Patents by Inventor Audrée Andersen

Audrée Andersen 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: 11591479
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a primer coating material composition, obtainable by combining at least two components (A) and (B) of a coating material system, which are different from one another and present separately from one another, with component (B) being nonaqueous and including at least one polyisocyanate having more than two free isocyanate groups, at least one organic solvent, and, further, at least one Si-containing compound which contains at least one hydrolyzable radical and at least one non-hydrolyzable organic radical, for at least partial application to at least one optionally pretreated surface of a plastics substrate, to a method for producing a corresponding coating on such a substrate, and to a method for at least partially coating at least one surface of a plastics substrate with a multicoat paint system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BASF COATING GMBH
    Inventors: Audree Andersen, Miao Wang, Kai-Michael Wuennemann, Julia Melzer, Jens Lueckert, Frederik Foelling, Peter Machaczek, Igor Millbaier, Marc Baeuerle, Andreas Janssen, Tanja Bricke, Tobias Wolf, Thomas Focke
  • Patent number: 10870764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture (M) which can be used as curing agent and as adhesion promoter and which comprises at least two components (M1) and (M2), which are different from one another and have in each case independently of one another free and/or blocked isocyanate groups, and which optionally comprises a further component (M3) different from (M1) and (M2); component (M1) comprises at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate, and component (M2) comprises at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate having polyether units, wherein the relative weight ratio of (M1) and (M2) in (M) to one another is in a range from 25:1 to 3:1, based in each case on the solids content of (M1) and (M2), and at least one of the components (M1), (M2), and optionally (M3) present in (M) has hydrolyzable silane groups, to a use of (M) as curing agent and adhesion promoter in a coating composition, to such a coating composition, and to methods for at least partly coating a substrate with a surfacer coat and for at least partly co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Audree Andersen, Manuela Niemeier, Simone Hesener
  • Publication number: 20200299519
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a primer coating material composition, obtainable by combining at least two components (A) and (B) of a coating material system, which are different from one another and present separately from one another, with component (B) being nonaqueous and including at least one polyisocyanate having more than two free isocyanate groups, at least one organic solvent, and, further, at least one Si-containing compound which contains at least one hydrolyzable radical and at least one non-hydrolyzable organic radical, for at least partial application to at least one optionally pretreated surface of a plastics substrate, to a method for producing a corresponding coating on such a substrate, and to a method for at least partially coating at least one surface of a plastics substrate with a multicoat paint system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Audree Andersen, Miao Wang, Kai-Michael Wuennemann, Julia Melzer, Jens Lueckert, Frederik Foelling, Peter Machaczek, Igor Millbaier, Marc Baeuerle, Andreas Janssen, Tanja Bricke, Tobias Wolf, Thomas Focke
  • Patent number: 10363572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a multicoat paint system on a plastics substrate, in which a basecoat film or a plurality of directly successive basecoat films are produced on a plastics substrate, a clearcoat film is produced directly on the one basecoat film or on the topmost of the plurality of basecoat films, and subsequently the one or more basecoat films and the clearcoat film are jointly cured, this method being a method wherein at least one basecoat material used for the production of the basecoat films comprises at least one aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion (PD) comprising polyurethane-polyurea particles, where the polyurethane-polyurea particles present in the dispersion (PD) comprise anionic groups and/or groups which can be converted into anionic groups, and have an average particle size of 40 to 2000 nm and also a gel fraction of at least 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Bauer, Audree Andersen, Hardy Reuter, Roland Ratz, Marita Buermann, Sina Winnen, Vera Diepenbrock
  • Patent number: 10344179
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solventborne clearcoat material which comprises at least one additive preparable by reacting at least one alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester which has an OH number of 30 to 160 mg KOH/g, a theoretical carbon-carbon double bond content of 1 to 2.5 mmol/g, a number-average molecular weight of 1000 to 3000 g/mol, and a weight-average molecular weight of 2800 to 10 000 g/mol, and at least one alkoxysilane which possesses an OH-reactive functional group, the sum of the weight percentage fractions of all additives of the invention being 0.5 to 10 wt %, based on the total amount of the solventborne clearcoat material. The present invention further relates to a process for producing multicoat paint systems, and to multicoat paint systems producible by means of said process. The invention further relates to the use of the above-identified additive in solventborne clearcoat materials for the purpose of improving adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BASF COATINGS GmbH
