Patents by Inventor Dirk Lawrenz

Dirk Lawrenz 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).

  • Publication number: 20220251248
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion by radically initiated aqueous emulsion polymerization, which comprises polymerizing (a) 40 to 75 parts by weight of at least one vinylaromatic compound, (b) 24.9 to 59.9 parts by weight of at least one conjugated aliphatic diene, (c) 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Carmen-Elena CIMPEANU, Dirk LAWRENZ
  • Publication number: 20220033534
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an aqueous polymer dispersion by free-radically initiated aqueous emulsion polymerization, by polymerizing, in an aqueous medium, (a) 40 to 75 parts by weight of at least one vinylaromatic compound and (b) 24.9 to 59.9 parts by weight of at least one conjugated aliphatic diene (c) 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Nico VELING, Carmen-Elena CIMPEANU, Dirk LAWRENZ
  • Publication number: 20220033550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an aqueous polymer dispersion by free-radically initiated aqueous emulsion polymerization, by polymerizing, in an aqueous medium, (a) 40 to 75 parts by weight of at least one vinylaromatic compound and (b) 24.9 to 59.9 parts by weight of at least one conjugated aliphatic diene (c) 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Dirk LAWRENZ, Nico VELING, Carmen-Elena CIMPEANU
  • Patent number: 10837141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a coating layer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer through the coated paper substrate, wherein the coating layer on the paper substrate is obtainable by a process, which comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper substrate with a surface, (b) applying onto the surface of the provided paper substrate an aqueous coating mass, and (c) drying of the paper substrate with the applied aqueous coating mass to obtain the coated paper substrate, wherein the aqueous coating mass contains an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P, which is obtainable by radically initiated emulsion polymerization of at least 25 parts by weight of a C1-C12 alkyl acrylate or a C1-C12 alkyl methacrylate based on the sum total of the parts by weight of all monomers, which is always 100, in the presence of a first degraded starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Theo Smit, Nico Veling, Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Dirk Lawrenz, Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 10837140
    Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a coating layer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer through the coated paper substrate, wherein the coating layer on the paper substrate is obtainable by a process, which comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper substrate with a surface, (b) applying onto the surface of the provided paper substrate an aqueous coating mass, and (c) drying of the paper substrate with the applied aqueous coating mass to obtain the coated paper substrate, wherein the aqueous coating mass contains an aqueous dispersion of a copolymer P, which is obtainable by radically initiated emulsion polymerization of at least 40 parts by weight of styrene and 22 to 49 parts by weight of butadiene and optionally other monomers based on the sum total of the parts by weight of all monomers, which is always 100, in the presence of a first degraded starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Theo Smit, Nico Veling, Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Dirk Lawrenz, Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 10793740
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P, which comprises the emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate, an acrylate monomer, which is a C1-C10 alkyl acrylate or a C1-C10 methacrylate, an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated C3-C8 carboxylic acid and at least one out of glycidyl methacrylate, glycidyl acrylate, allyl methacrylate and allyl acrylate, in the presence of a starch derivative. Optionally, an additional monomer is an ethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acid, an ethylenically unsaturated other monomer or both of them. The aqueous polymer dispersion and a powder form thereof are useful for a paper coating slip containing one of the aforementioned forms. A paper or a cardboard, which is coated with the paper coating slip, shows surface strength, which is expressed by a good dry pick resistance, a good wet pick resistance or good offset test results. The aqueous polymer dispersion or the powder form thereof is furthermore useful as a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nico Veling, Lucia Jimenez Garcia, Dirk Lawrenz
  • Patent number: 10414938
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P, which comprises the emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate, an acrylate monomer, which is a C1-C10 alkyl acrylate or a C1-C10 methacrylate, an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated C3-C8 carboxylic acid, glycidyl methacrylate or glycidyl acrylate, optionally an ethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acid and optionally an ethylenically unsaturated other monomer. Furthermore, the aqueous polymer dispersion obtainable from this process and a powder form thereof are disclosed. They are useful for a paper coating slip containing one of the aforementioned forms. A paper or a cardboard, which is coated with the paper coating slip, shows surface strength, which is expressed by a good dry pick resistance, a good wet pick resistance or good offset test results. The aqueous polymer dispersion or the powder form thereof is furthermore useful as a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nico Veling, Lucia Jimenez Garcia, Dirk Lawrenz
  • Publication number: 20190077982
