Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Method for producing 1,2-propandiol by hydrogenating glycerine in a two-step reactor cascade
    Patent number: 8252962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1,2-propanediol, in which a glycerol-containing stream, especially a stream obtained on the industrial scale in the production of biodiesel, is subjected to a hydrogenation in a two-stage reactor cascade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochem Henkelmann, Roman Prochazka, Oliver Bey, Stephan Maurer, Jochen Steiner, Heiko Urtel, Gerhard Theis, Peter Wahl, Petra Maier, Georg Mehrl
  • Photoactivable nitrogen bases
    Patent number: 8252784
    Abstract: Base-polymerizable or base-crosslinkable compositions comprising select bicyclic amines with benzylic substitution undergo photochemically induced, base-catalysed reactions upon photochemical conversion of the benzylically substituted amine to an amidine derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gisèle Baudin, Kurt Dietliker, Tunja Jung
  • Method for the production of compounds with quaternary sp-hybridised nitrogen atoms
    Patent number: 8252943
    Abstract: Process for preparing ionic compounds comprising cations containing quaternary sp2-hybridized nitrogen atoms, which comprises reacting compounds containing a double-bonded nitrogen atom with a dialkyl sulfate with participation of both alkyl groups of the dialkyl sulfate and, if appropriate, subjecting the resulting ionic compound containing sulfate anions to an anion exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Laszlo Szarvas, Matthias Maase, Klemens Massonne
  • Sulfoximinamide compounds for combating animal pests
    Patent number: 8252939
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfoximinamid 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 sulfoximinamid compounds, of their salts or of compositions comprising them for combating animal pests. Furthermore the invention relates also to methods of applying such sulfoximine compounds. The sulfoximinamid compounds of the present invention are defined by the following formula I: wherein Q, Het, R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are defined as in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ralph Paulini, Delphine Breuninger, Wolfgang von Deyn, Henricus Maria Martinus Bastiaans, Carsten Beyer, Douglas D. Anspaugh, Hassan Oloumi-Sadeghi, Faraneh Oloumi, legal representative
  • Aqueous polymer dispersion and use thereof in cosmetics
    Patent number: 8252296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous polymer dispersion which is obtainable by free-radical polymerization of a monomer mixture which comprises at least one amide-group-containing compound, at least one crosslinker and at least one monomer with at least one cationogenic and/or cationic group. The invention further relates to the polymers obtainable by drying such a polymer dispersion, and to cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions which comprise such a polymer dispersion or such a polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lysander Chrisstoffels, Peter Hössel, Ivette Garcia Castro, Claudia Wood, Maximilian Angel, Klemens Mathauer
  • Method for the production of 3-phenyl(thio)uracils and dithiouracils
    Patent number: 8252925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 3-phenyl(thio)uracils and -dithiouracils of the formula I where the variables are each as defined in the description, and also intermediates for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sandra Löhr, Joachim Gebhardt, Guido Mayer, Michael Keil, Thomas Schmidt, Bernd Wolf
  • Process for producing odor-inhibiting water-absorbing polymer particles
    Patent number: 8252857
    Abstract: A process for producing odor-inhibiting water-absorbing polymer particles based on ethylenically unsaturated monomers bearing acid groups, wherein the polymer particles are coated with a chelating agent and a tannin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Volker Braig, Thomas Daniel, Axel Jentzsch, Andreas Brockmeyer
  • Copolymers and their use in personal care compositions
    Patent number: 8252300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer derived from the polymerization of a) at least one cationic monomer of formula (I), where in R1 is hydrogen or methyl, R2 is hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl, R3, R4 and R5 are independently from each other hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl, n is a integer from 1-5, and Y is a counterion, and b) at least one monomer of formula (II) wherein R6 signifies hydrogen or methyl, and R7, R8 and R9 signify independently from each other hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl, with the proviso that at least one of the substituents R6, R7, R8 and R9 and C1-4alkyl and c) optionally at least one cross-linking agent, which contains at least two ethylenically unsaturated moieties, as well as to their use in personal care product and to the personal care products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Eleanor Bernice Ridley, Michael Green
