Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Stabilisation of aqueous solutions of homopolymers and copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidones
    Patent number: 7666935
    Abstract: Aqueous solutions comprising: one or more polymeric components selected from the group consisting of homopolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone, copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone, and mixtures thereof; and hydrogen peroxide; wherein the hydrogen peroxide is present in an amount of 100 to 5000 ppm; and methods of stabilizing aqueous solutions containing one or more polymeric components selected from the group consisting of homopolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone, copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Erik Bohrer, Dieter Faul, Ivette Garcia Castro, Norbert Gebhardt, Peter Hössel, Peter Mendera, Olga Pinneker, Bernd de Potzolli, Stefan Stein, Karl-Hermann Strube, Ralf Widmaier, Josef Neutzner, Simone Lehnert
  • Substituted 1-(Azolin-2-yl)-Amino-1,2-Heterocyclyl-Ethane Compounds For Combating Pests
    Publication number: 20100041700
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-(Azolin-2-yl)-amino-1,2-heterocyclyl-ethane compounds, which are useful for combating insects, arachnids and nematodes. The present invention also relates to methods for combating animal pests and to compositions for combating animal pests. It has been found that animal pests can be combated by 1-(Azolin-2-yl)-amino-1,2-heterocyclyl-ethane compounds of the general formula (I): wherein A is a radical of the formulae A1 or A2: and wherein X is sulfur, oxygen or NR7, and HetA, HetB and R1 to R7 are defined as in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Kordes, Ronan Le Vezouet, Christopher Koradin, Ernst Baumann, Deborah L. Culbertson
  • POLYESTER MIXTURE COMPRISING BIODIESEL
    Publication number: 20100041835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biodegradable polyester mixtures, comprising i) from 95 to 99.95% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to ii, of at least one biodegradable homo- or copolyester selected from the following group: polylactide, polycaprolactone, polyhydroxyalkanoate, and polyester composed of aliphatic or aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and of aliphatic dihydroxy compounds, and ii) from 0.05 to 5% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to ii, of biodiesel. The present invention also relates to processes for the production of the polyester mixtures of the invention, to the use of the polyester mixtures of the invention for the production of moldings, foils, or fibers, and also to moldings, foils, or fibers comprising the polyester mixtures of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE Patents, Trademarks and Lincense
    Inventors: Dietrich Scherzer, Motonori Yamamoto, Gabriel Skupin
  • Stimulation of the synthesis and of the activity of an isoform of lysyl oxidase-like LOXL for stimulating the formation of elastic fibers.
    Publication number: 20100040710
    Abstract: The invention relates to the stimulation of the synthesis and of the activity of an isoform of lysyl oxidase, and more particularly of the LOXL (lysyl oxidase-like) isoform. The Invention relates notably to a method of identifying an active principle which stimulates the formation of elastic fibers. The aim of the invention is mainly to provide such a method of identification so as to provide compositions which enable stimulating the formation of elastic fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Beauty Care Solutions France SAS
    Inventors: Eric Perrier, Valerie Cenizo, Charbel Bouez, Pascal Sommer, Odile Damour, Claudine Gleyzal, Valerie Andre, Corinne Reymermier
  • LAMINATE COMPRISING FILM AND WEB BASED ON THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE
    Publication number: 20100041295
    Abstract: A laminate comprises bonded together adheringly (i) film based on a thermoplastic polyurethane based on a polyetherdiol prepared by alkoxylation of a difunctional starting substance, ethylene oxide being used as alkylene oxide and the weight fraction of ethylene oxide based on the total weight of the alkylene oxides used being at least 20% by weight, and also (ii) fibrous nonwoven web based on thermoplastic polyurethane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hauke Malz, Frank Uhlhorn
  • PROCESS FOR SEPARATING OFF CARBON BLACK FROM A WASTEWATER STREAM
    Publication number: 20100038319
    Abstract: A process for cleaning a wastewater stream which comprises soot and is obtained in the preparation of acetylene, the soot being present in finely divided form in the wastewater, wherein the soot is removed by subjecting the wastewater to a solid concentration by sedimentation and then the soot sludge obtained in the sedimentation is dewatered further by a pressure filtration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Achim Boehm, Petra Schmitz-Baeder
  • Crystalline forms of 2-[2-chloro-4-methylsulfonyl-3-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxymethyl)benzoyl]cyclohexan-1,3-dione
    Publication number: 20100041557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to two crystalline forms of 2-[2-chloro-4-methylsulfonyl-3-(2,2,2-trifluoro-ethoxymethyl)benzoyl]cyclohexan-1,3-dione, which is also known under the common name tembotrione. The invention also relates to a process for the production of these crystalline forms and formulations for plant protection which contain one of these crystalline forms of tembotrione.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Eike Hupe, Markus Gewehr, Peter Erk, Heidi Emilia Saxell, Ulrich Griesser, Michaela Tischler
  • POLYNUCLEOTIDES FOR REGULATION OF HIGH LEVEL TISSUE-PREFERRED EXPRESSION IN CROP PLANTS
    Publication number: 20100043100
    Abstract: This invention provides polynucleotides regulating high level tissue-preferred expression. Compositions comprising the polynucleotides include DNA constructs useful for plant transformation and plants transformed with such DNA constructs. Further provided are methods for the expression of transgenes in plants using the tissue-preferred regulatory elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCE GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher Kafer, Hanping Guan
  • METHOD OF REDUCING GENE EXPRESSION USING MODIFIED CODON USAGE
    Publication number: 20100041107
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of reducing the amount of at least one polypeptide in a host cell by expressing a nucleotide sequence encoding for the polypeptide in the host cell wherein the nucleotide sequence uses codons that are rarely used according to the codon usage of the host organism. Furthermore, the present invention relates to nucleotide sequences encoding for a polypeptide with a codon usage that has been adjusted to use codons that are only rarely used according to the codon usage of the host organism. The present invention further relates to the use of such sequences and methods for producing fine chemicals such as amino acids, sugars, lipids, oils, carbohydrates, vitamins, cofactors etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrea Herold, Corinna Klopprogge, Hartwig Schröder, Osker Zelder, Weol Kyu Jeong
