Patents by Inventor Christoph Kayser
Christoph Kayser 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).
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Patent number: 8293690Abstract: The invention relates to dispersions comprising I) at least one polymer that is effective for mineral oils as a cold extrusion improver and is soluble in oil, II) at least one organic solvent that cannot be mixed with water, III) water, IV) at least one alkanolamine salt of a polycyclic carboxylic acid as a dispersing agent, and V) possibly at least one organic solvent that can be mixed with water.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Michael Feustel, Matthias Krull, Christoph Kayser, Mario Loew
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Patent number: 8187581Abstract: The invention provides surfactant-containing cosmetic, dermatological, and pharmaceutical agents comprising at least one water-soluble or water-swellable copolymer obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, B) if desired, one or more further olefinically unsaturated, noncationic comonomers, C) if desired, one or more olefinically unsaturated, cationic comonomers, D) if desired, a silicon-containing component(s), E) if desired, a fluorine-containing component(s), F) if desired, one or more macromonomers, G) the copolymerization taking place if desired in the presence of at least one polymeric additive, H) with the proviso that component A) is copolymerized with at least one component selected from one of the groups D) to G).Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbHInventors: Matthias Löffler, Roman Morschhäuser, Christoph Kayser
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Publication number: 20120088698Abstract: The invention relates to inverse emulsions, comprising a) a hydrophobic liquid as a continuous phase, b) water as a disperse phase, and c) a compound of the formula (1), where R1 is a hydrocarbon group having between 6 and 30 C atoms or a group R5—O—X-M hydrogen, alkali metal, alkali earth metal, or an ammonia group, and where R5 is a hydrocarbon group having between 6 and 30 carbon atoms, X is C2-C6-alkylene or a poly(oxyalkylene) group of the formula, where l is a number between 1 and 50, m and n are numbers independent of l and of each other between 0 and 50, and R2, R3, R4 are independent of each other and is hydrogen, CH3, or CH2CH3, and Y is C2-C6-alkylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITEDInventors: Christoph Kayser, Alexander Roesch, Gernold Botthof, Dirk Leinweber, Rainer Kupfer, Claudia Diemel
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Patent number: 8101785Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid alkanol amides by reacting at least one amine that contains at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one hydroxyl group with at least one fatty acid to form an ammonium salt, said ammonium salt being subsequently converted into the alkanol amide by means of microwave radiation.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2007Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Matthias Krull, Roman Morschhaeuser, Peter Klug, Alexander Lerch, Christoph Kayser, Helmut Ritter, Sarah Schmitz
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Publication number: 20110263465Abstract: The invention relates to the use of vinyl phosphonic acid or a salt thereof for improving the biodegradability of mixed polymers, comprising 25 to 99.5% by weight of structural units of one or more monomers selected from the group made of compounds of formula (1) and formula (3), where R1 and R2 independently are hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl, formula (4), where n is 3, 4, or 5, and formula (5), where X is OH or for NR3R4, and R3 and R4 independently are H or C1 to C4-alkyl, in that 0.5 to 25% by weight of vinyl phosphonic acid is polymerized into the mixed polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITEDInventors: Christoph Kayser, Gernold Botthof, Juergen Tonhauser, Michael Schaefer, Claudia Diemel, Karl-Heinz Heier
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Publication number: 20110089019Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous method for producing amides of aromatic carboxylic acids, according to which at least one aromatic carboxylic acid of formula (I) Ar—COON ??(I) wherein Ar is an optionally substituted aryl radical comprising between 5 and 50 atoms, is reacted with at least one amine of formula (II) HNR1R2 ??(II) wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical comprising between 1 and 100 C atoms, to form an ammonium salt, and said ammonium salt is then reacted to form a carboxylic acid amide, under microwave irradiation in a reaction pipe, the longitudinal axis of the pipe being oriented in the direction of propagation of the microwaves of a monomode microwave applicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITEDInventors: Matthias Krull, Roman Morschhaeuser, Michael Seebach, Ralf Bierbaum, Christoph Kayser
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Publication number: 20110089020Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous method for producing amides, according to which at least one carboxylic acid of formula (I) R3-COON (I), wherein R3 is an optionally substituted alkenyl group comprising between 2 and 4 carbon atoms, is reacted with at least one amine of formula (II) HNR1R2 (II), wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical comprising between 1 and 100 C atoms, to form an ammonium salt and/or a Michael adduct, and said ammonium salt is then reacted to form a carboxylic acid amide. under microwave irradiation in a reaction pipe, the longitudinal axis of the pipe being oriented in the direction of propagation of the microwaves of a monomode microwave applicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITEDInventors: Matthias Krull, Roman Morschhaeuser, Christoph Kayser
