Patents by Inventor Claudius Kormann

Claudius Kormann 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: 10062471
    Abstract: An additive formulation suitable for antistatic modification and improving the electrical conductivity of inanimate organic material, consisting essentially of (A) from 1 to 50% by weight of an olefin-sulfur dioxide copolymer, (B) from 1 to 50% by weight of a compound which comprises one or more basic nitrogen atoms and has at least one relatively long-chain linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having at least four carbon atoms or an equivalent structural element which ensures the solubility of component (B) in the inanimate organic material, (C) from 0.1 to 30% by weight of an oil-soluble acid and (D) from 1 to 80% by weight of a high-boiling organic solvent which consists of one or more molecule types, where at least 80% by weight of these molecule types have a boiling point of more than 150° C. at standard pressure, where the sum of all components adds up to 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dietmar Posselt, Frank-Olaf Maehling, Arno Lange, Anja Vinckier, Claudius Kormann
  • Patent number: 9650745
    Abstract: The invention relates to oil-in-water emulsions based on fatty alcohols and mono- or diesters of glycerol and the use thereof as antifoams or deaerators for aqueous compositions. The oil phase of the emulsions according to the invention consists to at least 95% by weight of the following constituents: a) 40 to 95% by weight, based on the total weight of the oil phase, of a mixture of at least two alcohols as component A, consisting of: a1) at least one alkanol having 12 to 30 carbon atoms as component A1, a2) at least one mono- or diester of glycerol with at least one fatty acid having 14 to 24 carbon atoms as component A2; b) 0.1 to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the oil phase, of at least one further component B, which is selected from esters of C12-C36-alkanecarboxylic acids with polyglycerol, amides of C12-C36-alkanecarboxylic acids with alkylenediamines or oligoalkyleneamines, and esters of C12-C36-alkanecarboxylic acids with C12-C36-alkanols, and mixtures thereof, c) 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Claudius Kormann, Wolfgang Gaschler, Christian Holtze
  • Publication number: 20140318002
    Abstract: An additive formulation suitable for antistatic modification and improving the electrical conductivity of inanimate organic material, consisting essentially of (A) from 1 to 50% by weight of an olefin-sulfur dioxide copolymer, (B) from 1 to 50% by weight of a compound which comprises one or more basic nitrogen atoms and has at least one relatively long-chain linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having at least four carbon atoms or an equivalent structural element which ensures the solubility of component (B) in the inanimate organic material, (C) from 0.1 to 30% by weight of an oil-soluble acid and (D) from 1 to 80% by weight of a high-boiling organic solvent which consists of one or more molecule types, where at least 80% by weight of these molecule types have a boiling point of more than 150° C. at standard pressure, where the sum of all components adds up to 100% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dietmar POSSELT, Frank-Olaf MAEHLlNG, Arno LANGE, Anja VINCKIER, Claudius KORMANN
  • Patent number: 8858838
    Abstract: An additive formulation suitable for antistatic modification and improving the electrical conductivity of inanimate organic material, consisting essentially of (A) from 1 to 50% by weight of an olefin-sulfur dioxide copolymer, (B) from 1 to 50% by weight of a compound which comprises one or more basic nitrogen atoms and has at least one relatively long-chain linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having at least four carbon atoms or an equivalent structural element which ensures the solubility of component (B) in the inanimate organic material, (C) from 0.1 to 30% by weight of an oil-soluble acid and (D) from 1 to 80% by weight of a high-boiling organic solvent which consists of one or more molecule types, where at least 80% by weight of these molecule types have a boiling point of more than 150° C. at standard pressure, where the sum of all components adds up to 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dietmar Posselt, Frank-Olaf Maehling, Arno Lange, Anja Vinckier, Claudius Kormann
  • Publication number: 20140107229
    Abstract: The invention relates to oil-in-water emulsions based on fatty alcohols and mono- or diesters of glycerol and the use thereof as antifoams or deaerators for aqueous compositions. The oil phase of the emulsions according to the invention consists to at least 95% by weight of the following constituents: a) 40 to 95% by weight, based on the total weight of the oil phase, of a mixture of at least two alcohols as component A, consisting of: a1) at least one alkanol having 12 to 30 carbon atoms as component A1, a2) at least one mono- or diester of glycerol with at least one fatty acid having 14 to 24 carbon atoms as component A2; b) 0.1 to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the oil phase, of at least one further component B, which is selected from esters of C12-C36-alkanecarboxylic acids with polyglycerol, amides of C12-C36-alkanecarboxylic acids with alkylenediamines or oligoalkyleneamines, and esters of C12-C36-alkanecarboxylic acids with C12-C36-alkanols, and mixtures thereof, c) 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Claudius Kormann, Wolfgang Gaschler, Christian Holtze
