Patents Assigned to BASF
  • Preparation of polyetherols by ring-opening polymerization of alkylene oxides
    Publication number: 20030097027
    Abstract: A process for preparing polyetherols by ring-opening polymerization of alkylene oxides onto H-functional initiator molecules, which comprises at least one process step a) in which a compound of the formula (I)
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschft
    Inventors: Georg Heinrich Grosch, Harald Larbig, Reinhard Lorenz, Dieter Junge, Kathrin Harre
  • Polyisocyanates with allophanate groups derived from alicyclic alkanediols
    Patent number: 6566481
    Abstract: A polyisocyanate of formula (I) OCN—R1—[—NX—CO—O—R2—O—CO—NH—R1—]n—NCO in which the units R1, X and R2 have the meanings: R1 is a unit of the formula (II): —CH2—CH2—CH2—CH2—CH2—CH2—  (II) X is hydrogen or a unit of the formula (III): —CO—NH—R1—NCO  (III), with the proviso that at least one of the units X in the polyisocyanates is a unit of formula (III); and R2 • is a 4-, 5- or 6-membered cycloalkylene group containing radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignees: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Bernd Bruchmann, Hans Renz, Günter Mohrhardt, Hubert Baumgart, Simone Bitter
  • Binder formulations based on aqueous polymer dispersions
    Patent number: 6566472
    Abstract: Binder formulations based on aqueous polymer dispersions having a minimum film-forming temperature of below 10° C. and comprising at least one binder polymer P in the form of an aqueous dispersion comprising at least one anionic emulsifier and at least one nonionic emulsifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Roland Baumstark, Stefan Kirsch, Rolf Dersch, Johannes Dobbelaar, Michael Melan
  • Method for isomersing allyl acohols
    Patent number: 6566564
    Abstract: Process for the isomerization of precursor allyl alcohols to product allyl alcohols in the presence of tungsten oxo(VI) complexes comprising additional nitrogen-containing ligands at temperatures of from 50 to 300° C., wherein, in the catalyst, as well as the nitrogen bases known as additional nitrogen-containing ligands, or instead of these nitrogen bases, aminoalcohols such as triethanolamine, diethanolamine, monoethanolamine, tripropanolamine, dipropanolamine, 3-amino-1-propanol, 1-amino-2-propanol, 2-amino-1-propanol, butyldiethanolamine, methyldiisopropanolamine, N,N′-bis(2-hydroxybenzyl)-1,2-diaminoethane or N-(2-hydroxybenzyl)amine are present as additional nitrogen-containing ligands. The process is particularly suitable for the preparation of tertiary product allyl alcohols, such as linalool, by isomerizing primary or secondary allyl alcohols, such as geraniol and nerol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Ebel, Frank Stock
  • Monomer and polymerization process
    Patent number: 6566476
    Abstract: The &bgr;-hydroxy carbamate, ethylenically unsaturated monomer of the invention can be polymerized as a homopolymer or copolymerized with other monomers. The polymerization can be carried out in an aqueous medium. The &bgr;-hydroxy carbamate monomer is polymerized to form water-soluble homopolymers or, if polymerized as a mixture with one or more comonomers, copolymers that are soluble, emulsifiable, or dispersible in water. The &bgr;-hydroxy carbamate monomer can be used as a replacement monomer for acrylamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Walter H Ohrbom, Patricia A. Herrel
  • Impact modifiers prepared from (partially) hydrogenated butadiene-containing dispersions
    Patent number: 6566457
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing graft rubbers built up from at least one graft core and from at least one graft shell, comprising a) preparing an aqueous dispersion of at least one elastomeric polymer, b) then, to obtain the at least one graft core, selectively hydrogenating ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in the elastomeric polymer, using hydrogen, in the presence of at least one hydrogenation catalyst, where the aqueous dispersion of the elastomeric polymer comprises not more than 20% by volume of an organic solvent, and c) grafting onto the graft core at least one graft shell, and also to the corresponding graft rubbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Barghoorn, Volker Schädler, Heiko Maas, Norbert Niessner
  • Emulsifiable concentrate containing one or more pesticides and adjuvants
    Patent number: 6566308
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stable emulsifiable concentrate (EC) for crop protection active compounds which comprises (a) one or more crop protection active compounds, (b) 150 to 500 g/l of one or more adjuvants, (c) optionally one or more organic, non-polar solvents, (d) an emulsifying surfactant system forming an oil in water emulsion when the formulation is added to water, which essentially consists of one or more non-ionic surfactants, and one or more anionic surfactants, (e) a water-miscible polar aprotic solvent or one or more dimethyl dicarboxylates, and (f) optionally an antifoam agent, and to the use of such a suspension as a pesticide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Michael Aven
  • Process for the preparation of surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers, the prepared products and their use