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P, which comprises the emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate, an acrylate monomer, which is a C1-C10 alkyl acrylate or a C1-C10 methacrylate, an ?,?-ethlyenically unsaturated C3-C8 carboxylic acid and at least one out of glycidyl methacrylate, glycidyl acrylate, allyl methacrylate and allyl acrylate, in the presence of a starch derivative. Optionally, an additional monomer is an ethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acid, an ethylenically unsaturated other monomer or both of them. The aqueous polymer dispersion and a powder form thereof are useful for a paper coating slip containing one of the aforementioned forms. A paper or a cardboard, which is coated with the paper coating slip, shows surface strength, which is expressed by a good dry pick resistance, a good wet pick resistance or good offset test results. The aqueous polymer dispersion or the powder form thereof is furthermore useful as a binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nico VELING, Lucia JIMENEZ GARCIA, Dirk LAWRENZ
  • Patent number: 10167407
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P, which comprises the emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate, an acrylate monomer, which is a C1-C10 alkyl acrylate or a C1-C10 methacrylate, an ?,?-ethlyenically unsaturated C3-C8 carboxylic acid and at least one out of glycidyl methacrylate, glycidyl acrylate, allyl methacrylate and allyl acrylate, in the presence of a starch derivative. Optionally, an additional monomer is an ethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acid, an ethylenically unsaturated other monomer or both of them. Furthermore, the aqueous polymer dispersion obtainable from this process and a powder form thereof are disclosed. They are useful for a paper coating slip containing one of the aforementioned forms. A paper or a cardboard, which is coated with the paper coating slip, shows surface strength, which is expressed by a good dry pick resistance, a good wet pick resistance or good offset test results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nico Veling, Lucia Jimenez Garcia, Dirk Lawrenz
  • Publication number: 20180362689
    Abstract: A process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P (aqueous polymer P dispersion) by free-radically initiated aqueous emulsion polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lucia JIMENEZ GARCIA, Carmen-Elena CIMPEANU, Marcus SEIBERT, Hermann SEYFFER, Dirk LAWRENZ, Juergen BLAUL
  • Publication number: 20180237547
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for the preparation of an aqueous polymer dispersion, an aqueous polymer dispersion obtained by the process, a binder, an adhesive, a size suitable for at least one fiber, a covering, or a paper coating slip, comprising the aqueous polymer dispersion as well as the use of the aqueous polymer dispersion for the preparation of a binder, an adhesive, a size suitable for at least one type of fiber, a paint, a covering, or a paper coating slip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nico VELING, Dirk LAWRENZ, Stefan WEBER, Peter WACHTLER
  • Publication number: 20180142416
    Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a coating layer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer through the coated paper substrate, wherein the coating layer on the paper substrate is obtainable by a process, which comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper substrate with a surface, (b) applying onto the surface of the provided paper substrate an aqueous coating mass, and (c) drying of the paper substrate with the applied aqueous coating mass to obtain the coated paper substrate, wherein the aqueous coating mass contains an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P, which is obtainable by radically initiated emulsion polymerization of at least 25 parts by weight of a C1-C12 alkyl acrylate or a C1-C12 alkyl methacrylate based on the sum total of the parts by weight of all monomers, which is always 100, in the presence of a first degraded starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Hermann SEYFFER, Carmen-Elena CIMPEANU, Theo SMIT, Nico VELING, Juergen SCHMIDT-THUEMMES, Dirk LAWRENZ, Rainer BLUM
  • Publication number: 20180135250
    Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a coating layer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer through the coated paper substrate, wherein the coating layer on the paper substrate is obtainable by a process, which comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper substrate with a surface, (b) applying onto the surface of the provided paper substrate an aqueous coating mass, and (c) drying of the paper substrate with the applied aqueous coating mass to obtain the coated paper substrate, wherein the aqueous coating mass contains an aqueous dispersion of a copolymer P, which is obtainable by radically initiated emulsion polymerization of at least 40 parts by weight of styrene and 22 to 49 parts by weight of butadiene and optionally other monomers based on the sum total of the parts by weight of all monomers, which is always 100, in the presence of a first degraded starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Hermann SEYFFER, Carmen-Elena CIMPEANU, Theo SMIT, Nico VELING, Juergen SCHMIDT-THUEMMES, Dirk LAWRENZ, Rainer BLUM
  • Publication number: 20170029651
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P, which comprises the emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate, an acrylate monomer, which is a C1-C10 alkyl acrylate or a C1-C10 methacrylate, an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated C3-C8 carboxylic acid, glycidyl methacrylate or glycidyl acrylate, optionally an ethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acid and optionally an ethylenically unsaturated other monomer. Furthermore, the aqueous polymer dispersion obtainable from this process and a powder form thereof are disclosed. They are useful for a paper coating slip containing one of the aforementioned forms. A paper or a cardboard, which is coated with the paper coating slip, shows surface strength, which is expressed by a good dry pick resistance, a good wet pick resistance or good offset test results. The aqueous polymer dispersion or the powder form thereof is furthermore useful as a binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nico VELING, Lucia JIMENEZ GARCIA, Dirk LAWRENZ
