Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Patent number: 9347596
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for heating a pipeline system, comprising at least two pipelines (1), along which in each case one electrical resistance heating element extends, wherein a potential close to the ground potential is set at each electrical resistance heating element at at least one end (3, 5), and the electrical resistance heating element is connected to a terminal of a DC source or to in each case one phase (7) of an n-phase AC source (9) at a position remote from this end (3, 5), where, when using an n-phase AC source (9), n is an integer equal to or greater than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jürgen Wortmann, Michael Lutz, Martin Gärtner, Kerstin Schierle-Arndt, Stephan Maurer, Michael Ladenberger, Karolin Geyer, Florian Garlichs
  • Patent number: 9346035
    Abstract: Supported noble metal-comprising catalysts which can be obtained by a1) application of a noble metal compound, optionally in admixture with additives acting as promoters, to a support material, then drying, and a2) application of a reducing agent to a support material, then drying, wherein steps a1) and a2) are repeated simultaneously or in alternating turns, or wherein either of the compounds is applied entirely and then the other one is applied entirely, b) optionally afterwards drying of the resulting product, and c) subsequent calcination, its use, especially for oxidative dehydrogenation and a process for producing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sabine Huber, Tobias Rosendahl, Georg Seeber, Christian Baltes
  • Patent number: 9346720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for isomerizing linear alpha-olefins having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms over a heterogeneous catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises a hydrogenation metal and a selectivity promoter selected from among selenium and tellurium on a support, and also a process for preparing 1-olefins by a metathesis reaction of 2-olefins with ethene, wherein the 2-olefins are prepared by the above mentioned isomerization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Iselborn, Michael Hesse, Piotr Makarczyk
  • Patent number: 9346779
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing dehydro rose oxide by reacting isoprenol and prenal in the presence of at least one sulfonic acid of formula R1—SO3H as catalyst, wherein R1 is selected from phenyl which carries 2 or 3 C1-C4-alkyl substituents, phenyl which carries one C8-C20-alkyl substituent and optionally also 1 or 2 C1-C4-alkyl substituents, and naphthyl which optionally carries 1 or 2 C1-C4-alkyl substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marcus G. Schrems, Jan Eggert, Jan U. Müller, Jan-Dirk Arndt, Günter Gottwald, Volker Hütt
  • Patent number: 9346823
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel modulators of the cold menthol receptor TRPM8, to a method for modulating the TRPM8 receptor using said modulators; to the use of the modulators for induction of cold sensation; and to objects and means produced using said modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Subkowski, Claus Bollschweiler, Jens Wittenberg, Michael Krohn, Holger Zinke
  • Patent number: 9346061
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for enriching an iron mineral from a silicate containing iron ore by inverse flotation comprising the addition of a collector or collector composition comprising at least one of the compounds of formulae RC(O)N(Z—O—X—NH2)2 (Ia); RC(O)N(Z—O—X—NH2)2H+ Y? (Ib); in which X is an aliphatic alkylene group containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms; Z is an aliphatic alkylene group containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms; Y? is an anion; and R is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic or aromatic moiety having between 7 and 23 carbon atoms. The invention also relates to the novel compounds according to formulae (Ia) and (Ib), compositions comprising said compounds and the use of compounds and formulations as collectors for enriching of iron mineral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Bittner, Joerg Nieberle, Bernhard Ulrich von Vacano, Alexsandro Berger, Roland Boehn, Guenter Oetter
  • Patent number: 9346963
    Abstract: A pigment preparation is provided, said preparation comprises an organic pigment comprising a chromophore Q1 and a derivative thereof comprising specific organic substituents via an aliphatic carbon atom in an amount of from 0.1 to 30 mol, based on 100 mol of the organic pigment as well as a process for its preparation and to its use in coloring an organic material such as plastics, coatings or inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Philippe Bugnon, Peter Nesvadba
  • Patent number: 9345988
    Abstract: Apparatus and processes for continuous distillative separation of a mixture comprising one or more alkanolamine(s) are described. The separation is performed in one or more dividing wall column(s) and the alkanolamine or the alkanolamines is/are withdrawn as a side draw stream or side draw streams (side fraction(s)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Willi Schmidt, Gerd Kaibel, Elke Geiβler, Wolfgang Reif, Manfred Julius, Frank-Friedrich Pape
  • Patent number: 9346040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organotemplate-free synthetic process for the production of a zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure comprising YO2 and optionally comprising X2O3, wherein said process comprises the steps of (1) preparing a mixture comprising seed crystals and at least one source for YO2; and (2) crystallizing the mixture; wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element, wherein the zeolitic material optionally comprises at least one alkali metal M, wherein when the BEA framework additionally comprises X2O3, the mixture according to step (1) comprises at least one source for X2O3, and wherein the seed crystals comprise zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure, preferably zeolite Beta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Feng-Shou Xiao, Bin Xie, Ulrich Mueller, Bilge Yilmaz
  • Publication number: 20160137814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyurethanes, in which (a) polyisocyanate, (b) polymeric compounds with groups that are reactive towards isocyanates, (c) catalysts, (d) 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Iran OTERO MARTINEZ, Stefan BOKERN
  • Publication number: 20160136627
