Patents Assigned to BASF
  • REVERSIBLE ETHYLENE OXIDE CAPTURE IN POROUS FRAMEWORKS
    Publication number: 20120031268
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to porous frameworks for ethylene oxide separation and recovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicants: BASF SE, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Omar M. Yaghi, David Kyle Britt, Alexander U. Czaja
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING 1,6-HEXANEDIOL BY HYDROGENATION OF OLIGO- AND POLYESTERS
    Publication number: 20120035399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating oligo- and/or polyesters obtainable by esterifying a DCS with a diol or diol mixture, said hydrogenation being performed in the presence of a catalyst whose catalyst precursor comprises copper oxide, aluminum oxide and at least one oxide of lanthanum, of iron, of tungsten, of molybdenum, of titanium or of zirconium, and to a process for preparing 1,6-hexanediol by catalytically hydrogenating ester mixtures which comprise, as main components, oligo- and polyesters of adipic acid and 6-hydroxycaproic acid, and are obtained by esterifying DCS with diols, especially 1,6-hexanediol or diol mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Olivier Abillard, Rolf Pinkos, Gerd-Dieter Tebben, Tilman Sirch, Daniel Urbanczyk, Heiko Urtel, Rolf Tompers
  • Catalyzed SCR Filter and Emission Treatment System
    Publication number: 20120034133
    Abstract: Provided is an emission treatment system and method for simultaneously remediating the nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons present in diesel engine exhaust streams. The emission treatment system has an oxidation catalyst upstream of a soot filter coated with a material effective in the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx by a reductant, e.g., ammonia. Also provided is a method for disposing an SCR catalyst composition on a wall flow monolith that provides adequate catalyst loading, but does not result in unsuitable back pressures in the exhaust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Allan Patchett, Joseph Charles Dettling, Elizabeth Alina Przybylski
  • PRINTING METHOD FOR PRODUCING THERMOMAGNETIC FORM BODIES FOR HEAT EXCHANGERS
    Publication number: 20120033002
    Abstract: In a method for producing form bodies for heat exchangers, comprising a thermomagnetic material, said form bodies having channels for passage of a fluid heat exchange medium, a powder of the thermomagnetic material is introduced into a binder, the resulting molding material is applied to a carrier by printing methods, and the binder and if appropriate a carrier are removed subsequently and the resulting green body is sintered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Fabian Seeler, Georg Degen, Bennie Reesink, Jürgen Kaczun
  • PREPARING AMINOTRIAZINE ALKOXYLATES
    Publication number: 20120035278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing aminotriazine alkoxylates, which comprises at least one aminotriazine alkoxylate (a) being admixed with at least one aminotriazine (b) and reacted with at least one alkylene oxide (c), wherein the aminotriazine alkoxylate (a) is obtainable by reacting at least one aminotriazine (d) with at least one alkylene oxide (e) and/or at least one alkylene carbonate (g), and optionally at least one aminotriazine alkoxylate (f).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Kunst, Sebastien Garnier, Lionel Gehringer, Achim Löffler
  • ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL, AND USE THEREOF IN ANODES FOR LITHIUM-ION CELLS
    Publication number: 20120032109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel electroactive material which comprises a graphitic carbon phase C and a (semi)metal phase and/or a (semimetal) oxide phase (MOx phase) and also to the use of the electroactive material in anodes for lithium ion cells. The invention further relates to a process for producing such materials. The electroactive material comprises: a) a carbon phase C; b) at least one MOx phase, where M is a metal or semimetal, x is from 0 to <k/2, where k is the maximum valence of the metal or semimetal. In the electroactive material of the invention, the carbon phase C and the MOx phase form essentially co-continuous phase domains, with the average distance between two neighboring domains of identical phases being not more than 10 nm, in particular not more than 5 nm and especially not more than 2 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hannah Maria Konig, Kirill Bramnik, Arno Lange, Phillip Hanefeld
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING MDA VIA THE STAGE OF THE AMINAL
    Publication number: 20120035396
