Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Tooth Whitening Compositions and Methods
    Publication number: 20100012892
    Abstract: A non-cytotoxic chlorine dioxide composition and a mixed agent bleaching composition for tooth whitening are disclosed. Methods of use are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Barry Keven Speronello, Frank S. Castellana, Linda Hratko
  • PAPER SIZE MIXTURES
    Publication number: 20100016478
    Abstract: Paper size mixtures comprising a reactive size dispersed in water and a polymer, which are obtainable by mixing (a) an aqueous dispersion of a reactive size whose dispersed particles have a mean particle diameter of less than 500 nm, the dispersion being obtainable by emulsifying at least one reactive size in water in the presence of at least one surfactant, and (b) at least one emulsion polymer and/or at least one water-soluble polymer which does not have a dispersing effect with respect to reactive sizes and/or a water-dispersible polymer, and use of said paper size mixtures for the engine sizing and surface sizing of paper and paper products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Brockmeyer, Roland Ettl, Rainer Dyllick-Brenzinger
  • RECOVERY OF PHENOL LIGANDS DURING THE PRODUCTION OF ISOPULEGOL
    Publication number: 20100016642
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of working up an aluminum-containing reaction product from the production of isopulegol by cyclization of citronellal in the presence of complex compounds, comprising at least one ligand of the formula (I), where R1, R2, R3 are chosen from hydrogen, halogen, nitro, C1-C8-alkyl, C1-C8-alkoxy, di(C1-C4-alkyl)amino and aryl; R4, R5 are chosen from halogen, nitro, C1-C8-alkyl, C1-C8-alkoxy, di(C1-C4-alkyl)amino, aryl or heteroaryl; in which a) the reaction product is subjected to distillative separation to obtain an isopulegol-enriched top product and an isopulegol-depleted bottom product and b) the ligand of the formula (I) is separated off from the bottom product. Moreover, the invention relates to a method of producing isopulegol, and to a method of producing menthol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gunnar Heydrich, Gabriele Gralla, Klaus Ebel, Marko Friedrich
  • PROCESS FOR HYDROGENATING BUTADIYNE
    Publication number: 20100016646
    Abstract: In the process for hydrogenating butadiyne over a catalyst which comprises at least one platinum group metal on an inorganic metal oxide as a support, the hydrogenation is performed at a pressure in the range from 1 to 40 bar and a temperature in the range from 0 to 100° C., and from 0.05 to 5% by weight, based on the overall catalyst, of platinum group metal is present on the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lucia KOENIGSMANN, Ekkehard Schwab, Piotr Makarczyk, Kai Rainer Ehrhardt, Maximilian Vicari, Thomas Heidemann, Dirk Grossschmidt, Gerrit Waters
  • REACTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN SULPHIDE
    Publication number: 20100015036
    Abstract: The present invention describes a reactor (1) for continuously preparing hydrogen sulfide H2S from hydrogen and sulfur, comprising a distributor device (15) for distributing gaseous hydrogen in a sulfur melt (9) present at least in a lower part of the reactor. The distributor device (15) is arranged in the sulfur melt (9) and comprises a distributor plate (16) which is arranged in the reactor (1) and has an edge (17) extending downward and, if appropriate, has passage orifices (19). The hydrogen from a hydrogen bubble which forms below the distributor plate (16) is (for example through the passage orifices (19)) distributed in the sulfur melt (9) via the distributor plate (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Wölfert, Herald Jachow, Heinz Driess
  • USE OF NATURAL, RECOMBINANT AND SYNTHETIC RESILINS IN COSMETICS
    Publication number: 20100015070
    Abstract: Use of resilin proteins in cosmetics, wherein the resilin proteins comprise between one and 100 repeat units with the consensus sequence SXXYGXP, where S is a serine, X is any desired amino acid, Y is a tyrosine, G is a glycine and P is a proline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Claus Bollschweiler, Burghard Liebmann, Marcus Fehr, Daniel Hümmerich, Arne Ptock, Evelyn Raunft
  • RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAMS
    Publication number: 20100016461
    Abstract: The invention relates to rigid polyurethane foams which can be produced by reacting a) polyisocyanates with b) compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reacted toward isocyanate groups in the presence of c) blowing agents, ?wherein the polyisocyanate a) used is a mixture of diphenylmethane diisocyanate and polyphenylenepolymethylene polyisocyanates comprising a1) 30-35% by weight of diphenylmethane diisocyanate, a2) 21-28% by weight of polyphenylenepolymethylene polyisocyanate having three aromatic rings, a3) 8-13% by weight of polyphenylenepolymethylene polyisocyanate having four aromatic rings, a4) 24-41% by weight of polyphenylenepolymethylene polyisocyanate having five or more aromatic rings, where the percentages by weight of the components a1) to a4) are based on the total weight of the components a1) to a4) and add up to 100% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Holger Seifert, Johann Klassen, Louis Du Rieu, Werner Wiegmann, Guenter Matzke
  • Tooth Whitening Compositions and Methods
    Publication number: 20100012893
    Abstract: A non-cytotoxic chlorine dioxide composition and a mixed agent bleaching composition for tooth whitening are disclosed. Methods of use are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Barry Keven Speronello, Frank S. Castellana, Linda Hratko
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYESTEROLS
    Publication number: 20100015676
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyesterols from at least one base polyesterol and at least one further reagent, wherein (a) the at least one base polyesterol and the at least one further reagent are mixed, (b) the mixture produced in (a) flows through a reactor in which at least one packing comprising at least one immobilized enzyme on a support is present, with the at least one base polyesterol and the at least one further reagent being reacted to form the polyesterol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mirko Kreitschmann, Maxium Peretolchin, Lionel Gehringer, Jean-Francois Stumbe, Dietmar Haering, Ulrike Mahn, Joern Duwenhorst
