Patents Assigned to BASF
  • A METHOD OF FORMING MULTI-LAYER PAINT FILMS
    Publication number: 20110045192
    Abstract: To provide a method of forming a multi-layer paint film with which, even when applying three paint layers and baking the paint layer only once, it is possible to achieve a paint film appearance the same as that with the conventional baking twice method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Hisayuki Nakashima, Souichi Mori, Satoshi Matsumoto, Daiki Fujihira
  • Substituted Triazinylmethyl Sulfonamides
    Publication number: 20110045974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to triazinylmethyl sulfonamides of formula I wherein T, R1, R2, R3, A, Y and D are as defined in the claims and to the N-oxides, and salts thereof and their use for combating harmful fungi, and also to compositions and seed comprising at least one such compound. The invention also relates to processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochen Dietz, Thomas Grote, Wassilios Grammenos, Bernd Mueller, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Jens Renner, Sarah Ulmschneider, Marianna Vrettou, Alice Glaettli
  • LIQUID CRYSTALLINE RYLENE TETRACARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110042651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline rylenetetracarboxylic acid derivatives, to processes for their preparation and to their use as n-type organic semiconductors for producing organic field-effect transistors and solar cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicants: Basf Se, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Foerd Der Wissen. E.V.
    Inventors: Martin Koenemann, Neil Gregory Pschirer, Klaus Muellen, Fabian Nolde, Wojciech Pisula, Sibylle Mueller, Christopher Kohl
  • LOW-K DIELECTRICS OBTAINABLE BY TWIN POLYMERIZATION
    Publication number: 20110046314
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dielectric layer with a permittivity of 3.5 or less comprising a dielectric obtainable by polymerizing at least one twin monomer comprising a) a first monomer unit which comprises a metal or semimetal, and b) a second monomer unit which is connected to the first monomer unit via a chemical bond, wherein the polymerization involves polymerizing the twin monomer with breakage of the chemical bond and formation of a first polymer comprising the first monomer unit and of a second polymer comprising the second monomer unit, and wherein the first and the second monomer unit polymerize via a common mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Klipp, Arno Lange, Hans-Joachim Haehnle
  • PHOTOCATALYTICALLY ACTIVE TIO2-MOLDED BODIES
    Publication number: 20110042326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of purifying wastewater by contacting the wastewater which is to be purified with a rod-shaped TiO2 photocatalyst which has a BET surface area of 25 to 200 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.10 to 1.00 ml/g, and a median pore diameter of 0.005 to 0.050 ?m, with irradiation by light, and to the use of such a rod-shaped TiO2 photocatalyst which has a BET surface area of 25 to 200 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.10 to 1.00 ml/g, and a median pore diameter of 0.005 to 0.050 ?m, for purifying wastewater with irradiation by light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alexandra Seeber, Götz-Peter Schindler, Katrin Freitag, Reinhard Hess, Rudolf Piehl, Thilo Hahn, Thomas Hill, Michael Hesse, Piotr Makarczyk
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING 4-PENTENOIC ACID
    Publication number: 20110046413
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 4-pentenoic acid, at least comprising the oxidation of a mixture (G) comprising 4-pentenal, 3-methyl-2-butanone and cyclopentene oxide, and to the use of a mixture (G) comprising 4-pentenal, 3-methyl-2-butanone and cyclopentene oxide for preparing 4-pentenoic acid. In the context of the present invention, the mixture (G) is preferably obtained as a by-product of the oxidation of cyclopentene to cyclopentanone by means of dinitrogen monoxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Michael Schelper, Kai Gumlich, Mathieu Chabanas, Christian Müller, Anton Meier
  • ADDITIVE MIXTURES FOR STYRENIC POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20110046278
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for reducing the amount of saturated or unsaturated monomers and oligomers during production and processing of styrenic polymers comprising a mixture of at least two components selected from the group consisting of a) phenol thioethers, b) phenol acrylates, c) 3-arylbenzofuran-2-ones and d) 1,1-di-substituted ethylenes or tri-substituted ethylenes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alex Wegmann, Sunghee Kim, Michele Gerster
  • METHOD FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF DEFINED MORPHOLOGIES OF SEGREGATED PHASES IN THIN LAYERS
    Publication number: 20110045178
    Abstract: A method of establishing defined morphologies of separated phases in thin coats, in which anisotropic particles (T) whose average particle diameter (D) is <1 ?m and whose D/d ratio of the average particle diameter (D) to the average particle thickness (d) is >50 are introduced into the coating material used to produce said coats and comprises at least one polymer (P1), at least one polymer (P2) which is incompatible with the polymer (P1) in the solid phase and/or a crosslinking agent (V) which is incompatible with the polymer (P1) in the solid phase, where the polymers (P1) and/or (P2) have at least one functional group (a) which reacts during curing of the coating material to form covalent bonds. The disclosed coating material is applied to an uncoated substrate and/or to a precoated substrate and then cured and can be used in producing antistonechip OEM coat systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicants: BASF COATINGS GMBH, UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL
    Inventors: Horst Hintze-Brüning, Hans-Peter Steiner, Fabrice Leroux, Anne-Lise Troutier
  • RODENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110041383
    Abstract: A rodent management station includes a housing having a base and a lid that together at least in part define an interior space of the housing. The lid is positionable relative to the base between a closed configuration of the station in which the interior space is substantially enclosed, and an opened configuration of the station in which the interior space is accessible for servicing. The housing has an entry opening through which rodents enter the interior space of the housing. The rodent management station also includes at least one of a trap and a bait positionable within the interior space of the housing. The base includes a floor panel and an inner surface on which rodents move within the interior space. An upstanding rear wall extends upward relative to the floor panel about substantially less than the circumference of the floor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: James H. Cink, Jonathan D. Berger, Brian James Mann, Edward Francis Marshall, Henry Wayne Moran, James David Poling
  • OPEN-CELLED, POROUS SHAPED BODY FOR HEAT EXCHANGERS
    Publication number: 20110042608
    Abstract: An open-cell porous shaped body for heat exchangers comprises a thermomagnetic material selected from, for example, (1) compounds of the general formula (I) (AyBy?1)2+?CwDxEz??(I) where A is Mn or Co, B is Fe, Cr or Ni, C, D and E at least two of C, D and E are different, have a non-vanishing concentration and are selected from P, B, Se, Ge, Ga, Si, Sn, N, As and Sb, where at least one of C, D and E is Ge or Si, ? is a number in the range from ?0.1 to 0.1, w, x, y, z are numbers in the range from 0 to 1, where w+x+z=1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Bennie Reesink
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING GLYCIDYL ESTERS
    Publication number: 20110046401
    Abstract: Process for preparing glycidyl esters, wherein carbonate esters of the formula I are reacted in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst with elimination of carbon dioxide to form glycidyl esters of the formula II where R in the above formulae is an organic radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kai Gumlich, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Roland Merten
  • AQUEOUS COATING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME, AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110042623
    Abstract: Water-based coating composition comprising at least one resin composition for a water-based coating composition and as a rheological assistant at least one polyamide and at least one acrylate thickener based on poly(meth)acrylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Ingo Lüer, Egon Wegner
  • PS FOAMS WITH LOW METAL CONTENT
    Publication number: 20110042606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an expandable styrene polymer, comprising at least one flame retardant as component (A), from 0.0001 to 2% by weight, based on component (A), of at least one metal as component (B), and athermanous particles as component (C), to a process for the production of this expandable styrene polymer, to an expanded styrene polymer bead, comprising at least one flame retardant as component (A), from 0.0001 to 2% by weight, based on component (A), of at least one metal as component (B), and athermanous particles as component (C), to a process for the production of this expanded styrene polymer bead, to a foam, capable of production from this expandable styrene polymer, to a process for the production of this foam, and also to the use of this foam for thermal insulation, including that of machines and of household devices, and as packaging material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Braun, Ingo Bellin, Klaus Hahn
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE 2-METHYL-ALKANOLS
    Publication number: 20110045560
    Abstract: A process for preparing optically active 2-methylalkan-1-ol of the general formula (III) comprising the following steps: carbonyl-selective reduction of 2-methylalk-2-en-1-al of the general formula (I) to 2-methylalk-2-en-1-ol of the general formula (II), (ii) enantioselective hydrogenation of 2-methylalk-2-en-1-ol to the general formula (iii), (iii) increasing the optical yield of the optically active 2-methylalkan-1-ol (III) obtained in step (ii) by a lipase-catalyzed acylation reaction, where the radical R means C1-C10-alkyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Jäkel, Gunnar Heydrich, Rainer Stürmer, Rocco Paciello
  • CATHODIC ELECTRODEPOSITION PAINT CONTAINING METAL-ORGANIC COMPOUND
    Publication number: 20110042222
    Abstract: A cathodic electrodeposition coating material comprising (A) at least one water-dispersible organic binder containing cationic groups, where the cathodic electrodeposition coating material has been admixed with 0.005%-0.5% by weight, based on the solids content of the cathodic electrodeposition coating material, of (B) an organic, tetravalent titanium, zirconium or hafnium complex having one or more oxygen-containing ligands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Verena Peters, Hubert Baumgart, Michael Dornbusch, SR.
