Patents Assigned to BASF
  • SOLID POLYCRYSTALLINE POTASSIUM ION CONDUCTOR HAVING A BETA''-Al2O3 STRUCTURE, ITS PRODUCTION AND THE PREPARATION OF POTASSIUM METAL USING THIS POTASSIUM ION CONDUCTOR
    Publication number: 20120145558
    Abstract: A method is provide for preparing potassium metal which comprises embedding a polycrystalline alkali metal ??-Al2O3 moulding in an oxidic powder containing potassium and aluminium of a molar K2O:Al2O3 ratio within the range of 1:(x?1) to 1:(x+1), the weight of oxidic powder amounting to at least two times the weight of the moulding; heating the embedded moulding at a rate of at least 100° C. per hour to at least 1100° C.; and further heating to at least 1300° C., this temperature being maintained for at least one hour prior to cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kerstin Schierle-Arndt, Günther Huber, Stephen Nicholas Heavens, John Stuart Blackburn, Ivor Wynn Jones
  • MALEIC ANHYDRIDE SYNTHESIS CATALYST PRECURSOR AND PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION
    Publication number: 20120149919
    Abstract: A process for preparing a vanadium, phosphorus, and oxygen comprising catalyst precursor for preparing maleic anhydride by heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase oxidation of a hydrocarbon having at least four carbon atoms, which comprises (a) reacting vanadium pentoxide with 102% to 110% strength phosphoric acid in the presence of isobutanol and optionally of a primary or secondary, noncyclic or cyclic, unbranched or branched, saturated alcohol having 3 to 6 carbon atoms in a temperature range from 80 to 160° C.; (b) isolating the precipitate formed; (c) (i) drying the isolated precipitate down to a residual isobutanol content of less than 5% by weight; (ii) then passing a gas which in addition to one or more inert gases comprises 0.1% to 9% by volume of oxygen through the dried precipitate, directly or after isolation, in the temperature range from 130° C. to 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Altwasser, Cornelia Katharina Dobner, Hagen Wilmer, Frank Rosowski
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING AND PURIFYING 3-AMINOPROPANOL
    Publication number: 20120149903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying a reaction output which comprises 3-aminopropanol and is obtained in the reaction of ethylene cyanohydrin with hydrogen in the presence of ammonia, which comprises distilling the reaction output comprising 3-aminopropanol in two or more stages, the ammonia content of the reaction output comprising 3-aminopropanol before introduction into the first distillation stage being 1% by weight or less and the temperature in the distillation stages being not more than 135° C. The invention further relates to a process for preparing 3-aminopropanol by reacting ethylene cyanohydrin with hydrogen in the presence of ammonia, which comprises performing the purification of the reaction output comprising 3-aminopropanol in accordance with the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Manfred Knoll, Andreas Edgar Herrmann, Dominik Herbrecht
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CRYSTALLINE SOLID FROM GLYCINE-N,N-DIACETIC ACID DERIVATIVES WITH SUFFICIENTLY REDUCED HYGROSCOPICITY
    Publication number: 20120149936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a crystalline solid from glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivatives (e.g., MGDA) of sufficiently low hygroscopicity, which is characterized in that at least one crystalline compound of the formula I is introduced as seed, and a spray granulation is carried out with at least one compound of the formula I, preferably followed by a heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Andreas Baranyai
  • Process For Producing Pellets Comprising At Least One Water-Soluble Component
    Publication number: 20120146255
    Abstract: Methods of producing and using pellets based on at least one thermoplastically processible polymer are described. The pellets comprise at least one water-soluble component. The process comprises melt-extruding the pellet and shaping the pellet in a coolant, which is a non-solvent for the polymer, where the kinematic viscosity of the coolant is <20 mm2/s, measured at 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Angelika Maschke, Karl Kolter, Norbert Güntherberg
  • USE OF POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES FOR PRODUCING POLYMER FOILS WITH OXYGEN-BARRIER PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20120148855
    Abstract: The use of polyelectrolyte complexes is described, for providing an oxygen barrier to packaging materials made of polymer foils. Polymeric components of the polyelectrolyte complex are applied in polymerized form to the polymer foil. The polymer foil is either coated with an aqueous dispersion comprising a dispersed polyelectrolyte complex previously produced by water-in-water emulsion polymerization, or is coated with a composition comprising a polyelectrolyte complex produced from anionic polymer and from cationic surfactant, or the polymer foil is coated with at least three alternating layers, where respectively one of two adjacent layers comprises an anionic polyelectrolyte component and the other of two adjacent layers comprises a cationic polyelectrolyte component, and polyelectrolyte complexes form at the opposite, adjacent interfaces of the alternating layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Thomas Breiner, Dieter Urban, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Volker Schaedler, Heiko Diehl, Hermann Seyffer