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC AMINES OR ALIPHATIC AMINO ALCOHOLS
    Publication number: 20100015012
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing aromatic amines by hydrogenation of nitroaromatics in the presence of catalysts, in which a fluid reaction mixture which comprises amines and from which the catalysts are separated off is formed in a reactor. After the catalysts have been separated off, a measurement of the absorption of UV/VIS radiation by the reaction mixture is carried out to determine the concentration of nitro and nitroso compounds in the reaction mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dominic Vanoppen, Frederik Van Laar, Thomas Beuermann, Georg Krug, Steffen Oehlenschlager, Ekkehard Schwab, Hartwig Voss, Konrad Morgenschweis, Ulrich Penzel, Dietrich Tittelbach-Helmrich
  • Non-Cytotoxic Chlorine Dioxide Fluids
    Publication number: 20100015066
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions related to a substantially non-cytotoxic chlorine dioxide solution. The solution may be a thickened fluid composition. Also disclosed are methods of making and using a substantially non-cytotoxic thickened fluid compositions or solutions comprising chlorine dioxide solution. An oxidizing composition of reduced irritation is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Barry Keven Speronello, Frank S. Castellana, Linda Hratko
  • Tooth Whitening Compositions and Methods
    Publication number: 20100012891
    Abstract: A non-cytotoxic chlorine dioxide composition and a mixed agent bleaching composition for tooth whitening are disclosed. Methods of use are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Barry Keven Speronello, Frank S. Castellana, Linda Hratko
  • Tooth Whitening Compositions and Methods
    Publication number: 20100012894
    Abstract: Non-cytotoxic compositions for tooth whitening are disclosed. Methods of their use are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Barry Keven Speronello, Frank S. Castellana, Linda Hratko
  • CATALYST FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE CONVERSION AND PROCESS FOR THE LOW-TEMPERATURE CONVERSION OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND WATER INTO CARBON DIOXIDE AND HYDROGEN
    Publication number: 20100012895
    Abstract: Chromium-free catalyst for the low-temperature conversion of carbon monoxide and water into hydrogen and carbon dioxide, which comprises a mixed oxide comprising at least copper oxide, zinc oxide and aluminum oxide, with the catalyst precursor being present essentially as hydrotalcite and the copper oxide content being not more than 20% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Hatscher, Michael Hesse, Markus Hoelzle
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 1,3,2-DIOXABORINANE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20100016484
    Abstract: A process for producing a 1,3,2-dioxaborinane compound of the general formula (I) in which each R individually is selected from the group consisting of H and C1-8-alkyl, by reacting a diol of the general formula (II) HO—CRR—CRR—CRR—OH ??(II) with diborane is performed without using a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karl Matos, Alex J. Attlesey, David F. Rouda, Stefan Pichlmair
  • USE OF RYLENES AS MARKERS FOR LIQUIDS
    Publication number: 20100011656
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of rylene derivatives of the general formula (I) as markers for liquids, where the symbols and indices have the meanings given in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Gessner, Sophia Ebert, Ruediger Sens, Martin Koenemann, Wolfgang Ahlers, Christos Vamvakaris
  • Methods For The Preparation of Lysine By Fermentation Of Corynebacterium Glutamicum
    Publication number: 20100015674
    Abstract: The present invention features methods of increasing the production of a fine chemical, e.g., lysine from a microorganism, e.g., Corynebacterium by way of deregulating an enzyme encoding gene, i.e., fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides methods of increasing the production of lysine in Corynebacterium glutamicum by way of increasing the expression of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase activity. The invention also provides a novel process for the production of lysine by way of regulating carbon flux towards oxaloacetate (OAA). In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides methods for the production of lysine by way of utilizing fructose or sucrose as a carbon source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oskar Zelder, Corinna Klopprogge, Hartwig Schroder, Stefan Häfner, Burkhard Kröger, Patrick Kiefer, Elmar Heinzle, Christoph Wittmann
  • Method for Producing Polymer Particles by the Polymerization of Liquid Droplets in a Gas Phase
    Publication number: 20100016505
    Abstract: A process for producing polymer particles by polymerizing liquid droplets in a gas phase surrounding the droplets, said droplets comprising at least one monomer and being coated with particulate solids during the polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dennis Lösch, Annemarie Hillebrecht, Marco Krüger, Stefan Blei, Matthias Weismantel, Wilfried Heide
  • Method for the Continuous Production of Water Absorbent Polymer Particles
    Publication number: 20100016522
    Abstract: A process for continuously preparing water-absorbing polymer beads, comprising the drying of a polymer gel on a forced-air belt dryer, the water content of the polymer gel being used to control the forced-air belt dryer during or after the drying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Uwe Stueven, Rüdiger Funk, Matthias Weismantel, Karl J. Possemiers, Koen Deboel
  • PIGMENT PREPARATIONS COMPRISING POLYISOBUTENE DERIVATIVES AND NONIONIC SURFACE-ACTIVE ADDITIVES
    Publication number: 20100016483
    Abstract: Solid pigment preparations comprise as essential constituents (A) at least one organic pigment, (B) at least one polyisobutene derivative having at least one nitrogenous end group and (C) at least one nonionic surface-active additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Johannes Loebel, Peter Madla, Jacques Mercy, Claudia Sierakowski