general structural formula (I) where R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical and n correspondingly is selected such that said polyether possesses a number-average molecular weight of 2250 to 6000 g/mol, components (a) and (b) are used in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7, and the resulting reaction product possesses a number-average molecular weight of 4800 to 40000 g/mol and an acid number of less than 10 mg KOH/g. The invention further relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material which comprises this reaction product, and to the use of the reaction product in pigmented aqueous basecoat materials for improving adhesion. The present invention further relates to a method for producing multicoat paint systems, and also to the multicoat paint systems producible by means of said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard STEINMETZ, Peter HOFFMANN, Hardy REUTER
  • Publication number: 20160200921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one aqueous dispersion or solution (A) of at least one electrophoretically depositable binder and optionally of at least one crosslinking agent, and also at least one aqueous sol-gel composition (B), for at least partly coating an electrically conductive substrate with an electrocoat material, where the aqueous sol-gel composition (B) is obtainable by reaction of at least one starting compound suitable for preparing the sol-gel composition (B) with water, with hydrolysis and condensation of the at least one starting compound, to a method for producing the coating composition, to the use thereof for at least partly coating an electrically conductive substrate with an electrocoat material, to a method for at least partly coating an electrically conductive substrate with an electrocoat material by at least partial electrophoretic deposition of the coating composition on the substrate surface, to an electrically conductive substra
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicants: BASF COATINGS GMBH, HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Sebastian SINNWELL, Natalja OTT, Christian HAMMER
  • Publication number: 20160200575
    Abstract: A device D accommodated in a reactor R and containing a gas- and/or liquid-permeable bottom B, in the peripheral region of which is arranged a lateral boundary W which completely surrounds the bottom B and forms a volume V which is partially or completely filled with catalytic and/or non-catalytic moldings, there optionally being located on the side facing the bottom B in the upstream direction at least one noble metal and/or non-noble metal fabric, wherein a thermal insulation layer S is located on at least part of the surface of the inner side of the lateral boundary W of the device D, the material for the thermal insulation layer S being selected from the group consisting of ceramic material, microporous material and silicate fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerhard OLBERT, Holger FRIEDRICH, Andreas WÖLFERT, Robert KUHN, Tobias LENKE, Wolfgang GMEINER
  • Patent number: 9388354
    Abstract: Use of a tertiary hydrocarbyl amine with C1- to C20-hydrocarbyl residues, the overall number of carbon atoms not exceeding 30, as an additive in gasoline for reducing injector nozzle fouling and modifying friction in direct injection spark ignition engines. A fuel additive composition essentially comprising nitrogen-containing dispersants, carrier oils, the above tertiary hydrocarbyl amines and optionally further friction modifiers. A fuel composition comprising a major amount of gasoline and a minor amount of the above fuel additive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Marc Walter
  • Patent number: 9388441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to genetically modified microorganisms capable of producing beta-glucans, characterized in that the genetically modified microorganism overexpresses (i) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-?-D-glucan synthase-activity, and/or (ii) a polypeptide having 1,3-?-D-glucan synthase-activity, compared to a corresponding non-modified control microorganism of the same strain. The present invention also relates to the use of a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-?-D-glucan synthase-activity or the use of such a polypeptide for producing ?-glucans. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods for producing ?-glucans comprising the introduction of a promoter upstream of a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-?-D-glucan synthase-activity thereby increasing the expression of the polynucleotide, or a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-?-D-glucan synthase-activity into a microorganism being able to synthesize ?-glucans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: BASF SE, Wintershall Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Beata Brockmann, Andrea Herold, Oskar Zelder, Stefan Haefner, Christian Fleck, Hartwig Schröder, Mari Granström, Julia Kristiane Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9388291
    Abstract: Described are thin plane-parallel aluminum flakes illustrated in FIG. 1 having a thickness of up to 200 nm and comprising an inner layer of oxidized aluminium having a thickness of 0.5-30 nm, a process for the manufacture thereof and the use thereof, e.g. in formulations, like paints, electrostatic coatings, printing inks, plastics materials, and cosmetics. Surprisingly, due to the inner layer of oxidized aluminum the aluminum flakes have an improved shear stability as evidenced e.g. by the difference in lightness before and after shear stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Raimund Schmid, Aron Wosylus, Christof Kujat, Hans Rudolf Merstetter, Casper Mullertz
  • Patent number: 9389315
    Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ingmar Bruder, Simone Christina Spiller, Erwin Thiel, Stephan Irle, Robert Send, Henrike Wonneberger