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Publication number: 20100116642Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing alkaline fatty acid amides by reacting at least one amine that contains at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one tertiary amino group with at least one fatty acid to form an ammonium salt, said ammonium salt being subsequently converted into the alkaline amide by means of microwave radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2007Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Matthias Krull, Roman Morschhaeuser, Christoph Kayser, Helmut Ritter, Sarah Schmitz
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Patent number: 7696304Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer containing: i) 80-90% by weight of one or more structural units of the formula A, where R1 is hydrogen or methyl, R2 is C2-C10-alkylene, and Me+ is an ammonium or an alkali metal ion; ii) from 1 to 10% by weight of one or more structural units of the formula B where R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; iii) from 1 to 10% by weight of one or more structural units of the formula C, where n is a number from 1 to 6; iv) from 0.1 to 5% by weight of structural units of the formula D where X is hydrogen, an ammonium ion or an alkali metal ion; and optionally, v) from 0 to 10% by weight of one or more structural units of the formula E, where R5 is hydrogen, methyl and/or ethyl, with the proviso that the content in the copolymers of structural units B) and C) is from 6 to 15% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2005Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbHInventors: Christoph Kayser, Gernold Botthof, Karl Heinz Heier, Aranka Tardi, Matthias Krull, Michael Schaefer
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Publication number: 20100032284Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing alkaline amides or imides of ethylenically unsaturated C3 to C6 carboxylic acids by reacting amines that contain at least one primary and/or secondary amino group and at least one tertiary amino group with ethylenically unsaturated C3 to C6 carboxlic acids to form an ammonium salt and said ammonium salt is subsequently converted into the alkaline amide or imide by means of microwave radiation, with the proviso that the primary and/or secondary amino group is devoid of alkoxy groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2007Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventors: Matthias Krull, Christoph Kayser, Roman Morschhaeuser, Helmut Ritter, Sarah Schmitz
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Publication number: 20100025290Abstract: The invention relates to dispersions comprising I) at least one polymer that is effective for mineral oils as a cold extrusion improver and is soluble in oil, II) at least one organic solvent that cannot be mixed with water, III) water, IV) at least one alkanolamine salt of a polycyclic carboxylic acid as a dispersing agent, and V) possibly at least one organic solvent that can be mixed with water.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2007Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITEDInventors: Michael Feustel, Matthias Krull, Christoph Kayser, Mario Loew
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Publication number: 20100010244Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid alkanol amides by reacting at least one amine that contains at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one hydroxyl group with at least one fatty acid to form an ammonium salt, said ammonium salt being subsequently converted into the alkanol amide by means of microwave radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2007Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: Clariant Finance (BVI)LimitedInventors: Matthias Krull, Roman Morschhaeuser, Peter Klug, Alexander Lerch, Christoph Kayser, Helmut Ritter, Sarah Schmitz
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Publication number: 20080107617Abstract: The invention provides surfactant-containing cosmetic, dermatological, and pharmaceutical agents comprising at least one water-soluble or water-swellable copolymer obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, B) if desired, one or more further olefinically unsaturated, noncationic comonomers, C) if desired, one or more olefinically unsaturated, cationic comonomers, D) if desired, a silicon-containing component(s), E) if desired, a fluorine-containing component(s), F) if desired, one or more macromonomers, G) the copolymerization taking place if desired in the presence of at least one polymeric additive, H) with the proviso that component A) is copolymerized with at least one component selected from one of the groups D) to G).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Inventors: Matthias Loffler, Roman Morschhauser, Christoph Kayser
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Patent number: 7332155Abstract: The invention provides surfactant-containing cosmetic, dermatological, and pharmaceutical agents comprising at least one water-soluble or water-swellable copolymer obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, B) optionally, one or more further olefinically unsaturated, noncationic comonomers, C) optionally, one or more olefinically unsaturated, cationic comonomers, D) optionally, a silicon-containing component(s), E) optionally, a fluorine-containing component(s), F) optionally, one or more macromonomers, G) the copolymerization taking place if desired in the presence of at least one polymeric additive, H) with the proviso that component A) is copolymerized with at least one component selected from one of the groups D) to G).Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2001Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbHInventors: Matthias Löffler, Roman Morschhäuser, Christoph Kayser