    Abstract: The present invention relates to specific acylhydrazone compounds, their use as oxidation catalysts and to a process for removing stains and soil on textiles and hard surfaces. The compounds are substituted with a specific cyclic ammonium group adjacent to the acyl group. Further aspects of the invention are compositions or formulations comprising such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicants: BASF SE, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hauke Rohwer, Barbara Winkler, Frédérique Wendeborn, Katharina Misteli
  • Publication number: 20160137226
    Abstract: A body center module, including a floor panel including two depressions, which extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body center module, for receiving a driver's seat and a passenger seat, and an elevation which extends between the depressions. From the elevation between the depressions, two supports extend upward in a V-shape, and each support terminates in a roof beam which extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body center module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Uwe WOLF, Jan Kurt Walter SANDLER, Alex HORISBERGER, Tobias NACHTIGAELLER
  • Publication number: 20160137676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphorus containing alcohol, obtainable or obtained by a process comprising the reaction of at least one alcohol with a phosphorus containing compound of the general formula (I) as defined herein, as well as the process for preparing a phosphorus containing alcohol, comprising the reaction of at least one alcohol with a phosphorus containing compound of the general formula (I). Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of a phosphorus containing alcohol as disclosed herein as a flame retardant, to a process for the preparation of a polyurethane and the polyurethane as such.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kevin RHUDY, Roland Helmut KRAEMER, Birgit HUPKA, Alexander KOENIG, Christoph FLECKENSTEIN, Christian KOENIG, Heinz HERBST
  • Publication number: 20160138037
    Abstract: A method for enhancing one or more yield-related traits in plants relative to control plants comprises modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a PAE1 (pectin acetylesterase) polypeptide. PAE1-encoding nucleic acids, and constructs comprising the same, are used in performing the method, and plants having one or more enhanced yield-related traits are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science Compnay GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe REUZEAU, Su-May YU, Yue-Le HSING, Tuan-Hua David HO, Shuen-Fang LO
  • Publication number: 20160137756
    Abstract: The invention relates to a concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion with an average particle size of less than 1000 nm comprising g) a polymer carrier prepared by heterophase radical polymerization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of h) a non-polar photoinitiator and/or photolatent catalyst and i) optionally a non-ionic, cationic or anionic surfactant, wherein the weight ratio of the non-polar photoinitiator and/or photolatent catalyst to the polymer carrier is greater than 20 parts of photoinitiator and/or photolatent catalyst per 100 parts of polymer carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Carsten Schellenberg, Clemens Auschra, Wolfgang Peter, Frank Oliver Heinrich, Junichi Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20160137783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an aliphatic or semiaromatic polyamide, in which a polyamide prepolymer is subjected to a solid state polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Schmidt, Florian Richter, Joachim Clauss, Axel Wilms, Gad Kory, Arnold Schneller, Achim Stammer, Volker Rauschenberger, Stefan Schwiegk
  • Publication number: 20160141580
    Abstract: Disclosed is an alkali-ion conducting separator assembly comprising a porous membrane (A) and an alkali-ion conducting film (B) placed on one major surface of the porous membrane (A), wherein the alkali-ion conducting film (B) comprises an inorganic material of the general formula (I): (L1+[(12?u)2+wv)?xm?[(3?y)3+yn]?[(2?z)5+zp]Im+x](A3+3?yan+y)(B5+2?zbp+z)(O2?12?uDv?w) (I) Further disclosed is a process for producing such an alkali-ion conducting separator assembly and a rechargeable electrochemical cell comprising such an alkali-ion conducting separator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Heino SOMMER, Jochen REINACHER, Juergen JANEK, Stefan BERENDTS
  • Publication number: 20160139243
    Abstract: A detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes: at least one optical sensor configured to detect a light beam traveling from the object towards the detector, the optical sensor including at least one matrix of pixels; and at least one evaluation device configured to determine an intensity distribution of pixels of the optical sensor that are illuminated by the light beam, the evaluation device further configured to determine at least one longitudinal coordinate of the object by using the intensity distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Stephan IRLE, Erwin THIEL
  • Publication number: 20160136871
    Abstract: An extruded air cooled blown film having a) a total thickness of 5 to 500 ?m, b) a mono-layer structure or 2 to 9 coextruded layers, c) at least one layer L containing a polymer selected from the group consisting of polypropylene homopolymers, polypropylene random copolymers, hetero-phasic polypropylene block copolymers, or any mixtures thereof, said polymer having a melt flow rate, according to ASTM D-1238, of 0.1 to 10 dg/min at 230° C. and 2.16 kg, said layer L further containing 0.001 to 2%, relative to the weight of the polymer, of a particular nucleating agent, and optionally d) a Modulus according to EN ISO 527 enhanced by at least 10% versus a reference film without the nucleating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Klaus Stoll, Karl-Heinz Hornbach
  • Publication number: 20160137892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyurethane adhesive comprising an isocyanate component A and a polyol component B where the isocyanate component A comprises at least one diisocyanate or polyisocyanate and the polyol component B comprises the alkoxylation product of a mixture of castor oil or ricinoleic acid (i), of an aromatic di- or polyol (ii), and of an OH-functional compound having aliphatically bonded OH groups and OH-functionality of from 1 to 8 (iii), and also optionally of a compound (iv), selected from the group consisting of cyclic anhydrides of dicarboxylic acids, and optionally of a compound (v) selected from the group consisting of cyclic mono- or diesters. The present invention further relates to a process for adhesive bonding with use of the polyurethane adhesive of the invention, to an item adhesive-bonded with the use of the polyurethane adhesive, and to the use of said item in the construction of wind turbines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Berend ELING, Hans-Juergen REESE, Christian KOENIG, Patrick BOLZE