Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides catalysts, catalytic articles and catalyst systems including such catalytic articles. In particular, the catalyst composition includes a zeolite having a chabazite (CHA) crystal structure ion-exchanged with iron and copper. Methods of making and using the catalyst composition are also provided, as well as emission treatment systems containing a catalyst article coated with the catalyst composition. The catalyst article present in such emission treatment systems is useful to catalyze the reduction of nitrogen oxides in gas exhaust in the presence of a reductant.
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:
April 23, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 19, 2022
Assignee:
BASF AGRO B.V.
Inventors:
Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
Abstract: A catalyst for gasoline engine exhaust gas after-treatment, comprising Pt and optionally at least one other platinum group metal on a hydrothermal stable support material which is coated onto a gasoline particulate filter. The catalyst oxidizes particulate matter trapped in the gasoline particulate filter under low temperature and abates NOx, CO and HC. Also a process for preparing the catalyst is disclosed, and a method for after-treatment of gasoline engine exhaust gas using the catalyst is disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 22, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 19, 2022
Assignee:
BASF Corporation
Inventors:
Yun Fei Qi, Jun Cong Jiang, Shau Lin Chen, Weiyong Tang, Yu Lin Qiu, Liang Fang Lv, Yan Zhu Lei
Abstract: A process for preparing isobutene homo- or copolymer derivatives by (i) polymerizing isobutene or an isobutene-comprising monomer mixture in the presence of an iron halide-donor complex, an aluminum trihalide-donor complex, or an alkylaluminum halide-donor complex, (ii) reacting a resulting high-reactivity isobutene polymer with a compound which introduces a low molecular weight polar group or a substructure thereof, and (iii) in the case of reaction with a substructure, further reacting to complete the formation of the low molecular weight polar group. The homo- or copolymer derivatives include a radical of a hydrophobic polyisobutene polymer having a number-average molecular weight of 110 to 250 000 and low molecular weight polar groups including amino functions, nitro groups, hydroxyl groups, mercaptan groups, carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid derivative functions, sulfonic acid or sulfonic acid derivative functions, aldehyde functions and/or silyl groups.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 19, 2022
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Hannah Maria Koenig, Klaus Muehlbach, Helmut Mach, Ulrich Eichenauer
Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoplastic polyurethanes obtainable or obtained by reaction of at least one polyisocyanate composition, at least one chain extender (KV1) of general formula (I) and one further chain extender (KV2) selected from the group consisting of compounds having at least two isocyanate-reactive groups having a molecular weight of <500 g/mol, and at least one polyol composition. The present invention further relates to a production process for such thermoplastic polyurethanes and to the use of a thermoplastic polyurethane according to the invention or of a thermoplastic polyurethane obtainable or obtained by a process according to the invention for producing extrusion products, films and molded articles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 13, 2018
Date of Patent:
April 19, 2022
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Nabarun Roy, Fin Lammers, Dirk Kempfert, Elmar Poeselt
Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for indicating soil additives for improving soil water infiltration and/or modulating soil water repellence, a corresponding arrangement and the use thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 5, 2018
Date of Patent:
April 19, 2022
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
David Edward Mainwaring, Pandiyan Murugaraj, Rohan Davies, Klaus Däschner, Alexander Wissemeier, Hao Hao
Abstract: A shock absorber arrangement for a vehicle suspension contains a shock absorber having a damper cap and a piston rod, and a supplementary spring which is arranged on the piston rod opposite the shock absorber and has an outer surface facing the damper cap and an inner surface facing the piston rod, and is configured for damping the movement of the shock absorber in the direction of the piston rod on contact with the damper cap. The outer surface and/or the inner surface is at least partially coated with a lubricant.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 12, 2020
Publication date:
April 14, 2022
Applicant:
BASF Polyurethanes GmbH
Inventors:
Jae Hong LEE, Ulrich Holwitt, Frank Rittig
Abstract: Pesticidal mixtures including a pesticidally active anthranilamide compound of formula (I) and at least one further pesticidal active ingredient. The pesticidal mixtures are useful for combating and controlling insects, acarids or nematodes in and on plants, and for protecting such plants being infested with pests.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2022
