Patents by Inventor Alexander Schaefer

Alexander Schaefer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9393555
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalytically active body for the synthesis of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas. In particular, the invention relates to an improved catalytically active body for the synthesis of dimethyl ether, whereby the components of the active body comprise a defined particle size distribution. Furthermore, the present invention concerns a method for the preparation of a catalytically active body, the use of the catalytically active body and a method for preparation of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alexander Schäfer, Thorsten von Fehren, Rostam Madon
  • Publication number: 20160142787
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solution that tags and stores video, audio, pictures, text, and other content, along with their associated metadata to allow for contextual retrieval and customized playback of stored content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Abdul Hakeem Mohamed, Shriniket Kale, Alexander Schaefer, Sanjay Rajagopalan
  • Patent number: 9295978
    Abstract: Catalysts and methods for their manufacture and use for the synthesis of dimethyl ether from syngas are disclosed. The catalysts comprise ZnO, CuO, ZrO2, alumina and one or more of boron oxide, tantalum oxide, phosphorus oxide and niobium oxide. The catalysts may also comprise ceria. The catalysts described herein are able to synthesize dimethyl ether directly from synthesis gas, including synthesis gas that is rich in carbon monoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Schäfer, Rostam Jal Madon, Thorsten von Fehren
  • Patent number: 9248436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a highly active water gas shift catalyst and a process for producing it, and also a process for converting a gas mixture comprising at least carbon monoxide and water into hydrogen and carbon dioxide in a wide temperature range using this catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Hatscher, Markus Hölzle, Thorsten von Fehren, Alexander Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20150105479
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalytically active body for the synthesis of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas. In particular, the invention relates to an improved catalytically active body for the synthesis of dimethyl ether, whereby the components of the active body comprise a methanol active component and an acid component comprising a zeolitic material being crystallized by means of one or more alkenyltrialkylammonium cation R1R2R3R4N+-containing compounds as structure directing agent. Furthermore, the present invention concerns a method for the preparation of a catalytically active body, the use of the catalytically active body and a method for the preparation of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Alexander Schäfer, Mathias Feyen, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Müller, Bernd Bastian Schaack
  • Patent number: 8993477
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst composition and a catalyst material produced therefrom for the steam reforming of methane in fuel cells, in particular for the direct internal reforming of methane in molten carbonate fuel cells. The invention further relates to a process for producing such catalyst compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrian Milanov, Ekkehard Schwab, Alexander Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20130289305
    Abstract: A process for preparing acrylic acid from ethanol and formaldehyde, in which, in a reaction zone A, the ethanol is partially oxidized to acetic acid in a heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase reaction, the product gas mixture A obtained and a formaldehyde source are used to obtain a reaction gas input mixture B which comprises acetic acid and formaldehyde and has the acetic acid in excess over the formaldehyde, and the formaldehyde present in reaction gas input mixture B is aldol-condensed with acetic acid present in reaction gas input mixture B to acrylic acid under heterogeneous catalysis in a reaction zone B, and unconverted acetic acid still present along-side the acrylic acid target product in the product gas mixture B obtained is removed therefrom, and the acetic acid removed is recycled into the production of reaction gas input mixture B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Stefanie HERZOG, Stefan ALTWASSER, Markus OTTENBACHER, Frank HUETTEN, Annebart Engbert WENTINK, Alexander SCHAEFER
  • Patent number: 8507721
    Abstract: A process for preparing acrylic acid from ethanol and formaldehyde, in which, in a reaction zone A, the ethanol is partially oxidized to acetic acid in a heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase reaction, the product gas mixture A obtained and a formaldehyde source are used to obtain a reaction gas input mixture B which comprises acetic acid and formaldehyde and has the acetic acid in excess over the formaldehyde, and the formaldehyde present in reaction gas input mixture B is aldol-condensed with acetic acid present in reaction gas input mixture B to acrylic acid under heterogeneous catalysis in a reaction zone B, and unconverted acetic acid still present along-side the acrylic acid target product in the product gas mixture B obtained is removed therefrom, and the acetic acid removed is recycled into the production of reaction gas input mixture B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefanie Herzog, Stefan Altwasser, Markus Ottenbacher, Frank Huetten, Annebart Engbert Wentink, Alexander Schaefer
  • Patent number: 8349037
    Abstract: A process for removing sulfur compounds from a hydrocarbonaceous gas mixture, which comprises contacting the hydrocarbonaceous gas mixture with an adsorber material comprising copper oxide on magnesium silicate as support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochen Steiner, Alexander Schäfer, Annebart Engbert Wentink, Ekkehard Schwab, Helmut Boos, Patrick Amrhein
  • Publication number: 20120264925
    Abstract: A process for preparing pyrazole-glycoside derivatives of the general Formula (I) in which the meanings are R1 H and R2 F; or R1 F and R2 H; or R1 F and R2 F; R3 (C1-C8)-alkyl, where one, more than one or all hydrogen(s) may be replaced by fluorine; X (C1-C3)-alkylene, (C2-C3)-alkenylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Michael Podeschwa, David Rigal, Kai Rossen, Bernhard Otto, Hermut Wehlan, Theodor Andreas Wollmann, Bernd Becker, Berndt Kulitzscher, Alexander Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20120071687
    Abstract: A process for preparing acrylic acid from ethanol and formaldehyde, in which, in a reaction zone A, the ethanol is partially oxidized to acetic acid in a heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase reaction, the product gas mixture A obtained and a formaldehyde source are used to obtain a reaction gas input mixture B which comprises acetic acid and formaldehyde and has the acetic acid in excess over the formaldehyde, and the formaldehyde present in reaction gas input mixture B is aldol-condensed with acetic acid present in reaction gas input mixture B to acrylic acid under heterogeneous catalysis in a reaction zone B, and unconverted acetic acid still present along-side the acrylic acid target product in the product gas mixture B obtained is removed therefrom, and the acetic acid removed is recycled into the production of reaction gas input mixture B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefanie Herzog, Stefan Altwasser, Markus Ottenbacher, Frank Hütten, Annebart Engbert Wentink, Alexander Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20120063989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a highly active water gas shift catalyst and a process for producing it, and also a process for converting a gas mixture comprising at least carbon monoxide and water into hydrogen and carbon dioxide in a wide temperature range using this catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Hatscher, Markus Hölzle, Thorsten von Fehren, Alexander Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20110200507
    Abstract: A process for removing sulfur compounds from a hydrocarbonaceous gas mixture, which comprises contacting the hydrocarbonaceous gas mixture with an adsorber material comprising copper oxide on magnesium silicate as support material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochen Steiner, Alexander Schäfer, Annebart Engbert Wentink, Ekkehard Schwab, Helmut Boos, Patrick Amrhein
  • Publication number: 20100218047
    Abstract: A method for error management in a system having a plurality of components, error conditions of the components being able to be indicated by status values, includes a first status value being determined as a function of an error condition of a first component, and of a second status value being determined as a function of an error condition of a second component and as a function of the first status value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Philipp Woerz, Mathias Bieringer, Alexander Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20100037229
    Abstract: In a method for determining a target state in a system having multiple components, system states of different priorities being selectable in the system as a function of an availability of the components, the following steps are provided: ascertaining whether a highest-priority system state is selectable; determining the highest-priority system state as the target state if the highest-priority system state is selectable; and ascertaining whether a next-higher-priority system state is selectable if the highest-priority system state is not selectable, and determining the next-higher-priority system state as the target state if said state is selectable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Woerz, Mathias Bieringer, Alexander Schaefer