Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Catalyst Used for the Oxidation of Hydrogen, and Method for the Dehydrogenation of Hydrocarbons
    Publication number: 20080262281
    Abstract: A catalyst for the oxidation of hydrogen in a process for the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons, wherein the catalyst comprises, supported on ?-aluminum oxide, from 0.01 to 0.1% by weight of platinum and from 0.01 to 0.1% by weight of tin, based on the total weight of the catalyst, a process for the oxidation of hydrogen and a process for the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons with an integrated oxidation process using the catalyst described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Walsdorff, Falk Simon, Gerald Vorberg, Gotz-Peter Schindler, Michael Hesse
  • Coated Slag
    Publication number: 20080257108
    Abstract: The invention relates to coated slag, which is coated with a layer of a hydrophobic polyurethane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marcus Leberfinger, Hans Ulrich Schmidt, Hans-Jurgen Reese, Johann Leitner, Andrea Eisenhardt
  • 5-Alkoxyalkyl-6-alkyl-7-Aminoazolopyrimidines, Process for Their Preparation, Their Use for Controlling Harmful Fungi, and Compositions Comprising Them
    Publication number: 20080262000
    Abstract: 5-Alkoxyalkyl-6-alkyl-7-aminoazolopyrimidines of the formula I in which the substituents are defined as follows: R1 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxyalkyl, cyanoalkyl, and benzyloxyalkyl, where the groups in the aliphatic or aromatic moiety may be unsubstituted or may have substitution by from one to three groups Ra: Ra is halogen, cyano, nitro, hydroxy, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, and NRARB; RA, RB are hydrogen and alkyl; R2 is alkoxyalkyl, phenoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, and phenylthioalkyl, which groups may have no substitution or may have substitution according to the description; R3 is hydrogen and alkyl; A is N and C—RA; processes for preparation of these compounds, compositions comprising them, and their use for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Schafer, Udo Hunger, Maria Scherer, Harald Kohle, Helmut Schiffer, Thomas Grote, Jochen Dietz, Wassilios Grammenos, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Bernd Muller, Joachim Rheinheimer, Frank Schieweck, Anja Schwogler
  • Process for Producing Cylindrical Mouldings Based on Cellular Polyurethane Elastomers
    Publication number: 20080258328
    Abstract: A process for the production of cylindrical moldings based on cellular polyurethane elastomers having a density, according to DIN EN ISO 1798, of from 350 to 800 kg/m3, a tensile strength, according to DIN EN ISO 1798, of ?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Hansen, Peter Jackisch, Elke Marten
  • Aqueous Dispersions of Polymers which Comprise a Fluorescent Dye, Process for Their Production and Their Use for Marking Materials
    Publication number: 20080262154
    Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of polymers which are obtainable by free radical suspension polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in an oil-in-water emulsion whose disperse phase comprises at least one fluorescent dye dissolved in at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and has an average particle diameter of at least 1 ?m, in the presence of at least one surface-active compound and at least 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sven Holger Behrens, Simom Champ, Ulrike Geissler, Hans-Peter Hentze, Marc Rudolf Jung, Hans-Peter Kaub, Simon Nord
  • Hair Setting Compositions Based on T-Butyl Acrylate and Hydroxyalkyl Methacrylate
    Publication number: 20080260658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to copolymers, which comprises, in copolymerized form, between 25 and 80% by weight of tert-butyl (meth)acrylate, 2 to 60% by weight of hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate, 10 to 40% by weight of an anionic or anionogenic, free-radically polymerizable, olefinically unsaturated compound which is or comprises methacrylic acid, and, if appropriate, up to 30% by weight of a further free-radically polymerizable, olefinically unsaturated compound. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of such copolymers in cosmetic preparations, and to such cosmetic preparations per se.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gabi Winter, Matthias Laubender
  • Method for the Production of Xylyendiamine
    Publication number: 20080262266
    Abstract: Process for preparing o-, m- or p-xylylenediamine by hydrogenation of o-, m- or p-phthalonitrile in the presence of a heterogenous catalyst, which comprises feeding a solution of the phthalonitrile in the corresponding isomer of crude xylylenediamine into the hydrogenation reactor, with the crude xylylenediamine having a purity in the range from 85 to 99.7% by weight and a content of higher boilers in the range from 0.3 to 15% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kirsten Dahmen, Sabine Huber, Randolf Hugo, Johann-Peter Melder, Thomas Preiss
  • Aqueous Coating Composition With Low Voc Content
    Publication number: 20080262145
    Abstract: The present invention aqueous coating compositions comprising (a) an acrylate-based binder comprising 1% to 10% by weight of at least one hydroxy-functional comonomer of the general formula (I) A-[B]n-C where A is a polymerizable group, B is a spacer, C is a hydroxy-functional radical, and n is 0 or 1, (b) at least one pigment, (c) water, (d) less than 3% by weight of antifrost agent, and if appropriate, further, customary auxiliaries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Konrad Roschmann, Jorg Leuninger, Rolf Dersch
  • Use of Dithiophosphinic Acid and/or Its Salts for Producing Anti-Corrosion Coatings that are Devoid of Chrome
    Publication number: 20080260959
    Abstract: Use of dithiophosphinic acids of the general formula HS2P(R1)(R2) and/or salts thereof for producing chrome-free, polymer-containing corrosion control layers on metallic surfaces, R1 and R2 independently of one another each being organic radicals having 1 to 30 C atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND LICENCES
    Inventors: Monica Fernandez Gonzalez, Markus Hickl, Cordula Mock-Knoblauch, Manfred Essig, Wolfgang Schrepp, Manfred Biehler
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING AT LEAST ONE ORGANIC TARGET COMPOUND BY HETEROGENEOUSLY CATALYZED GAS PHASE PARTIAL OXIDATION
    Publication number: 20080260605