  • Patent number: 8551365
    Abstract: An additive formulation suitable for antistatic modification and improving the electrical conductivity of inanimate organic material, consisting essentially of (A) from 1 to 50% by weight of an olefin-sulfur dioxide copolymer, (B) from 1 to 50% by weight of a compound which comprises one or more basic nitrogen atoms and has at least one relatively long-chain linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having at least four carbon atoms or an equivalent structural element which ensures the solubility of component (B) in the inanimate organic material, (C) from 0.1 to 30% by weight of an oil-soluble acid and (D) from 1 to 80% by weight of a high-boiling organic solvent which consists of one or more molecule types, where at least 80% by weight of these molecule types have a boiling point of more than 150° C. at standard pressure, where the sum of all components adds up to 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dietmar Posselt, Frank-Olaf Maehling, Arno Lange, Anja Vinckier, Claudius Kormann
  • Patent number: 8454854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antifreeze/anticorrosion concentrates comprising from 10 to 50% by weight, based on the total amount of the concentrate, of glycerol, to processes for preparing such concentrates from superconcentrates, to aqueous coolant compositions from these concentrates, and to their use, for example in internal combustion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Claudius Kormann, Colin Irwin, Matthias Kiefer
  • Publication number: 20130105407
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antifreeze/anticorrosion concentrates comprising from 10 to 50% by weight, based on the total amount of the concentrate, of glycerol, to processes for preparing such concentrates from super concentrates, to aqueous coolant compositions from these concentrates, and to their use, for example in internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Claudius KORMANN, Colin Irwin, Matthias Kiefer
  • Patent number: 7976998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the deionization of a cooling medium in a fuel cell (11) circulating in a cooling circuit (20), in which the cooling medium is subjected to at least intermittent, but preferably continuous, electrochemical deionization. To this end, at least one electrode deionization cell (23) , through which a diluate stream (27) serving as cooling medium and a concentrate stream (28) flow, is arranged in the cooling circuit. The concentrate stream (28) may be part of a secondary cooling circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Claudius Kormann, Andreas Fischer
  • Publication number: 20110163260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antifreeze/anticorrosion concentrates comprising from 10 to 50% by weight, based on the total amount of the concentrate, of glycerol, to processes for preparing such concentrates from superconcentrates, to aqueous coolant compositions from these concentrates, and to their use, for example in internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: BASF AG
    Inventors: Claudius KORMANN, Colin Irwin, Matthias Kiefer
  • Patent number: 7927505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antifreeze/anticorrosion concentrates comprising from 10 to 50% by weight, based on the total amount of the concentrate, of glycerol, to processes for preparing such concentrates from superconcentrates, to aqueous coolant compositions from these concentrates, and to their use, for example in internal combustion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Claudius Kormann, Colin Irwin, Matthias Kiefer
  • Publication number: 20100170142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one protein, in particular at least one hydrophobin or at least one derivative thereof, for improving phase separation in compositions comprising at least two liquid phases, to methods for separating at least two liquid phases in a composition comprising at least two liquid phases, and to formulations comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of fuels, combustibles, crude oils or water-soluble or oil-soluble polymer solutions and at least one protein, in particular at least one hydrophobin or derivatives thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dietmar Posselt, Werner Schmitt, Marcus Guzmann, Claudius Kormann, Matthias Kiefer, Claus Bollschweiler, Thomas Subkowski, Hans-Georg Lemaire, Marvin Karos, Ulf Baus
  • Publication number: 20100162971
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for liquid cooling of an internal combustion engine (11) and a process for producing it. The apparatus of the invention comprises a cooling circuit (13) which comprises at least one cooling channel (23, 24, 41) for a liquid coolant which is in thermal contact with at least one component (12a, 12b, 31) of the internal combustion engine (11), wherein a wall of the cooling channel (23, 24, 41) which comes into contact with the coolant has a microstructured surface having a certain porosity and roughness at least in a subregion. According to the invention, such an apparatus is produced by constructing a cooling circuit for a liquid coolant which has cooling channels which can at least partly be brought into thermal contact with the internal combustion engine, wherein a microstructured surface is produced on at least part of the walls of the cooling channels which come into contact with the liquid coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Claudius Kormann, Gerd Kaibel, Dirk Neumann