    Inventors: Audree Andersen, Cathrin Corten, Fatmir Raka, Manuela Niemeier, Nicole Freitag, Stefanie Boshe-Plois, Andreas Feigl, Christian Weiher
  • Publication number: 20190092946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture (M) which can be used as curing agent and as adhesion promoter and which comprises at least two components (M1) and (M2), which are different from one another and have in each case independently of one another free and/or blocked isocyanate groups, and which optionally comprises a further component (M3) different from (M1) and (M2); component (M1) comprises at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate, and component (M2) comprises at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate having polyether units, wherein the relative weight ratio of (M1) and (M2) in (M) to one another is in a range from 25:1 to 3:1, based in each case on the solids content of (M1) and (M2), and at least one of the components (M1), (M2), and optionally (M3) present in (M) has hydrolyzable silane groups, to a use of (M) as curing agent and adhesion promoter in a coating composition, to such a coating composition, and to methods for at least partly coating a substrate with a surfacer coat and for at least partly co
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Audree ANDERSEN, Manuela NIEMEIER, Simone HESENER
  • Patent number: 10208148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer obtainable by copolymerization of at least three ethylenically unsaturated monomers each different from one another, the copolymer having at least three structural units (S1) and (S2) and (S3) different from one another, to the use of this copolymer as an adhesion-promoting additive in an aqueous coating composition, to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), at least one pigment (B), and at least one copolymer of the invention, used as adhesion-promoting additive, as component (C), and also to methods for at least partly coating a substrate with a basecoat and for at least partly coating a substrate with a multicoat paint system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Cathrin Corten, Audree Andersen, Markus Saedler, Stefanie Boshe-Plois, Frederik Foelling, Andrea Misske
  • Publication number: 20180346740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a multicoat paint system on a metallic substrate, by producing a basecoat film or two or more directly successive basecoat films directly on a metallic substrate coated with a cured electrocoat system, producing a clearcoat directly on the one or the topmost of the two or more basecoat films, and then jointly curing the one or the two or more basecoat films and the clearcoat film, and which comprises at least one basecoat material used in producing the basecoat films comprising at least one aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion (PD) comprising polyurethane-polyurea particles, with the polyurethane-polyurea particles present in the dispersion (PD) comprising anionic groups and/or groups which can be converted into anionic groups, and having an average particle size of 40 to 2000 nm and also a gel fraction of at least 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: BASF Coating GmbH
    Inventors: Audree ANDERSEN, Hardy REUTER, Roland RATZ, Marita BUERMANN, Juergen BAUER, Vera DIEPENBROCK, Sina WINNEN
  • Publication number: 20180141084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a multicoat paint system on a plastics substrate, in which a basecoat film or a plurality of directly successive basecoat films are produced on a plastics substrate, a clearcoat film is produced directly on the one basecoat film or on the topmost of the plurality of basecoat films, and subsequently the one or more basecoat films and the clearcoat film are jointly cured, this method being a method wherein at least one basecoat material used for the production of the basecoat films comprises at least one aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion (PD) comprising polyurethane-polyurea particles, where the polyurethane-polyurea particles present in the dispersion (PD) comprise anionic groups and/or groups which can be converted into anionic groups, and have an average particle size of 40 to 2000 nm and also a gel fraction of at least 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen BAUER, Audree ANDERSEN, Hardy REUTER, Roland RATZ, Marita BUERMANN, Sina WINNEN, Vera DIEPENBROCK
  • Patent number: 9932483
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solventborne primer surfacer which comprises at least one additive preparable by reacting at least one alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester which possesses an OH number of 30 to 160 mg KOH/g, a theoretical carbon-carbon double bond content of 1 to 2.5 mmol/g, a number-average molecular weight of 1000 to 3000 g/mol, and a weight-average molecular weight of 2800 to 10 000 g/mol, and at least one alkoxysilane which possesses an OH-reactive functional group, the sum of the weight percentage fractions of all additives of the invention being 0.5 to 10 wt %, based on the total amount of the solventborne primer surfacer. The present invention further relates to a process for producing multicoat paint systems, and to multicoat paint systems producible by means of said process. The invention further relates to the use of the additive identified above in solventborne primer surfacers for improving adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Audree Andersen, Cathrin Corten, Manuela Niemeier, Frederik Foelling, Simone Hesener, Nicole Freitag, Stefanie Boshe-Plois