    Abstract: A process for preparing an organic target compound by heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of an organic precursor compound with molecular oxygen in two oxidation reactor lines operated in parallel and removal of the target compound from the mixture of the product gas streams in a workup line, wherein the catalysts charge of one of the oxidation lines comprises a portion of catalyst over which the heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation has already been carried out for longer than over the portions of catalyst of the catalyst charge of the other oxidation reactor line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin Dieterle, Klaus Joachim Muller-Engel, Jochen Petzoldt, Ulrich Hammon
  • PHOSPHATASE STRESS-RELATED PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20080263725
    Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed by a phosphatase stress-related protein (PHSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated PHSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding PHSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Oswaldo da Costa e Silva, Hans J. Bohnert, Nocha van Thielen, Rouying Chen, Manabu Ishitani
  • CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ALKYLENEIMINES
    Publication number: 20080262265
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of alkyleneimines by subjecting sulfuric acid monoesters of aminoalkanols to an at least two-stage reaction with aqueous bases at a temperature of at least 110° C. under pressure, relieving the pressure of the reaction mixture and distilling off the alkyleneimines from the reaction mixture after each reaction stage, wherein the conversion in the first stage is from 40 to 90% and that in the second stage is from more than 90% to 99.99%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Knebel, Gerd Saas, Wolfgang Schreieck, Horst Schroeder, Manfred Winter
  • Method for Producing Nanofibres and Mesofibres by the Electrospinning of Colloidal Dispersions
    Publication number: 20080261043
    Abstract: Processes for forming polymer fibers, comprising: (a) providing a colloidal dispersion of at least one essentially water-insoluble polymer in an aqueous medium; and (b) electrospinning the colloidal dispersion; polymer fibers prepared by such processes; and colloidal dispersions comprising: at least one essentially water-insoluble polymer in an aqueous medium; and at least 10% by weight of a water-soluble polymer having a solubility in water of at least 0.1% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Greiner, Joachim H. Wendorff, Michael Ishaque
  • Pesticidal Mixtures
    Publication number: 20080261812
    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 9, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ronald Wilhelm, Jurgen Langewald, Douglas D. Anspaugh
  • Article Comprising Polystyrene and Thermoplastic Polyurethane
    Publication number: 20080258352
    Abstract: Articles comprising polystyrene and thermoplastic polyurethane joined adheringly without chemical adhesion promoter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Hilmer, Leo Hoffmann
  • Lignocellulosic composite material and method for preparing the same
    Patent number: 7439280
    Abstract: A lignocellulosic composite material and a method for preparing the lignocellulosic composite material are disclosed. The composite material is formed from lignocellulosic particles and a binder resin. The binder resin comprises a polyisocyanate, at least one of insecticide and/or fungicide that are dispersed throughout the polyisocyanate. The insecticide and/or fungicide is also dispersed throughout the lignocellulosic particles. Since the insecticide and/or fungicide is dispersed throughout the composite material, the composite material is insect resistant and is able to withstand insect attacks and prevent fungus growth and decay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Limei Lu, Keith A. Holmes, Clark D. Klein, Donald C. Mente
  • Transcription factor stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants
    Patent number: 7439417
    Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed by a transcription factor stress-related protein (TFSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated TFSRP, and isolated nucleic acid coding TFSRP, and vectors and host cells containing the latter. Further provided are methods of producing transgenic plants expressing TFSRP, methods of increasing expression of other genes of interest using the TFSRP, methods of identifying novel TFSRP, and methods of modifying the expression of TFSRP in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Oswaldo da Costa e Silva, Nocha Van Thielen, Ruoying Chen
  • Selective catalytic reduction of NO
    Patent number: 7438878
    Abstract: A gas stream containing nitrous oxide and ammonia is contacted with a catalyst composition containing a zeolite. N2O is reduced to N2 and H2O at low temperatures in a highly efficient manner. Ammonia-mediated reduction of nitrous oxide can be effectuated from gas streams having N2O concentrations as low as 1%. The gas stream may also contact a catalytic composition selective for the reduction of NOx. In this way, N2O and Nx treatment may be effectuated in a single process stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: James M. Chen, Pascaline H. Tran, Michael Durilla, Stanley S. Mack
  • Hydrocyanation method
    Patent number: 7439381
    Abstract: A process is described for preparing 3-pentenenitrile by hydrocyanating 1,3-butadiene with hydrogen cyanide over at least one catalyst, wherein the 1,3-butadiene and/or hydrogen cyanide is contacted with at least one microporous solid before the reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tim Jungkamp, Dagmar Pascale Kunsmann-Keitel, Michael Bartsch, Robert Baumann, Gerd Haderlein, Hermann Luyken, Jens Scheidel
  • genes encoding diaminopimelate epimerase
    Patent number: 7439050
    Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid molecules, designated MP nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel MP proteins from Corynebacterium glutamicum are described. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing MP nucleic acid molecules, and host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced. The invention still further provides isolated MP proteins, mutated MP proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and methods for the improvement of production of a desired compound from C. glutamicum based on genetic engineering of MP genes in this organism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Basf Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus Pompejus, Burkhard Kröger, Hartwig Schröder, Oskar Zelder, Gregor Haberhauer