Patents by Inventor Dominic Vanoppen

Dominic Vanoppen 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).

  • Metallic hydrogenation catalysts, production and use thereof
    Publication number: 20030144553
    Abstract: The catalyst can be prepared by reduction of a precursor of a hydrogenation-active metal, which may be present on an oxidic support, by reaction with at least one compound of the formula (I)
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Dominic Vanoppen, Michael Veith, Kroum Valtchev
  • Method for producing amines
    Patent number: 6350911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of amines by hydrogenation of nitro compounds, which comprises carrying out the hydrogenation in a vertical reactor whose length is greater than its diameter, having a downward-facing jet nozzle arranged in the upper region of the reactor through which the starting materials and the reaction mixture are fed in, and having an outlet at any desired point of the reactor, through which the reaction mixture is fed back to the jet nozzle in an external circuit by means of a conveying means, and having flow reversal in the lower region of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Sander, Ulrich Penzel, Hans Volkmar Schwarz, Eckhard Ströfer, Dieter Stützer, Jörn Müller, Markus Maurer, Peter Zehner, Ekkehard Schwab, Ralf Böhling, Dominic Vanoppen