Patents Assigned to Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
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Publication number: 20150141312Abstract: Discrete or single dose detergent formulation A discrete or single dose detergent formulation is described. The formulation comprises special copolymers A. These copolymers A comprise structural units originating from a1) one or more special monomers comprising a cyclic amide structure or a2) one or more special alkoxylated monomers and b) one or more special monomers comprising an amido group and a sulfonic acid group in protonated or in salt form and may be crosslinked or non-crosslinked. The discrete or single dose detergent formulations are particularly suited for treating table ware or glasses in automatic dishwashing machines.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2015Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicants: CLARIANT S.A., CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITEDInventors: Matthias LOEFFLER, Ernesto Iwao HORIKOSHI, Gustavo KUME, Ana Regina COIMBRA
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Publication number: 20150141508Abstract: The invention relates to a clear composition which contains at least one anionic surfactant, a betaine surfactant, an N-methyl-N-acylglucamine, a triglyceride oil, a solvent and optionally an additive. The invention also relates to a method for producing the composition. The invention further relates to the use of the composition for the treatment or care of skin or hair, or for use as a shampoo, face cleaner, liquid cleaner or shower gel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Peter Klug, Carina Mildner
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Publication number: 20150140048Abstract: The invention relates to the use of N-methyl-N-C8-C14-acylglucamines as solubilizers in cosmetic preparations. The invention further relates to clear lotions for the preparation of wet wipes, comprising a) 0.1 to 5.0 wt.-% of the N-methyl-N—C8-C14-acylglucamines, b) 0.05 to 5% of one or more water-insoluble or only partially water-soluble anti-microbial agents, c) 0 to 5 wt.-% of one or more oils, d) 85 to 99.85 wt.-% of water, e) 0 to 5 wt.-% of surfactants, and f) 0 to 5 wt.-% of additional auxiliaries and additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITEDInventors: Peter Klug, Carina Mildner
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Patent number: 9035088Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing mono-aminofunctionalized dialkylphosphinic acids and esters and salts thereof by means of acrylnitriles, characterized in that a) a phosphinic acid source (I) is reacted with olefins (IV) to yield an alkylphosphonic acid, salt or ester (II) thereof in the presence of a catalyst A, b) the thus obtained alkylphosphonic acid, salt or ester (II) thereof is reacted with an acrylnitrile of formula (V) to yield a mono-functionalized dialkylphosphinic acid derivative (VI) in the presence of a catalyst B, and c) the thus obtained mono-functionalized dialkylphosphinic acid derivative (VI) is reacted to yield a mono-aminofunctionalized dialkylphosphinic acid derivative (III) in the presence of a catalyst C or a reduction agent, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 are the same or different and stand independently of each other, among other things, for H, C1-C18 alkyl, C6-C18 aryl, C6-C18 aralkyl, C6-C18 alkylaryl and X stands for H, C1-C18 alkyl, C6-C18 aryl, C6-C18 aralkyl,Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Michael Hill, Werner Krause, Martin Sicken
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Publication number: 20150133560Abstract: The invention relates to a surfactant concentrate which contains at least one anionic surfactant, an N-methyl-N-acylglucamine, a solvent and optionally one or more additives. The invention also relates to a method for producing the surfactant concentrate. The invention further relates to a method for producing cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Peter Klug, Carina Mildner
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Patent number: 9029160Abstract: The subject of the invention is a method for determining the H2S content arising during the warm storage of sulfur-containing crude and residual oils and mineral distillates containing sulfur-containing crude and/or residual oils, in which a sample of the sulfur-containing mineral oil is dissolved in a solvent or solvent mixture that boils at more than 200° C. and a carrier gas is caused to flow through the solution of the sulfur-containing mineral oil at temperatures above 80° C., and the quantity of hydrogen sulfide carried out with the carrier gas is analyzed quantitatively.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Michael Feustel, Michael Brauchle, Dominko Andrin, Matthias Krull
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Patent number: 9027757Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a composition of A) at least one quaternary ammonia compound comprising at least one organic radical bonded to the ammonia nitrogen atom and optionally comprising heteroatoms and having 1 to 36 carbon atoms, and B) at least one amine alkoxylate ester of formula (1) or a salt thereof, where A, B are, independently of each other, a C2- through C5-alkylene radical R1, a C8- through C24-alkyl radical or alkenyl radical R2, R3, R4 independent of each other, H, or a C8- through C24-acyl radical, with the stipulation that at least one of the radicals R2, R3 or R4 stands for a C8- through C24-acyl radical, and x, y, z, independently of each other, stand for a whole number from 0 through 50, with the stipulation that x+y+z is a whole number from 1 through 100, in quantities of 10 through 5000 g/tonne of ore as a collector in silicate floation.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Klaus-Ulrich Pedain, Uwe Dahlmann
