Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Catalyst and process for preparing dimethyl ether
    Patent number: 11452995
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst and catalyst layer and process for preparing dimethyl ether from synthesis gas or methanol as well as the use of the catalyst or catalyst layer in this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sabine Schuster, Ekkehard Schwab, Stefan Altwasser, Harry Kaiser, Stephan A. Schunk, Manuela Gaab
  • Selective catalytic reduction articles and systems
    Patent number: 11448110
    Abstract: Certain selective catalytic reduction (SCR) articles, systems and methods provide for high NOx conversion while at the same time low N2O formation. The articles, systems and methods are suitable for instance for the treatment of exhaust gas of diesel engines. Certain articles have zoned coatings containing copper-containing molecular sieves disposed thereon, where for example a concentration of catalytic copper in an upstream zone is lower than the concentration of catalytic copper in a downstream zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Mei Xue, Jeff H. Yang, Stanley A. Roth, Kenneth E. Voss, Sandip D. Shah, Jaya L. Mohanan
  • Hyperbranched polyesters and their use as wax inhibitor, as pour point depressant, as lubricant or in lubricating oils
    Patent number: 11447713
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a hyperbranched polyester mixture obtainable by reacting a hydroxyl group containing carboxylic acid (B) with at least one carboxylic acid group and at least two hydroxyl groups with a diol (C) having a molecular weight of more than 100 g/mol, optionally in the presence of at least one further reactant, wherein the at least one further reactant is a polyol (A) having at least three hydroxyl groups under a reaction condition allowing ester and ether formation; and reacting the mixture resulting from step (a) with a hydrophobic carboxylic acid (D) resulting in the hyperbranched polyester mixture. The invention further relates to said hyperbranched polyester mixture and the use as wax inhibitor, as pour point depressant, as lubricant or in lubricating oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anna Maria Mueller-Cristadoro, Edward Bohres, Stefan Frenzel, Xiao Fu, Felix Alexander Westerhaus, Tina Noack, Radoslaw Kierat
  • Polyurethane with improved tear strength
    Patent number: 11447596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane obtainable or obtained by reacting a polyisocyanate composition, a chain extender, and a polyol composition, wherein the polyol composition comprises a polyol (P1) which has a molecular weight Mw in the range from 1500 to 2500 g/mol and has at least one aromatic polyester block (B1). The present invention further relates to a process for producing a shaped body comprising such a thermoplastic polyurethane, and to shaped bodies obtainable or obtained by a process of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sebastian Richter, Zeljko Tomovic, Kathrin Cohen
  • Methods for using phytase in ethanol production
    Patent number: 11447757
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for using one or more polypeptides with phytase activity in grain processing, ethanol, and biofuel production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BASF ENZYMES LLC
    Inventors: Danielle Cusumano, Tony Newton, Arne I. Solbak
  • Cyclic metal deactivation unit design for FCC catalyst deactivation
    Patent number: 11446624
    Abstract: A cyclic metals deactivation system unit for the production of equilibrium catalyst materials including a cracker vessel configured for cracking and stripping a catalyst material; and a regenerator vessel in fluid communication with the cracker vessel, the regenerator vessel configured for regeneration and steam deactivation of the catalyst material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: James C. Fu, Chandrashekhar Kelkar, Roman Matlin, Johannes Mang, Andreas Mueller
  • Methods and means for modulating flowering time in monocot plants
    Patent number: 11447791
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of monocot FLC sequences, such as wheat FLC sequences, as well as their uses in modulating flowering time, seed development and seed germination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Koen Geuten, Kerstin Kaufmann, Philip Ruelens
  • Method of increasing resistance to a fungal pathogen by applying a hydrophobin to a plant
    Patent number: 11447794
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the family Phacosporaceae plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved for instance by increasing the expression of a hydrophobin protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. In the transgenic plants hydrophobin can be expressed as a fusion protein to facilitate and/or enhance expression. Furthermore, the hydrophobin protein can be expressed including a secretion signal sequence which mediates secretion of the protein into the apoplast and/or into the cuticule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Schultheiss, Ralf Flachmann, Thomas Subkowski, Claus Bollschweiler
  • A PREPARATION COMPRISING THERMOPLASTIC POLYISOCYANATE POLYADDITION PRODUCT, A PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND THE USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220289893
    Abstract: A preparation contains a thermoplastic polyisocyanate polyaddition product (TPPP), where the thermoplastic polyisocyanate polyaddition product (TPPP) is obtained by reacting a polyisocyanate, a compound reactive with isocyanate, and water, in the presence of a defoamer containing a polyalphaolefin. Respective production processes as well as the use and devices derived from that preparation are useful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Patrick DRAWE, Sebastian RICHTER
  • Method for manufacturing a plurality of bodies made of a porous material
    Publication number: 20220289928
    Abstract: A method can be used for manufacturing one or more bodies made of a porous material derived from precursors of the porous material in a sol-gel process. The method involves filling precursors of the porous material into a mold defining the shape of the body, where the precursors include at least two reactive components and a solvent, and forming a gel body. The step is then repeated so as to form several gel bodies. The gel bodies are then removed from the mold after a predetermined time in which the gel bodies are formed from the precursors of the porous material. The gel bodies are arranged adjacent to one another, a spacer is provided between two adjacent gel bodies so as to provide a clearance therebetween, and the solvent is then removed from the gel bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dirk WEINRICH, Volker Vogelsang, Rene Thomas Wiegmann, Sohaji Movahhed, Marc Fricke, Torben Kaminsky, Maria Thomas, Joerg Erbes, Wibke Loelsberg
