Patents by Inventor Bjoern Fechner

Bjoern Fechner 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: 7938900
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous pigment preparation comprising (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) dispersants and/or surfactants, (C) a trihydric or higher polyhydric alkoxylated alcohol, (D) a polyglycol alkyl ether, (E) if desired, hydrotropic oligomers and/or polymers, (F) if desired, fats, oils or fatty acids, (G) if desired, further additives typical in the preparation of aqueous pigment dispersions, and (H) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Bjoern Fechner, Uwe Bechtold, Andrea Boehmer
  • Publication number: 20110065879
    Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer that can be obtained by the polymerization of the monomers (A), (B) and (C), (A) being a monomer of formula (I) wherein A is C2-C4 alkylene and B is a C2-C4-alkylene different from A, k corresponds to the number 0 or 1, m is a number between 0 and 500, n is a number between 0 and 500, the sum of m+n being equal to between 1 and 1000; (B) contains an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an aromatic group; and (C) is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an alkyl radical. The copolymers according to the invention are suitable as dispersants for pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Bjoern Fechner, Carsten Schaefer, Alexander Woerndle
  • Patent number: 7905955
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous pigment preparations containing (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) a dispersant of formula (I) or (II), or mixtures of the dispersants of formulas (I) and (II), (C) optionally wetting agents, (D) optionally other surfactants and/or dispersants, (E) optionally one or more organic solvents or one or more hydrotropic substances, (F) optionally other additives used conventionally for the production of aqueous pigment dispersions and (G) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Bjoern Fechner, Carsten Schaefer, Alexander Woerndle
  • Patent number: 7811376
    Abstract: An aqueous pigment preparation containing: (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment; (B) at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible non-ionic oligoester or polyester, which is obtained by the polycondensation of dicarboxylic acid and glycol components, said oligoester or polyester comprising I) one or more aromatic dicarboxylic acids, their esters or anhydrides, II) C2-C8 alkenediols, III) poly (C1-C4-alkene)glycols and/or methylpoly(C2-C4 alkene)glycols, IV) optional water-soluble addition products of alkene oxide on C1-C24 alcohols, C6-C18 alkylphenols or on C8-C24 alkylamines and V) one or more optional polyols; (C) optional additional dispersants and surfactants that are conventionally used to produce aqueous pigment dispersions; (D) optional additional additives that are conventionally used to produce aqueous pigment dispersions; and (E) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Bjoern Fechner, Frank-Peter Lang, Alexander Lerch, Uwe Bechtold, Hendrik Ahrens
  • Publication number: 20100222500
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous pigment preparations containing at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, as well as dispersing agent that comprises or more structural units of the formula (I) which are bound to a structural unit Y. In formula (I), a represents an integer from 1 to 100, b represents an integer from 0 to 100, c represents an integer from 1 to 100, units a, b, and c can be arranged statistically or in blocks, R2 represents an aliphatic, linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, A represents hydrogen or an anionic radical of the formulae —SO3M, —SO2M, —PO3M2, —CH2COOM or (II), and M represents a hydrogen atom, a cation from the group Na+, K+, NH4+, ethanolammonium, diethanolammonium or triethanolammonium, or a secondary, tertiary or quaternary, alkyl-substituted ammonium ion that is substituted with alkyl groups, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Hendrik Ahrens, Bjoern Fechner, Uwe Bechtold
  • Publication number: 20100137537
    Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer that can be obtained by the polymerisation of monomers (A), (B) and (C), (A) being a monomer of formula (I), in which A represents a C2 to C4alkene and B represents a C2 to C4alkene that is different from A, R represents hydrogen or methyl, m is a number between 1 and 500, n is a number between 1 and 500, (B) is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an aromatic group and (C) is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an alkyl radical. The claimed copolymers are suitable for use as dispersants for pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Bjoern Fechner, Carsten Schaefer, Alexander Woerndle
  • Publication number: 20100137536