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing methylenediphenyldiamine (MDA), comprising the following steps a) to c): a) converting formaldehyde and aniline to aminal b) removing water from the aminal obtained in step a) to establish a water content of 0 to 5% by weight based on the aminal, and c) adding an acidic catalyst to the aminal having a water content of 0 to 5% by weight, which comprises using formaldehyde in step a) in the form of highly concentrated formaldehyde with a CH2O content of >50% by weight and preparing the formaldehyde by oxidative dehydrogenation from methanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Eckhard Stroefer, Kai Thiele, Michael Zoellinger, Johnny Moors, Jon S. Speier
  • MULTILAYER VARNISH, A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120034468
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multicoat paint systems comprising basecoats and clearcoats with high solids fractions that each comprise at least one sulfonic acid compound of formula (I) or formula (II). The invention further relates to a method of producing these multicoat paint systems and to their use, and also to substrates coated with the multicoat paint system. The invention relates, furthermore, to the use of the sulfonic acid compounds of formula (I) and formula (II) in basecoats and clearcoats with high solids fractions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Low, Vincent Cook, Jorn Lavalaye
  • PROCESSES FOR PREPARING AMINES AND ZIRCONIUM DIOXIDE- AND NICKELCONTAINING CATALYSTS FOR USE THEREIN
    Publication number: 20120035049
    Abstract: A catalytically active composition comprising, prior to reduction with hydrogen: 10 to 75% by weight of an oxygen compound of zirconium, calculated as ZrO2; 1 to 30% by weight of an oxygen compound of copper, calculated as CuO; 10 to 50% by weight of an oxygen compound of nickel, calculated as NiO; 10 to 50% by weight of an oxygen compound of cobalt, calculated as CoO; and 0.1 to 10% by weight of one or more oxygen compounds of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Pb, Bi, Sn, Sb and In, calculated as PbO, Bi2O3, SnO, Sb2O3 or In2O3, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Petr Kubanek, Bram Willem Hoffer, Ekkehard Schwab, Johann-Peter Melder, Holger Evers, Till Gerlach
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING REACTIVE ZINC BY ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION
    Publication number: 20120031771
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing reactive zinc by electrochemical reduction, wherein iron or steel is used as cathode material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Itamar Michael Malkowsky, Daniela Mirk, Marc Martin, Laszlo Szarvas, Markus Brueggemann, Steven Brughmans, Daniel Breuninger, Gerrit Waters, Ulrich Griesbach, Andreas Fischer
  • WATER-FREE HIGH-SOLIDS BASE PAINTS, THE PRODUCTION THEREOF AND THE USE THEREOF FOR PRODUCING MULTILAYER PAINT COATINGS, AND MULTILAYER PAINT COATINGS COMPRISING A BASE COATING MADE OF A WATER-FREE HIGH-SOLIDS BASE PAINT
    Publication number: 20120034457
    Abstract: A waterless high-solids basecoat material having a solids content of at least 35% by weight, comprising (a) 1% to 10% by weight of at least one polyester binder with an acid number of at least 20 mg KOH/g, (b) 10% to 30% by weight of at least one acrylate binder, (c) 12% to 30% by weight of at least one kind of polymer microparticles, (d) 9.5% to 30% by weight of at least one crosslinking agent selected from free isocyanates, blocked isocyanates, and amino resins, (e) 1% to 3% by weight of at least one sulfonic acid catalyst, (f) 1% to 35% by weight of at least one pigment, (g) 30% to 65% by weight of at least one organic solvent, and (h) 0.5% to 47% by weight of at least one auxiliary or additive, based in each case on the total weight of the basecoat material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Low, Veronika Duchnik, Jorn Lavalaye
  • Method for producing vinyl esters of carboxylic acids
    Patent number: 8110700
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing vinyl carboxylates, wherein a carboxylic acid is reacted with an alkyne compound in the presence of a catalyst which is selected from salts of perrhenic acid at a temperature of =250° C. The process gives rise to the desired vinyl esters with a high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Staffel, Roderich Roettger, Markus Christian Biel, Reinhard Kaczmarek
  • Stabilization of hydroformylation catalysts based on phosphoramide ligands
    Patent number: 8110709
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the hydroformylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds by reaction with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a catalytically active fluid which comprises a dissolved metal complex of a metal of transition group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements with at least one phosphoramidite compound as ligand, wherein the fluid is brought into contact with a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rainer Papp, Wolfgang Ahlers, Thomas Mackewitz, Rocco Paciello, Martin Volland
