Patents Assigned to BASF
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING ZINC DICARBOXYLATE
    Publication number: 20140200328
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a zinc dicarboxylate from a zinc compound and a C4-C10 dicarboxylic acid in the presence of a cationic emulsifier and a solvent. The invention also relates to zinc dicarboxylates obtainable by the abovementioned process and having a BET surface area of 50 to 750 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anna Katharina Brym, Jürgen Zubiller, Gerrit Luinstra, Revaz Korashvili
  • PROTON-CONDUCTING MEMBRANE, METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION AND THEIR USE IN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
    Publication number: 20140199611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel proton-conducting polymer membrane based on polyazole polymers which, owing to their outstanding chemical and thermal properties, can be used widely and are suitable in particular as polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) for producing membrane electrode assemblies or so-called PEM fuel cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Brian Benicewicz, Guoqing Qian, Max Molleo, Harry Joseph Pleohn, Xiaoming Chen, Jörg Belack, Gordon Calundann
  • Heavy hydrocarbon removal process
    Patent number: 8778050
    Abstract: A process for removing heavy hydrocarbons from a natural gas stream comprises passing the natural gas stream thought a TSA adsorbent unit to adsorb heavy hydrocarbons, regenerating the TSA adsorbent by heating to form a contaminant-containing gas phase, cooling the contaminated gas phase to separate water and heavy hydrocarbon liquids to form a third gas phase and directing the third gas phase to a PSA unit to adsorb heavy hydrocarbons from the third gas phase. The product from the PSA unit can be sent to pipeline or recycled to the TSA unit for further hydrocarbon removal and recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: William Bachop Dolan, Roger Wyatt
  • Stabilized proteases that have been immobilized and further crosslinked for use in skin care
    Patent number: 8778336
    Abstract: Disclosed is an invention which relates to synthesizing immobilized and crosslinked proteases derived from plants for use as skin care agents. The resulting stabilized protease will minimally penetrate the skin because of its immobilized nature. It will retain activity because of its crosslinked nature and, in certain embodiments, due to its stabilization via physical additives. The present invention relates in particular to a linked papain product used in topical skin applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: Manasi Chavan
  • Soluble liquid formulations of quinclorac ammonium salts
    Patent number: 8778840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel soluble liquid (SL) formulations comprising A) quinclorac ammonium salts of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, and B) a solvents of formula IIa wherein R5 is alkyl; A is alkylene or oxyalkylene; and m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and/or a solvent of formula IIb HO—B—OH??(IIb) wherein B is a straight-chain or branched alkylene or alkyleneoxyalkylene or alkyleneoxyalkyleneoxyalkylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rainer Berghaus, Terrance Cannan, Joseph Zawierucha, Glenn W. Oliver
  • Aqueous concentrate formulations containing saflufenacil and glyphosate
    Patent number: 8778838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous concentrate formulations for plant protection comprising: 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl(1-methylethyl)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide in the form of its anhydrate; N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine in the form of its free acid, in the form of the ammonium salt or a substituted ammonium salt or a mixture thereof; at least two different non-ionic surfactants with at least one of them comprising an ethylene oxide polymer moiety or an ethylene oxide/C3-C4-alkylene oxide block copolymer moiety, and water; wherein the pH-value of the formulation is below 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Wolfgang Gregori, Sven Adam, Klaus Kolb, Juergen Jakob, Bernd Sievernich, Joerg Steuerwald, Steven Bowe, Joseph Zawierucha, Rex Liebl
  • Process for preparing isocyanates
    Patent number: 8779181
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates by reacting the corresponding amines with phosgene in the gas phase, if appropriate in the presence of an inert medium, in which the amine and the phosgene are first mixed and converted to the isocyanate in a reactor, and in which a reaction gas which comprises isocyanate and hydrogen chloride and leaves the reactor is cooled in a quench space of a quench by adding a quench medium. The quench medium on addition to the quench space has a temperature above the condensation temperature or the desublimation temperature of the reaction gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Torsten Mattke, Carsten Knoesche
  • Process for the preparation of 2 substituted tetrahydropyranols
    Patent number: 8779169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 2-substituted 4-hydroxy-4-methyltetrahydropyrans by reacting 3-methylbut-3-en-1-ol(isoprenol) with the corresponding alkenealdehydes in the presence of a strongly acidic ion exchanger with subsequent hydrogenation. Specifically, the present invention relates to a corresponding process for the preparation of 2-isobutyl-4-hydroxy-4-methyltetrahydropyran by reacting isoprenol with prenal, with subsequent hydrogenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gabriele Gralla, Ralf Pelzer
  • Oligomerisation of olefins
    Patent number: 8779228
    Abstract: Olefins are oligomerized by bringing at least one C2 to C8-olefin into contact with a nickel-containing heterogeneous catalyst. The catalyst is conditioned before contact with the olefin by passing an inert gas flow over the same, until the inert gas flow has a water content of less than 1000 ppm. Selectivity for the production of higher oligomers, in particular trimers relative to the formation of dimers is increased by the pretreatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Heidemann, Armin Ulonska
  • Coating composition including high molecular weight polycarbodiimide, method of preparing same, and method of preparing coating on a substrate
