Patents by Inventor Björn Ludolph

Björn Ludolph 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: 9974985
    Abstract: The invention relates to etheramines of formula (I) or formula (II) or a mixture of etheramines of formula (I) and formula (II) based on 1,2-dialcohols, wherein R1 is a linear or branched alkyl group with 2 to 16 carbon atoms, R2 is a hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 16 carbon atoms, x?1 and y?1 and the sum of x+y is between 2 and 10, and A1, A2, A3 and A4 are independently selected from the group consisting of linear and/or branched alkylenes having 2 to 18 carbon atoms and wherein Z1-Z4 are independently selected from OH, NH2, NHR? or NR?R?, wherein at least one of Z1-Z2 and at least one of Z3-Z4 is NH2, NHR? or NR?R?, wherein R? and R? are independently selected from alkylenes having 2 to 6 carbon atoms. The invention further relates to etheramines obtainable by the alkoxylation and amination of 1,2-dialcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sophia Ebert, Björn Ludolph, Christof Wilhelm Wigbers, Dieter Boeckh, Frank Huelskoetter, Stefano Scialla, Kevin Christmas, Darren Rees, Brian J. Loughnane
  • Publication number: 20180134981
    Abstract: A lubricant composition includes a base oil and a cyclic amine compound. A method of lubricating a system including a fluoropolymer seal with the lubricant composition is also provided. An additive concentrate for a lubricant composition is also provided. The cyclic amine compound is useful for adjusting the total base number of a lubricant composition. The lubricant composition is compatible with fluoropolymer seals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin J. Desantis, Michael Hoey, Bjoern Ludolph, Matthias Kiefer
  • Patent number: 9944623
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oxygen-substituted sterically hindered amines of the formulae I or II: (II), wherein, for example, F2, R3, R5, R6, R8, R9, R11, R12, R13, R14 are n-butyl: Z1 to Z10 are propoxy and R1, R4, R7, R10, R13 are 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-propoxy-piperidin-4-yl. Compositions comprising compounds of formulae I or II and an organic material, which is susceptible to oxidative, thermal or light-induced degradation, are further disclosed. Optionally, further additives are contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Edoardo Menozzi, Massimiliano Sala, Anna Bassi, Holger Hoppe, Björn Ludolph, Gérard Lips
  • Patent number: 9932293
    Abstract: This invention relates to an etheramine of formula (I) based on glycerine or trimethylolpropane and its manufacturing process, wherein R=H or ethyl, k=0 or 1 A represents a linear or branched alkylene group having C2-C18 carbon atoms, A may be the same as or different from one another, at least one A represents a linear or branched C4-alkylene group, the sum of x, y and z lies in the range of 3 to 100, x?y?1 and z?1, Z=NH2 or OH but at least two Z per molecule are NH2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sophia Ebert, Björn Ludolph, Christof W. Wigbers, Steffen Maas, Dieter Boeckh, Frank Huelskoetter, Brian J. Loughnane, Amy Eichstadt Waun, Kevin Christmas, Darren Rees, Stefano Scialla
  • Patent number: 9902916
    Abstract: A lubricant composition includes a base oil and a cyclic amine compound. A method of lubricating a system including a fluoropolymer seal with the lubricant composition is also provided. An additive concentrate for a lubricant composition is also provided. The cyclic amine compound is useful for adjusting the total base number of a lubricant composition. The lubricant composition is compatible with fluoropolymer seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kevin J. Desantis, Michael Hoey, Bjoern Ludolph, Matthias Kiefer
  • Patent number: 9868925
    Abstract: A hard surface cleaning composition comprising: a) from 1% to 60% by weight of the composition of a surfactant system; and b) from 0.1% to 10% by weight of the composition of a cleaning amine of formula: wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are independently selected from —H, linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or alkenyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and n=0-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Hulskotter, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Bjoern Ludolph, Steffen Maas
  • Publication number: 20180009942
    Abstract: Described herein are substituted polyetheramines with a low melting point which are obtainable by condensation of at least two N-(hydroxyalkyl)amines to obtain a polyetheramine and subsequent reaction of at least one remaining hydroxy group and/or, if present, at least one secondary amino group of said polyetheramine with ethylene oxide and at least one further alkylene oxide to obtain a substituted polyetheramine. Uses of such substituted polyetheramines in fields of cosmetic formulations, as crude oil emulsion brakers, in pigment dispersions of ink jets, in electro paintings, or in cementitious compositions as well as methods wherein said substituted polyetheramines are used in said fields are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Sophia Ebert, Bjoern Ludolph, Brian J. Loughnane
  • Patent number: 9850452
    Abstract: Fabric care compositions, and more specifically, fabric care compositions that include a surfactant system, silicone, and a polyetheramine. Methods of making and using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Renae Dianna Fossum, Frank Hulskotter, Nicholas David Vetter, Stefano Scialla, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Amy Eichstadt Waun, Sophia Ebert, Bjoern Ludolph, Christof Wigbers, Steffen Maas, Bernardo M. Aguilera-Mercado, Carola Barrera
  • Publication number: 20170306268
    Abstract: A hard surface cleaning composition comprising: a) from about 1% to about 60% by weight of the composition of a surfactant system, wherein said surfactant system comprises an anionic surfactant and amphoteric/zwitterionic system wherein the amphoteric to zwitterionic weight ratio is from about 2:1 to about 1:2, wherein said amphoteric surfactant comprises an alkyl dimethyl amine oxide; and b) from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the composition of a cleaning amine of Formula(I): wherein the radicals R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from NH2, —H, linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl having from about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms and n is from 1 to 3 and wherein at least one of the radicals is NH2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Frank HULSKOTTER, Patrick Firmin August DELPLANCKE, Bjoern LUDOLPH
