Patents by Inventor Alwin Rehfinger

Alwin Rehfinger 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: 6139693
    Abstract: A process for recovering hexamethylenediamine (I) from a mixture (II) including(I) hexamethylenediamine,(III) hexamethyleneimine,(IV) a compound selected from 2-aminomethylcyclopentylamine and 1,2-diaminocyclohexane,(V) an imine,(VI) adiponitrile and 6-aminocapronitrileincludes distilling(a) a mixture (II) to obtain(a1) a low boiling fraction (III),(a2) a medium boiling fraction (VII) (I), (IV) and (V), and(a3) a high boiling fraction (V) and (VI),(b) a mixture (VII) to obtain(b1) an overhead product (IV), and(b2) a mixture (VIII) (I) and (V) as bottom product, and(c) a mixture (VIII) to obtain(c1) (I) as overhead product, and(c2) a bottom product (V).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft Ludwigshafen
    Inventors: Peter Bassler, Rolf Fischer, Hermann Luyken, Alwin Rehfinger, Guido Voit
  • Patent number: 6114567
    Abstract: Aliphatic alpha,omega-aminonitriles are prepared by partial hydrogenation of aliphatic alpha,omega-dinitriles at elevated temperatures and superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a solvent and of a catalyst by a process which comprises using a catalyst which(a) contains a compound based on a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, iron, ruthenium and rhodium and(b) contains from 0.01 to 25% by weight, based on (a), of a promoter based on a metal selected from the group consisting of palladium, platinum, iridium, osmium, copper, silver, gold, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, rhenium, zinc, cadmium, lead, aluminum, tin, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, bismuth and rare earth metals and(c) from 0 to 5% by weight, based on (a), of a compound based on an alkali metal or on an alkaline earth metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klemens Flick, Johann-Peter Melder, Werner Schnurr, Klaus Ebel, Tom Witzel, Wolfgang Harder, Alwin Rehfinger, Rolf Fischer
  • Patent number: 6075169
    Abstract: In a process for preparing oxidation products of cyclohexane by catalytic oxidation with oxygen-containing gases in the liquid phase, where the gases are brought into contact essentially uniformly with the liquid cyclohexane in a reaction zone, liquid cyclohexane and the oxygen-containing gases are passed in countercurrent through the reaction zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellshcaft
    Inventors: Alwin Rehfinger, Martin Gann, Robert Markl, Rudiger Schmitt
  • Patent number: 5801267
    Abstract: Aliphatic alpha,omega-aminonitriles are prepared by partial hydrogenation of aliphatic alpha,omega-dinitriles at elevated temperatures and superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a solvent and of a catalyst by a process in which the catalyst(a) contains a compound based on a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, iron, ruthenium and rhodium and(b) contains from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klemens Flick, Johann-Peter Melder, Werner Schnurr, Klaus Ebel, Tom Witzel, Wolfgang Harder, Alwin Rehfinger, Rolf Fischer
  • Patent number: 5801268
    Abstract: Aliphatic alpha,omega-aminonitriles are prepared by partial hydrogenation of aliphatic alpha,omega-dinitriles at elevated temperatures and superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a solvent and of a catalyst by a process which comprises using a catalyst which(a) contains a compound based on a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, iron, ruthenium and rhodium and(b) contains from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klemens Flick, Johann-Peter Melder, Werner Schnurr, Klaus Ebel, Tom Witzel, Wolfgang Harder, Alwin Rehfinger, Rolf Fischer
  • Patent number: 5756808
    Abstract: Aliphatic alpha,omega-aminonitriles are prepared by partial hydrogenation of aliphatic alpha,omega-dinitriles at elevated temperatures and superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a solvent and of a catalyst by a process in which the catalyst(a) contains a compound based on a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, iron, ruthenium and rhodium and(b) contains from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klemens Flick, Johann-Peter Melder, Werner Schnurr, Klaus Ebel, Tom Witzel, Wolfgang Harder, Alwin Rehfinger, Rolf Fischer
  • Patent number: 5527946
    Abstract: Aliphatic alpha, omega-aminonitriles are prepared by partial hydrogenation of aliphatic alpha, omega-dinitriles at elevated temperatures and superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a solvent and of a catalyst by a process which comprises using a catalyst which(a) contains a compound based on a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, iron, ruthenium and rhodium and(b) contains from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klemens Flick, Johann-Peter Melder, Werner Schnurr, Klaus Ebel, Tom Witzel, Wolfgang Harder, Alwin Rehfinger, Rolf Fischer
  • Patent number: 5244929
    Abstract: Molded bodies in the form of packing bodies comprising a macroporous strongly acid or basic ion exchange resin having a voids fraction of 5-95 vol % of the macro shape without pores, a BET surface area of 0.1-1,000 sq m/g, and an ion exchange capacity of 0.05-10 meq/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Veba Oel Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Gottlieb, Wilfried Graf, Kuno Schadlich, Ulrich Hoffmann, Alwin Rehfinger, Jorg Flato