Patents Assigned to Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
  • Publication number: 20130072685
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for producing metal complexes of the general formula (2): [MaLxXn]Ym (2), where M is a metal from the group comprising Mn(II), Mn(III), Mn(IV), Fe(II), Fe(III) or Fe(IV), X is a coordinated compound selected from mono- bi- or tri-charged anions or neutral molecules which are able to coordinate with a metal mono- bi- or tri-dentate, Y represents a non-coordinated counter-ion which ensures charge equalization of the complex, L represents a ligand of the general formula (1) or the protonized or de-protonized form thereof, and a, x, n, m, R, R1, R2, R3 and z have the meaning specified in claim 1. Said process is characterized in that the reaction of a ligand of the formula (1) with an iron or manganese salt in a heterogeneous reaction is carried out in water, where the reaction is carried out in a temperature range of 35 to 50° C. and the pH value of the reaction mixture is from 1 to 3 after the addition of the iron or manganese salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Gerd Reinhardt, Miriam Ladwig, Michael Best, Thorsten Schneider, Ernst Spicker
  • Publication number: 20130065799
    Abstract: The invention provides for the use of copolymers comprising 1 to 99 mol % of structural units of the formula (1) in which R1 is hydrogen or C1-C6-alkyl, A is C2-C4-alkylene groups and B is C2-C4-alkylene groups, with the proviso that A is different than B, and x, y are each independently an integer of 1-100, and 1 to 99 mol % of structural units of the formula (3) in which R6 is hydrogen or C1-C6-alkyl, D is C2-C4-alkylene groups and z is an integer of 1-50, in amounts of 0.01 to 2% by weight, based on the water phase, as gas hydrate inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Dirk Leinweber, Alexander Roesch, Carsten Schaefer, Alexander Woerndle
  • Patent number: 8389756
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing phosphoric acid triesters of formula (I). According to said method, phosphoric acid or a phosphoric acid derivative selected from orthophosphoric acid, tetraphosphoric decaoxide and polyphosphoric acid is reacted with alkoxylated alcohols of formulae (II) R1—(OA1)x-OH, (III) R2—(OA2)y-OH, and (IV) R3—(OA3)Z-OH, in the molar ratio phosphoric acid or phosphoric acid derivative to alkoxylated alcohol of 1:2.5 to 1:3.3, at between 200 and 240° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Peter Klug, Franz-Xaver Scherl, Waltraud Simsch, Adelgunde Oberhauser
  • Patent number: 8383749
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment preparation containing (i) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (ii) a dispersant that can be obtained by the polmerization of monomers [A], [B], [C] and [D], where [A] is a monomer of formula (I) wherein A is C2-C4 alkylene and B is a C2-C4 alkylene different from A, and R is hydrogen or methyl, [B] is a monomer of formula (II) wherein D is C3 alkylene, R is hydrogen or methyl, and o is a number between 2 and 500, [C] is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an aromatic group; and [D] is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an alkyl radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Bjoern Fechner, Carsten Schaefer, Alexander Woerndle, Dietmar Beck
  • Publication number: 20130045912
    Abstract: The invention relates to colored polyester in solid form, characterized in that the colored polyester is obtained by polymerizing components comprising a) one or more aromatic dicarbolic acids having no sulfogroups and/or the salts thereof and/or the anhydrides thereof and/or the esters thereof, b) optionally one or more dicarbolic acids having sulfogroups and/or the salts thereof and/or the anhydrides thereof and/or the esters thereof, c) one or more dioles, d) optionally one or more compounds of the formula (1) R1O(CHR2CHR3O)nH??(1) where R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having 1 to 22 C atoms, R2 and R3 are, independent of each other, hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n is a number from 1 to 50, e) optionally one or more compounds of the formula (2) H—(OCHR2CHR3)m—SO3X??(2) where R2 and R3 are, independent of each other, hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and m is a number from 1 to 10, and X is hydrogen or an alkali metal i
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Roman Morschhaeuser, Barbara Duecker, Hans Juergen Scholz, Uwe Bechtold
  • Patent number: 8378007
    Abstract: The invention relates to a colored polymer dispersion containing, as main ingredients: (a) a colored polymer produced by polymerization of monomer A with monomer B, monomer A being a pigment B which is coated with a polymerizable wax D wherein the polymerizable function is an ethylenically unsaturated group, monomer B being a ethylenically unsaturated compound; (b) at least one non-ionic surface-active additive E based on polyethers and/or polyglycerines; (c) at least one anionic surface-active additive F based on sulfonates, sulfates, phosphonates, phosphates or carboxylates; and (d) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Franz-Leo Heinrichs, Anais Bialy, Klaus Saitmacher, Josef Ritter
  • Patent number: 8372929
