Patents by Inventor Alfons Baiker

Alfons Baiker 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: 8753601
    Abstract: Described is a method for the production of metal salts, wherein the cationic metal is preferably selected from Group I to IV metals and mixtures thereof and the anionic group is selected from phosphates, silicates, sulfates, carbonates, hydroxides, fluorides and mixtures thereof, and wherein said method comprises forming a mixture of at least one metal source that is a metal carboxylate with a mean carbon value per carboxylate group of at least 3 and at least one anion source into droplets and oxiding said droplets in a high temperature environment, preferably a flame. This method is especially suited for the production of calcium phosphate biomaterials such as hydroxyapatite (HAp,Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP,Ca3(PO4)2) that exhibit excellent biocompatibility and osteoconductivity and therefore are widely used for reparation of bony or periodontal defects, coating of metallic implants and bone space fillers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich
    Inventors: Wendelin Jan Stark, Sotiris-Emmanuel Pratsinis, Marek Maciejewski, Stefan Fridolin Loher, Alfons Baiker
  • Publication number: 20110150737
    Abstract: Described is a method for the production of metal salts, wherein the cationic metal is preferably selected from Group I to IV metals and mixtures thereof and the anionic group is selected from phosphates, silicates, sulfates, carbonates, hydroxides, fluorides and mixtures thereof, and wherein said method comprises forming a mixture of at least one metal source that is a metal carboxylate with a mean carbon value per carboxylate group of at least 3 and at least one anion source into droplets and oxiding said droplets in a high temperature environment, preferably a flame. This method is especially suited for the production of calcium phosphate biomaterials such as hydroxyapatite (HAp,Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP,Ca3(PO4)2) that exhibit excellent biocompatibility and osteoconductivity and therefore are widely used for reparation of bony or periodontal defects, coating of metallic implants and bone space fillers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Wendelin Jan Stark, Sotiris-Emmanuel Pratsinis, Marek Maciejewski, Stefan Fridolin Loher, Alfons Baiker
  • Patent number: 7879303
    Abstract: Described is a method for the production of metal salts, wherein the cationic metal is preferably selected from Group I to IV metals and mixtures thereof and the anionic group is selected from phosphates, silicates, sulfates, carbonates, hydroxides, fluorides and mixtures thereof, and wherein said method comprises forming a mixture of at least one metal source that is a metal carboxylate with a mean carbon value per carboxylate group of at least 3 and at least one anion source into droplets and oxiding said droplets in a high temperature environment, preferably a flame. This method is especially suited for the production of calcium phosphate biomaterials such as hydroxyapatite (HAp,Cal0(P04)6(OH)2) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP,Ca3(P04)2) that exhibit excellent biocompatibility and osteoconductivity and therefore are widely used for reparation of bony or periodontal defects, coating of metallic implants and bone space fillers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich
    Inventors: Wendelin Jan Stark, Sotiris-Emmanuel Pratsinis, Marek Maciejewski, Stefan Fridolin Loher, Alfons Baiker
  • Patent number: 7638452
    Abstract: Nitrogen oxide storage catalysts are used for removing the nitrogen oxides present in the lean-burn exhaust gas of lean-burn engines. Here, the purifying action is based on the nitrogen oxides being stored in the form of nitrates by the storage material of the storage catalyst during a lean-burn operating phase of the engine and the previously formed nitrates being decomposed in a subsequent rich-burn operating phase of the engine and the nitrogen oxides which are being liberated again being reacted with the reducing exhaust gas constituents over the storage catalyst to form nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water. Storage catalysts are thermally aged by high temperatures. The aging is due to sintering of the catalytically active noble metal components of the catalyst and to formation of compounds of the storage components with the support materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Meike Wittrock, Ulrich Goebel, Thomas Kreuzer, Christina Maria Casapu, Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, Marek Maciejewski, Alfons Baiker
  • Publication number: 20090131243
    Abstract: Nitrogen oxide storage catalysts are used for removing the nitrogen oxides present in the lean-burn exhaust gas of lean-burn engines. Here, the purifying action is based on the nitrogen oxides being stored in the form of nitrates by the storage material of the storage catalyst during a lean-burn operating phase of the engine and the previously formed nitrates being decomposed in a subsequent rich-burn operating phase of the engine and the nitrogen oxides which are being liberated again being reacted with the reducing exhaust gas constituents over the storage catalyst to form nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water. Storage catalysts are thermally aged by high temperatures. The aging is due to sintering of the catalytically active noble metal components of the catalyst and to formation of compounds of the storage components with the support materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Meike Wittrock, Ulrich Goebel, Thomas Kreuzer, Cristina Maria Casapu, Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, Marek Maciejewski, Alfons Baiker
  • Publication number: 20070196259
    Abstract: Described is a method for the production of metal salts, wherein the cationic metal is preferably selected from Group I to IV metals and mixtures thereof and the anionic group is selected from phosphates, silicates, sulfates, carbonates, hydroxides, fluorides and mixtures thereof, and wherein said method comprises forming a mixture of at least one metal source that is a metal carboxylate with a mean carbon value per carboxylate group of at least 3 and at least one anion source into droplets and oxiding said droplets in a high temperature environment, preferably a flame. This method is especially suited for the production of calcium phosphate biomaterials such as hydroxyapatite (HAp,Cal0(P04)6(OH)2) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP,Ca3(P04)2) that exhibit excellent biocompatibility and osteoconductivity and therefore are widely used for reparation of bony or periodontal defects, coating of metallic implants and bone space fillers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Wendelin Stark, Sotiris-Emmanuel Pratsinis, Marek Maciejewski, Stefan Loher, Alfons Baiker
  • Publication number: 20040120883
    Abstract: The process for the production of molybdenum oxide is characterized in that molybdic acid is intercalated by a template to obtain a molybdenum oxide composite and wherein the template is removed subsequently using an acid. The molybdenum oxid is nanoscopic and has a fibrous morphology. The fibres are tangled together forming bundles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Reinhard Nesper, Frank Krumeich, Markus Niederberger, Alfons Baiker, Florian Eigenheim
  • Patent number: 6646135
    Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous process for enantioselective catalytic hydrogenation of an alpha ketocarbonyl compound such as alpha ketoesters and alpha ketolactones to produce an alpha hydroxy carbonyl compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Roche Vitamins Inc.