    Patent number: 6566566
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for the preparation of surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers which are, inter alia, highly suitable as surfactants or for the preparation of surfactants. The process, starting from olefin mixtures which comprise less than 30% by weight of linear hexene isomers and utilizing a catalyst which contains nickel, prepares olefin mixtures having a predominant fraction of branched dodecenes, which are subsequently derivatized to give surfactant alcohols and then optionally alkoxylated. The invention further relates to the use of the surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers for the preparation of surfactants by glycosidation or polyglycosidation, sulfation or phosphation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heiko Maas, Michael Röper, Marc Walter, Ralf Schulz, Jürgen Tropsch, Hans-Ulrich Jäger
  • &agr;,&agr;?-substituted n-alkyl-3-alkenylbenzoyl-pyrazol-derivatives
    Patent number: 6566307
    Abstract: Pyrazoles of the formula I where: R1 is hydrogen, nitro, halogen, cyano, thiocyanato or an aliphatic radical; R2 is a substituted sulfur, nitrogen or phosphorus atom; R3 is hydrogen, halogen or an aliphatic radical; R4, R5 are hydrogen, nitro, halogen, cyano, thiocyanato, or an aliphatic radical; R6 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C3-C8-cycloalkyl; R7, R8, R9 are hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl, but at most one of the radicals R7, R8 and R9 is hydrogen; and their tautomers and agriculturally useful salts are described. Moreover, the invention relates to processes for preparing compounds of the formula I, to compositions comprising them and to the use of the compounds of the formula I and of the compositions comprising them for controlling harmful plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulf Neidlein, Norbert Götz, Ernst Baumann, Wolfgang von Deyn, Steffen Kudis, Roland Götz, Klaus Langemann, Guido Mayer, Ulf Misslitz, Matthias Witschel, Martina Otten, Karl-Otto Westphalen, Helmut Walter
  • Molded forms for use in gardening and animal husbandry
    Patent number: 6566436
    Abstract: The use of a thermoplastic molding composition which is not ABS, comprising, based on the total of the amounts of components A, B, C, and, where appropriate, D, this total being 100% by weight, a: as component A, from 1 to 48% by weight of at least one particulate emulsion polymer which has one or more phases and has a glass transition temperature below 0° C. in at least one phase, and has a median particle size from 50 to 1000 nm, b: as component B, from 1 to 48% by weight of at least one amorphous or semicrystalline polymer, c: as component C, from 51 to 90% by weight of polycarbonates, and d: as component D, from 0 to 47% by weight of conventional addictives and/or fibrous or particulate fillers, or a mixture of these, for producing moldings, or corresponding semifinished products, for the garden sector or animal-keeping sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Norbert Güntherberg, Heiner Görrissen, Graham Edmund Mc Kee, Norbert Niessner, Martin Weber
  • Safer organophosphorous compositions
    Patent number: 6566349
    Abstract: The efficacy of insecticidal compositions (especially organophosphate insecticides) is enhanced through the blending of the insecticide with fatty acid containing crop oil concentrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Anderson, William M. Fletcher, Hector E. Portillo
  • Nucleic acid fragment and vector comprising a halogenase, and a process for halogenating chemical compounds
    Patent number: 6566110
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process halogenation, which comprises halogenating a chemical compound in the presence of a halogenase, where the halogenase is (a) encoded by the sequence specified in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a sequence derived therefrom on the basis of the degeneracy of the genetic code, or is (b) encoded by a nucleic acid sequence which codes for a functional fragment of (a) or (c) by a sequence which hybridizes with (a) or (b) under standard conditions, or is (d) encoded by a sequence which has more than 30% identity or more than 60% similarity with the sequence specified under (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Pelzer, Petra Huber, Roderich Suessmuth, Juergen Recktenwald, Dorothee Heckmann, Wolfgang Wohlleben
  • Method for producing water-swellable hydorphilic polymers, said polymers and use thereof
    Patent number: 6565768
    Abstract: Water-swellable hydrophilic polymers are prepared by neutralization of the acidic hydrogel having a degree of neutralization of 0-40 mol % to an ultimate degree of neutralization of 60-85 mol % by mixing with a neutralizing agent in a mincer comprising a system of screw, rotating blade, restricted flow zone and breaker plate, wherein the mincer has a power output of from 1000 to 6000 Wh/m3 the hydrogel passes through a zone having-an energy dissipation density of from 400 to 800 W/1 of mixing volume the average residence time of the hydrogel in the mincer is from 5 to 30 seconds the breaker plate has an open area of from 20 to 40%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Dentler, Norbert Herfert, Rudolf Schliwa, Uwe Stüven, Fritz Engelhardt
