Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Method for Production of Optically Active (1S)-3-Chloro-1-(2-Thienyl)-Propan-1-Ol
    Publication number: 20080319208
    Abstract: A process for preparing optically active (1S)-3-chloro-1-(2-thienyl)propan-1-ol of the formula I by, in a medium comprising 3-chloro-1-(2-thienyl)propan-1-one of the formula II reducing this compound to the compound of the formula I by means of an alcohol dehydrogenase from the Thermoanaerobacter genus, and isolating the product formed in substantially enantiomerically pure form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Michael Breuer
  • Production of Acid Propionates
    Publication number: 20080317934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to propionic acid-comprising compositions in solid and essentially pure form comprising at least one compound according to formula (I) (Mn+)(H+)x(CH3CH2C(O)O?)(n+x)??(I), where Mn+ is an n-valent alkali metal cation or alkaline earth metal cation, n being equal to 1 or 2; and x is a number in the range from 0.25 to 5; with the proviso that x is not in the range from 0.75 to 1.75 when Mn+ is potassium; a method for producing such propionic acid-comprising compositions; and also the use of such compositions as silage additive, preservative, acidifier, food supplement, feedstuff or feedstuff additive for animal feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alexander Hauk, Stefan Gropp, Gerd Diebold, Florian Weigel, Gerhard Laux
  • P1-35 Expression Units
    Publication number: 20080318286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of nucleic acid sequences for regulating the transcription and expression of genes, the novel promoters and expression units themselves, methods for altering or causing the transcription rate and/or expression rate of genes, expression cassettes comprising the expression units, genetically modified microorganisms with altered or caused transcription rate and/or expression rate, and methods for preparing biosynthetic products by cultivating the genetically modified microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jong-Soo Choi, Weol Kyu Jeong, II Kwon Kim, Seong Han Lim, Heung-Shick Lee
  • Method for the production of amines
    Patent number: 7468461
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for hydrogenating aromatic nitro compounds to the corresponding amines in the presence of hydrogenation catalysts, which comprises using hydrogenation catalysts in which nickel and platinum are present on a support in the form of an alloy having an atomic ratio of nickel to platinum in the alloy of between 30:70 and 70:30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frederik Van Laar, Ekkehard Schwab, Steffen Oehlenschlaeger, Hartwig Voss, Wolfgang Mackenroth, Konrad Morgenschweis, Ulrich Penzel, Bernd Weidner
  • Method for producing optically active carbonyl compounds
    Patent number: 7468463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing optically active aldehydes or ketones which have from 3 to 25 carbon atoms and at least one racemizable stereocenter by catalytic dehydrogenation of the corresponding optically active primary or secondary alcohols in the gas phase in the presence of a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: BASF AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Johann, Oliver Löber, Eike Johannes Bergner, Klaus Ebel, Klaus Harth, Christian Walsdorff
  • PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER COMPOSITE ARTICLE AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080309194
    Abstract: The subject invention provides composite articles (20, 120) and associated systems (32, 132). A first composite article (20) includes a piezoelectric layer (22) having a piezoelectric property. The piezoelectric layer (22) is sandwiched between a first conductive layer (28) and a second conductive layer (30). At least one of the conductive layers (28, 30) is a conductive polymer having an electrically conductive property. A second composite article (120) includes first and second piezoelectric layers (122, 124) having a piezoelectric property. The first and second piezoelectric layers sandwich an insulating layer (126). A first system (32) and a second system (132) each include a control device (34) electrically connected to the first composite article (20) or the second composite article (120), respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kipp O. Grumm
  • Acrylate Polymers Based on Tert.- Butyl Acrylate Which are to be Used in Spray Formulations
    Publication number: 20080312395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers obtainable by free-radical polymerization of a) 30 to 99% by weight of tert-butyl acrylate and/or tert-butyl methacrylate as monomer A, b) 1 to 70% by weight of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid as monomer B and c) 0 to 12% by weight of a free-radically copolymerizable monomer or a free-radically copolymerizable monomer mixture as monomer C, where at least one of the monomers C produces a homopolymer with a glass transition temperature of less than 30° C., with the proviso that the % by weight add up to 100, where the K value of the polymers is between 27 and 38 and where the polymerization is carried out in the presence of a regulator if the K value of the polymers is less than or equal to 35, and to the use of these polymers in preparations for, in particular, cosmetics and oral care and dental care.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Gabi Muller, Son Nguyen Kim, Claudia Wood, Vittoria Signori, Gerd Schuh
  • Device and Process for Curing Using Energy-Rich Radiation in an Inert Gas Atmosphere
    Publication number: 20080311309
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method of producing molding materials and coatings on substrates by curing radiation-curable materials under an inert gas atmosphere by exposure to high-energy radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Daiss, Erich Beck, Manfred Biehler
  • Pesticidal Mixtures
    Publication number: 20080312295
    Abstract: Pesticidal mixtures comprising, as active components, A) a phenylsemicarbazone compound of the formula (I), where R1 and R2 are, independently of one another, hydrogen, cyano, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl or C1-C4-haloalkoxy and R3 is C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl or C1-C4-haloalkoxy, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, and B) a compound of the formula (II), or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ronald Wilhelm, Jurgen Langewald, Douglas D. Anspaugh
  • PROCESS FOR CHARGING A REACTOR WITH A FIXED CATALYST BED WHICH COMPRISES AT LEAST ANNULAR SHAPED CATALYST BODIES K
    Publication number: 20080312477
