Patents Assigned to BASF
  • LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MIXTURES
    Publication number: 20140117269
    Abstract: The present invention describes liquid-crystalline mixtures, and also oligomers or polymers which are obtainable by oligomerizing or polymerizing the inventive liquid-crystalline mixtures, a process for printing or coating substrates by applying and then polymerizing the inventive liquid-crystalline mixtures and the use of the inventive liquid-crystalline mixtures or of the inventive oligomers or polymers for production of optical or electrooptical components. The present invention further relates to the use of the inventive liquid-crystalline mixtures which comprise at least one chiral dopant for production of thermal insulation layers, and to such thermal insulation layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochen BRILL, Ulrick Schalkowsky, Thomas Musiol
  • Composite materials comprising aggregate and an elastomeric composition
    Patent number: 8710135
    Abstract: A composite material comprises aggregate and an elastomeric composition. The elastomeric composition comprises the reaction product of an isocyanate component and an isocyanate-reactive component. The isocyanate component comprises a polymeric isocyanate, and optionally, an isocyanate-prepolymer. The isocyanate-reactive component comprises a hydrophobic polyol and a chain extender having at least two hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight of from about 62 to about 220. The chain extender is present in the isocyanate-reactive component in an amount of from about 1 to about 20 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the isocyanate-reactive component. The aggregate may be rock, crumb rubber, and/or glass. The composite material has excellent physical properties and may be formed underwater, used in various locations, and used in various applications, such as for pavement, revetments, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: David K. Bower, Steven Hicks, Melissa Terry, Calvin T. Peeler
  • Preparation of isomerically pure substituted cyclohexanols
    Patent number: 8709751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the preparation of isomerically pure substituted cyclohexanols starting from a mixture of cis/trans substituted cyclohexanols which comprises reacting the cis/trans mixture of a substituted cyclohexanol with a dicarboxylic acid anhydride in the presence of a lipase, to give the trans semi-ester which is separated off from the unreacted substituted cyclohexanol cis isomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Melanie Bonnekessel, Klaus Ditrich, Jürgen Däuwel, Achim Sorg, Wolfgang Ladner, Bryan Cooper, Rene Backes
  • Reversible ethylene oxide capture in porous frameworks
    Patent number: 8709134
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to porous frameworks for ethylene oxide separation and recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, BASF SE
    Inventors: Omar M. Yaghi, David Kyle Britt, Alexander U. Czaja
  • DMAPN having a low DGN content and a process for preparing DMAPA having a low DGN content
    Patent number: 8710269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 3-dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) by reacting 3-dimethylaminopropionitrile (DMAPN) with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the DMAPN used has a content of 2-(dimethylaminomethyl)glutaronitrile (DGN) of 300 ppm by weight or less, based on the DMAPN used. Furthermore, the present invention relates to mixtures of DMAPN and DGN, wherein the weight ratio of DMAPN to DGN is in the range from 1 000 000:5 to 1 000 000:250.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mägerlein, Jan Eberhardt, Johann-Peter Melder, Ulrich Köhler, Thilo Hahn, Mirko Kreitschmann, Dominik Herbrecht
  • Microcapsules, their use and processes for their manufacture
    Patent number: 8709598
    Abstract: A microcapsule comprising a core containing a hydrophobic liquid or wax and a polymeric shell formed from: i) 1 to 20% by weight of polymerizable silane compound, ii) 1 to 94% by weight of hydrophobic mono functional ethylenically unsaturated monomer, iii) 5 to 98% by weight of polyfunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and iv) 0 to 60% by weight of other mono functional monomer(s), wherein components (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) total 100%, and in which the microcapsule also includes a hydrophilic polymer which is covalently bonded to the microcapsule. The invention includes a process for the manufacture of particles and the use of particles in articles, such as fabrics, and coating compositions, especially for textiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Bryan David Grey
  • Pyridazine compounds for controlling invertebrate pests
