Patents Assigned to Bayer
  • Flame retardant, thermoplastic polycarbonate molding compositions
    Patent number: 6995212
    Abstract: A flame-retardant thermoplastic molding composition is disclosed. The composition contains aromatic polycarbonate resin and sufficient amounts of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) and sulfo-modified polyester, that are effective to impart to the composition flame resistance that in accordance with UL-94 standard is rated V-0 at 1/16? thick specimens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventors: James Y. J. Chung, Winfried G. Paul
  • Mixtures of adsorber materials
    Patent number: 6994792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures of various adsorption materials, whose adsorption properties supplement one another in the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Andreas Schlegel
  • Method for assaying enzyme activity
    Patent number: 6994956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for assessing enzyme activity utilizing a phase partition system. In addition, the present invention also relates to methods for screening and identifying compounds that may be used, for example, for the treatment of diabetes, diabetes-related disorders, obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other diseases or disorders, using this phase partition system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Landro, David G. Osterman, Walter Pickett
  • Use of acylsulfonamido-substituted polymethine dyes as fluorescene dyes and/or markers
    Patent number: 6995262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel polymethine dyes containing at least one acylsulfonamido group of the formula (I) in which n, Y, A and R have the meaning given in the claims, and at least one compound of the formulae (a) to (n) given in the claims. The polymethine dyes according to the invention are suitable for use as dyes and/or labels, in particular for staining or labeling biomolecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Geert Deroover, Michael Missfeldt, Lydia Simon
  • Catalysts which are based on organic-inorganic hybrid materials containing noble metals and titanium and which are used for selectively oxidizing hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 6995113
    Abstract: The present invention relates to noble metal-containing catalysts which are composed of at least one organic/inorganic hybrid material which is composed of at least one titanium component and at least one Si—H group. The catalysts of the present invention have increased activity compared to known catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus Weisbeck, Gerhard Wegener, Georg Wiessmeier, Peter Vogtel
  • Process for preparing phosphites and transition metal complexes
    Patent number: 6992201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing phosphites and their transition metal complexes and also to their use in catalytic processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Scholz, Erasmus Vogl, Arne Gerlach, Jorma Hassfeld
  • Silica-filled elastomeric compounds
    Patent number: 6992122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to silica-filled halogenated butyl elastomers, such as bromobutyl elastomers (BIIR) wherein the silica is surface-functionalized with a protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Inc.
    Inventors: Rui Resendes, William Hopkins, John Rausa
  • Pyrazolyl biphenyl carboxamides and the use thereof for controlling undesired microorganisms
    Patent number: 6992098
    Abstract: Novel pyrazolylbiphenylcarboxamides of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, X, m, Y and n are each as defined in the description, a plurality of processes for preparing these substances and their use for controlling undesirable microorganisms, and also novel intermediates and their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Hans-Ludwig Elbe, Heiko Rieck, Ralf Dunkel, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Astrid Mauler-Machnik, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Martin Kugler, Thomas Jaetsch
  • Substituted phenyluracils
    Patent number: 6992044
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted phenyl uracils of the formula (I) in which R1 represents hydrogen, amino or in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, R2 represents cyano, carboxy, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl or optionally substituted alkyl or alkoxycarbonyl, R3 represents hydrogen, halogen or optionally substituted alkyl, R4 represents hydrogen, nitro, cyano, alkoxy or halogen, R5 represents cyano, thiocarbamoyl, halogen or optionally substituted alkyl or alkoxy and R6 represents an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group which is attached to R6 via N, to processes for their preparation, to their use as crop treatment agents, and to intermediates and processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Roland Andree, Hans-Georg Schwarz, Udo Schneider, Ralf Wischnat, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Peter Dahmen, Dieter Feucht, Rolf Pontzen
  • Process for preparing low-monomer-content TDI trimers
    Patent number: 6992186
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel process for preparing low-monomer-content trimers based on 2,4- and/or 2,6-diisocyanatotoluene (TDI). A catalytic trimerization is carried out in a mixture of from 20 to 80% by weight of a diisocyanate component containing at least 80% by weight of 2,4- and/or 2,6-diisocyanatotoluene, from 20 to 80% by weight of solvent, and 0–20% by weight of an alcohol component, and also phenolic catalysts containing dialkylamino-methyl groups. In the course of ongoing trimerization, in one or more steps, additional monomeric 2,v4-diisocyanatotoluene is metered in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Brahm, Oswald Wilmes, Joachim Simon
  • Process for the preparation of quaternary salt phenolate solutions
    Patent number: 6992222