  • Reduction of the odor of monothiocarbonate compounds by addition of oxidants
    Publication number: 20220289697
    Abstract: A process reduces the odor of compounds with al least one five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate group, referred to as monothiocarbonate compounds. The monothiocarbonate compounds are in are liquid phase and are brought into contact with an oxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Indre Thiel, Thomas Maximilian Wurm, Peter Rudolf
  • Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides
    Patent number: 11441154
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Jens Lerchl, Stefan Tresch, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Matthias Witschel, Raphael Aponte, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
  • Method for producing catalyst monoliths
    Patent number: 11439996
    Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensional porous catalyst monolith of stacked catalyst fibers, comprising the following steps: a) Preparing a suspension paste in a liquid diluent of metal, metal alloy and/or metal oxide particles of catalytically active metal or metal alloy in which the metals, metal alloy and metal oxide particles can be supported on or mixed with inorganic oxide catalyst support particles, and which suspension can furthermore comprise a binder material, all particles in the suspension having an average particle size in the range of from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Esther Groeneveld, Peter Berben, Bernard Reesink
  • Method for producing coating medium compositions by means of gravimetric metering with mixing and adaptation of the height of the stirring element to the level
    Patent number: 11439965
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a coating material composition or a precursor thereof, the method including at least step (1), weighing out all required components into a suitable container by means of at least one metering valve when using a gravimetric metering system, the components that are weighed out into the container being mixed by means of at least one stirring body throughout step (1) and a continuous adaptation of the position of the at least one stirring body to the respective filling level within the container taking place throughout step (1), the respective filling level being predetermined by the amount and number of components that are weighed out into the container and the position of the at least one stirring body corresponding to the height of the stirring body within the container, calculated from the bottom of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GMBH
    Inventor: Alexander Blaser
  • Process for the preparation of a reinforced polyamide by extrusion
    Patent number: 11440231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a reinforced polyamide (rP) in an extruder. In this process, a first mixture (M1), a second mixture (M2) and a third mixture (M3) are added into the extruder, and subsequently at least one carbon material is added to obtain a carbon containing polymerizable mixture (cpM) in the extruder. This carbon containing polymerizable mixture (cpM) is polymerized and subsequently devolatilized to obtain the reinforced polyamide (rP). Furthermore, the present invention relates to the reinforced polyamide (rP) obtainable by the inventive process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Florian Puch, Shyam Sundar Sathyanarayana, Yeonsuk Roh, Natalie Beatrice Janine Herle
  • Process to produce a mono vinyl thioether
    Patent number: 11440876
    Abstract: A process produces a mono vinyl thioether by reacting acetylene with a compound containing one thiol group and one hydroxy group, referred to as a thiol-hydroxy compound, where the reaction is performed at a pressure below 2 bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ruth Lohwasser, Pavel Tuzina, Frank Bienewald, Dagmar Pascale Kunsmann-Keitel
  • Heterocyclic sulfonyl fluoride additives for electrolyte composition for lithium batteries
    Patent number: 11444326
    Abstract: Heterocyclic sulfonyl fluoride additives for electrolyte composition for lithium batteries An electrolyte composition containing •(i) at least one aprotic organic solvent; •(ii) at least one conducting salt; •(iii) at least one compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, and R3 are each independently H or a C1-C20 hydrocarbon group which may be unsubstituted or substituted by one or more substituents selected from F, CN, OS(O)2F, and S(O)2F and which may contain one or more groups selected from —O—, —S—, —C(O)O—, —OC(O)—, and —OS(O)2—; wherein at least one of R1, R2, and R3 is substituted by one or more S(O)2F groups; and •(iv) optionally one or more additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Zhenji Han, Takeo Fukuzumi, Eri Sawada, Martin Schulz-Dobrick, Jinbum Kim
  • Three-dimensionally structured porous catalyst monolith of stacked catalyst fibers
    Patent number: 11439995
    Abstract: A three-dimensionally structured porous catalyst monolith of stacked catalyst fibers with a fiber diameter of less than 1 mm made from one or more continuous fibers or stacked individual fibers, wherein the stacked catalyst fibers are arranged in a regular, recurring stacking pattern of fiber layers to form the three-dimensionally structured monolith, and wherein in each of the stacked fiber layers at least 50 wt % of the fibers are arranged parallel to each other and spatially separated from each other, or in a cobweb pattern, and wherein the side crushing strength of the monolith is at least 60 N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Esther Groeneveld, Peter Berben, Bernard Reesink, Bart Michielsen, Jasper Lefevere
  • RNAi for the control of phytopathogenic fungi and oomycetes by inhibiting the expression of CYP51 genes
    Patent number: 11441147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dsRNA molecules for inhibiting the expression of CYP51 gene(s) from a fungal or oomycete phytopathogen and the use of such inhibitory dsRNA molecules for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or oomycetes. The present invention further relates to DNA sequences providing a transcriptional template for inhibitory dsRNA molecules or antisense RNA; and phytopathogen-tolerant transgenic plants with such DNA sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Kogel
  • Polymer of hyaluronate and of glucomannan
    Patent number: 11439579
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a sphere, characterized in that it comprises at least one polymer of hyaluronate and glucomannan. It also concerns a polymer of hyaluronate and glucomannan characterized in that each bond between a hyaluronate group and a glucomannan group is an ester bond. In addition, it concerns their production process and their use, in particular as a filling or hydration agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BASF Beauty Care Solutions France SAS
    Inventors: Isabelle Bonnet, Florent Durieux, Eric Nappi