    Abstract: The invention relates to copolymers that can be obtained by the polymerization of monomers (A), (B), (C) and (D), where (A) is a monomer of formula (I) wherein A is C2-C4 alkylene and B is a C2-C4 alkylene different from A, R is hydrogen or methyl, m is a number between 1 and 500, and n is a number between 1 and 500, the sum of m+n being equal to between 2 and 1000; (B) is a monomer of formula (II) wherein D is C3 alkylene, R is hydrogen or methyl, and o is a number between 2 and 500; (C) is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an aromatic group; and (D) is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an alkyl radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Bjoern Fechner, Carsten Schaefer, Alexander Woerndle
  • Publication number: 20130032754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing homogeneous solutions of metal complexes of general formula (2): [MaLxXn]Ym, where M is a metal from the group comprising Mn(II), Mn(III), Mn(IV), Fe(III), Fe(III) or Fe(IV), X is a coordinated compound selected from mono- bi- or tri-charged anions or neutral molecules which are able to coordinate with a metal mono- bi- or tri-dentate, Y is a non-coordinated counter-ion which ensures charge equalization of the complex, L is a ligand of general formula (1) or the protonized or de-protonized form thereof, and a, x, n, m, R, R1, R2, R3 and z are as specified in claim 1, in diols or polyols, the monoethers or mixtures of said substances. Said method is characterized in that a ligand of the formula (1) is reacted with an iron or manganese salt in a heterogeneous reaction in the diol or polyol, the monoethers or mixtures of these substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Gerd Reinhardt, Miriam Ladwig
  • Publication number: 20130029265
    Abstract: The invention relates to single phase solid solutions containing 65 to 98 wt.-% unsubstituted quinacridone, 1 to 34 wt.-% 2,9-dimethylquinacridone and 1 to 10 wt.-% 2,9-dichloroquinacridone, relative to the total weight of the single phase solid solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Gemma Solduga Ramirez, Janina Ohnsmann, Carsten Plueg
  • Publication number: 20130023453
    Abstract: The invention relates to dispersions comprising I) at least one polymer that is effective for mineral oils as a cold extrusion improver and is soluble in oil, II) at least one organic solvent that cannot be mixed with water, III) water, IV) at least one alkanolamine salt of a polycyclic carboxylic acid as a dispersing agent, and V) possibly at least one organic solvent that can be mixed with water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventor: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
  • Publication number: 20130023449
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for inhibiting scaling in a subterranean oil or gas producing formation, comprising adding to the formation a composition comprising a metal chelant, a scale inhibitor and divalent metal cations, wherein the stability constant of the metal chelant—metal cation chelate at ambient temperature is equal to or higher than the stability constant of the chelate formed from the metal cations and the scale inhibitor, and wherein the solubility of the chelate formed from the metal cations and the scale inhibitor decreases with increasing temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Steve Heath, Malcolm Todd
  • Patent number: 8357210
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I) a process for their preparation and their use for dyeing and/or printing organic substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Rainer Nusser, Urs Daetwyler
  • Patent number: 8349981
    Abstract: The invention relates to anionically modified copolymers that can be obtained by the polymerization of monomers (A), (B), (C) and (D) in order to obtain non-ionic copolymers comprising reactive terminal OH groups, and subsequent reaction of the terminal OH groups to form anionic end groups, where A) is a monomer of formula (I) wherein A is C2-C4 alkylene and B is a C2-C4 alkylene different from A, and R is hydrogen or methyl; (B) is a monomer of formula (II) wherein D is C3 alkylene, R is hydrogen or methyl, and o is a number between 2 and 500; (C) is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an aromatic group; and (D) is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an alkyl radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Bjoern Fechner, Carsten Schaefer, Alexander Woerndle
  • Patent number: 8350080
    Abstract: A method is described for producing acyl glycinate salts of formula (II) in which R1 represents a saturated linear or branched alkyl radical comprising 1 to 21 carbon atoms or a monounsaturated or polyunsaturated linear or branched alkenyl radical comprising 2 to 21 carbon atoms, and B represents a cation, and/or the corresponding protonated acyl glycinic acid. Said method is characterized in that one or more fatty acid monoethanol amides of formula (I) in which R1 has the meaning indicated above is/are oxidized with oxygen in the presence of an optionally supported bimetallic catalyst consisting of gold and a metal from group VIII of the periodic table in the alkaline medium in order to obtain one or more acyl glycinate salts of formula (II). In order to produce the protonated acyl glycinic acids, the acyl glycinate salt/s of formula (II) is/are additionally reacted with an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Peter Klug, Achim Stankowiak, Oliver Franke, Franz-Xaver Scherl, Ulf Pruesse, Nadine Decker, Klaus-Dieter Vorlop
  • Patent number: 8349215