  • COATING AGENT WITH HIGH SCRATCH RESISTANCE AND WEATHERING RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20110045190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition comprising (d) at least one binder (A) having reactive groups, (e) at least one crosslinking agent (B) which is able to react, with crosslinking with the reactive groups of the binder (A), and at least one catalyst (C) for the crosslinking of silane groups, one or more constituents (A) and/or (B) and/or at least one further constituent of the coating composition containing hydrolyzable silane groups, wherein the catalyst (C) is a phosphoric acid compound, more particularly phosphoric acid or phosphonic acid, which is blocked with an amine having a pKb?3 and a boiling point >100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Matthijs Groenewolt, Sebastian Frerick
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING 2-(AMINOMETHYLIDENE)-4,4-DIFLUORO-3-OXOBUTYRIC ESTERS
    Publication number: 20110046371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing difluoromethyl-substituted pyrazol-4-ylcarboxylic acids and their esters, 2-(aminomethylidene)-4,4-difluoro-3-oxobutteric esters of the formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 independently of one another are C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl or benzyl or NR2R3 is a 5- to 10-membered heterocyclic radical, to a process for preparing compounds of the formula (I) wherein an appropriate 3-aminoacrylic ester is reacted with difluoroacetyl fluoride and to the use of compounds of the formula (I) in the process for preparing difluoromethyl-substituted pyrazol-4-ylcarboxylic acids and their esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Zierke, Volker Maywald, Michael Rack, Sebastian Peer Smidt, Michael Keil, Bernd Wolf, Christopher Koradin
  • Novel Treated Mineral Pigments for Aqueous Based Barrier Coatings
    Publication number: 20110046284
    Abstract: This invention is directed to novel pigments, pigment systems (including components not classified as pigments) and formulations for use in an aqueous coating system applied onto cellulosic (paper and/or paperboard) and non-cellulosic substrates (polyethylene (PE), polylactic acid (PLA), polyvinyl acetate (PVAc), etc.) to impart barrier properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Berube, Kenneth W. Folmar, Sharad Mathur, John D. Serafano, Ashok Khokhani, Jennifer Rigney, James Royce Godfrey
  • Pesticidal Mixtures
    Publication number: 20110046123
    Abstract: The present invention relates to synergistic mixtures comprising, as active components, an insecticidal compound (I) selected from following nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compounds, an amide compound one or two further fungicidal compound(s) and/or an insecticidal compound selected from the group consisting of fipronil and ethiprole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Laurent Jamet, Ralf Willi Gerhard, Dirk Voeste
  • COMPOSITION FOR POLISHING SURFACES OF SILICON DIOXIDE
    Publication number: 20110045671
    Abstract: A composition for polishing surfaces comprises the following components: a) at least one inorganic abrasive component (S) comprising a lanthanide oxide, b) at least one organic dispersing-agent component based on polymer (P), c) at least one organic gelling agent (G) such as gellan gum, d) water as solution or dispersing medium, and e) if appropriate further auxiliary and additive materials and has high stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Basf Se
    Inventors: Sven Holger Behrens, Yaqian Liu, Guenter Kern, Heidrun Debus