  • Publication number: 20170029650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P, which comprises the emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate, an acrylate monomer, which is a C1-C10 alkyl acrylate or a C1-C10 methacrylate, an ?,?-ethlyenically unsaturated C3-C8 carboxylic acid and at least one out of glycidyl methacrylate, glycidyl acrylate, allyl methacrylate and allyl acrylate, in the presence of a starch derivative. Optionally, an additional monomer is an ethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acid, an ethylenically unsaturated other monomer or both of them. Furthermore, the aqueous polymer dispersion obtainable from this process and a powder form thereof are disclosed. They are useful for a paper coating slip containing one of the aforementioned forms. A paper or a cardboard, which is coated with the paper coating slip, shows surface strength, which is expressed by a good dry pick resistance, a good wet pick resistance or good offset test results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nico VELING, Lucia JIMENEZ GARCIA, Dirk LAWRENZ
  • Patent number: 9334398
    Abstract: Described is an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising a chain growth addition polymer obtainable via free-radically initiated emulsion polymerization from ethylenically unsaturated, free-radically polymerizable monomers, wherein the chain growth addition polymer is formed to an extent of not less than 60 wt % from primary monomers selected from vinylaromatic compounds, conjugated aliphatic dienes, vinyl esters of saturated C1- to C20-carboxylic acids, esters of acrylic acid or of methacrylic acid with monohydric C1- to C20-alcohols, aliphatic hydrocarbons having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and one or two double bonds, or mixtures thereof, wherein the monomers are polymerized in the presence of lignosulfonate and wherein the chain growth addition polymer is branched or crosslinked. Also described is a process for preparing the aqueous polymer dispersion. The polymer dispersion is useful for preparing paper coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rabie Al-Hellani, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Dirk Lawrenz, Kristina Georgieva, Anja Song
  • Publication number: 20140342171
    Abstract: Described is an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising a chain growth addition polymer obtainable via free-radically initiated emulsion polymerization from ethylenically unsaturated, free-radically polymerizable monomers, wherein the chain growth addition polymer is formed to an extent of not less than 60 wt % from primary monomers selected from vinylaromatic compounds, conjugated aliphatic dienes, vinyl esters of saturated C1- to C20-carboxylic acids, esters of acrylic acid or of methacrylic acid with monohydric C1- to C20-alcohols, aliphatic hydrocarbons having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and one or two double bonds, or mixtures thereof, wherein the monomers are polymerized in the presence of lignosulfonate and wherein the chain growth addition polymer is branched or crosslinked. Also described is a process for preparing the aqueous polymer dispersion. The polymer dispersion is useful for preparing paper coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rabie Al-Hellani, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Dirk Lawrenz, Kristina Georgieva, Anja Song
  • Publication number: 20140302309
    Abstract: Paper coating compositions comprise inorganic pigments and an aqueous polymeric dispersion comprising dispersed polymeric particles. The polymers are obtainable by polymerization of a first monomer that is liquid at room temperature, has a boiling point of at least 50° C. and a glass transition temperature of at least 20° C. as homopolymer, and a second monomer that is gaseous at room temperature, has a boiling point of below 0° C. and a glass transition temperature of below ?30° C. as homopolymer. The dispersed polymeric particles have an average size of below 150 nm and a glass transition temperature in the range from ?10 to +30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dirk Lawrenz, Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Nico Veling
  • Publication number: 20140251563
    Abstract: The use in paper coatings is described of a mixture of an aqueous secondary dispersion of a polymer selected from polyalkylene carbonates, polyesters and polyethylene and an aqueous primary dispersion of an emulsion polymer having a glass transition temperature of below 50° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dirk Lawrenz, Hubertus Kroener
  • Patent number: 8637160
    Abstract: Described are aqueous polymer dispersions and methods of making them. The polymer dispersions are obtainable by free-radically initiated emulsion polymerization of 19.9 to 80 parts by weight of vinylaromatic compounds, 19.9 to 80 parts by weight of acrylate monomers selected from C1-C10 alkyl acrylates and C1-C10 alkyl methacrylates, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of ethylenically unsaturated acids, and 0 to 20 parts by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated monomers, wherein the emulsion polymerization is effected in an aqueous medium in the presence of free-radical initiators, seed latex and also at least one carbohydrate compound in the form of a degraded starch. The polymer dispersions are particularly useful in the manufacture of paper coating slips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Elitsa Evstatieva, Aurelie Morel, Dirk Lawrenz, Hermann Seyffer