Patents by Inventor Barbara Becker

Barbara Becker 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).

  • Publication number: 20220177410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing alkanolamines and ethyleneamines in the liquid phase, by reacting ethylene glycol and/or monoethanolamine with ammonia in the presence of an amination catalyst which is obtained by reducing a catalyst precursor, wherein the preparation of the catalyst precursor comprises a step a) in which a catalyst precursor comprising one or more catalytically active components of Sn, Cu and Ni, and a step b) in which the catalyst precursor prepared in step a) is contacted with a soluble Re compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Barbara BECKER, Thomas HEIDEMANN, Regine Helga BEBENSEE, Eva KOCH, Johann-Peter MELDER, Hermann LUYKEN, Claudia OEZKOZANOGLU, Jens KEHRER
  • Patent number: 11214535
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for preparing alkanolamines and ethyleneamines in the liquid phase, by reacting ethylene glycol and/or monoethanolamine with ammonia in the presence of an amination catalyst comprising one or more active metals selected from Sn and the elements of groups 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, wherein the amination catalyst is obtained by reductive calcination of a catalyst precursor. The catalyst precursor here is preferably prepared by contacting a conventional or catalytic support material with one or more soluble compounds of the active metals and optionally one or more soluble compounds of added catalyst elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Regine Helga Bebensee, Thomas Heidemann, Barbara Becker, Eva Koch, Hermann Luyken, Johann-Peter Melder
  • Patent number: 11208373
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing alkanolamines and/or ethyleneamines in the liquid phase, by reacting ethylene glycol and/or monoethanolamine with ammonia in the presence of an amination catalyst comprising Co, Ru and Sn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Heidemann, Barbara Becker, Eva Koch, Johann-Peter Melder, Hermann Luyken
  • Publication number: 20210078935
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing alkanolamines and ethyleneamines in the liquid phase, by reacting ethylene glycol and/or monoethanolamine with ammonia in the presence of an amination catalyst which is obtained by reducing a catalyst precursor, wherein the preparation of the catalyst precursor comprises a step a) in which a catalyst precursor comprising one or more catalytically active components of Sn, Cu and Ni is first prepared and the catalyst precursor prepared in step a) is contacted simultaneously or successively with a soluble Ru compound and a soluble Co compound in a step b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Regine Helga BEBENSEE, Thomas HEIDEMANN, Barbara BECKER, Eva KOCH, Hermann LUYKEN, Johann-Peter MELDER
  • Publication number: 20210016204
    Abstract: A method for removing methoxyethanol from a mixture comprising methoxyethanol and morpholine makes use of the selective adsorption of methoxyethanol onto a mixed oxide comprising a spinel phase. The mixed oxide comprises 20 to 30% by weight MgO and 80 to 70% by weight Al2O3. The spinel phase has the formula MgAl2O4. The mixture is a pre-purified reaction output of the reaction of diethylene glycol with ammonia in the presence of an amination catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas HEIDEMANN, Eva KOCH, Barbara BECKER, Lydia NIKOLIC, Inna SCHWABAUER, Jutta BICKELHAUPT, Antje GUETTLER, Claudia OEZKOZANOGLU, Uwe HARNISCH
  • Publication number: 20200131111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing alkanolamines and/or ethyleneamines in the liquid phase, by reacting ethylene glycol and/or monoethanolamine with ammonia in the presence of an amination catalyst comprising Co, Ru and Sn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas HEIDEMANN, Barbara BECKER, Eva KOCH, Johann-Peter MELDER, Hermann LUYKEN
  • Publication number: 20200102262
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for preparing alkanolamines and ethyleneamines in the liquid phase, by reacting ethylene glycol and/or monoethanolamine with ammonia in the presence of an amination catalyst comprising one or more active metals selected from Sn and the elements of groups 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, wherein the amination catalyst is obtained by reductive calcination of a catalyst precursor. The catalyst precursor here is preferably prepared by contacting a conventional or catalytic support material with one or more soluble compounds of the active metals and optionally one or more soluble compounds of added catalyst elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Regine Helga BEBENSEE, Thomas HEIDEMANN, Barbara BECKER, Eva KOCH, Hermann LUYKEN, Johann-Peter MELDER
  • Patent number: 9914693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ethylenediamine (EDA), where the process comprises the steps a) to c). In step a), formaldehyde is reacted with hydrocyanic acid (HCN) to form formaldehyde cyanohydrin (FACH), where the hydrocyanic acid is completely free or largely free of sulfur dioxide (SO2). The FACH prepared in this way is reacted with ammonia (NH3) to form aminoacetonitrile (AAN) in step b), whereupon a hydrogenation of AAN in the presence of a catalyst to form EDA is carried out in step c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Luyken, Stephanie Jaegli, Michael Lorenz, Gordon Brasche, Markus Jegelka, Barbara Becker, Robert Baumann, Johann-Peter Melder, Boris Buschhaus, Thomas Krug
