Patents Assigned to BASF
  • USE OF THE REACTION PRODUCT FORMED FROM A HYDROCARBYL-SUBSTITUTED DICARBOXYLIC ACID AND A NITROGEN COMPOUND TO REDUCE FUEL CONSUMPTION
    Publication number: 20140020285
    Abstract: The use of the reaction product formed from a hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid or anhydride thereof and a nitrogen compound I or a salt thereof as an additive in a fuel for reducing fuel consumption in gasoline engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ludwig VOELKEL, Marc WALTER, Harald BOEHNKE, Hannah Marie KOENIG, Markus HANSCH
  • N-substituted hetero-bicyclic compounds and derivatives for combating animal pests
    Publication number: 20140024659
    Abstract: The invention relates to N-substituted hetero-bicyclic compounds of formula (I), to the enantiomers, diastereomers and salts thereof and to compositions comprising such compounds. The invention also relates to methods and uses of these N-substituted hetero-bicyclic compounds, and of compositions comprising thereof, for combating and controlling animal pests. Furthermore the invention relates also to pesticidal methods of applying such N-substituted hetero-bicyclic compounds. The N-substituted hetero-bicyclic compounds of the present invention are defined by the following formula I: wherein A, B, X, Het, R1, R2, W1, W2, W3 and W4 are defined as in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ralph Paulini, Carsten Beyer, Henricus Maria Martinus Bastiaans, Nancy B. Rankl
  • AMINE AND DIAMINE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE FOR INVERSE FROTH FLOTATION OF SILICATE FROM IRON ORE
    Publication number: 20140021104
    Abstract: The invention relates to 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 RO—X—NH2 (Ia); RO—X—NH3+Y? (Ib); RO—X—NH—Z—NH2 (IIa); and RO—X—NH—Z—NH3+Y? (IIb), in which X is a linear or branched aliphatic alkylene group containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms; Z is a linear or branched aliphatic alkylene group containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms; Y? is an anion; and R is an aliphatic group of the formula (I) C5H11CH(C3H7)CH2— (I) wherein the C5H11 moeity of the aliphatic group of the formula (I) comprises 70 to 99% by weight n-C5H11—, and 1 to 30% by weight C2H5CH(CH3)CH2— and/or CH3CH(CH3)CH2CH2—.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Bittner, Joerg Nieberle, Bernhard Ulrich Von Vacano, Alexsandro Berger, Roland Boehn, Guenter Oetter
  • PROCESS FOR THE HOMOGENEOUSLY CATALYZED AMINATION OF ALCOHOLS WITH AMMONIA IN THE PRESENCE OF A COMPLEX CATALYST WHICH COMPRISES NO ANIONIC LIGANDS
    Publication number: 20140024833
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing primary amines by alcohol amination of alcohols with ammonia with the elimination of water, where the alcohol amination is carried out under homogeneous catalysis in the presence of at least one complex catalyst which comprises ruthenium and at least one at least bidental donor ligand, but no anionic ligands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mathias SCHELWIES, Marion Brinks, Thomas Schaub, Johann-Peter Melder, Rocco Paciello, Martin Merger
  • PROCESS FOR TREATING AN OUTPUT FROM A HYDROCARBON CONVERSION WITH REMOVAL OF HYDROGEN HALIDES AND SUBSEQUENT WASH
    Publication number: 20140024875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating an output from a hydrocarbon conversion, wherein the hydrocarbon conversion is performed in the presence of an acidic ionic liquid. The hydrocarbon conversion is preferably an isomerization. First of all, the hydrogen halide is drawn off in an apparatus from a mixture which originates from the hydrocarbon conversion and comprises at least one hydrocarbon and at least one hydrogen halide, and then the mixture depleted of hydrogen halide is subjected to a wash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Katharina Spuhl, Markus Schmitt, Jochen Bürkle, Joni Joni, Steffen Tschirschwitz, Daniel Pfeiffer, Stefan Bitterlich, Michael Hübner, Pawel Czajka
  • Substrates comprising switchable ferromagnetic nanoparticles
    Patent number: 8632814
    Abstract: In a process for producing organic substrate particles bonded to switchable ferromagnetic nanoparticles with a mean particle diameter in the range from 10 to 1000 nm, the ferromagnetic nanoparticles used are those nanoparticles which are nonferromagnetic at first, but become ferromagnetic when the temperature is lowered, these at first nonferromagnetic nanoparticles in dispersed form are bonded to the organic substance particles, and then the nanoparticles bonded to the substrate particles are made ferromagnetic as a result of the temperature being lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Ekkehard Brueck
  • Aqueous dispersions of reactive gluing agents, method for the production and the use thereof
    Patent number: 8633274
    Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of reactive sizes comprise cationic polymers comprising vinylamine units as a protective colloid, the protective colloid comprising less than 0.0001% by weight, based on the protective colloid, of diketenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johann Bonn, Roland Ettl, Klaus Lorenz
  • Heavy metal passivator/trap for FCC processes
    Patent number: 8632674
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst mixture comprising FCC catalysts and a metal passivator/trap and use thereof in trapping metal contaminants during the catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Bram Willem Hoffer, David Matheson Stockwell
  • Substituted amidine compounds for combating animal pests
    Patent number: 8633134
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted amidine compounds of formula (I), to the enantiomers, diastereomers and salts thereof and to compositions comprising such compounds. The invention also relates to the use of the substituted amidine compounds, of their salts or of compositions comprising them for combating animal pests. Furthermore the invention relates also to methods of applying such substituted amidine compounds. The substituted amidine compounds of the present invention are defined by the following formula I: wherein A1 to A4, B1 to B3, R1 to R3, (R4)p, (R5)q, X and Y are defined as in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Florian Kaiser, Karsten Koerber, Matthias Pohlman, Steffen Gross, Prashant Deshmukh, Joachim Dickhaut, Nina Gertrud Bandur, Wolfgang von Deyn, Deborah L. Culbertson, Douglas D. Anspaugh, Franz-Josef Braun, Cecille Ebuenga
  • Process for producing blends made of polylactides (PLAS) and of thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUS)
    Patent number: 8633283
    Abstract: Blends made of thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) and of polylactides (PLAs) are produced via A) reaction of at least one thermoplastic polyurethane with at least one diisocyanate or one diisocyanate prepolymer which has at least two isocyanate groups, or a mixture thereof, in the melt, with reduction of the molar mass of the thermoplastic polyurethane and with formation of a thermoplastic polyurethane having an excess of isocyanate end groups, B) introduction of at least one polylactide into the melt of the stage A) product, and reaction of the stage A) product with the polylactide at a temperature below 190° C., C) cooling of the resultant blend, where no polyols are used in stages A) to C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Klaus Hilmer, Kai Brüning, Hans-Gerhard Fritz, Alina Corina Zgaverdea
  • Dispersion for applying a metal layer
    Patent number: 8633270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispersion for the application of a metal layer on a non-electrically-conductive substrate comprising an organic binder component, a metal component, and also a solvent component. The invention further relates to processes for the production of the dispersion, processes for the production of a non-structured or structured metal layer with the aid of the dispersion, and also to the resultant substrate surfaces and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rene Lochtman, Norbert Wagner, Jürgen Kaczun, Jürgen Pfister
  • Composition for polishing surfaces of silicon dioxide
    Patent number: 8633111
    Abstract: A composition for polishing surfaces comprises the following components: a) at least one inorganic abrasive component (S) comprising a lanthanide oxide, b) at least one organic dispersing-agent component based on polymer (P), c) at least one organic gelling agent (G) such as gellan gum, d) water as solution or dispersing medium, and e) if appropriate further auxiliary and additive materials and has high stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sven Holger Behrens, Yaqian Liu, Günter Kern, Heidrun Debus
  • Method for producing water-absorbing polymer particles
    Patent number: 8633285
    Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles, comprising the addition of a solid additive to a polymer gel by means of a conveying screw (1), wherein the solid additive and a gas volume flow are fed to the conveying screw (1) by means of an addition channel (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rüdiger Funk, Matthias Weismantel, Dominicus van Esbroeck, Filip Mees
  • Device for dispensing bark beetle pheromone in a controlled manner
    Patent number: 8632795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device in the form of a container made of a polymer material, which container has one or more sealed chambers, each of which comprise a liquid pheromone comprising 2-ethyl-1,6-dioxaspiro[4,4]nonane, methyl 2,4-decadiene-carboxylate and at least one alcohol selected among 2-methylbut-3-en-2-ol and 2-methylbut-3-yn-2-ol, where at least 50% of the area of the walls forming the chambers have a wall thickness in the range of from 0.1 to 1 mm and the polymer material which forms the chamber is at least in those areas an uncoated vinyl acetate/ethylene copolymer with a vinyl acetate content in the range of from 10 to 17% by weight. The invention also relates to a method of combating and for monitoring the swarming behavior of the species Pityogenes chalcographus, generally also referred to as spruce wood engraver or six-dentated bark beetle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Zühlke, Jürgen Jentzsch, Ulf Baier, Hansjochen Schroeter