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Robert Reinhard, Pascal Bindschaedler, Karsten Koerber, Juergen Langewald
Abstract: Described herein are an aqueous pigment paste including at least one color pigment (a) and at least one polymer (b) which is preparable by successive radical emulsion polymerization of three monomer mixtures (A), (B) and (C) of olefinically unsaturated monomers in water, an aqueous basecoat material which is preparable by admixing the pigment paste to at least one aqueous binder-containing component suitable for preparing the basecoat material, a method for producing a multicoat paint system using this basecoat material, and use of the polymer (b) for dispersing color pigments within an aqueous pigment paste.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 2018
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2022
Assignee:
BASF Coatings GmbH
Inventors:
Dirk Eierhoff, Joerg Schwarz, Stephan Schwarte, Cathrin Corten
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a recombinant polypeptide a filamentous fungus which is genetically modified to decrease or eliminate the activity of cellulase regulator 2 (CLR2) and to express said recombinant polypeptide. The method further relates to a filamentous fungus Myceliophthora thermophila, which is genetically modified to decrease or eliminate the activity of CLR2 and the use of this filamentous fungus in the production of a recombinant polypeptide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 2, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2022
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Stefan Haefner, Andreas Thywissen, Holger Hartmann, Nico Boehmer
Abstract: A granular composition comprising a pesticide, 0.1 to 10 wt % of a nonionic amphiphilic polyalkoxylate, at least 20 wt % of a solid water-soluble anionic dispersant, at least 5 wt % of a sugar, which is a mono- or disaccharide, or a mixture thereof, and a polyvinylpyrrolidone is provided. Methods for the preparation of the granular composition including the steps of (i) providing an aqueous suspension comprising the pesticide, the polyalkoxylate, the dispersant and the sugar, (ii) drying the aqueous suspension, and (iii) granulating the aqueous or dried suspension, and wherein the polyvinylpyrrolidone is added in step (i) and/or step (iii) are further provided. Methods for controlling at least one of phytopathogenic fungi, plant growth, attack by insects or mites, and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the particular pests, their habitat, the undesired or useful plants, and/or the soil are further provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 10, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2022
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Claude Taranta, Thomas Bork, Hans-Michael Fricke, Thorsten Mattil
Abstract: Methods and devices for sorting cottonseeds. Methods include the use of an optical sorter to sort cottonseed by color. Additionally, methods include sorting cottonseed using a gravity table to collect high-density seed (“accepts”) and mid-density seed (“middlings”), followed by sorting the mid-density, and optionally, the high-density seed using an optical sorter to collect dark cottonseed, thereby providing high-quality cottonseed for packaging. Devices and systems comprising one or more gravity tables and one or more optical sorters are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 29, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2022
Assignee:
BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS SEED US LLC
Inventors:
Sebastian Ulrich Schmidt, Jeff Ratliff, Benno Franz Ulfik, Fatma Alexia Van Winssen, Tonya Crossland, Hartmut Huebner
Abstract: A catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx comprises a zeolitic material which comprises (A) one or more zeolites having a GME framework structure containing YO2 and X2O3, and optionally further comprises one or more zeolites having a CHA framework structure containing YO2 and X2O3, and/or comprises, (B) one or more zeolite intergrowth phases of one or more zeolites having a GME framework structure containing YO2 and X2O3 and one or more zeolites having a CHA framework structure containing YO2 and X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element, and the zeolitic material contains Cu and/or Fe as non-framework elements in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 15 wt. % calculated as the element and based on 100 wt. % of YO contained in the zeolitic material. Also provided are a process for its preparation, and a use in a method for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 2, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2022
Assignee:
BASF Corporation
Inventors:
Mathias Feyen, Ulrich Mueller, Faruk Oezkirim, Stefan Dumser, Natalia Trukhan, Michaela Maltry, Stefan Maurer
Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising specific pigment synthesis inhibitors selected from beflubutamide, flurtamone and clomazone. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 5, 2022
Assignee:
BASF AGRO B.V.