    Inventors: Alfons Baiker, Niklaus Künzle, Tamas Mallat
  • Patent number: 6376713
    Abstract: A single-stage process is described for the preparation of primary aliphatic polyamines of the formula in which R1 and R2 independently of one another are hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or aminomethyl, by reaction of polyalcohols on a Co/Ni catalyst with supercritical ammonia in the presence of hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Lonza AG
    Inventors: Alfons Baiker, Achim Fischer, Tamas Mallat, Oleg Werbitzky
  • Patent number: 6369274
    Abstract: 1,n-cyclohexanediamines (n=2, 3, 4) of general formula (I), wherein one of the radicals R1 to R3 is an amino group and the two others mean hydrogen, are produced from the corresponding cyclohexanediols and ammonia in the presence of a catalyst containing cobalt, at 100° to 350° C. and 50 to 300 bar. The compounds that can be produced according to the invention are structural elements for polymers, especially polyamides, polyimides, polyurea or polyurethanes, and ligands for cytostatically effective transition metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Lonza AG
    Inventors: Alfons Baiker, Tamas Mallat, Achim Fischer
  • Patent number: 5935895
    Abstract: A silica-titania mixed oxide catalyst and its method of manufacture is disclosed. Such catalysts can be used especially to catalyze the epoxidation of olefinically unsaturated compounds with organic hydroperoxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Roche Vitamins Inc.
    Inventors: Alfons Baiker, Dominique Dutoit, Remo Hutter
  • Patent number: 4978513
    Abstract: New activated palladium zirconium oxide catalysts on the basis of amorphous or crystallized alloys as well as new palladium zirconium oxide precipitation catalysts. The new catalysts are suitable for totally oxidizing carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Alfons Baiker, Daniel Gasser
  • Patent number: 4916109
    Abstract: New activated palladium zirconium oxide catalysts on the basis of amorphous or crystallized alloys as well as new palladium zirconium oxide precipitation catalysts. The new catalysts are suitable for totally oxidizing carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Alfons Baiker, Daniel Gasser
  • Patent number: 4789533
    Abstract: Catalyst for the reductive conversion of nitrogen oxides, optionally accompanied by sulfur dioxides, in waste gases, produced by the impregnation of a support, for example, a TiO.sub.2 support, with a vanadium alkoxide, and treatment of the impregnated support in the oxygen-containing gas current. The catalyst brings about a conversion of the nitrogen oxides even at a relatively low temperature of 150.degree. to 350.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Alfons Baiker, Peter Dollenmeier, Marek Glinski
  • Patent number: 4742037
    Abstract: Catalyst for the reductive conversion of nitrogen oxides, optionally accompanied by sulfur dioxides, in waste gases, produced by the impregnation of a support, for example, a TiO.sub.2 support, with a vanadium alkoxide, and treatment of the impregnated support in the oxygen-containing gas current. The catalyst brings about a conversion of the nitrogen oxides even at a relatively low temperature of 150.degree. to 350.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Alfons Baiker, Peter Dollenmeier, Marek Glinski
  • Patent number: 4727202
    Abstract: Catalytically-active metallic glasses containing at least one element from a subgroup of the periodic system and at least one element from a main group of the periodic system. Process for the production of catalytically-active metallic glasses where the metallic glass is produced from at least one element from a subgroup of the periodic system and at least from one element from a main group of the periodic system. The metallic glasses are activated by self-activation or by an oxidative and/or reductive treatment. The catalytically-active metallic glasses can be used as hydrogenation, oxidation or isomerization catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Volker Franzen, Hans-Joachim Guntherodt, Alfons Baiker, Erich Armbruster, Halim Baris