Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Method for producing catalyst monoliths for the reforming of hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 11712679
    Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensional porous catalyst monolith of stacked catalyst fibers, comprising the following steps: a) Preparing a suspension paste in a liquid diluent of a reforming catalyst, and which suspension can furthermore comprise a binder material, all particles in the suspension having an average particle size in the range of from 0.5 to 500 ?m, b) extruding the paste of step a) through one or more nozzles to form fibers, and depositing the extruded fibers to form a three-dimensional porous catalyst monolith precursor, c) drying the porous catalyst monolith precursor to remove the liquid diluent, d) calcining the porous catalyst monolith precursor to form the porous catalyst monolith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Virginie Lanver, Marcelo Daniel Kaufman Rechulski, Stefan Altwasser
  • Microtiter plates designed for high-throughput screening of piercing-sucking pests such as arthropods
    Patent number: 11712697
    Abstract: A multi-well microtiter plate is provided designed for high-throughput screening of piercing-sucking arthropods,such as insects exposed to various compounds. The microtiter plates comprise a base comprising a plurality of sample wells, a covering made from pierceable material, a housing unit comprising a plurality of housing wells providing a predetermined fit in the plurality of sample wells, and an air-penetrable seal. Methods for containing, screening, and/or imaging piercing-sucking pests andarthropods utilizing the multi-chambered microtiter plates are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC
    Inventors: Marion Ellis Driver, Justin Jeong Dailey
  • Fungal resistant plants expressing RLK1
    Patent number: 11708583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of an RLK1protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding an RLK1protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Schultheiss, Tobias Mentzel
  • Brassica plant comprising a mutant indehiscent allele
    Patent number: 11708581
    Abstract: This invention relates to crop plants of which the fruit dehiscence properties are modulated. More specifically the invention relates to improved methods and means for reducing seed shattering, or delaying seed shattering until after harvest, while maintaining at the same time an agronomically relevant treshability of the pods, and for increasing yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS SEED US LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Laga, Bart Den Boer, Bart Lambert
  • Fungal resistant plants expressing RLK2
    Patent number: 11708584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of an RLK2 protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding an RLK2 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Schultheiss, Tobias Mentzel, Ralf Flachmann
  • Regulatory nucleic acid molecules for enhancing constitutive gene expression in plants
    Patent number: 11708578
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant molecular biology and provides methods for production of high expressing constitutive promoters and the production of plants with enhanced constitutive expression of nucleic acids wherein nucleic acid expression enhancing nucleic acids (NEENAs) are functionally linked to the promoters and/or introduced into plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Martin Kuhn, Linda Patricia Loyall, Malte Siebert, Elke Duwenig
  • Hydrogenation of esters to alcohols in the presence of a Ru-PNN complex
    Patent number: 11708316
    Abstract: Method for hydrogenating an ester with molecular hydrogen to the corresponding alcohols in the presence of a ruthenium complex (I), wherein said complex comprises a tridentate ligand L of the general formula (II) n and m are each independently 0 or 1, and the solid-dashed double lines represent a single or double bond, with the proviso that in the case of n=1 both solid-dashed double lines represent a single bond and m is 1, and in the case of n=0 one solid-dashed double line represents a single bond and the other solid-dashed double line represents a double bond, wherein in the case of a double bond on the side facing the phenyl ring m=1, in the case of a double bond on the side facing the pyridyl ring m=0, or both solid-dashed double lines represent a single bond and m is 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mathias Schelwies, Jonas Schwaben, Rocco Paciello
  • HPPD variants and methods of use
    Patent number: 11708565
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide tolerance to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions include polynucleotides encoding herbicide tolerance polypeptides, vectors comprising those polynucleotides, and host cells comprising the vectors. The nucleotide sequences of the invention can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in organisms, including microorganisms and plants. Compositions also include transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated polynucleotides encoding HPPD inhibitor tolerance polypeptides are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: BASF Agricultural Solutions Seesi US LLC
    Inventor: Samuel Gattis
  • Soybean variety 61286194
    Patent number: 11707040
    Abstract: The soybean variety 61286194 is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and soybean lint as well as to hybrid soybean plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety 61286194 with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of 61286194 and to plants of 61286194 reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from 61286194.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS SEED US LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Gilsinger, Albert Santos
  • NOVEL COOLANTS WITH IMPROVED STORAGE STABILITY
    Publication number: 20230227706
    Abstract: Coolants with increased activity against corrosion of aluminium and aluminium alloys and with improved storage stability, and corresponding coolant concentrates, are useful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Harald Dietl, Roger Sieg, Sebastian Lang
  • CIRCULAR CARBON PROCESS
    Publication number: 20230227316