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Publication number: 20150126424Abstract: The invention relates to a surfactant solution containing: (a) 28 to 65 wt.-% of a mixture of (a1) 5 to 20 wt.-% of N-methyl-N-oleylglucamine, (a2) 50 to 93 wt.-% of N-methyl-N—C12-C14-acylglucamines, (a3) 0 to 30 wt.-% of other N-methyl-N-acylglucamines, components (a1), (a2) and (a3) adding up to 100 wt.-%, (b) 0 to 20 wt.-% of one or more alcohols, (c) 20 to 72 wt.-% of water, and (d) 0 to 5 wt.-% of additives, components (a), (b), (c) and (d) adding up to 100 wt.-%.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Peter Klug, Franz-Xaver Scherl, Carina Mildner, Eva-Maria Keitzl
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Publication number: 20150125415Abstract: The invention relates to a composition which contains at least one anionic surfactant, a betaine surfactant, a mixture of N-methyl-N-acylglucamines, the acyl groups of which correspond to those of natural coconut oil and/or palm kernel oil, a glycerol derivative, a solvent and optionally one or more additives. The invention also relates to a method for producing the composition. The invention further relates to the use of the composition for the treatment or care of skin or hair, for example as a shampoo, face cleaner, liquid cleaner or shower gel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Peter Klug, Carina Mildner
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Publication number: 20150126616Abstract: N-methyl-N-acylglucamines are suitable as thickening agents in aqueous surfactant solutions containing one or more anionic surfactants of the group including alkyl ether sulfates and alkyl sulfates, the N-methyl-N-acylglucamines containing at least 60 wt.-% of N-methyl-N-acylglucamines that have a C12-, C14-acyl group or an unsaturated C18-acyl group and at the same time less than 5 wt.-% of N-methyl-N-acylglucamines that contain an acyl group <C12. The surfactant solutions are particularly used in cosmetic compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Peter Klug, Carina Mildner
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Publication number: 20150118427Abstract: The invention relates to a composition Z comprising a component B, a component C, a component D, a component E and a component P, wherein the component B is a polyethylene glycol, the component C is a polyglycerol ester, the component D is an earth alkali carbonate, the component E is a phyllosilicate, and the component P is a polystyrene and/or an alloy thereof. Composition Z is suitable to increase the hydrophilic properties of processed solid or foamed polystyrene material, especially for making a film, sheet or food tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITEDInventors: Pirko Kolditz, Lutz Liebehentschel
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Patent number: 9018413Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing monocarboxy-functionalized dialkylphosphinic acids, esters, and salts, characterized in that a) a phosphinic acid source (I) is reacted with olefins (IV) in the presence of a catalyst A to obtain an alkylphosphonous acid, the salt or ester (II) thereof, and b) the obtained alkylphosphonous acid, the salt or ester (II) thereof is reacted with an oxidizing agent or with an oxidizing agent and water or with oxygen and water in the presence of a catalyst B to obtain the alkylphosphonic acid derivative (III), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 are identical or different from each other and independently represent, inter alia, H, C1-C18-alkyl, C6-C18-aryl, C6-C18-aralkyl, C6-C18-alkylaryl, X and Y are identical or different from each other and independently represent H, C1-C18-alkyl, C6-C18-aryl, C6-C18-aralkyl, C6-C18-alkylaryl, Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Fe, Zr, Zn, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Cu, Ni, Li, Na, K and/or a protonated nitrogenous base, and catalysts A and B are transition metType: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Michael Hill, Werner Krause, Martin Sicken
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Patent number: 9012388Abstract: A gel surfactant composition suitable for hard surface cleaning, washing clothes and dishes, and which can be employed for household, institutional and/or industrial applications, composed by water and a) nonionic surfactants in the range of 1 to 50%, b) a cationic surfactant or association of cationic surfactants in the range of 20 to 50% and c) optionally amphoteric surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2009Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignees: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited, Clariant S.A.Inventors: Matthias Loeffler, Ernesto Iwao Horikoshi, Gustavo Haruki Kume, Ana Regina Coimbra, Karine Lima Goncalves Framesqui, Manlio Gallotti, George Italo Pitombeira Nunes
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Patent number: 9000197Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous method for producing esters, in which at least one polyol ester of formula (I) (R1—COO)mR2 (I), where R1 represents hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 50 carbon atoms, R2 represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and m represents a number from 2 to 10 and is smaller than or equal to the number of carbon atoms in R2, is reacted with at least one monohydric alcohol of formula (II) R3—OH (II), where R3 represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 30 C atoms, using microwave radiation in a reaction tube, the longitudinal axis of which extends in the direction of propagation of the microwaves of a single-mode microwave applicator, so as to obtain at least one ester of formula (III) R1—COO—R3 (III), where R1 and R3 have the meanings indicated above.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Matthias Krull, Roman Morschhaeuser
