Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Method for the production of aqueous formulations, aqueous formulations, and the use thereof
    Patent number: 8822589
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of aqueous formulations, wherein (A) at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, (B) at least one heterocyclic comonomer having at least one permanent cationic charge per molecule and (C-P1) at least one ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or its anhydride are subjected to free radical copolymerization with one another in an aqueous medium and, shortly before the end or after the end of the copolymerization, further ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid (C-P2) or its anhydride is added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Brym, Stephan Hueffer, Audrey Renoncourt, Ulrike Mahn, Franz Glocknitzer, Alexandra Bruhn
  • Process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies
    Patent number: 8822371
    Abstract: A process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies K whose active material is a multielement oxide of stoichiometry [Bi1WbOx]a[Mo12Z1cZ2dFeeZ3fZ4gZ5nOy]1, in which a finely divided oxide Bi1WbOx with the particle size d50A1 and, formed from element sources, a finely divided intimate mixture of stoichiometry Mo12Z1cZ2dFeeZ3fZ4gZ5h with the particle size d50A2 are mixed in a ratio of a:1, this mixture is used to form shaped bodies and these are treated thermally, where (d50A1)0.7·(d90A1)1.5·(a)?1?820.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Raichle, Catharina Horstmann, Frank Rosowski, Klaus Joachim Müller-Engel, Holger Borchert, Gerhard Cox, Ulrich Cremer
  • Rheology modifying and setting polymer, composition thereof and method for making it
    Patent number: 8821843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer suited for modifying the styling performance and the rheology of a cosmetic preparation, a composition thereof, a method of making it as well as the use of said polymer and the composition respectively. The copolymer comprises at least one non-ionic ethylenically unsaturated C1-C4 (meth)acrylate as monomer A; an ethylenically unsaturated monomer B having as hydrogen bond donor an amide group, said ethylenically unsaturated monomer B being an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a cyclic amide moiety, as monomer B1 and/or, an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having an acyclic amide group, as monomer B2; at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid as monomer C; a macromonomer D; optionally at least one cross-linker E; and optionally at least one further monomer F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Son Nguyen-Kim, Rolf Werner, Angelika Schmitt, Peter Hossel, Matthias Laubender, Jens Schröder
  • Process for the preparation of an aqueous colloidal precious metal suspension
    Patent number: 8822725
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the preparation of an aqueous colloidal precious metal suspension, which process comprises reducing a precious metal salt in aqueous solution using a functionalized, water soluble quaternary ammonium salt in the absence of organic solvents, to form elementary nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: Peter Theodorus Witte
  • Isoalkane mixture, its preparation and use
    Patent number: 8821842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isoalkane mixture, to a method for its preparation and to cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions which comprise such a mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Arno Lange, Armin Ulonska, Volker Wendel
  • Thermoplastic polyurethane with reduced formation of deposit
    Patent number: 8822624
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyurethane is obtainable via reaction of the following components A, B, C, and, if appropriate, D and E (e) at least one aliphatic, organic diisocyanate, as component A, (f) at least one compound which is reactive toward component A and which has a weight-average molar mass of from 500 to 10 000 g/mol, as component B, (g) a mixture composed of alkanediols as chain extenders, comprising from 60 to 85 mol % of 1,6-hexanediol as main chain extender C1 and from 15 to 40 mol % of 1,3-propanediol as co-chain extender C2, as component C, (h) at least one catalyst, as component D, (i) conventional additives as component E.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oliver Steffen Henze, Stephan Friederichs, Ruediger Krech, Katja Hackmann, Marc Hansen
  • Alkylaminoalkyl oligomers as broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent
    Patent number: 8821910