    Abstract: A process for charging a reactor with a fixed catalyst bed which comprises at least one annular shaped support catalyst body K, in which, before the charging, fragments formed in the preparation of the shaped catalyst bodies K are removed by screening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Raichle, Holger Borchert, Klaus Joachim Muller-Engel, Hagen Wilmer, Cornelia Dobner, Ulrich Cremer
  • PROCESS FOR INTRODUCING A PORTION WITHDRAWN FROM AT LEAST ONE PRODUCTION CHARGE OF ANNULAR COATED CATALYSTS K INTO A REACTION TUBE OF A TUBE BUNDLE REACTOR
    Publication number: 20080307648
    Abstract: A process for introducing annular coated catalysts K into a reaction tube of a tube bundle reactor, in which adhering pairs of annular coated catalysts K formed in the preparation of the annular coated catalysts K, before the introduction thereof into the reaction tube, are removed at least partly from the annular coated catalysts K.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ulrich CREMER, Hagen WILMER, Andreas RAICHLE, Hermann PETERSEN, Holger BORCHERT, Horst STRAHBERGER, Klaus Joachim MUELLER-ENGEL
  • Method for Compounding Polycondesates
    Publication number: 20080312379
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for compounding polycondensates selected from the group consisting of polyamide, polyester and polycarbonate, in the presence of an epoxy-containing styrene and/or (meth)acrylic monomer, of a bisphenol A epoxide or of an epoxy-containing natural oil or fatty acid ester, which comprises carrying out the compounding at temperatures less than/equal to 220° C. and in the presence of an activator selected from the group consisting of: zinc, titanium compound and C1-C12-alkyltriphenylphosphonium halide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dietrich Scherzer, Andreas Eipper, Carsten Weiss, Motonori Yamamoto, Gabriel Skupin, Uwe Witt
  • In Vitro Root-Nematode Assay in Multi-Well Plates
    Publication number: 20080311555
    Abstract: The invention provides an improvement in the method of screening roots, both transgenic and non-transgenic, for activity against parasitic nematodes. In particular, the improvement of the invention is use of multi-well cell culture plates for root culture and nematode infection steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventor: Xiang Huang
  • Plasmid Vectors For Transformation of Filamentous Fungi
    Publication number: 20080311633
    Abstract: A method for preparing substantially enantiopure 3-hydroxy carboxylic acids or esters of the general formula (III) by reacting racemic oxetan-2-ones of the general formula (I) with compounds R3-OH of the general formula (II) in the presence of a lipase from Candida antartica or Burkholderia plantarii, and separating the resulting products of the formula (III) and (IV) from one another where the radicals have the following meaning: R1, R2, R3 independently of one another H; C1-C10-substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl or hetaryl, where R1 and R2 may not simultaneously have the same meaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Basf Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tilo Habicher, Rainer Stuermer
  • Stabilizers for Use in Nvp Synthesis
    Publication number: 20080312432
    Abstract: A process for preparing N-alkenyl compounds by reacting the corresponding NH compounds with alkynes in the liquid phase in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of at least one stabilizer, and the use of stabilizers for increasing the selectivity in a process for preparing N-alkenyl compounds by reacting the corresponding NH compounds with alkynes in the liquid phase in the presence of a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Hofer, Alexandra Brand, Arnd Bottcher, Katrin Baumann, Regina Vogelsang
  • Process for Preparing Vinyl Carboxylates
    Publication number: 20080308765
    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 carbonyl complexes, halides and oxides of rhenium, of manganese, of tungsten, of molybdenum, of chromium and of iron and rhenium metal at a temperature of ?300° C. The process gives the desired vinyl esters with high yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Staffel, Roland Kessinger, Jochem Henkelmann
  • 6-Phenyl-Pyrazolopyrimidine-7-Ylamine Fungicides
    Publication number: 20080312078
    Abstract: The invention relates to a 6-phenyl-pyrazolopyrimidine-7-ylamine of formula (I), wherein substituents are defined according to the description. Methods for producing said compounds, agents containing said compounds and the use thereof for controlling phytopathogenic parasitic fungi are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Basf Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jochen Dietz, Wassilios Grammenos, Udo Hunger, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Jens Renner, Joachim Rheinheimer
  • Highly Functional Highly- and Hyper- Branched Polymers and a Method for Production Thereof
    Publication number: 20080312384
    Abstract: High-functionality, highly branched and high-functionality, hyperbranched polymers based on polyisobutene derivatives and a process for their preparation
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF AKTINGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Bernd Bruchmann, Darijo Mijolovic, Arno Lange, Jean-Francois Stumbe, Daniel Schonfelder, Andreas Eipper
  • Method for Start-Up of Oxidation Catalysts
    Publication number: 20080312450
    Abstract: Methods comprising: providing an oxidation catalyst bed; and starting up the oxidation catalyst at a temperature of 360° C. to 400° C. with an amount of air of 1.0 to 3.5 standard m3/h and a hydrocarbon loading of 20 to 65 g/standard m3, such that a hot spot having a temperature of 390° C. to <450° C. is formed in the first 7-20% of the catalyst bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Samuel Neto, Frank Rosowski, Sebastian Storck, Juergen Zuehlke, Hans-Martin Allmann, Thomas Lautensack, Rainer Steeg
  • Work-Up in the Preparation of High-Purity Triethylenediamine
    Publication number: 20080312439
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for working up triethylenediamine (TEDA) in which TEDA is vaporized and the gaseous TEDA is introduced into a solvent, subsequently crystallized and separated off from this and the mother liquor formed is extracted with an extractant, wherein the raffinate phase obtained after the extraction stage is worked up further by adsorption in which extractant and/or by-products and intermediates present in the raffinate phase are removed therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ortmund Lang, Jurgen Ciprian, Matthias Rauls, Matthias Frauenkron, Gunther van Cauwenberge, Jan Nouwen