    Patent number: 8710056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridazine compounds of formulae I or II and the salts and N-oxides thereof, wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted isoxazole or isothiazole radical; V is C(Rv) or N; W is C(Rw) or N; with the proviso that either V or W is N; Rt, Ru, Rv, Rw are H, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl and the like; X1 is S, O or NR1a, wherein R1a is selected H, C1-C10-alkyl and the like; X2 is OR2a, NR2bR2c, S(O)mR2d, wherein m is 0, 1 or 2, R2a is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like, R2b, R2c are H, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like, or R2b and R2c together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound form a heterocycle, and R2d is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl and the like; and R1 is H, CN, C1-C10-alkyl and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ronan Le Vezouet, Sebastian Soergel, Christian Defieber, Steffen Gross, Karsten Koerber, Deborah L. Culbertson, Douglas D. Anspaugh
  • Electrode material and use thereof for production of electrochemical cells
    Patent number: 8709298
    Abstract: A compound of the general formula (I) AaMbPcOd??(I) in which the variables are each defined as follows: M is at least one transition metal selected from Co, Ni, Mn, Fe and Cr, A is Li or LixNa1-x where x is in the range from 0.2 to 1.0, a is in the range from 3.5 to 4.5, b is in the range from 0.8 to 1.2, c is in the range from 1.8 to 2.2 and d is in the range from 7.2 to 8.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin Schulz-Dobrick, Hartmut Hibst, Jordan Keith Lampert, Robert Glaum, Helmut Ehrenberg, Katharina Gerber, Markus Herklotz, Frieder Scheiba
  • Process for the production of an acylation catalyst
    Patent number: 8710271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure comprising the steps of: (i) providing one or more zeolitic materials having a BEA framework structure, wherein the BEA framework structure comprises YO2 and X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element; (ii) subjecting the one or more zeolitic materials provided in step (i) to a procedure for removing at least a portion of X, preferably tetrahedrally coordinated X, from the BEA framework structure; wherein the Y:X molar ratios of the one or more zeolitic materials provided in step (i) are respectively comprised in the range of from 1 to 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignees: BASF SE, Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Bilge Yilmaz, Ulrich Müller, Faruk Özkirim, Takashi Tatsumi, Feng-Shou Xiao, Dirk de Vos, Xinhe Bao, Weiping Zhang, Hermann Gies, Hiroyuki Imai, Bart Tijsebaert
  • Process for the enzymatic reduction of enoates
    Patent number: 8709767
    Abstract: A process for the enzymatic reduction of an enoate (1) wherein the C?C bond of the enoate (1) is stereoselectively hydrogenated in the presence of an enoate-reductase and an oxidizable co-substrate (2) in a system which is free of NAD(P)H, in which A is a ketone radical (—CRO), an aldehyde radical (—CHO), a carboxyl radical (—COOR), with R?H or optionally substituted C1-C6-alkyl radical, R1, R2 and R3 are independently of one another H, —O—C1-C6-alkyl, —O—W with W=a hydroxyl protecting group, C1-C6-alkyl, which can be substituted, C2-C6-alkenyl, carboxyl, or an optionally substituted carbo- or heterocyclic, aromatic or nonaromatic radical, or one of R1, R2 and R3 is a —OH radical, or R1 is linked to R3 so as to become part of a 4-8-membered cycle, or R1 is linked to R so as to become part of a 4-8-membered cycle, with the proviso that R1, R2 and R3 may not be identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Maurer, Bernhard Hauer, Melanie Bonnekessel, Kurt Faber, Clemens Stückler
  • Formulations, their use as or for producing dishwashing detergents and their production
    Patent number: 8709990
    Abstract: Formulations comprising (A) at least one compound selected from aminocarboxylates and polyaminocarboxylates, (B) at least one homopolymer or copolymer of ethyleneimine, (C) sodium citrate and (D) at least one compound selected from alkali metal percarbonate, alkali metal perborate and alkali metal persulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Hueffer, Alejandra Garcia Marcos, Markus Hartmann, Heike Weber
  • Catalysts for polyurethane coating compounds
    Patent number: 8709544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions for polyurethane coating materials that feature new catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oliver Neu, Michael Siemer, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Harald Schaefer, Angelika Maria Steinbrecher
  • Process for preparing MDA via the stage of the aminal
    Patent number: 8710267