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Patent number: 7297823Abstract: The invention relates to the use of polymers which contain between 1 and 99 mol-% structural units of formula 1, wherein R1 represents hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl, R2 represents C1-C24-alkyl, C2-C24-alkylene or a C6-C18-aryl radical, which can be substituted with a C1-C12-alkyl group, A represents identical or different C2-C4 alkylene radicals and, x, represents whole number from 2-40 in quantities from 0.01-2 wt-%, in quantities from 0.01 to 2 wt-%, in relation to the aqueous phase. The polymers can be used as gas hydrate inhibitors.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2001Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbHInventors: Uwe Dahlmann, Michael Feustel, Christoph Kayser, Roman Morschhaeuser
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Patent number: 7150319Abstract: A method for reducing or completely eliminating water influx in an oil or natural gas borehole includes introducing in the borehole an aqueous solution of a copolymer comprising: A) 40–98 wt. % of structural units of formula (I), wherein: R1 is hydrogen or methyl; R2 represents C2–C10 alkylene; and Me+ represents an ammonium metal ion and an alkali metal ion; B) 0.1 to 58 wt. % of structural units of formula (II); C) 0.1 to 10 wt. % of structural units of formula (III), wherein: R3 and R4 independently of each other represent hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, or R3 and R4 represent together a propylene group, which, with inclusion of a radical (A), form a pyrrolidon radical or, with inclusion of a pentamethylene group, forms a caprolactam radical; D) 0.10 to 10 wt % of structural units of formula (IV). The method also includes introducing in the ground or deposit, simultaneously with the copolymer or subsequently, an agent for crosslinking the copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2002Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Clariant UK Ltd.Inventors: Karl Heinz Heier, Christoph Kayser, Aranka Tardi, Michael Schaefer, Roman Morschhaeuser, James C Morgan, Alistair M. Gunn
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Patent number: 7053146Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising copolymers based on acryloyldimethyltaurine and also synergistic additives selected from anionic, cationic, nonionic, and betaine surfactants. The compositions exhibit a pronounced thermoassociative behavior and are outstandingly suitable as thickeners. The copolymers of the present invention are useful in formulating cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and oil field chemicals.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2001Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventors: Roman Morschhäuser, Christoph Kayser, Matthias Löffler, Karl Heinz Heier, Aranka Tardi, Manfred Schade, Gernold Botthof
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Publication number: 20060019835Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer containing i) 80-90% by weight of one or more structural units of the formula A where R1 is hydrogen or methyl, R2 is C2-C10-alkylene, and Me+ is an ammonium or an alkali metal ion, ii) from 1 to 10% by weight of one or more structural units of the formula B where R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, iii) from 1 to 10% by weight of one or more structural units of the formula C, where n is a number from 1 to 6 iv) from 0.1 to 5% by weight of structural units of the formula D where X is hydrogen, an ammonium ion or an alkali metal ion, and optionally v) from 0 to 10% by weight of one or more structural units of the formula E where R5 is hydrogen, methyl and/or ethyl, with the proviso that the content in the copolymers of structural units B) and C) is from 6 to 15% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2005Publication date: January 26, 2006Inventors: Christoph Kayser, Gernold Botthof, Karl Heinz Heier, Aranka Tardi, Matthias Krull, Michael Schaefer
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Patent number: 6891011Abstract: The invention provides water-soluble or water-swellable copolymers obtained by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, B) optionally, one or more other olefinically unsaturated, nopcationic comonomers, C) optionally, one or more olefinically unsaturated, cationic comonomers, D) optionally, (a) silicon-containing component(s), E) optionally, (a) fluorine-containing component(s), F) optionally, one or more macromonomers, G) the copolymerization taking place in the presence or absence of at least one polymeric additive, H) with the proviso that component A) is copolymerized with at least components selected from at least two of the groups C) to F). The water-soluble or water-swellable copolymers of the present invention are useful in formulating cosmetics.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2001Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventors: Roman Morschhäuser, Jan Glauder, Matthias Löffler, Christoph Kayser, Aranka Tardi
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Publication number: 20050003984Abstract: Liquid washing, cleaning, disinfecting and bleaching compositions and methods for thickening such compositions with copolymers which include structural units derived from a1) 1 to 50% by weight of the repeating structural unit of the formula (1) where n is an integer from 2 to 9, or a2) 1 to 50% by weight of a mixture of the repeating structural unit of the formula (1) and the repeating structural unit of the formula (2) where R, R1 and R2 can be identical or different and are hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having In each case 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and b) 49.99 to 98.99% by weight of the repeating structural unit of the formula (3) in which R3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, Z is (C1-C8)-alkylene, n is an integer from 2 to 9 and X is Li+, Na+, K+, Mg++, Ca++, Al+++, NH4+, and alkylamines having alkyl substituents of (C1-C12)-alkyl or (C2-C10)-hydroxyalkyl, and c) 0.01 to 8% by weight of crosslinking structures having at least two olefinic double bonds.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2004Publication date: January 6, 2005Inventors: Johannes Himmrich, Christoph Kayser, Roman Morschhaeuser