  • Patent number: 9828329
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying ethylenediamine (EDA) by distillation, wherein the process comprises the steps a) and b). In step a), a mixture (G1) comprising water, EDA and N-methylethylenediamine (N-MeEDA) is fed into a distillation apparatus (D1), and the major part of the water comprised in the mixture (G1) is separated off overhead at a pressure of greater than 4.8 bara. From the bottom of (D1), the water-enriched mixture (G2) is fed into a distillation apparatus (D2) in step b). At the top of (D2), the major part of the N-MeEDA is distilled off. The stream (S3) obtained from the bottom of (D2) comprises EDA, with the components water and N-MeEDA comprised in the mixture (G1) having been largely or completely removed. Further distillation steps can optionally be carried out in order to obtain pure EDA, for example when diethylenetriamine (DETA) is additionally comprised in the mixture (G1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Luyken, Stephanie Jaegli, Michael Lorenz, Gordon Brasche, Markus Jegelka, Barbara Becker, Robert Baumann, Johann-Peter Melder, Boris Buschhaus, Thomas Krug
  • Publication number: 20170217874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying ethylenediamine (EDA) by distillation, wherein the process comprises the steps a) and b). In step a), a mixture (G1) comprising water, EDA and N-methylethylenediamine (N-MeEDA) is fed into a distillation apparatus (D1), and the major part of the water comprised in the mixture (G1) is separated off overhead at a pressure of greater than 4.8 bara. From the bottom of (D1), the water-enriched mixture (G2) is fed into a distillation apparatus (D2) in step b). At the top of (D2), the major part of the N-MeEDA is distilled off. The stream (S3) obtained from the bottom of (D2) comprises EDA, with the components water and N-MeEDA comprised in the mixture (G1) having been largely or completely removed. Further distillation steps can optionally be carried out in order to obtain pure EDA, for example when diethylenetriamine (DETA) is additionally comprised in the mixture (G1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann LUYKEN, Stephanie JAEGLI, Michael LORENZ, Gordon BRASCHE, Markus JEGELKA, Barbara BECKER, Robert BAUMANN, Johann-Peter MELDER, Boris BUSCHHAUS, Thomas KRUG
  • Patent number: 9687838
    Abstract: A process for the regeneration of a supported noble metal catalyst comprising contacting the catalyst with a liquid aqueous system at a temperature in the range of from 90 to 160° C., wherein the pH of the aqueous system is outside the range of from 6 to 8, separating the aqueous system from catalyst; and subjecting the catalyst to calcination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: BASF SE, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Heidemann, Barbara Becker
  • Patent number: 9688606
    Abstract: Process for scrubbing a crude mixture which is obtained in the nitration of toluene after separating off the nitrating acid and comprises dinitrotoluene, nitric acid, nitrogen oxides and sulfuric acid, which comprises two scrubbing steps (WS-I) and (WS-II), wherein i) in a first scrubbing step (WS-I), the crude mixture is extracted with a scrubbing acid I comprising nitric acid, nitrogen oxides and sulfuric acid in a scrub comprising at least one extraction stage, where the scrubbing acid discharged from the first extraction stage (WS-I-1) of the first scrubbing step (WS-I) has a total acid content of from 10 to 40% by weight and a content of from 80 to 350 ppm of hydrocyanic acid, giving a prescrubbed crude mixture, ii) in a second scrubbing step (WS-II), the prescrubbed crude mixture comprising dinitrotoluene is extracted with a scrubbing acid II in a scrub comprising at least one, preferably at least 2, extraction stage(s), where the scrubbing acid discharged from the first extraction stage (WS-II-1) of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: BASF SE, Josef Meissner GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Samuel Neto, Rüdiger Fritz, Renate Hempel, Holger Allardt, Yuan Shen Dai, Barbara Becker, Sebastian Ahrens, Julia Leschinski, Henrich Hermann, Mirko Haendel, Jürgen Pöhlmann
  • Publication number: 20160251302
    Abstract: Process for scrubbing a crude mixture which is obtained in the nitration of toluene after separating off the nitrating acid and comprises dinitrotoluene, nitric acid, nitrogen oxides and sulfuric acid, which comprises two scrubbing steps (WS-I) and (WS-II), wherein i) in a first scrubbing step (WS-I), the crude mixture is extracted with a scrubbing acid I comprising nitric acid, nitrogen oxides and sulfuric acid in a scrub comprising at least one extraction stage, where the scrubbing acid discharged from the first extraction stage (WS-I-1) of the first scrubbing step (WS-I) has a total acid content of from 10 to 40% by weight and a content of from 80 to 350 ppm of hydrocyanic acid, giving a prescrubbed crude mixture, ii) in a second scrubbing step (WS-II), the prescrubbed crude mixture comprising dinitrotoluene is extracted with a scrubbing acid II in a scrub comprising at least one, preferably at least 2, extraction stage(s), where the scrubbing acid discharged from the first extraction stage (WS-II-1) of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: SAMUEL NETO, Rüdiger FRITZ, Renate HEMPEL, Holger ALLARDT, Yuan Shen DAI, Barbara BECKER, Sebastian AHRENS, Julia LESCHINSKI, Henrich HERMANN, Mirko HAENDEL, Jürgen PÖHLMANN