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing methylenediphenyldiamine (MDA), comprising the following steps a) to c): a) converting formaldehyde and aniline to aminal b) removing water from the aminal obtained in step a) to establish a water content of 0 to 5% by weight based on the aminal, and c) adding an acidic catalyst to the aminal having a water content of 0 to 5% by weight, which comprises using formaldehyde in step a) in the form of highly concentrated formaldehyde with a CH2O content of >50% by weight and preparing the formaldehyde by oxidative dehydrogenation from methanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Eckhard Stroefer, Kai Thiele, Michael Zoellinger, Johnny Moors, Jon S. Speier
  • Dye sensitised solar cell
    Patent number: 8709299
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to an electrode layer comprising a porous film made of oxide semiconductor fine particles sensitized with certain methin dyes. Moreover the present invention pertains to a photoelectric conversion device comprising said electrode layer, a dye sensitized solar cell comprising said photoelectric conversion device and to novel methin dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Junichi Tanabe, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Shinji Nakamichi, Ryuichi Takahashi
  • Thiocyanato or isothiocyanato substituted naphthalene diimide and rylene diimide compounds and their use as n-type semiconductors
    Patent number: 8710225
    Abstract: Disclosed are thiocyanato or isothiocyanato substituted naphthalene diimide and rylene diimide compounds according to formula (I), use of these compounds as n-type semiconductors, methods of preparing these compounds, as well as various compositions, composites, and devices that incorporate these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Gessner, Helmut Reichelt, Nicolle Langer, Anke Schwind
  • Detection and use of low molecular-weight modulators of the cold-menthol receptor TRPM8
    Patent number: 8710096
    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: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Subkowski, Claus Bollschweiler, Jens Wittenberg, Michael Krohn, Holger Zinke
  • Processes for producing polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic organisms
    Patent number: 8710299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotides from Ostreococcus lucimarinus which code for desaturases and elongases and which can be employed for the recombinant production of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The invention furthermore relates to vectors, host cells and transgenic nonhuman organisms which comprise the polynucleotides, and to the polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides. Finally, the invention also relates to production processes for the polyunsaturated fatty acids and for oil, lipid and fatty acid compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Bauer, Tom Wetjen
  • Ultrathin fluid-absorbent cores
    Patent number: 8710293
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ultrathin fluid-absorbent cores comprising a substrate layer, multicomponent superabsorbent particles and an adhesive, wherein the wet SAP shake-out of superabsorbent particles out of the fluid-absorbent core is less than 10% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Xiaomin Zhang, Michael A. Mitchell
  • Process for producing a carbon-comprising support
    Patent number: 8709964
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a surface-modified carbon-comprising support, which comprises the following steps: (a) mixing of the carbon-comprising support with at least one metal compound, a carbon- and/or nitrogen-comprising organic substance and optionally a dispersion medium, (b) optionally evaporation of the dispersion medium at a temperature in the range from 40 to 200° C., (c) heating of the mixture to a temperature in the range from 500° C. to 1200° C. to form metal carbides, metal nitrides, metal oxycarbides, metal oxynitrides, metal carboxynitrides and/or metal carbonitrides on the carbon-comprising support. The invention further relates to a use of the surface-modified carbon-comprising support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bastian Ewald, Claudia Querner
  • Synthesis of amines and intermediates for the synthesis thereof
    Patent number: 8710093
    Abstract: The invention relates in a first embodiment to a method for the manufacture of esters of the formula I, or especially of amides of the formula II, wherein the symbols have the meanings given in the specification, as well as other intermediates and compounds useful in the synthesis of tryptamines and other substances mentioned in the title. The synthesis methods and intermediates are useful in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE Ludwigshafen
    Inventors: Ulrich Berens, Oliver Dosenbach, Daniel Sprenger