    Abstract: The preparation of quaternary salt phenolate solutions is disclosed. The preparation entails mixing an aqueous hydroxide-containing solution with an organic phase that contains phenol and quaternary salt, distilling off the water and precipitating and filtering off the resulting salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Claus-Peter Reisinger, Sven Michael Hansen, Peter Fischer
  • Polymeric allophanates of diphenylmethane diisocyanate, perpolymers of these polymeric allophanates, and processes for the preparation of the polymeric allophanates and the prepolymers thereof
    Patent number: 6991746
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new high functionality MDI. In particular, this invention relates to polymeric allophanates based on diphenylmethane diisocyanate having an NCO group content of 12 to 30%, prepolymers thereof, and processes for the production of these compositions. The prepolymers are stable liquids having NCO group contents of about 10 to about 28%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventors: William E. Slack, Hersel T. Kemp, II, William E. Miller
  • Process for the production of 1,5-dinitronaphthalene
    Patent number: 6992230
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the production of 1,5-dinitronaphthalene wherein naphthalene is nitrated by nitric acid in the absence of sulfuric acid at temperatures of from 30 to 80° C., wherein the nitric acid has a concentration of from 72 to 87 wt.-%, the reaction mixture obtained is filtered at temperatures of from 5 to 20° C. and the solid precipitate obtained is washed with water, and 1,5-dinitronaphthalene is isolated from the washed precipitate by washing with acetone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Schal, Vera Yakovlevna Popkova, Boris Mikhaylovitch Laskin, Alexander Sergeevitch Malin, Sofia Borisovna Volkova
  • Process for the preparation of polymeric condensates and their use
    Patent number: 6989106
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of polymeric condensates, wherein the reaction mixture is fed at least once during the condensation reaction through a zone of high energy density which has an energy density of at least 105 J/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karlheinrich Meisel, Lars Obendorf, Branislav Boehmer, Bernd Thiele, Armin Spaniol, Dietmar Fuchs, Gerd-Friedrich Renner, Thomas Huebbe
  • Mixture of sulfuric esters
    Patent number: 6989038
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel mixtures of sulfuric esters and specific sulfuric esters that are useful as leveling agents for the dyeing of nitrogenous fiber materials and to a process for their preparation by reacting sulfuryl chloride with specific alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Uwe Vogt
  • Polyurea polyrethanes having improved physical properties
    Patent number: 6989406
    Abstract: A process for preparing oil and petroleum-resistant cellular to solid (polyurea)polyurethanes (PURS) with improved physical properties in which a polyether polyol component having a number average molecular weight of from 1000 to 8000 and a polyester polyol component having a number average molecular weight of from 1000 to 6000 are reacted with a polyisocyanate and the (polyurea) polyurethanes produced by that process. The (polyurea)polyurethanes are particularly useful for personal safety equipment and in the construction of automobiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Detlef Arntz, Klaus Brecht, Bernhard John, Peter Seifert, Michael Schneider
  • Diagnostics and therapeutics for diseases associated with neuropeptide ff receptor 1 (npff1)
    Publication number: 20060014218
    Abstract: The invention provides a human NPFF1 which is associated with the hematological diseases, cardiovascular diseases, disorders of the peripheral and central nervous system, respiratory diseases like COPD and asthma and genito-urological disorders. The invention also provides assays for the identification of compounds useful in the treatment or prevention of hematological diseases, cardiovascular diseases, disorders of the peripheral and central nervous system, respiratory diseases like COPD and asthma and genito-urological disorders. The invention also features compounds which bind to and/or activate or inhibit the activity of NPFF1 as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: Bayer HealthCare AG
    Inventors: Stefan Golz, Ulf Bruggemeier, Bernhard Weingartner
  • Combinations of aryloxyphenoxypropionates and safeners and their use for increasing weed control
    Publication number: 20060014643
    Abstract: Combinations of a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are as defined in the description, and one or more aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides or agriculturally acceptable salts thereof are useful for increasing weed control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE GMBH
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Bieringer, Hans Huff, Lothar Willms
  • Substituted pyridines or pyrimidines, method for their production, agents containing said substances and the use thereof as pesticides
    Publication number: 20060014960
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) where the symbols and indices are defined as cited in the description. Said compounds are suitable for controlling pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Marion Beckmann, Uwe Doller, Gerhard Krautstrunk, Wolfgang Schaper, Daniela Jans, Waltraud Hempel
  • Transgenic plant cells and plants having modified activity of the GBSSI and of the BE protein
    Publication number: 20060015966
    Abstract: Transgenic plant cells and plants are described which synthesize a starch which is modified in comparison to wild-type plant cells and plants and show a decrease in the activity of GBSSI and BE proteins. Furthermore, the modified starches obtainable from these plant cells and plants are described, and processes for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventor: Volker Landschutze