  • Patent number: 9777188
    Abstract: Pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprises at least one alpha, omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester having an OH number of 25 to 95 mg KOH/g, a theoretical carbon-carbon double bond content of 0.5 to 2.5 mmol/g, a number-average molecular weight of 2500 to 6000 g/mol and a weight-average molecular weight of 15 000 to 30 000 g/mol, the alpha, omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester further comprising at least one partially or completely salified acid group, and the sum of the weight percentage fractions of all the alpha, omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoesters being 0.5 to 10 wt %, based on the total solids fraction of the pigmented aqueous basecoat material. Also provided are a multicoat paint system, a method of producing a multicoat paint system, and use of the above-identified alpha, omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester in pigmented aqueous basecoat materials for the purpose of improving adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Audrée Andersen, Markus Saedler, Fatmir Raka, Nicole Freitag, Britta Schnieders, Alexandra Steffens, Cathrin Corten, Frederik Fölling
  • Patent number: 9777169
    Abstract: Solventborne filler comprises at least one alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester which possesses an OH number of 30 to 160 mg KOH/g, a theoretical carbon-carbon double bond content of 1 to 3 mmol/g, a number-average molecular weight of 1000 to 3000 g/mol and a weight-average molecular weight of 2800 to 10 000 g/mol, moreover, the sum of the weight percentage fractions of all the alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoesters being 0.5 to 10 wt. %, based on the total amount of the solventborne filler. Also provided are a multicoat paint system, a process for producing a multicoat paint system, and use of the above-designated alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester in solventborne fillers for improving adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Audrée Andersen, Cathrin Corten, Markus Saedler, Fatmir Raka, Frederik Fölling, Nicole Freitag, Stefanie Boshe-Plois, Alexandra Steffens
  • Publication number: 20170204236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for coating plastics substrates with an aqueous coating composition (A) comprising at least one organic polymer as binder, said coating composition being applied to at least one surface (O) of the plastics substrate and being subsequently cured, wherein (i) the application of the coating composition (A) is preceded by the application of a carbene-forming compound (C) of the formula (I) below where R1=—(CX2)nX, where X=F or Cl, and n=0 or 1, R2= where R3 and R4 independently of one another =—H, —(CH2)mY, where Y=OH, CO2H, NH2, or Br, and m=0 to 4, with the exception of R3=R4=—H, directly to the surface (O) and its activation to carbene formation, and/or (ii) the coating composition (A) comprises the carbene-forming compound (C), which is activated to carbene formation following application of the coating composition (A). The invention also relates to coatings produced by means of the method, and to coated plastics substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Audree ANDERSEN, Bjoern HEINZ, Christina HAAF-KLEINHUBBERT, Bastian Marten NOLLER, Helen BRANNON
  • Patent number: 9610609
    Abstract: Provided are methods for coating plastic substrates with an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one organic polymer as binder, the coating composition being applied to the surface of the plastic substrate and being subsequently cured, wherein the plastic substrate is pretreated before the coating composition is applied, the pretreatment comprising the two following separate steps in the order stated: (A) heat-treating a plastic substrate at an ambient temperature in the range from 60° C. to 160° C. for a period in the range from 1 minute to 20 minutes, (B) flaming the surface of the plastic substrate pretreated as per step (A), there being a period of up to 90 minutes between the ending of step (A) and the beginning of step (B). Additionally, provided are coated plastic substrates that have been coated by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Audrée Andersen, Fatmir Raka
  • Publication number: 20170073446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer obtainable by copolymerization of at least three ethylenically unsaturated monomers each different from one another, the copolymer having at least three structural units (S1) and (S2) and (S3) different from one another, to the use of this copolymer as an adhesion-promoting additive in an aqueous coating composition, to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), at least one pigment (B), and at least one copolymer of the invention, used as adhesion-promoting additive, as component (C), and also to methods for at least partly coating a substrate with a basecoat and for at least partly coating a substrate with a multicoat paint system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Cathrin CORTEN, Audree ANDERSEN, Markus SAEDLER, Stefanie BOSHE-PLOIS, Frederik FOELLING, Andrea MISSKE
  • Publication number: 20160312057