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Publication number: 20150087735Abstract: The invention relates to a composition Z comprising a component B1, a component B2, a component D, a component E and a component P, wherein the component B1 is a polyethylene glycol having a hydroxyl number of from 25 to 600 mg KOH/g and an average molecular weight of 200 to 4000 g/mol; the component B2 is a polyethylene glycol having a hydroxyl number of from 0.1 to 24 mg KOH/g and an average molecular weight of higher than 4000 to about 10,000,000 g/mol; the component D is an earth alkali carbonate, the component E is a phyllosilicate, and the component P is a polystyrene and/or an alloy thereof. Composition Z is suitable to increase the hydrophilic properties of processed solid or foamed polystyrene material, especially for making a film, sheet or food tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Pirko Kolditz, Lutz Liebehentschel
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Patent number: 8987490Abstract: A method for producing monohydroxy-functionalized dialkylphosphinic acids, esters, and salts, characterized in that a) a phosphinic acid source (I) is reacted with olefins (IV) in the presence of a catalyst A to obtain an alkylphosphonous acid, the salt or ester (II) thereof, b) the obtained alkylphosphonous acid, the salt or ester (II) thereof is reacted with alkylene oxides of formula (V) in the presence of a catalyst B to obtain a monofunctionalized dialkylphosphinic acid derivative (III), catalyst A represents transition metals and/or transition metal compounds and/or catalyst systems composed of a transition metal and/or a transition metal compound and at least one ligand, and catalyst B is a Lewis acid.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Michael Hill, Werner Krause, Martin Sicken
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Patent number: 8987489Abstract: A method for producing mono-carboxy-functionalized dialkylphosphinic acids, esters and salts using a vinyl ether. The method is characterized by the following steps: a) reacting a phosphinic acid source (I) with olefins (IV) in the presence of a catalyst A to give an alkylphosphonous acid, the salt or the ester (II) thereof, b) reacting the alkylphosphonous acid so obtained, the salt or the ester (II) thereof with a vinyl ether of formula (V) in the presence of a catalyst B to give a mono-functionalized dialkylphosphinic acid derivative (VI) and c) reacting this derivative (VI) with an oxidant or in the presence of a catalyst C to give a mono-carboxy-functionalized dialkylphosphinic acid derivative (III), wherein the catalysts A and C are transition metals and/or transition metal compounds, and the catalyst B is a peroxide-forming compound and/or a peroxo compound and/or an azo compound.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Michael Hill, Mathias Dietz, Werner Krause, Martin Sicken
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Publication number: 20150080275Abstract: The invention provides for the use of a copolymer, comprising a) 0.1 to 10 mol-%, based on the weight of the copolymer, of structural units derived from vinylphosphonic acid or of a salt thereof, b) 40 to 80 mol-%, based on the weight of the copolymer, of structural units derived from compounds of the formula (1) c) 1 to 50 mol-%, based on the weight of the copolymer, of structural units derived from compounds of the formula (5) in which X is OH or NR3R4, and R3 and R4, independently of one another, are H or C1-C4-alkyl, for the inhibition and/or dispersion of inorganic sulphide scales, and for a process for the inhibition and/or dispersion of inorganic sulphide scales, the process comprising adding to water being within an oil or gas containing formation said copolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITEDInventors: Malcolm Todd, Catherine Strachan, Gordon Moir, John Goulding
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Patent number: 8979951Abstract: The invention provides terpolymers of ethylene, at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester and propene, which a) contain from 12.0 to 16.0 mol % of structural units derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester, b) contain from 1.0 to 4.0 methyl groups derived from propene per 100 aliphatic carbon atoms, and c) have fewer than 6.5 methyl groups stemming from chain ends per 100 CH2 groups. and also their use as cold additives for middle distillates.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2007Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Bettina Siggelkow, Werner Reimann, Matthias Krull, Markus Kupetz
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Patent number: 8974743Abstract: The invention relates to a device for continuously carrying out chemical reactions. The device comprises a microwave generator, a microwave applicator accommodating a microwave-transparent tube, and an isothermal reaction section which is arranged such that the material to be reacted is guided inside the microwave-transparent tube through a microwave applicator which is used as the heating zone and in which it is heated to reaction temperature by means of microwaves that are emitted from the microwave generator into the microwave applicator. The material to be reacted, which is heated and optionally under pressure, is transferred from the microwave applicator to an isothermal reaction zone once it has left the heating zone, said reaction zone being arranged downstream of the heating zone, and is cooled once it has left the isothermal reaction zone.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Matthias Krull, Roman Morschhaeuser