    Patent number: 8778456
    Abstract: A coating composition comprises a high molecular weight polycarbodiimide. The high molecular weight polycarbodiimide is produced via a method. A method of preparing the coating composition and a method of forming a coating on a substrate with the coating composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Mohamed Bouguettaya
  • Plants having enhanced yield-related traits and a method for making the same
    Patent number: 8779237
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various plant yield-related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a RHL1 (Root Hairless 1). The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a RHL1, which plants have enhanced various plant yield-related relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventor: Yves Hatzfeld
  • Copper-zirconia catalyst and method of use and manufacture
    Patent number: 8778833
    Abstract: Catalysts and methods for their manufacture and use for the dehydrogenation of alcohols are disclosed. The catalysts and methods utilize a highly dispersible alumina, for example, boehmite or pseudoboehmite, to form catalysts that exhibit high dehydrogenation activities. Specifically, the catalysts include Cu that is highly dispersed by reaction of an alumina formed by peptizing of boehmite or pseudoboehmite and precursors of ZrO2, ZnO and CuO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Rostam Jal Madon, Peter Nagel, Deepak S. Thakur
  • Use of a supported catalyst containing precious metal for oxidative dehydrogenation
    Patent number: 8779212
    Abstract: The use of a supported noble metal catalyst obtainable by applying a sparingly soluble noble metal compound to a support from solution or suspension, and subsequently treating thermally, for preparing olefinically unsaturated carbonyl compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Torsten Mäurer, Georg Seeber, Radwan Abdallah, Thorsten Johann, Günter Wegner
  • Method for the production of glutaconate
    Patent number: 8778645
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for the biocatalytic production of unsaturated dicarboxylic acids by cultivating a recombinant microorganism co-expressing a glutaconate CoA-transferase and a 2-hydroxyglutaryl-CoA dehydratase system. The present invention also relates to corresponding recombinant hosts, recombinant vectors, expression cassettes and nucleic acids suitable for preparing such hosts as well as a method of preparing polyamide or polyester copolymers making use of said dicarboxylic acids as obtained by said biocatalytic production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oskar Zelder, Wolfgang Buckel, Ivana Djurdjevic
  • Fischer-tropsch catalyst
    Patent number: 8778832
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a catalyst suitable for catalyzing a Fischer-Tropsch reaction, said catalyst comprising cobalt metal supported on zinc-oxide and having the following particle size distribution by volume: <10% having a particle size below 1 micron, 70-99% having a particle size between 1 and 5 micron, and <20% having a particle size above 5 micron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Tjalling Rekker, Cornelis Roeland Baijense
  • Emission treatment systems and methods using passivated surfaces
    Patent number: 8776499
    Abstract: Provided are exhaust systems, components, and catalytic articles that have been passivated for use in conjunction with diesel engines that includes a NOx abatement system that uses a reductant. These items are passivated in order to minimize degradation of a reductant in their presence when, for example, they have been subjected to temperatures in excess of 650° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar V. Huennekes, Martin Kalwei
  • Method for pre-treating hydroamination catalysts
    Patent number: 8779205
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the pretreatment of hydroamination catalysts, wherein the hydroamination catalyst is brought into contact with an ammonia-comprising mixture before the reaction of olefins with ammonia, a primary or secondary amine, with the ammonia-comprising mixture comprising less than 40% by weight of olefin The invention further relates to a process for preparing alkylamines by reaction of olefins with ammonia, primary or secondary amines over a hydroamination catalyst, wherein the hydroamination catalyst is pretreated according to the invention before the reaction of the olefins by bringing the hydroamination catalyst into contact with an ammonia-comprising mixture comprising less than 40% by weight of olefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Heidemann, Marcus Sigl
  • Papers with a high filler material content and high dry strength
    Patent number: 8778139
    Abstract: A process for producing paper, board and cardboard in the presence of an aqueous slurry of components comprising finely divided fillers coated at least partly with water-soluble amphoteric copolymers, which involves adding, further to the aqueous slurry of components comprising finely divided fillers, at least one cationic and/or amphoteric polymer comprising as structural element no esters of unsaturated carboxylic acids with quaternized amino alcohols to the fiber suspension prior to sheet forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Tibor Adalbert Von Vadkerthy
  • Method and Device for Protecting Crop Plants
    Publication number: 20140190075
    Abstract: A method for protecting crop plants from harmful organisms, which comprises the step of covering one or more of the plants with a device, comprising a stabilizing structure and a meshed fabric, where the meshed fabric is impregnated with a pesticide and is penetrable by light, air and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ulrich Karl, Hartmut Leininger, Samuel Wells, Jürgen Huff
  • STRONTIUM AND CESIUM SPECIFIC ION-EXCHANGE MEDIA
    Publication number: 20140190892
    Abstract: This invention is directed to amorphous and crystalline titanosilicate materials that have an unexpected selectivity for cesium and strontium, especially in the presence of high levels of competing ions. The titanosilicates of this invention show very high, unexpected selectivity in the presence of such competing cations such as sodium, calcium, magnesium and potassium, such as present in seawater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Alfonse Maglio, David Durocher