  • Diesel oxidation catalyst with layer structure for improved hydrocarbon conversion
    Patent number: 8252258
    Abstract: Provided is a diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from a diesel engine and a method for treating a diesel exhaust gas stream, the method comprising providing a diesel oxidation catalyst and contacting said diesel exhaust gas stream with said diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a catalyst structure comprising three distinct layers; in which layer comprises a precious metal component such as palladium is located between two hydrocarbon storage layers comprising a molecular sieve such as a zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Torsten W. Müller-Stach, Torsten Neubauer, Alfred H. Punke, Gerd Grubert, Attilio Siani, Corinna Freitag
  • Silane coupling agents for filled rubbers
    Patent number: 8252862
    Abstract: The invention describes a composition comprising a) a naturally occurring or synthetic rubber susceptible to oxidative, thermal, dynamic, light-induced and/or ozone-induced degradation, b) a white reinforcing filler, and c) as coupling agent, at least one compound of the formula I wherein the general symbols are as defined in claim 1, or an oligomeric hydrolysis product of the compound of the formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michele Gerster, Manuel Mihalic
  • Preparation of ?-hydroxy and ?-amino ketones
    Patent number: 8252959
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of an 1,1-disubstituted oxirane is disclosed, wherein an organic sulphide is reacted in a polar solvent with an educt containing a leaving group attached to a primary or secondary carbon atom, and/or the sulfonium salt formed in this way is reacted with a ketone in presence of a base and a polar solvent. Oxiranes of the type obtained may be further converted into the corresponding ?-hydroxyketone or ?-aminoketone, either in one step by subjecting to aerobic oxidation in the presence of a transition metal catalyst, or in two steps by hydrolyzation in the presence of an aqueous acid to the corresponding dialcohol and subsequent selective oxidation. Further described are some novel epoxide intermediates. The ?-hydroxyketones and ?-aminoketones thus obtainable are useful inter alga as photoinitiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nicole End, Reinhard H. Sommerlade, Yvonne Richter
  • Process for recovering ruthenium from used ruthenium oxide-comprising catalysts
    Patent number: 8252253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for recovering ruthenium from a used ruthenium-comprising catalyst which comprises ruthenium as ruthenium oxide on a support material which is not readily soluble in mineral acid, which comprises the steps: a) the ruthenium oxide-comprising catalyst is reduced in a gas stream comprising hydrogen chloride and, if appropriate, an inert gas at a temperature of from 300 to 500° C.; b) the reduced catalyst from step a) comprising metallic ruthenium on the sparingly soluble support material is treated with hydrochloric acid in the presence of an oxygen-comprising gas, with the metallic ruthenium present on the support being dissolved as ruthenium(III) chloride and obtained as an aqueous ruthenium(III) chloride solution; c) if appropriate, the ruthenium(III) chloride solution from step b) is worked up further.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Guido Henze, Heiko Urtel, Martin Sesing, Martin Karches
  • Process for the Preparation of Hyperbranched Hollow Fibers
    Publication number: 20120213998
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a hollow filament (F) based on one or several molten or dissolved hyperbranched polymers (P) and potentially one or several further polymers (FP), characterized in that the molten or dissolved hyperbranched polymer (P) or the mixture of the hyperbranched polymer (P) with the further polymer (FP) is passed through one or several spinnerets (S), wherein the ratio between the spinneret die-length (L) and the die-channel (Delta-D) is between 0.1 and 9.5. The process can be applied for the preparation of hyperbranched polyethersulfone (HPES) hollow filaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin Weber, Volker Warzelhan, Tai-Shung Chung, Natalia Widjojo
  • POLYMERS BASED ON GLYCEROL CARBONATE AND AN AMINE
    Publication number: 20120215020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer and the associated polymerization process, and to the use of the polymers according to the invention for example as foam suppressant, for the dispersion of solids or as surfactant for washing or cleaning purposes. The polymer is prepared by polymerization of a) at least one alkylene oxide or a cyclic carbonate of the formula (I) where n is 1 to 10, m is 0 to 3 and R1 is C1-C10-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl, b) glycerol carbonate and c) at least one amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Roman Benedikt Raether, Fabien Jean Brand
  • METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING MAGNETICALLY SEPARATED COMPONENTS FROM ORE SUSPENSIONS AND FOR REMOVING SAID COMPONENTS FROM A MAGNETIC SEPARATOR AT A LOW LOSS RATE
    Publication number: 20120211403
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for separating magnetic constituents from an aqueous dispersion comprising these magnetic constituents and nonmagnetic constituents by passing the aqueous dispersion through a reactor space in which the aqueous dispersion is separated by means of a magnet installed on the outside of the reactor space into at least one stream I comprising the magnetic constituents and at least one stream II comprising the nonmagnetic constituents, wherein the magnetic constituents in stream I are treated with a flushing stream, a reactor comprising a reactor space, at least one magnet installed on the outside of the reactor space, at least one inlet, at least one outlet for a stream I and at least one outlet for a stream II and at least one facility for treating stream I with a flushing stream, and also the use of this reactor in the process of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicants: Siemens AG, BASF SE
    Inventors: Reinhold Rieger, Juergen Oswald
  • PSA POLYMER OF N-BUTYL ACRYLATE, ETHYL ACRYLATE, VINYL ACETATE, AND ACID MONOMER
    Publication number: 20120213992
    Abstract: Described is a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) polymer formed from (i) 50%-95% by weight of n-butyl acrylate, (ii) 1%-20% by weight of ethyl acrylate, (iii) 1%-20% by weight of vinyl acetate, (iv) 0.1%-5% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated acid or ethylenically unsaturated acid anhydride, and (v) 0% to 30% by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated compounds different from the monomers (i) to (iv). The PSA polymer can be used for producing self-adhesive articles, more particularly paper labels or film labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Gerst, Gerhard Auchter, Cornelis Petrus Beyers
  • POLYMERS BASED ON GLYCEROL CARBONATE
    Publication number: 20120215030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer and the associated polymerization process, and to the use of the polymers according to the invention for example as foam suppressant, for the dispersion of solids or as surfactant for washing or cleaning purposes. The polymer is prepared by polymerization of a) at least one alkylene oxide or a cyclic carbonate of the formula (I) where n is 1 to 10, m is 0 to 3 and R1 is C1-C10-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl, b) glycerol carbonate, where the polymerization is carried out in the presence of at least one base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Roman Benedikt Raether
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYESTERETHEROLS
    Publication number: 20120214892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for producing polyesteretherols via alkoxylation of polyesterols, and also to the use of the polyesteretherols for producing polyurethanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Kunst, Sirus Zarbakhsh, Gunnar Kampf, Marco Balbo Block
  • POLYAMIDE RESISTANT TO HEAT AGING
    Publication number: 20120214904
    Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions, comprising A) from 10 to 99.999% by weight of a polyimide B) from 0.001 to 20% by weight of iron powder with a particle size of at most 10 ?m (d50 value), which is obtainable via thermal decomposition of pentacarbonyliron, 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: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Manoranjan Prusty, Martin Baumert, Axel Wilms, Philippe Desbois, Alexander Traut, Gerald Lippert, Jordan Kurikov
  • VEHICLE WHEEL
    Publication number: 20120212037
    Abstract: The invention concerns a vehicle wheel, comprising a rim (1) of a plastics material and at least one adapter (5) for fastening the rim (1) to a wheel mounting (3), the at least one adapter (5) having at least one protuberance (9) which engages in a recess (11) in the rim (1), or, if multiple adapters (5) are used, at least one adapter (5) is formed such that it engages in a recess (11) of the rim over its full surface area, the adapter (5) being arranged in such a way that, after assembly of the rim (1) on the wheel mounting (3), the adapter (5) is positioned between the rim (1) and the wheel mounting (3), or the adapter (5) being arranged in such a way that the rim (1) is positioned between the wheel mounting (3) and the adapter (5), so that the adapter (5) lies on the outside of the rim (1) after assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerhard BOHRMANN, Uwe Gleiter, Heiko Hess, Walter Rau, Sven Wenigmann, Jörg Schnorr