Patents by Inventor Berhard OTTO

Berhard OTTO 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).

  • METHOD FOR PREPARING 1,6-HEXANEDIOL
    Publication number: 20160311739
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing hexane-1,6-diol, in which a) a muconic acid starting material is provided, selected from muconic acid, esters of muconic acid, lactones of muconic acid and mixtures thereof, b) the muconic acid starting material is subjected to a reaction with hydrogen in the presence of at least one hydrogenation catalyst to hexane-1,6-diol, and c) the output from the hydrogenation in step b) is subjected to a distillative separation to obtain hexane-1,6-diol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christoph MÜLLER, Martin BOCK, Marion DA SILVA, Rolf-Hartmuth FISCHER, Benoit BLANK, Alois KINDLER, Johann-Peter MELDER, Berhard OTTO, Andreas HENNINGER