    Abstract: The present application relates to oligomeric antimicrobial compounds and compositions comprising the same. The oligomers are formed by polymerizing aminoalkyl(meth)acrylate or aminoalkyl(meth)acrylamide monomer(s). In addition to imparting materials with broad spectrum antimicrobial activity, the oligomers can impart antimicrobial activity to substrates such as hair and skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Song, Ted Deisenroth
  • Carbamoylmethoxy- and Carbamoylmethylthio- and Carbamoylmethylamino Benzamides for Combating Invertebrate Pests
    Publication number: 20140243196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted carbamoylmethoxy and carbamoylmethylthio benzamide compounds and the stereoisomers, salts, tautomers and N-oxides thereof and to compositions comprising the same. The invention also relates to the use of the carbamoylmethoxy- and carbamoylmethylthio-benzamide compounds or of the compositions comprising such compounds for combating invertebrate pests. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods of applying such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Prashant Deshmukh, Markus Kordes, Wolfgang Von Deyn, Karsten Koerber, Florian Kaiser, Joachim Dickhaut, Arun Narine, Nina Gertrud Bandur, Gemma Veitch, Deborah L. Culbertson, Paul Neese, Koshi Gunjima
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYMER-SHELL NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140243450
    Abstract: The invention provides a continuous process for producing polymer-shell nanoparticles, especially in the form of aqueous dispersions, using a high-pressure homogenizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gerlinger, Bernd Sachweh, Lena Hecht, Marion Winkelmann, Heike Schuchmann
  • THERMOELECTRIC MODULES FOR AN EXHAUST SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140238459
    Abstract: In a thermoelectric module consisting of p- and n-conducting thermoelectric material pieces which are alternately connected to one another via electrically conductive contacts, the thermoelectric module (19) is thermally conductively connected to a micro heat exchanger (13) which comprises a plurality of continuous channels having a diameter of at most 1 mm, through which a fluid heat exchanger medium can flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Juergen Moors, Peter Renze, Panneerselvam Marudhachalam, Frederick A. Leavitt, John Washington McCoy
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GRANULES COMPRISING ONE OR MORE COMPLEXING AGENT SALTS
    Publication number: 20140243251
    Abstract: A process for producing granules comprising one or more complexing agent salts of formula (I): from an aqueous starting solution, comprising the one or more complexing agent salts in a concentration of from 10 to 80% by weight, based on the total weight of the aqueous starting solution, in a jet apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan BLEI, Michael SCHOENHERR, Franz WEBER, Francois BECKER
  • Graft Polyol And Method Of Forming The Same
    Publication number: 20140243474
    Abstract: A graft polyol includes a natural oil including at least 50% by weight of a natural oil polyol. Particles are dispersed in the natural oil and comprise the reaction product of a macromer polyol, a polymerizable monomer, a chain transfer agent, and a free radical initiator. The macromer polyol and the polymerizable monomer react in the presence of the natural oil. The graft polyol is formed by providing the natural oil and providing the macromer polyol, the chain transfer agent, the free radical initiator, and the polymerizable monomer. The natural oil, the polymerizable monomer, the macromer polyol, the chain transfer agent, and the free radical initiator are combined, and the polymerizable monomer, the macromer polyol, the chain transfer agent, and the free radical initiator react to form particles dispersed in the natural oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joseph P. Borst, Irina Ternyayeva, Steven E. Wujcik, David K. Bower, Andreas Kunst
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BIOHYDROCARBONS
    Publication number: 20140243565
    Abstract: A process for producing biohydrocarbons, comprising the steps of a) total hydrogenation of animal and/or vegetable oils, fats or mixtures thereof, forming propane from the glycerol component of the oils, fats or mixtures thereof and the corresponding alkanes from the fatty acid component of the oils, fats or mixtures thereof, b) cracking the hydrocarbons obtained in step a) by thermal cracking, catalytic cracking or hydrocracking to form the biohydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Alexander Weck
  • ENZYMATICALLY CATALYZED METHOD OF PREPARING MONO-ACYLATED POLYOLS