  • Publication number: 20160144353
    Abstract: A process for the regeneration of a supported noble metal catalyst comprising contacting the catalyst with a liquid aqueous system at a temperature in the range of from 90 to 160° C., wherein the pH of the aqueous system is outside the range of from 6 to 8, separating the aqueous system from catalyst; and subjecting the catalyst to calcination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicants: BASF SE, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Thomas HEIDEMANN, Barbara BECKER
  • Patent number: 9249083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for scrubbing a crude mixture comprising dinitrotoluene, nitric acid, nitrogen oxides and sulfuric acid obtained in the nitration of toluene after the nitrating acid has been separated off, which comprises two scrubbing steps (SS-I) and (SS-II), wherein i) in a first scrubbing step (SS-I), the crude mixture is extracted with a scrubbing acid I comprising nitric acid, nitrogen oxides and sulfuric acid in a scrub comprising at least one extraction stage, where the scrubbing acid discharged from the first extraction stage (SS-I-1) of the first scrubbing step (SS-I) has a total acid content of from 20 to 40% by weight and a prescrubbed crude mixture is obtained, ii) in a second scrubbing step (SS-II), the prescrubbed crude mixture comprising dinitrotoluene is extracted with a scrubbing acid II in a scrub comprising at least one extraction stage, where the scrubbing acid discharged from the first extraction stage (SS-II-1) of the second scrubbing step (SS-II) has a pH of less
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignees: BASF SE, Josef Meissner GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Samuel Neto, Ruediger Fritz, Renate Hempel, Holger Allardt, Barbara Becker, Julia Leschinski, Sebastian Ahrens, Heinrich Hermann, Mirko Haendel, Juergen Poehlmann
  • Publication number: 20160009633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ethylenediamine (EDA), where the process comprises the steps a) to c). In step a), formaldehyde is reacted with hydrocyanic acid (HCN) to form formaldehyde cyanohydrin (FACH), where the hydrocyanic acid is completely free or largely free of sulfur dioxide (SO2). The FACH prepared in this way is reacted with ammonia (NH3) to form aminoacetonitrile (AAN) in step b), whereupon a hydrogenation of AAN in the presence of a catalyst to form EDA is carried out in step c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Hermann LUYKEN, Stephanie JAEGLI, Michael LORENZ, Gordon BRASCHE, Markus JEGELKA, Barbara BECKER, Robert BAUMANN, Johann-Peter MELDER, Boris BUSCHHAUS, Thomas KRUG
  • Publication number: 20150130177
    Abstract: A spiral notebook repair strip includes a substrate having a first side and second side having a latent pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) thereon. The substrate includes at least a pair of cut openings extending from an edge of the substrate inwardly and each terminate in a separate aperture for receiving a portion of a wire binder of the spiral notebook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Barbara Becker
  • Patent number: 8957064
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or an N-oxide, a salt, a tautomer or a stereoisomer of said compound, or a salt of said N-oxide, tautomer or stereoisomer, wherein ring B and the pyrimidine to which it is fused, R4, R5, R6, R7, m and n have the meanings as given in the description and the claims, which are effective inhibitors of the Pi3K/Akt pathway, processes for their production and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Vennemann, Thomas Bär, Thomas Maier, Swen Hölder, Gerrit Beneke, Florian Dehmel, Armin Zülch, Andreas Strub, Stuart Ince, Hartmut Rehwinkel, Ningshu Liu, Ulf Bömer, Barbara Beckers
  • Publication number: 20130317002
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or an N-oxide, a salt, a tautomer or a stereoisomer of said compound, or a salt of said N-oxide, tautomer or stereoisomer, wherein ring B and the pyrimidine to which it is fused, R4, R5, R6, R7, m and n have the meanings as given in the description and the claims, which are effective inhibitors of the Pi3K/Akt pathway, processes for their production and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Barbara Beckers
  • Publication number: 20130310362
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), a N-oxide or tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, or a salt thereof, wherein ring B and the imidazole to which it is fused, R4, R6, R7, R10, m and n have the meanings as given in the description and the claims, which are effective inhibitors of the Pi3K/Akt pathway, processes for their production and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER PHARMA AKTIEGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Barbara Beckers