    Abstract: A circular carbon process involves: a) reacting hydrogen and carbon monoxide to produce methane and water, b) decomposing methane into carbon and hydrogen, and c) using carbon as reducing agent and/or using carbon in a carbon-containing material as reducing agent, in a chemical process to produce carbon monoxide and a reduced substance. The methane produced in a) is used in b), the carbon produced in b) is used in c), and carbon monoxide produced in c) is used in a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Bode, Dieter Flick, Andreas Spiegel
  • Two-component coating compositions for coating fiber-reinforced plastics materials
    Patent number: 11702563
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to two-component coating material compositions including a paint base component A and a curing component B. The paint base component A includes one or more polyols A1 selected from the group of polyols containing ester groups and which possess a hydroxyl number of 300 to 500 mg KOH/g and have a hydroxyl group functionality of greater than 2. The curing component B includes one or more polyisocyanates B1 having on average 2.4 to 5 NCO groups. The two-component coating material composition possesses a solids content of at least 96 wt %, and the molar ratio of the NCO groups in the curing component B to the acidic hydrogen atoms in the paint base component A is from 1:1.15 to 1:0.95. The disclosure further relates to a method for coating fiber-reinforced plastics and to a method for producing coated fiber-reinforced plastics, and to coating fiber-reinforced plastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Elke Westhoff, Henan Li, Markus Saedler, Andreas Dopp, Lea Fedeler
  • Coolant for cooling systems in electric vehicles having fuel cells and/or batteries containing azole derivatives and additional corrosion protectants
    Patent number: 11702580
    Abstract: Coolants based on alkylene glycols or derivatives thereof are useful for cooling systems in electric vehicles having fuel cells and/or batteries, preferably for motor vehicles, particularly preferably for passenger cars and commercial vehicles (known as light and heavy duty vehicles). The coolants contain additional corrosion inhibitors for improved corrosion protection in addition to specific azole derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Harald Dietl, Roger Sieg
  • Pest control and detection system with conductive bait matrix
    Patent number: 11700844
    Abstract: A pest control and/or detection system generally includes an electrically conductive bait matrix including at least one carrier material that is at least one of palatable, a phagostimulant and/or consumable and/or displaceable by pests, and a plurality of electrically conductive particles. The electrically conductive particles are substantially randomly interspersed throughout the at least one carrier material. The at least one carrier material includes a thermoplastic material and/or a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: James W. Austin, Cheryl Ann Leichter, Kenneth S. Brown
  • PRECISE INTRODUCTION OF DNA OR MUTATIONS INTO THE GENOME OF WHEAT
    Publication number: 20230220405
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of genome editing and is directed to a method for the seam-less introduction of targeted precise modifications in genomic DNA of wheat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC
    Inventors: Timothy James GOLDS, David DE VLEESSCHAUWER, Katelijn D'HALLUIN
  • SEAT BACK FRAME ASSEMBLIES AND SEAT ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING PULTRUSION REINFORCEMENTS
    Publication number: 20230219473
    Abstract: A seat back assembly including a pultrusion reinforcement and a seat back frame formed of a resin material, the seat back frame is only partially overmolded onto the pultrusion reinforcement such that the pultrusion reinforcement is configured to be visually inspected through a plurality of openings formed in the seat back frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., BASF SE, Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob A. HERGET, John SALVIA, Todd Rupert MUCK, Vikas BHATIA, Gregory T. DONOVAN, Matthew F. PARKINSON, Steven R. PERUCCA
  • Composition, its preparation method, and the use of the composition in construction application
    Patent number: 11697738
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable resin composition. More specifically, the present invention relates to a composition comprising methylene malonate functional reactive resin, to its preparation methods, and to the use of the composition in the construction field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lei Meng, Sheng Zhong Zhou, Harald Roeckel
  • Impact of trace elements in the Grignard reaction
    Patent number: 11697641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for preparing 2,4-dichloro-6-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine (DICAT) comprising reacting 4-bromoanisole with magnesium, and reacting the resulting Grignard reagent with cyanuric chloride, wherein the magnesium comprises additional metals as impurities in an amount of less than 0.027% by weight, based on the total weight of the magnesium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joerg Baeuchle, Wolfgang Wiesenhoefer
  • Agricultural film comprising a copolyamide of a diamine, a dimer acid and a lactam
    Patent number: 11696533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agricultural film (AF) comprising at least one copolyamide, wherein the copolyamide has been prepared by polymerizing at least one lactam and a monomer mixture (M). The present invention further relates to a process for producing the agricultural film (AF) and to the use of the agricultural film (AF) as mulch film, as silage film, as greenhouse film or as silo film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rolf Minkwitz, Frank Reil, Martina Schoemer, Johannes Klaus Sprafke
  • System and method for risk based control of a process performed by production equipment
    Patent number: 11699117
    Abstract: A control system and control method for controlling a process performed by production equipment. The control system has a first interface configured to obtain, from a data provisioning module, production control data for operating the production equipment wherein the production control data relates to operating instructions configured to control the production equipment to automatically process a plurality of physical items and their respective components. It further includes a risk evaluator module configured to determine for each item a total risk value based on partial risk values associated with the respective components, and further configured to detect a change in the determined total risk values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Sascha Shuxia Zhu