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of salts of compound of the formula (1) and amines of the formula (2), where R1 means C8- to C30-Alkyl or C8- to C30-Alkenyl, R2 means hydrogen or a group of the formula -(A-O)x—H, R3, R4 mean hydrogen, C1- to C4-Alkyl or a group of the formula -(A-O)x—H, A means C2- to C4-Alkylene, and x means a number from 1 to 10, as water-soluble or water-dispersible corrosion inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Dirk Leinweber, Alexander Roesch, Michael Feustel
  • Publication number: 20130000184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cooling additives for middle distillates, containing A) at least one comb polymer carrying hydroxyl groups, which can be produced by polycondensation of a polyol that contains two primary OH groups and at least one secondary OH group with a dicarboxylic acid or the anhydride or ester thereof, which carries a C16-C40 alkyl radical or a C16-C40 alkenyl radical, characterized in that the OH number of the comb polymer is at least 40 mg KOH/g, B) at least one copolymer of ethylene and of at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester, and C) at least one organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Werner Reimann, Stefan Dilsky, Sabine Goetzke, Dirk Leinweber
  • Publication number: 20120325725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flotation reagent for iron ores containing magnetite and/or haematite and to the use of a composition containing A) at least one amine alkoxylate ester of formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein A and B, independently of one another, represent a C2-C5 alkylene radical, R1 is a C8 to C24 alkyl or alkenyl radical, R2, R3 and R4, independently of one another, are H or a C8 to C24 acyl radical, with the proviso that at least one of the radicals R2, R3 or R4 stands for a C8 to C24 acyl radical, x, y and z, independently of one other, are an integer of from 0 to 50, with the proviso that x+y+z is an integer of from 1 to 100, and B) a compound of formula D-NH2, in which D stands for a hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 50 carbon atoms, which can contain either an oxygen atom or an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom, in amounts of 10 to 5.000 g/tonne as a collector in the reverse flotation of iron ore containing magnetite, haematite or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Klaus-Ulrich Pedain, Uwe Dahlmann
  • Patent number: 8338483
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing acylglycinates of formula (I) wherein R1 represents a linear or branched, saturated alkanoyl group having between 6 and 30 carbon atoms, or a linear or branched, mono- or polyunsaturated alkenoyl group having between 6 and 30 carbon atoms, and Q+ represents a cation selected from the alkali metals Li+, Na+ and K+, characterised in that glycine comprises fatty acid chloride R1Cl, wherein R1 which has the meaning given in formula (I), is provided in water and in presence of a basic alkali compound, the cations Q+ are selected from Li+, Na+ and K+, but in the absence of organic solvents, is reacted at between 30-35 DEG C, and the proportion of fatty acid chloride R1Cl containing acyl groups R1 having 18 or more carbon atoms, in relation to the total amount of used fatty acid chloride, is less than 2.0% in wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Peter Klug, Franz-Xaver Scherl
  • Publication number: 20120322920
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymers that can be obtained by polymerizing the monomers (A), (B), and (D), and optionally (C), where (A) is a monomer of formula (I), wherein A stands for C2 to C4 alkylene, B stands for a C2 to C4 alkylene different from A, R stands for hydrogen or methyl, m stands for a number from 1 to 500, n stands for a number from 1 to 500, (B) is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer that contains at least one carboxylic acid function, (C) is optionally a further ethylenically unsaturated monomer different from (A) and (B), (D) is a monomer of formula (II), wherein D stands for C2 to C4 alkylene, E stands for a C2 to C4 alkylene group different from D, F stands for a C2 to C4 alkylene group different from E, R stands for hydrogen or methyl, o stands for a number from 1 to 500, p stands for a number from 1 to 500, q stands for a number from 1 to 500, and wherein the weight fraction of the monomers is 35 to 99% for the macromonomer (A), 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Carsten Schaefer, Oliver Mogck
  • Publication number: 20120319032
    Abstract: Biodegradable, frost proof heat-transfer fluid, use thereof in near-surface geothermal installations, and a concentrate: subject matter of the present invention is the use of a triazole-free composition which as well as water comprises a) 9.2% to 49.5% by weight of at least one C2 to C3 alkylene glycol, C2 to C3 polyalkylene glycol or glycerol, b) 0.1% to 4% by weight of at least one corrosion inhibitor, with the provisos that c) the composition is readily degradable biologically in accordance with test method OECD 301 A, d) the composition has an anaerobic biodegradability of at least 75% in accordance with test method OECD 311, e) the corrosion inhibitor or all corrosion inhibitors used are readily degradable biologically in accordance with OECD 301 A (for water-soluble corrosion inhibitors) or OECD 301 B (for corrosion inhibitors of low water-solubility), in near-surface geothermal installations as a heat-transfer fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Waidelich, Achim Stankowiak, Johann Schuster, Martina Unterhaslberger, Sabine Dronia