Patents by Inventor Felix Westerhaus

Felix Westerhaus 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).

  • PROCESS FOR REMOVAL OF VOLATILE COMPOUNDS FROM TACKIFIERS
    Publication number: 20210079150
    Abstract: Process for the removal of volatile compounds from a tackifier comprising a resin with repeating units of formula I wherein R1 is a linear or branched alkylen group with 1 to 10 carbon atoms and R2 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated N aliphatic hydrocarbon group with up to 20 carbon atoms, and optionally a plasticizer, wherein the tackifier is passed through at least one evaporator as film and the volatile compounds are removed from the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Miran YU, Ortmund LANG, Dieter RODEWALD, Stephan SCHLITTER, Guenter SCHERR, Felix WESTERHAUS
  • USE OF THERMALLY-TREATED SUPPORTED COBALT CATALYSTS COMPRISING A POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF NITROGEN LIGANDS FOR HYROGENATING AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20150307538
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of thermally-treated supported cobalt catalysts for hydrogenating aromatic nitro compounds, the cobalt catalysts having been prepared by in situ immobilization of a cobalt-amine complex on an inorganic porous support and subsequent pyrolysis, and, in the cobalt-amine complex used, cobalt being present bonded to an aromatic or heterocyclic nitrogen ligand L, the nitrogen ligand being selected so as to form a polyaromatic structure with the cobalt atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Felix Westerhaus, Rajenahally Venkataswamygowda Jagadeesh, Gerrit Wienhofer, Annette-Enrica Surkus, Kathrin Junge, Henrik Junge, Matthias Beller