Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Preparation of homoallyl alcohols in the presence of noncovalently supported ionic liquid phase catalysts under gas-phase reaction conditions
    Patent number: 8563787
    Abstract: Process for preparing homoallyl alcohols by catalyzed reaction of alkenes with aldehydes or ketones, wherein the reaction is carried out in the gas phase in the presence of noncovalently supported ionic liquid phase catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christoph Stock, Dirk Gerhard, Klaus Ebel
  • Method for isomerizing olefinically unsaturated alcohols
    Patent number: 8563785
    Abstract: A process for isomerizing olefinically unsaturated alcohols over supported noble metal catalysts with a support based on carbon in an oxygenous atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Limbach, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Radwan Abdallah, Torsten Mäurer, Thorsten Johann, Manuel Danz
  • Water absorbing material
    Patent number: 8562862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-absorbing material obtainable by a process comprising the steps of A) treating a particulate, non-surface-crosslinked, water-absorbing polymer with a mixture comprising an aqueous solvent and at least one salt of a transition metal and B) irradiating the polymer treated according to A) with UV radiation, to a process for its production and to articles comprising the water-absorbing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Veit Stegmann, Klemens Massonne, Franz Niklaus Windlin, Reinhold Schwalm, Dieter Hermeling, Thomas Daniel, Stefan Bruhns
  • Tandem photovoltaic cell
    Patent number: 8563855
    Abstract: A photovoltaic element (110) for converting electromagnetic radiation into electrical energy is provided, which has a tandem cell structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Neil Gregory Pschirer, Felix Eickemeyer, Jan Schoeneboom, Jae Hyung Hwang, Martin Karlsson, Ingmar Bruder
  • Heat-aging-resistant polyamides
    Patent number: 8563680
    Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions, comprising A) from 10 to 99.99% by weight of a polyamide B) from 0.01 to 20% by weight of a high-functionality polyetherol with an OH number of from 3 to 1350 mg KOH/g of polyetherol (to DIN 53240, part 2), C) from 0 to 70% by weight of further additives, where the total of the percentages by weight of components A) to C) is 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Manoranjan Prusty, Martin Baumert, Bernd Bruchmann, Anna Cristadoro
  • Process for preparing substituted N-phenylhydroxylamines
    Patent number: 8563748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a ring-substituted N-phenylhydroxylamine by reduction of the correspondingly substituted nitrobenzene compound, wherein the reduction is carried out by reacting the substituted nitrobenzene compound with hydrazine in the presence of a ruthenium catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alexander Korte, Michael Puhl, Marco Coppola
  • Foamable pesticide compositions
    Patent number: 8563018
    Abstract: Ready-to-use foamable pesticide compositions that contain a particulate pesticide suspended therein and applicators for dispensing such compositions. Methods for treating pests such as arthropods by contacting pests with such compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: Terrence R. Burke
  • Preparation for and method of applying corrosion control coats
    Patent number: 8563128
    Abstract: Preparation for and a method of applying corrosion control coats to metallic surfaces, particularly the surfaces of metallic structures or metal constructions, the preparation comprising at least one binder system curable under atmospheric conditions, a dicarboxylic acid-olefin copolymer, and a finely divided filler, pigment or dye. Coated metallic surface obtainable by means of the method, especially the surface of metallic structures or metal constructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alexander Göthlich, Guido Vandermeulen, Konrad Roschmann, Gerhard Fischer, Helmut Witteler, Monica Fernandez Gonzalez
  • Process for preparing ketones, in particular macrocyclic ketones
    Patent number: 8563781
    Abstract: Ketones of the formula II where A is optionally alkyl-substituted C2-C12-alkanediyl, R1 and R2 are each, independently of one another, C1-C6-alkyl, or R1 and R2 together form optionally alkyl-substituted C3-C10-alkanediyl, and R3 is hydrogen or C1-C6-alkyl, are prepared by reacting a cyclic olefin of the formula I with dinitrogen monoxide to form the ketone of the formula II. The ketone of the formula II can be further hydrogenated to form the saturated ketone of the formula III. Macrocyclic ketones of the formula III, e.g. muscone, are sought after as fragrances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Schelper, Christoph Stock, Klaus Ebel, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Ralf Pelzer
  • Pestcidal active mixtures comprising isoxazoline compounds I
    Patent number: 8563474
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compounds 1) at least one isoaxazoline compound I of the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and A are defined in the description; and 2) at least one active compound II selected from a group A comprising acteylcholine esterase inhibitors, GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, sodium channel modulators, nicotinic acteylcholine receptor agonists/antagonists, chloride channel activators, juvenile hormone mimics, compounds affecting the oxidative phosphorylation, inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis, moulting disruptors, inhibitors of the MET, voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers, inhibitors of the lipid synthesis and other compounds as defined in the description, in synergistically effective amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karsten Koerber, Florian Kaiser, Juergen Langewald
  • Nematode inducible promotors and methods of use
    Patent number: 8563806
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated promoter polynucleotides that are root-specific and/or induced by plant parasitic nematodes. The promoters of the invention are useful for controlling expression of nucleic acids of interest in plant roots and are particularly useful for controlling transcription of nucleic acids encoding agents that disrupt formation or maintenance of parasitic nematode feeding sites in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Aaron Wiig, Robert Ascenzi, Xiang Huang, Sumita Chaudhuri, Rui-Guang Zhen, Yu Han