  • INORGANIC AND/OR ORGANIC ACID-CONTAINING CATALYST INK AND USE THEREOF IN THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRODES, CATALYST-COATED MEMBRANES, GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODES AND MEMBRANE ELECTRODE UNITS
    Publication number: 20120148936
    Abstract: Catalyst ink comprising one or more catalyst materials, a solvent component and at least one acid, an electrode comprising at least one catalyst ink according to the present invention, a membrane-electrode assembly comprising at least one electrode according to the invention or comprising at least one catalyst ink according to the present invention, a fuel cell comprising at least one membrane-electrode assembly according to the invention and also a process for producing a membrane-electrode assembly according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oemer Uensal, Sigmar Braeuninger
  • Nematode-Resistant Transgenic Plants
    Publication number: 20120151629
    Abstract: The invention provides nematode-resistant transgenic plants and seed that express polynucleotides encoding AP2/EREBP transcription factors, harpin-induced proteins, TINY-like transcription factors, annexins, laccases, isoflavone 7-O-methyltransferases, anthocyanidin 3-glucoside rhanmosyltransferases, hsr201-like, or AUX/IAA proteins. The invention also provides methods of producing transgenic plants with increased resistance to plant parasitic nematodes and expression vectors for use in such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Bonnie C. McCaig, Aaron Wiig
  • PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF 3-DIBUTYLAMINO-6-METHYL-7-ANILINOFLUORAN
    Publication number: 20120149918
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of 3-dibutylamino-6-methyl-7-anilinofluoran and a heating- and pressure sensitive recording material are claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Robert Montgomery O'Neil
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYESTER ALCOHOLS
    Publication number: 20120149862
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyester alcohols by catalytic reaction of at least one at least polyfunctional carboxylic acid with at least one polyfunctional alcohol and/or by catalytic ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters in the presence of catalysts, wherein a zeolite is used as catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lionel Gehringer, Veronika Wloka, Ulrich Mueller, Marine Boudou, Ulrike Mahn, Elke Guetlich-Hauk
  • USE OF POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES AS PLASTICIZER BARRIERS
    Publication number: 20120148836
    Abstract: The use of polyelectrolyte complexes as plasticizer barrier is described, in particular those formed from anionic polymer and from cationic polymer, as also are plasticized substrates and production of the same, where the plasticized substrates have been coated with at least one layer which comprises at least one polyelectrolyte complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Thomas Breiner, Dieter Urban, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Axel Weiss, Axel Meyer, Soumyajit Roy
  • Aqueous Suspension Concentrate Formulations Containing Saflufenacil
    Publication number: 20120149577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous suspension concentrate formulation for plant protection comprising: 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl(1-methylethyl)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide in the form of its crystalline anhydrate; at least one non-ionic surfactant selected from polyoxyethylene-polyoxy-C3-C4-alkylene block copolymers; at least one anionic surfactant comprising at least one arylsulfonate group; and water; wherein the pH value of the formulation is in the range of 3 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Wolfgang Gregori, Klaus Kolb, Bernd Sievernich, Heidi Emilia Saxell, Joerg Steuerwald, Steven Bowe, Rex Liebl, Terrance M. Cannan
  • BISPYRIMIDINES FOR ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20120149904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula a process for their production and their use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices. When used as electron transport material in electroluminescent devices, the compounds of formula I, or II may provide improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Schäfer, Heinz Wolleb, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe, Christian Lennartz
  • N-Thio-anthranilamid compounds and their use as pesticides
    Publication number: 20120149705