    Abstract: The invention relates to anionically modified copolymers that can be produced by the polymerization of monomers (A), (B) and (C) to obtain non-ionic polymers with reactive terminal OH groups and by the subsequent reaction of the terminal OH groups to form anionic end groups. According to the invention, (A) is a monomer of formula (I), in which A represents C2-C4 alkene and B represents a C2-C4 alkene that is different from A, R represents hydrogen or methyl, m is a number between 1 and 500, n is a number between 1 and 500, (B) is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an aromatic group and (C) is a ethylenically unsaturated monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Bjoern Fechner, Carsten Schaefer, Alexander Woerndle
  • Publication number: 20100116010
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous pigment preparations containing (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) a dispersant of formula (I) or (II), or mixtures of the dispersants of formulas (I) and (II), (C) optionally wetting agents, (D) optionally other surfactants and/or dispersants, (E) optionally one or more organic solvents or one or more hydrotropic substances, (F) optionally other additives used conventionally for the production of aqueous pigment dispersions and (G) water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD
    Inventors: Bjoern Fechner, Carsten Schaefer, Alexander Woerndle
  • Publication number: 20090247676
    Abstract: The invention is a watery dispersion containing a) a flame-stabilizing substance of general formula (I) where R1 is hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl, —CH2Cl, —CH2Br, —CH2O—C1-4-alkyl or phenyl, R2 is hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl, —CH2Cl, —CH2Br or —CH2O—C1-4-alkyl, or R1 and R2 together with the ring carbon atoms form cyclohexylidene, cyclohexenylidene or 3,4-dibromocyclohexylidene, R3 and R5 independent of each other are hydrogen or C1-4-alkyl, R4 is hydrogen or methyl, and X is oxygen or sulfur, and b) a dispersive agent or combination of dispersive agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Olaf Mueller, Albert Muenkel, Bjoern Fechner
  • Publication number: 20090095202
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous pigment preparation comprising (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) dispersants and/or surfactants, (C) a trihydric or higher polyhydric alkoxylated alcohol, (D) a polyglycol alkyl ether, (E) if desired, hydrotropic oligomers and/or polymers, (F) if desired, fats, oils or fatty acids, (G) if desired, further additives typical in the preparation of aqueous pigment dispersions, and (H) water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Bjoern Fechner, Uwe Bechtold, Andrea Boehmer
  • Publication number: 20070261596
    Abstract: An aqueous pigment preparation containing: (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment; (B) at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible non-ionic oligoester or polyester, which is obtained by the polycondensation of dicarboxylic acid and glycol components, said oligoester or polyester comprising I) one or more aromatic dicarboxylic acids, their esters or anhydrides, II) C2-C8 alkenediols, III) poly (C1-C4-alkene)glycols and/or methylpoly(C2-C4 alkene)glycols, IV) optional water-soluble addition products of alkene oxide on C1-C24 alcohols, C6-C18 alkylphenols or on C8-C24 alkylamines and V) one or more optional polyols; (C) optional additional dispersants and surfactants that are conventionally used to produce aqueous pigment dispersions; (D) optional additional additives that are conventionally used to produce aqueous pigment dispersions; and (E) water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Bjoern Fechner, Frank-Peter Lang, Alexander Lerch, Uwe Bechtold, Hendrik Ahrens
  • Publication number: 20070131144
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous pigment preparations containing: (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) at least one polyethylene glycol alkyl ether functionalised by a terminal acid group, (C) at least one alkoxylated styrol-phenol condensate, (D) at least one polyethylene glycol ether having an average molar mass of between 200 and 1000 g/mol, (E) at least one alkine diol, (F) fats and oils of plant and/or animal origin and/or saturated and unsaturated higher fatty acids of such fats and oils and/or salts of such saturated and unsaturated higher fatty acids, (G) optionally an aqueous acrylate resin solution, (H) optionally a polymer condensation product of aromatic sulfonic acids and formaldehyde and/or salts of aromatic sulfonic acids and formaldehyde, (I) optionally one sulfonsuccinic acid half-ester of a castor oil alkoxylate, (J) optionally a hydrotropic substance, (K) optionally other standard additives for aqueous pigment preparations, and (L) water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Martin Winter, Bjoern Fechner, Klaus Kreutzer, Hans Metz