Inventors:
Helmut Kraus, Bernd Sievernich, Mariano Etcheverry, Richard R. Evans, Ryan Louis Nielson, Cyrill Zagar, Rex A. Liebl
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyurethanes by mixing a) polyisocyanate, b) a mixture obtainable by introducing an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt into a compound comprising urethane groups, c) compounds comprising one or more epoxide groups, and, optionally, d) polyol, e) chain extenders, and f) fillers and further additives to form a reaction mixture and fully reacting the mixture to give the polyurethane, where the amount of alkali metal or alkaline earth metal ions per equivalent urethane groups in the compound (b) is 0.0001 to 3.5. The present invention further relates to a polyurethane obtainable by such a process, and to the use of such a polyurethane for producing bodywork components for vehicles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 5, 2022
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Julia Goeschel, Markus Schuette, Berend Eling
Abstract: A method and system for object recognition via a computer vision application including an object to be recognized, the object having an object specific luminescence spectral pattern, a light source including at least two illuminants for illuminating a scene including the object to be recognized by switching between the two illuminants, a sensor configured to capture radiance data of the scene including the object when the scene is illuminated by the light source, and a data storage unit storing fluorescence spectral patterns together with appropriately assigned respective objects. The method and system further include a data processing unit configured to extract the object specific fluorescence spectral pattern from the radiance data of the scene and to match the extracted object specific fluorescence spectral pattern with the fluorescence spectral patterns stored in the data storage unit, and to identify a best matching fluorescence spectral pattern and its assigned object.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 1, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 5, 2022
Assignee:
BASF Coatings GmbH
Inventors:
Yunus Emre Kurtoglu, Matthew Ian Childers
Abstract: A golden effect pigment comprising an optionally passivated platelet-shaped metallic substrate and an iron oxide layer, wherein the effect pigment has a hue angle h15 of 67°?h15?78° and a chroma C*15 of ?90 is provided. Further, a golden effect pigment comprising an optionally passivated platelet-shaped metallic substrate and an iron oxide layer, wherein the effect pigment has a hue angle h15 of 67°?h15?78° and a chroma C*45 of ?50 is provided. The golden effect pigments are highly chromatic and suitable for coloring a coating composition such as a paint, a printing ink, an ink, a varnish, plastics, a fiber, a film or a cosmetic preparation, preferably an automotive, an architectural or an industrial coating composition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 19, 2018
Date of Patent:
April 5, 2022
Assignee:
BASF Colors & Effects GmbH
Inventors:
Aron Wosylus, Heinrich Woelk, Raimund Schmid, Stefan Wrobel
Abstract: Expandable thermoplastic polyurethane comprising blowing agent, wherein the Shore hardness of the thermoplastic polyurethane is from A 44 to A 84.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an optically active carbonyl compound by asymmetric hydrogenation of a prochiral ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compound with hydrogen in the presence of at least one optically active transition metal catalyst that is soluble in the reaction mixture and which has rhodium as catalytically active transition metal and a chiral, bidentate bisphosphine ligand, wherein the reaction mixture during the hydrogenation of the prochiral ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compound additionally comprises at least one compound of the general formula (I): in which R1, R2: are identical or different and are C6- to C10-aryl which is unsubstituted or carries one or more, e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, substituents which are selected from C1- to C6-alkyl, C3- to C6-cycloalkyl, C6- to C10-aryl, C1- to C6-alkoxy and amino; Z is a group CHR3R4 or aryl which is unsubstituted or carries one or more, e.g.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 25, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 19, 2022
Assignee:
BASF SE
Inventors:
Mathias Schelwies, Rocco Paciello, Gunnar Heydrich, Günter Wegner, Gerd-Dieter Tebben, Martin Haubner, Andreas Keller, Oliver Bey, Stephanie Renz, Georg Seeber