  • Bleach systems enveloped with polymeric layers
    Patent number: 8110536
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bleach system comprising at least one component selected from bleach, bleach activator or bleach catalyst, wherein the bleach system is enveloped with at least one polymer layer and the polymer has urethane and urea groups. The inventive bleach system and detergent formulations comprising this bleach system are suitable for washing or cleaning textiles or dishware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Dietsche, Karl Haeberle, Ralf-Thomas Rahn, Dietmar Haering
  • ENZYMATIC PRODUCTION OF AN ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED GLYCOSIDE USING POLYSACCHARIDES
    Publication number: 20120028307
    Abstract: Ethylenically unsaturated glycosides of formula I wherein Y, Y?, m, A, X, R3 and R4 have the meanings given in the description, are produced by reacting an ethylenically unsaturated compound of formula II with a polysaccharide comprising 10 or more monosaccharide units, such as starch, amylose, amylopectin, cellulose, in the presence of a glycosidase, such as an amylase, cellulase, glucosidase or and galactosidase, or a glycosyltransferase, such a cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Harald KELLER, Katja Loos, Wouter Koosterman
  • THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL COATED WITH A PROTECTIVE LAYER
    Publication number: 20120024332
    Abstract: A thermoelectric material in a shape for forming part of a thermoelectric module, the thermoelectric material is coated with a protective layer to prevent degradation by humidity, oxygen, chemicals or thermal stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Madalina Andreea Stefan, Kerstin Schierle-Arndt, Guenther Huber, John Stuart Blackburn, Ivor Wynn Jones, Francis Stackpool, Stephen Heavens
  • HIGH-FUNCTIONALITY POLYISOCYANATES CONTAINING URETHANE GROUPS
    Publication number: 20120029144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new, urethane-group-containing polyisocyanates based on aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic diisocyanates, and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oihana Elizalde, Frederic Lucas, Angelika Maria Steinbrecher, Lydie Tuchbreiter
  • COMPOSITION FOR METAL PLATING COMPRISING SUPPRESSING AGENT FOR VOID FREE SUBMICRON FEATURE FILLING
    Publication number: 20120024711
    Abstract: A composition for filling submicrometer sized features having an aperture size of 30 nanometers or less comprising a source of copper ions, and at least one suppressing agent selected from compounds of formula (I) wherein the R1 radicals are each independently selected from a copolymer of ethylene oxide and at least one further C3 to C4 alkylene oxide, said copolymer being a random copolymer. the R2 radicals are each independently selected from R1 or alkyl. X and Y are spacer groups independently, and X for each repeating unit independently, selected from C1 to C6 alkylen and Z—(O—Z)m wherein the Z radicals are each independently selected from C2 to C6 alkylen, n is an integer equal to or greater than 0. m is an integer equal to or greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cornelia Roeger-Goepfert, Roman Benedikt Raether, Charlotte Emnet, Alexandra Haag, Dieter Mayer
  • Isoxazoline compounds for combating invertebrate pests
    Publication number: 20120030841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isoxazoline compounds which are useful for combating or controlling invertebrate pests, in particular arthropod pests and nematodes. The invention also relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests by using these compounds and to plant propagation material and to an agricultural and a veterinary composition comprising said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karsten Koerber, Florian Kaiser, Wolfgang von Deyn, Matthias Pohlman, Steffen Gross, Prashant Deshmukh, Joachim Dickhaut, Nina Gertrud Bandur, Deborah L. Culbertson, Douglas D. Anspaugh, Franz-Josef Braun, Cecille Ebuenga, Nancy B. Rankl
  • REMOVAL OF METAL SALT-COMPRISING IONIC LIQUIDS FROM WORKPIECES AND RECYCLING OF SUCH LIQUIDS
    Publication number: 20120028868
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of removing residues of a metal salt comprising ionic liquid—from a workpiece, which comprises the step (a) treatment of at least part of the workpiece surface with a treatment agent comprising a metal salt ionic liquid-free and/or an organic solvent which is an optionally halogenated hydrocarbon or a mixture of two or more of such hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Aurelie Alemany, Itamar Michael Malkowsky