  • Human antibodies that bind human TNFalpha
    Publication number: 20030092059
    Abstract: Human antibodies, preferably recombinant human antibodies, that specifically bind to human tumor necrosis factor a (hTNF&agr;) are disclosed. These antibodies have high affinity for hTNF&agr; (e.g., Kd=10−8 M or less), a slow off rate for hTNF&agr; dissociation (e.g., Koff=10−3 sec−1 or less) and neutralize hTNF&agr; activity in vitro and in vivo. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. The antibodies, or antibody portions, of the invention are useful for detecting hTNF&agr; and for inhibiting hTNF&agr; activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which hTNF&agr; activity is detrimental. Nucleic acids, vectors and host cells for expressing the recombinant human antibodies of the invention, and methods of synthesizing the recombinant human antibodies, are also encompassed by the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jochen G. Salfeld, Deborah J. Allen, Hendricus R.J.M. Hoogenboom, Zehra Kaymakcalan, Boris Labkovsky, John A. Mankovich, Brian T. Mcguinness, Andrew J. Roberts, Paul Sakorafas, David Schoenhaut, Tristan J. Vaughan, Michael White, Alison J. Wilton
  • Process and apparatus for the parallel analysis of colloidal particles using field-flow fractionation
    Patent number: 6562307
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for the simultaneous analysis of at least two samples by the field-flow fractionation method, where the apparatus has at least the following elements: a) a source of a defined liquid stream, preferably a pump, b) at least two separation channels, each with at least one inlet and each with at least one outlet for passing the at least two samples through in each case one of the at least two separation channels, c) at least one controllable unit which is connected to the at least two separation channels via their at least one outlet each, and which can pass on the at least two samples, which can be passed through in each case one of the at least two separation channels, separately from one another to at least one unit downstream of the controllable unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Schuch, Wolfgang Schrof
  • Process for the preparation of substituted benzisothiazole compounds
    Patent number: 6562979
    Abstract: A single-step process for the preparation of formula (I) benzisothiazoles from 2-acylphenylthiocyanates. Formula (I) benzisothiazoles are useful as key intermediates in the manufacture of herbicidally active compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Gavin David Heffernan
  • Method for producing water-soluble polymers, comprising oligoalkylene-imine side chains
    Patent number: 6562926
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing water-soluble homopolymers and copolymers, comprising oligoalkylene-imine side chains of the general formula (I), wherein [AI]m, m, Y and x have the definitions given in claim 1, by radical homopolymerisation or copolymerisation of monomers A of the general formula (II), wherein [AI]m, m, n, Y and R have the definitions given in claim 1, in an aqueous reaction medium. The invention also relates to the homopolymers and copolymers obtained by this method and to their use as auxiliary agents in paper production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jürgen Decker, Stefan Frenzel, Martin Rübenacker, Hubert Meixner
  • Methods and compositions to defoliate crop plants and minimize plant regrowth following defoliation
    Patent number: 6562758
    Abstract: Concurrent or sequential application of an auxin transport inhibitor and a defoliating agent synergistically improve defoliation of crop plants and minimize crop plant regrowth. Preferably, the auxin transport inhibitor is a semicarbazone compound. The defoliating agent may be an ethylene response or ethylene-type response agent such as a phosphonic acid derivative. Most preferably, the semicarbazone compound is diflufenzopyr and the phosphonic acid derivative is ethephon (i.e., ethephon (2-chloroethyl) phosphonic acid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Evans, Richard R. Evans, Anita Harrell, Wade W. Stewart, Dave King
  • Non-reinforced thermoplastic moulding materials
    Patent number: 6562902
    Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition comprises, based on the total of components A to C and, if desired, D and E, which in total give 100% by weight, a) as component A, from 10 to 98% by weight of at least one aromatic polyester, b) as component B, from 1 to 50% by weight of at least one particulate graft copolymer whose soft phase has a glass transition temperature below 0° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Fischer, Manfred Knoll, Christophe Ginss, Stephan Berz
  • Utilization of phenylglyoxalic acid esters as photoinitiators
    Patent number: 6562464
    Abstract: The use of phenylglyoxalic esters of the formula I in which the two radicals R1 and A are as defined in the description as photoinitiators in powder coating materials for exterior applications. The compounds of the formula I show little propensity toward yellowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhold Schwalm, Rainer Königer