  • Use of porous metal-organic framework materials for color marking of filters
    Patent number: 8563464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a porous metal-organic framework material comprising at least one, at least bidentate, organic compound bound to at least one metal ion by coordination, the at least one metal ion, the at least one, at least bidentate, organic compound, or if appropriate a further component, being a coloring component, as sorbent and for permanent color marking of a filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Schubert, Ulrich Mueller, Christoph Kiener, Marcus Guzmann, Juergen Huff, Joerg Pastre
  • Composite material comprising two or more superimposed layers of woods
    Patent number: 8563137
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite material having two or more superimposed wood layers. Said layers are joined together by means of a one component polyurethane adhesive containing a prepolymer having free NCO groups and a wood having a volume fraction of libriform fibres in the region of between 50-70% is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Manfred Genz, Hans Ulrich Schmidt, Stefan Ullmann, Timo Prozeske, Stefan Meyer
  • MICROORGANISMS INHIBITING THE FORMATION OF FOOT MALODOR
    Publication number: 20130272985
    Abstract: Described are microorganisms which are able to inhibit the formation of foot malodor by skin microorganisms. Also described are compositions comprising such microorganisms as well as the use of such microorganisms in cosmetic, prophylactic or therapeutic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Reindl, Rolf Knöll, Christine Lang, Markus Veen, Eckhard Budde, Mewes Boettner
  • METHOD OF SUPPLEMENTING THE CATALYST IN CONTINUOUS HYDROFORMYLATION
    Publication number: 20130274525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of supplementing the catalyst in continuous hydroformylation during ongoing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Edgar Zeller, Armin Ulonska, Arthur Höhn, Volker Uhrig, Rene Magnie, Reimund Fattler
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLAME-PROOFED THERMOPLASTIC MOLDING COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20130274378
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing thermoplastic molding compounds, comprising: A) 40 to 99 wt % of at least one thermoplastic polymer, B) 1 to 60 wt % of a flame-proofing agent component containing an expandable graphite, and C) 0 to 60 wt % of further additives, by melt-mixing components A), B) and C) in a screw-type extruder, wherein the screw-type extruder, along the feed direction, comprises, in the following order, at least one dosing zone, a plastifying zone, a homogenizing zone, a second dosing zone, and a discharge zone, in that the dosing takes place into the screw-type extruder having the length L, wherein the length L is defined as the section starting with the first dosing unit for adding components A, B and/or C and ending, in the feed direction, at the discharge opening, a melt is generated after adding components A, B and C in the range of 0 liter to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Muller, Norbert Guntherberg
  • Process for Producing Surface Postcrosslinked Water-Absorbing Polymer Particles
    Publication number: 20130270479
    Abstract: A process for producing surface postcrosslinked water-absorbing polymer particles, wherein the water-absorbing polymer particles are coated, before, during or after the surface postcrosslinking, with at least one salt of a trivalent metal cation and a glycinate anion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Patrick Hamilton, Olaf Hoeller, Joseph Grill, William G-J Chiang, Michael A. Mitchell
  • LAYER SYSTEM FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
    Publication number: 20130273435
    Abstract: A layer system for electrochemical cells comprising at least one fibrous nonwoven fabric (A) formed by fibers of one or more organic polymers or mixtures of organic polymers (A1) wherein (i) the fibrous nonwoven fabric (A) contains a polymer electrolyte (C) comprising (C1) an electrolyte solvent or a mixture of electrolyte solvents, (C2) at least one electrolyte salt, and (C3) at least one organic polymer or polymer mixture, and/or (ii) a second fibrous nonwoven fabric (B) formed by fibers of one or more organic polymers or mixtures of organic polymers (B1) is aligned parallel to (A), wherein (B) may contain a polymer electrolyte (D) comprising (D1) an electrolyte solvent or a mixture of electrolyte solvents, (D2) at least one electrolyte salt, and (D3) at least one organic polymer or polymer mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Klaus LEITNER, Alexander Panchenko, Oliver Gronwald, Ruediger Oesten, Evgueni Klimov
  • Yield Increase in Plants Overexpressing the ACCDP Genes
    Publication number: 20130276172
    Abstract: A transgenic crop plant transformed by a 1-AminoCyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Deaminase-like Polypeptide (ACCDP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the crop plant results in the plant's increased root growth, and/or increased yield, and/or increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic crop plants. Also provided are isolated novel ACCDPs, and isolated novel nucleic acids encoding ACCDPs, and vectors and transgenic plant containing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Rodrigo Sarria-Millan, Eric R. Garr, Jamie Haertel, Damian Allen, Bryan McKersie
  • AGROCHEMICAL MIXTURES FOR INCREASING THE HEALTH OF A PLANT
    Publication number: 20130274104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agrochemical mixture for increasing the health of a plant, comprising as active compounds 1) pyraclostrobin (compound A) and 2) harpin protein (compound B) selected from harpinEa and harpin?? in synergistically effective amounts. In addition, the invention relates to an agrochemical composition for increasing the health of a plant, comprising a liquid or solid carrier and a mixture as defined above. The present invention also relates to a method for synergistically increasing the health of a plant wherein the plant or the locus where the plant is growing or is expected to grow is treated with an effective amount of a mixture as defined above. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of a mixture as defined above for synergistically increasing the health of a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Achim Reddig, Lutz Brahm, Robert John Gladwin, Ted R. Bardinelli, Zhongmin Wei