    Publication number: 20140242651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biocatalytic method of preparing a mono-acylated polyol catalyzed by triacylglycerol lipase mutants, as for example derived from Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB); a biocatalytic method of enantioselectively preparing an asymmetric mono-acylated polyol, catalyzed by the same enzyme mutants; as well as the use of a mutated triacylglycerol lipase in a method of preparing mono-acylated polyols. The invention also provides novel mutants, coding sequences thereof, and recombinant microorganisms carrying said coding sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernhard Hauer, Cecilia Kvarnström Branneby, Karl Hult, Anders Magnusson, Anders Hamberg
  • Multifilament, Monofilament, Non-Woven or Tape
    Publication number: 20140243459
    Abstract: A multifilament, a monofilament, a non-woven or a tape, each having 1 to 2000 Denier per filament and a draw ratio of 1:2 to 1:11 and each made of a composition containing the components (A) a polyolefin, (B) for example a compound of the formula (B-1-a-1), (C) for example a compound of the formula (C-1-b-1), wherein b1 is a number from 2 to 20, and optionally (D) one or more inorganic and/or organic pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Daniel Mueller, Jean-Roch Pauquet, Anthony Judge, Hanspeter Meyer
  • PEF-TS EXPRESSION UNITS
    Publication number: 20140242704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of nucleic acid sequences for regulating the transcription and expression of genes, the novel promoters and expression units themselves, methods for altering or causing the transcription rate and/or expression rate of genes, expression cassettes comprising the expression units, genetically modified microorganisms with altered or caused transcription rate and/or expression rate, and methods for preparing biosynthetic products by cultivating the genetically modified microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oskar Zelder, Corinna Klopprogge, Burkhard Kröger, Hartwig Schröder, Stefan Haefner
  • ADDITIVES FOR STABILIZING POLYMERS WITH RESPECT TO HYDROLYSIS
    Publication number: 20140243477
    Abstract: Use of copolymers (C) comprising at least one epoxy group and at least one alkoxysilane group as stabilizers for polymers (P), where the copolymers (C) are generally obtained via polymerization of monomers and said monomers comprise those that comprise epoxy groups or alkoxysilane groups or epoxy groups and alkoxysilane groups, or that are reacted during or after polymerization and, after the reaction, comprise epoxy groups or alkoxysilane groups, or epoxy groups and alkoxysilane groups. Processes for stabilizing polymers (P) with respect to hydrolysis, which comprise adding, to the polymers (P), an effective amount of copolymers (C). Copolymers (C?) composed of specific compositions of monomers comprising at least one epoxy group and at least one alkoxysilane group, and also optionally other monomers. Mixtures comprising copolymers (C?) and polymers (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Laurence POTTIE, Theo SMIT, Arno LANGE, Collin G. MOORE, Simone SCHILLO, Volker FRENZ, Roelof VAN DER MEER
  • CARBAMOYLMETHOXY- AND CARBAMOYLMETHYLTHIO- AND CARBAMOYLMETHYLAMINO BENZAMIDES FOR COMBATING INVERTEBRATE PESTS
    Publication number: 20140243197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted carbamoylmethoxy and carbamoylmethylthio benzamide compounds and the stereoisomers, salts, tautomers and N-oxides thereof and to compositions comprising the same. The invention also relates to the use of the carbamoylmethoxy- and carbamoylmethylthio-benzamide compounds or of the compositions comprising such compounds for combating invertebrate pests. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods of applying such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Prashant Deshmukh, Florian Kaiser, Karsten Körber, Markus Kordes, Joachim Dickhaut, Arun Narine, Nina Gertrud Bandur, Gemma Veitch, Deborah L. Culbertson, Paul Neese, Koshi Gunjima
  • Herbicidal Benzoxazinones
    Publication number: 20140243522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoxazinones of the general formula (I) wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the benzoxazinones of the formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one benzoxazinones of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias WITSCHEL, Trevor William NEWTON, Thomas SEITZ, Helmut WALTER, Bernd SIEVERNICH, Anja SIMON, Ricarda NIGGEWEG, Klaus GROßMANN, Liliana PARRA RAPADO, Richard Roger EVANS
  • P-PIPERAZINE COMPOUNDS AS FLAME RETARDANTS
    Publication number: 20140243455
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of aromatic P-piperazine-compounds in flame retardant polymer compositions. These compositions are especially useful for the manufacture of flame retardant compositions based on thermoplastic polymers, especially polyolefin homo- and copolymers, polycondensates, such as polyamines or polyesters and duroplastic polymers, such as polyepoxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rainer Xalter, Michael Roth, Manfred Doering, Michael Ciesielski, Sebastian Wagner