  • Publication number: 20170298174
    Abstract: This invention relates to polyetheramines based on 1,3-dialcohols, in particular to an etheramine mixture comprising at least 90% by weight, based on the total weight of the etheramine mixture, of an amine of Formula (I) and/or (II), wherein R1-R12 are independently selected from H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or arylalkyl, wherein at least one of R1-R6 and at least one of R7-R12 is different from H, wherein A1-A9 are independently selected from linear or branched alkylenes having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, wherein Z1-Z4 are independently selected OH, CH2CH2CH2NH2, NH2, NHR? or NR?R?, wherein the degree of amination is <50%, wherein R? and R? are independently selected from alkylenes having 2-6 carbon atoms, and wherein the sum of x+y is in the range of from 2 to 200, wherein x?1 and y?1; and x1+y1 is in the range of from 2 to 200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Sophia Ebert, Bjoern Ludolph, Christian Eidamshaus, Stefano Scialla, Kevin Christmas, Amy Eichstadt Waun, Brian J. Loughnane, Darren Rees, Frank Huelskoetter
  • Publication number: 20170298301
    Abstract: A hard surface cleaning composition comprising: a) from 1% to 60% by weight of the composition of a surfactant system; and b) from 0.1% to 10% by weight of the composition of a cleaning amine of formula: wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are independently selected from —H, linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or alkenyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and n=0-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Frank HULSKOTTER, Patrick Firmin August DELPLANCKE, Bjoern LUDOLPH, Steffen MAAS
  • Publication number: 20170275395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to salts of etheramines and polymeric acid, and in particular to salts of etheramines and polycarboxylic acid and their manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Bernhard Ulrich von Vacano, Sophia Ebert, Bjoern Ludolph, Christof Wilhelm Wigbers, Christian Eidamshaus, Brian J. Loughnane, Frank Huelskoetter, Stefano Scialla
  • Publication number: 20170275566
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing an etheramine that is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Stefano SCIALLA, Brian Joseph LOUGHNANE, Karie Marie HENKE, J. Frank NASH, JR., Michael Patrick HAYES, Bjoern LUDOLPH, Sophia Rosa EBERT, Christian EIDAMSHAUS
  • Publication number: 20170275565
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing an etheramine that is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Stefano SCIALLA, Brian Joseph LOUGHNANE, Karie Marie HENKE, Gayle Marie FRANKENBACH, J. Frank NASH, JR., Michael Patrick HAYES, Manuel G. VENEGAS, Bjoern LUDOLPH, Sophia Rosa EBERT, Christian EIDAMSHAUS, Jan Richard DAVIS, Neil Thomas FAIRWEATHER
  • Patent number: 9771547
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing a polyetheramine that is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Hulskotter, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Stefano Scialla, Sophia Ebert, Bjoern Ludolph, Christof Wigbers, Steffen Maas, Dieter Boeckh, Christian Eidamshaus
  • Publication number: 20170240848
    Abstract: A hard surface cleaning composition comprising: a) from 1% to 60% by weight of the composition of a surfactant system wherein said surfactant system comprises an anionic and amphoteric/zwitterionic system wherein the amphoteric to zwitterionic weight ratio is from about 2:1 to about 1:2; and b) from 0.1% to 10% by weight of the composition of a cleaning amine of formula: wherein R1 and R4 are independently selected from —H, linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or alkenyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and R2 is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or alkenyl having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, R3 is a linear or branched alkyl from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, R5 is selected from —H, linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or alkenyl having from about 3 to about 10 carbons, methyl or ethyl and n=0-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Frank HULSKOTTER, Patrick Firmin August DELPLANCKE, Bjoern LUDOLPH, Steffen MAAS, Roland Bou CHEDID, Christian EIDAMSHAUS
  • Patent number: 9738754
    Abstract: The present invention relates to water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines having an inner block of polyethylene oxide comprising 5 to 18 polyethylene oxide units, a middle block of polyalkylene oxide comprising 1 to 5 polyalkylene oxide units and an outer block of polyethylene oxide comprising 2 to 14 polyethylene oxide units. The middle block is formed from polypropylene oxide units, polybutylene oxide units and/or polypentene oxide units. In addition, the present invention relates to water-soluble alkoxylated polyamines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sophia Ebert, Björn Ludolph, Frank Huelskoetter, Kevin Christmas, Stefano Scialla, Brian J. Loughnane, Amy Eichstadt Waun, Darren Rees
  • Patent number: 9725682
    Abstract: A hard surface cleaning composition comprising: a) from 1% to 60% by weight of the composition of a surfactant system; and b) from 0.1% to 10% by weight of the composition of a cleaning amine of Formula (I): wherein the radicals R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from NH2, —H, linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and n is from 0 to 3 and wherein at least one of the radicals is NH2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Hulskotter, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Bjoern Ludolph
  • Patent number: 9719052
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing a polyetheramine that is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Hulskotter, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Stefano Scialla, Sophia Ebert, Bjoern Ludolph, Christof Wigbers, Christian Eidamshaus, Dieter Boeckh
  • Publication number: 20170183609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising a polyetheramine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Frank HULSKOTTER, Stefano SCIALLA, Brian Joseph LOUGHNANE, Amy Eichstadt WAUN, Sophia Rosa EBERT, Bjoern LUDOLPH, Christof WIGBERS, Steffen MAAS