  • Production of Superabsorbent Polymers
    Publication number: 20100041549
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of superabsorbent polymers comprising conveying a polymer gel having acid groups on an oscillating conveyor belt to a continuous through-circulation belt dryer, wherein the belt speed of the conveyor belt is at least 0.4 m/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE a German corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Weismantel, Rüdiger Funk, Leigh R. Blair, Kevin D. Heitzhaus, Bruce Storey
  • UNCTUOUS COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20100041607
    Abstract: The present invention relates to unctuous composition containing at least one solid active ingredient, at least one hydrophobic protective colloid and at least one edible oil. The active ingredient is preferably a carotenoid. The preferred protective colloids are prolamines. The invention compositions are simple to produce, have good bioavailability and dyestuff yield, and are used an addition to animal feed agents, foods, and dietary supplements and pharmaceutical and cosmetic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jesper Feldthusen Jensen, Christian Köpsel, Helmut Auweter, Ingrid Martin, Angelika-Maria Pfeiffer, Erik Lüddecke, Dieter Feuerstein
  • Crystalline Modification of Fipronil
    Publication number: 20100041727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crystalline modification of fipronil, to process for the preparation of the same, to pesticidal and parasiticidal mixtures and compositions comprising said crystalline modification and to their use for combating pests and parasites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Heidi Emilia Saxell, Peter Erk, Claude Taranta, Thomas Kröhl, Gerhard Cox, Martin Sukopp, Gautam R. Desiraju, Rahul Banerjee, Prashant M. Bhatt
  • CATIONIC POLYMERS AS THICKENERS FOR AQUEOUS AND ALCOHOLIC COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20100040573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing polymers by radically polymerizing a mixture comprising 99.99 to 10% by weight of at least one ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated compound with at least one cationogenic and/or cationic group per molecule, 0 to less than 25% by weight of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated amide-group-containing compound different from a) and also 0.01 to 5% by weight of a crosslinker using at least two different water-insoluble initiators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ivette Garcia Castro, Son Nguyen Kim, Wolfgang Jahnel, Matthias Laubender, Rolf Werner
  • Crystalline Modification of Fipronil
    Publication number: 20100041552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crystalline modification of fipronil, to a process for the preparation of the same, to pesticidal and parasiticidal mixtures and compositions comprising said crystalline modification and to their use for combating pests and parasites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Heidi Emilia Saxell, Peter Erk, Claude Taranta, Thomas Kröhl, Gerhard Cox, Gautam R. Desiraju, Rahul Banerjee, Prashant M. Bhatt
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING ISOCYANATES
    Publication number: 20100041915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing diisocyanates from diamines and phosgene in the gas phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Woelfert, Carsten Knoesche, Torsten Mattke, Eckhard Stroefer
  • COAT-FORMING CORROSION PREVENTATIVE WITH GOOD ADHESION AND PROCESS FOR ITS ELECTROLESS APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20100040798
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous coating material for metallic substrates, comprising a water-dispersible and/or water-soluble polymer P with a gradient in the concentration of covalently bonded hydrophilic groups along the main polymer chain, the polymer P having covalently bonded ligands A, which form chelates with the metal ions released during the corrosion of the substrate and/or with the substrate surface, and having crosslinking functional groups B, which with themselves, with further complementary functional groups B? of the polymer P and/or with further functional groups B and/or B? are able to form covalent bonds to crosslinkers V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS AG
    Inventors: Michael Dornbusch, Elke Austrup, Horst Hintze-Bruning
  • TEXTILE TWO OR THREE DIMENSIONAL FABRIC CONTAINING MATERIALS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF SWELLING
    Publication number: 20100041291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to textile two- or three-dimensional structures formed from fibers and/or ribbons and swellable materials, the fibers and/or ribbons present in the structure and also the swellable materials each being present in such an amount that the fibers and/or ribbons are encased by the swellable materials and the voids in the structure are, in the swollen state, partially or completely filled by materially bound water and the swellable materials used being aqueous emulsions of (co)polymers of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer MON which are applied to the fibers and/or ribbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Weber, Axel Weiss, Eberhard Schupp, Pulakesh Mukherjee, Ralf Mossbach, Bernd Reck, Kuno Beutler, Tibor Duris
  • Production of Superabsorbent Polymers on a Continuous Belt Reactor
    Publication number: 20100041847
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for production of superabsorbent polymers on a continuous belt reactor, wherein a continuous polymerization belt rests at least partly upon the upper surface of at least one continuous support belt and the at least one continuous support belt slides at least partly on a fixed surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE a German corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Weismantel, Rüdiger Funk, Leigh R. Blair, Kevin D. Heitzhaus, Bruce Storey
  • METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ISOCYANATES
    Publication number: 20100041914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Woelfert, Andreas Daiss, Torsten Mattke
  • ANISOTROPIC CELLULAR ELASTOMERS
    Publication number: 20100038579
    Abstract: Cellular elastomer which is anisotropic, with anisotropy being defined by the compressive modulus in one of three orthogonal directions being greater than that in the other two directions by a factor of at least 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joern Duwenhorst, Maximilian Ruellmann, Frank Prissok, Sven Lasai, Steffen Mayer, Michael Harms, Claus Gabriel