  • Publication number: 20100072427
    Abstract: An additive formulation suitable for antistatic modification and improving the electrical conductivity of inanimate organic material, consisting essentially of (A) from 1 to 50% by weight of an olefin-sulfur dioxide copolymer, (B) from 1 to 50% by weight of a compound which comprises one or more basic nitrogen atoms and has at least one relatively long-chain linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having at least four carbon atoms or an equivalent structural element which ensures the solubility of component (B) in the inanimate organic material, (C) from 0.1 to 30% by weight of an oil-soluble acid and (D) from 1 to 80% by weight of a high-boiling organic solvent which consists of one or more molecule types, where at least 80% by weight of these molecule types have a boiling point of more than 150° C. at standard pressure, where the sum of all components adds up to 100% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dietmar Posselt, Frank-Olaf Maehling, Arno Lange, Anja Vinckier, Claudius Kormann
  • Publication number: 20100064576
    Abstract: The use of oligo- or polyamines which have a number-average molecular weight of from 46 to 70 000 and are free of phenolic hydroxyl groups for increasing the oxidation stability of biofuel oils based on fatty acid esters, or of mixtures of such biofuel oils with middle distillates of fossil origin and/or of vegetable and/or animal origin, which are essentially hydrocarbon mixtures and are free of fatty acid esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Claudius Kormann, Michael Roida, Frank-Olaf Maehling
  • Publication number: 20090320354
    Abstract: Branched decyl nitrates of the formula R1R2CH—CH2—O—NO2 in which R1 is an n-propyl or isopropyl radical and R2 is a linear or branched alkyl radical having 5 carbon atoms are suitable as combustion improvers and/or cetane number improvers in fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Claudius Kormann, Uwe Rebholz, Gero Nordmann, Jörn Karl, Lothar Karrer
  • Publication number: 20080149883
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antifreeze/anticorrosion concentrates comprising from 10 to 50% by weight, based on the total amount of the concentrate, of glycerol, to processes for preparing such concentrates from superconcentrates, to aqueous coolant compositions from these concentrates, and to their use, for example in internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Akiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Claudius Kormann, Colin Irwin, Matthias Kiefer
  • Publication number: 20070259237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the deionization of a cooling medium in a fuel cell (11) circulating in a cooling circuit (20), in which the cooling medium is subjected to at least intermittent, but preferably continuous, electrochemical deionization. To this end, at least one electrode deionization cell (23) , through which a diluate stream (27) serving as cooling medium and a concentrate stream (28) flow, is arranged in the cooling circuit. The concentrate stream (28) may be part of a secondary cooling circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Claudius Kormann, Andreas Fischer
  • Patent number: 7235319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the deionization of a cooling medium in a fuel cell (11) circulating in a cooling circuit (20), in which the cooling medium is subjected to at least intermittent, but preferably continuous, electrochemical deionization. To this end, at least one electrode deionization cell (23), through which a diluate stream (27) serving as cooling medium and a concentrate stream (28) flow, is arranged in the cooling circuit. The concentrate stream (28) may be part of a secondary cooling circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Claudius Kormann, Andreas Fischer
  • Publication number: 20060180793
    Abstract: A heat transfer liquid concentrate comprises, in addition to at least one glycol, a) from 0.05 to 10, preferably from 0.1 to 5, % by weight of one or more aliphatic amines of the formula (I), ?where R1 to R3 may be identical or different and are hydrogen, optionally branched C1-C9-alkyl or C1-C9-hydroxyalkyl, b) from 0.005 to 3, preferably from 0.01 to 1, % by weight of one or more silicates which may have been stabilized, c) from 0 to 3% by weight of one or more corrosion inhibitors selected from the group consisting of the hydrocarbon-triazoles and of the hydrocarbon-thiazoles, d) from 0 to 5% by weight of one or more alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium molybdates and e) from 0 to 1% by weight of one or more polymeric hard water stabilizers. The concentrates, if required after prior dilution with water, are particularly suitable for use in solar plants in which a heat transfer liquid is in direct contact with the glass of the solar plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Bernd Wenderoth, Claudius Kormann, Horst Zollner, Ladislaus Meszaros, Frank Hillerns