    Abstract: N-Thio-anthranilamid compounds of formula (I) wherein A is a group selected from A1 and A2 wherein the variables and the indices are as defined per the description, processes for preparing the compounds I, pesticidal compositions comprising compounds I, use of compounds I for the control of insects, acarids or nematodes, and methods for treating, controlling, preventing or protecting animals against infestation or infection by parasites by use of compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas SCHMIDT, Michael PUHL, Joachim DICKHAUT, Henricus Maria Martinus BASTIAANS, Michael RACK, Deborah L. CULBERTSON, Douglas D. Anspaugh, Franz-Josef BRAUN, Toni BUCCI, Henry Van Tuyl COTTER, David G. KUHN, Hassan OLOUMI-SADEGHI
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING LOW-HALOGEN POLYBIPHENYLSULFONE POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20120149796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of low-halogen-content polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to the resultant polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to polybiphenyl sulfone polymers having less than 400 ppm content of polymer-bonded halogen, to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising these polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, and to their use for the production of moldings, of fibers, of films, of membranes, or of foams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin Weber, Christian Maletzko, Gerhard Lange, Jörg Erbes, Matthias Dietrich, Nicolas Inchaurrondo, Christoph Sigwart
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE MODEL-BASED MONITORING OF A TURBOMACHINE
    Publication number: 20120148382
    Abstract: The method for the model-based monitoring of a turbomachine by means of a monitoring unit which receives relevant process parameters of the turbomachine, carries out calculations on the basis of these parameters and, as a result, determines one or more state values, by means of which the state of the turbomachine can be assessed, the calculations of the state values being carried out on the basis of one or more physical models of at least one subsystem of the turbomachine, wherein the at least one subsystem is an axial bearing of the turbomachine, and the one or more state values are selected from the axial thrust force, the axial bearing load and the axial shaft attitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Uwe Eike KRÜGER, Bernd FLICK, Hans-Josef ROTH, Ping ZHANG, Olaf KAHRS
  • PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE WITH STABILIZED POLYMERIC ENCAPSULANT
    Publication number: 20120145241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photovoltaic module comprising a photovoltaic semiconductor (1) and one or more layers (2), which contain a synthetic polymer (A) and a hindered amine light stabilizer (B). The hindered amine light stabilizer (B) is for example a compound of the formula (I) wherein m is =1, Y is O, A is C1-C19 alkylcarbonyl and Z1 is C1-C18 alkyl, C5-C7 cycloalkyl or C2-C12 alkyl substituted with hydroxyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Daisuke Fujiki
  • USE OF MIXTURES OF MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS FOR INCREASING THE CETANE NUMBER OF FUEL OILS
    Publication number: 20120144731
    Abstract: The use of mixtures of (A) aliphatic saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acids having 12 to 24 carbon atoms or the dimerization or trimerization products thereof, which may be present in the form of free carboxylic acids and/or in the form of ammonium salts, amides, esters and/or nitriles, and (B) polycyclic hydrocarbon compounds which are obtainable from distillation residues of natural oils, which have been extracted from tree resins, for increasing the cetane number of fuel oils which comprise at least one additive with detergent action and at least one cetane number improver, the mixtures of components (A) and (B) being used in a concentration of 10 to 500 ppm by weight, based on the total amount of the fuel oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Harald Böhnke
  • Method for Increasing the Sun Protection Factor of a Cosmetic and/or Dermatological Preparation
    Publication number: 20120148512
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing the sun protection factor of a cosmetic and/or dermatological preparation, to the use of UV-A filters for increasing the sun protection factor of such a preparation and to specific photoprotective cosmetic and/or dermatological preparations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Heike Flösser-Müller
  • THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYESTER MOLDING MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20120145948
    Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 10 to 69% by weight of a thermoplastic polyester B) from 30 to 79% by weight of an aluminum oxide C) from 0.01 to 10% by weight of an organic or inorganic acid or mixture of these D) from 0 to 10% by weight of D1) at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polycarbonate with an OH number of from 1 to 600 mg KOH/g of polycarbonate (to DIN 53240, part 2), or D2) at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polyester of AxBy type, where x is at least 1.1 and y is at least 2.1, or a mixture of these E) from 0 to 50% by weight of other additives, where the entirety of the percentages by weight of components A) to E) gives 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukuhara, Andreas Eipper, Carsten Weiß, Mark Völkel, Reinhard Stransky, Jens Aßmann, Martin Weber