  • Use of a copolymer in the form of a solubiliser for a poorly water-soluble compound
    Patent number: 8632763
    Abstract: The use of copolymers obtained by free-radical polymerization of a mixture of i) 30 to 80% by weight of N-vinyllactam, ii) 10 to 50% by weight of vinyl acetate, and iii) 10 to 50% by weight of a polyether, with the proviso that the total of components i), ii) and iii) equals 100% by weight, as solubilizers for slightly water-soluble substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nathalie Bouillo, Marianna Pierobon, Ralf Widmaier, Rainer Dobrawa, Kathrin Meyer-Böhm, Ronald Frans-Maria Lange
  • METHODS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE ELEMENTS BASED ON FOAMS BASED ON ISOCYANATE
    Publication number: 20140017412
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of composites, composed of at least one outer layer b) and of an isocyanate-based rigid foam a), where the outer layer b) is moved continuously and the starting material for the isocyanate-based rigid foam a) is applied to the outer layer b), which comprises achieving the application of the liquid starting material for the isocyanate-based rigid foam a) by means of at least one fixed tube c) which has openings f) and which has been placed, with respect to the outer layer b), so as to be parallel to the plane of the outer layer and at right angles to the direction of movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars SCHOEN, Roland Fabisiak, Rainer Hensiek, Peter Huntemann, Ruediger Viereck, Maria Thomas, Bernd Schaper
  • PROCESS FOR REMOVING HYDROGEN HALIDES IN A RECTIFYING COLUMN WITH A PARTIAL CONDENSER
    Publication number: 20140018595
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating an output from a chemical reaction, wherein the chemical reaction is performed in the presence of an ionic liquid. The chemical reaction is preferably an isomerization. In a rectifying column with a partial condenser, the hydrogen halide is drawn off from a mixture which originates from the chemical reaction and comprises at least one organic compound, preferably at least one hydrocarbon, and at least one hydrogen halide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Katharina Spuhl, Stefan Bitterlich, Lukas Schulz, Michael Hübner
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING FORMIC ACID
    Publication number: 20140018456
    Abstract: Process for obtaining formic acid by thermal separation of a stream comprising formic acid and a tertiary amine (I), in which a liquid stream comprising formic acid and tertiary amine (I) is produced by combining tertiary amine (I) and a formic acid source, secondary components comprised therein are separated off, formic acid is removed by distillation from the resulting liquid stream in a distillation apparatus, where the bottom output from the distillation apparatus is separated into two liquid phases, and the upper liquid phase is recirculated to the formic acid source and the lower liquid phase is recirculated to the separation of the secondary components and/or to the distillation apparatus, wherein low boilers are removed by distillation from the upper liquid phase and recirculated to the depleted stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: BASF SE
  • THERMOPLASTIC MOLDING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140017427
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a molding composition for producing a feed container consisting essentially of a copolymer composed of (A) from 5 to 60% by weight of units of the formula (I) and (B) from 40 to 95% by weight of units of the formula (II) where the total of the proportions by weight is 100% by weight, based on the copolymer, and where the demolding force of the molding composition is from 1800 to 2800 N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Claudia Mettlach, Martin Weber, Christian Maletzko, Bernd Trotte
  • PROCESS FOR TREATING AN OUTPUT FROM A HYDROCARBON CONVERSION BY WASHING WITH AN AQUEOUS MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140018597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating an output from a hydrocarbon conversion, wherein the hydrocarbon conversion is performed in the presence of an acidic ionic liquid. The hydrocarbon conversion is preferably an isomerization. A mixture which originates from the hydrocarbon conversion and comprises at least one hydrocarbon and at least one hydrogen halide is washed with an aqueous medium having a pH between 5 and 9, which removes hydrogen halide from the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Daniel Pfeiffer, Stefan Bitterlich, Michael Hübner