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solventborne clearcoat material which comprises at least one additive preparable by reacting at least one alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester which has an OH number of 30 to 160 mg KOH/g, a theoretical carbon-carbon double bond content of 1 to 2.5 mmol/g, a number-average molecular weight of 1000 to 3000 g/mol, and a weight-average molecular weight of 2800 to 10 000 g/mol, and at least one alkoxysilane which possesses an OH-reactive functional group, the sum of the weight percentage fractions of all additives of the invention being 0.5 to 10 wt %, based on the total amount of the solventborne clearcoat material. The present invention further relates to a process for producing multicoat paint systems, and to multicoat paint systems producible by means of said process. The invention further relates to the use of the above-identified additive in solventborne clearcoat materials for the purpose of improving adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS GmbH
    Inventors: Audree ANDERSEN, Cathrin CORTEN, Fatmir RAKA, Manuela NIEMEIER, Nicole FREITAG, Stefanie BOSHE-PLOIS, Andreas FEIGL, Christian WEIHER
  • Publication number: 20160312036
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solventborne primer surfacer which comprises at least one additive preparable by reacting at least one alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester which possesses an OH number of 30 to 160 mg KOH/g, a theoretical carbon-carbon double bond content of 1 to 2.5 mmol/g, a number-average molecular weight of 1000 to 3000 g/mol, and a weight-average molecular weight of 2800 to 10 000 g/mol, and at least one alkoxysilane which possesses an OH-reactive functional group, the sum of the weight percentage fractions of all additives of the invention being 0.5 to 10 wt %, based on the total amount of the solventborne primer surfacer. The present invention further relates to a process for producing multicoat paint systems, and to multicoat paint systems producible by means of said process. The invention further relates to the use of the additive identified above in solventborne primer surfacers for improving adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Audree ANDERSEN, Cathrin CORTEN, Manuela NIEMEIER, Frederik FOELLING, Simone HESENER, Nicole FREITAG, Stefanie BOSHE-PLOIS
  • Publication number: 20150376446
    Abstract: Pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprises at least one alpha, omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester having an OH number of 25 to 95 mg KOH/g, a theoretical carbon-carbon double bond content of 0.5 to 2.5 mmol/g, a number-average molecular weight of 2500 to 6000 g/mol and a weight-average molecular weight of 15 000 to 30 000 g/mol, the alpha, omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester further comprising at least one partially or completely salified acid group, and the sum of the weight percentage fractions of all the alpha, omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoesters being 0.5 to 10 wt %, based on the total solids fraction of the pigmented aqueous basecoat material. Also provided are a multicoat paint system, a method of producing a multicoat paint system, and use of the above-identified alpha, omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester in pigmented aqueous basecoat materials for the purpose of improving adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Audrée Andersen, Markus Saedler, Fatmin Raka, Nicole Freitag, Britta Schnieders, Alexandra Steffens, Cathrin Corten, Frederik Gölling
  • Publication number: 20150368485
    Abstract: Solventborne filler comprises at least one alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester which possesses an OH number of 30 to 160 mg KOH/g, a theoretical carbon-carbon double bond content of 1 to 3 mmol/g, a number-average molecular weight of 1000 to 3000 g/mol and a weight-average molecular weight of 2800 to 10 000 g/mol, moreover, the sum of the weight percentage fractions of all the alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoesters being 0.5 to 10 wt. %, based on the total amount of the solventborne filler. Also provided are a multicoat paint system, a process for producing a multicoat paint system, and use of the above-designated alpha,omega-hydroxy-functionalized oligoester in solventborne fillers for improving adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Audrée ANDERSEN, Cathrin CORTEN, Markus SAEDLER, Fatmir RAKA, Frederik FÖLLING, Nicole FREITAG, Stefanie BOSHE-PLOIS, Alexandra STEFFENS
  • Publication number: 20140322539
    Abstract: Provided are methods for coating plastic substrates with an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one organic polymer as binder, the coating composition being applied to the surface of the plastic substrate and being subsequently cured, wherein the plastic substrate is pretreated before the coating composition is applied, the pretreatment comprising the two following separate steps in the order stated: (A) heat-treating a plastic substrate at an ambient temperature in the range from 60° C. to 160° C. for a period in the range from 1 minute to 20 minutes, (B) flaming the surface of the plastic substrate pretreated as per step (A), there being a period of up to 90 minutes between the ending of step (A) and the beginning of step (B). Additionally, provided are coated plastic substrates that have been coated by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Audrée Andersen, Fatmir Raka