Patents by Inventor Frank Hoefer

Frank Hoefer 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: 8476387
    Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing a (meth)acrylic ester (F) of an N-hydroxyalkylated lactam, in which a cyclic N-hydroxyalkylated lactam (L): where the structural variables as defined herein, in the presence of at least one metal salt of C1-C10-alkoxides (A), is esterified with (meth)acrylic acid (S) or transesterified with at least one (meth)acrylic ester (D), in which the metal salt of C1-C10-alkoxides (A) used as a catalyst is added in the absence of solvents and completely at the start of the reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Bergmann, Frank Hoefer, Maximilian Angel
  • Patent number: 8367788
    Abstract: A process for catalytically preparing (meth)acrylic esters of N-hydroxyalkylated lactams and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Bergmann, Frank Hoefer, Maximilian Angel
  • Patent number: 8318970
    Abstract: Process for preparing (meth)acrylates of C10-alcohol mixtures, by reacting (meth)acrylic acid with an isomer mixture of C10-alcohols composed of 2-propylheptanol as the main isomer and at least one of the C10-alcohols 2-propyl-4-methylhexanol, 2-propyl-5-methylhexanol, 2-isopropylheptanol, 2-isopropyl-4-methylhexanol, 2-isopropyl-5-methylhexanol and/or 2-propyl-4,4-dimethylpentanol, in the presence of at least one acidic catalyst and of at least one polymerization inhibitor and in the presence of a solvent which forms an azeotrope with water, the azeotrope is distilled off and condensed, and the condensate splits into an aqueous phase and an organic phase, wherein a) the esterification is performed in a reactor with a circulation evaporator and b) in the presence of a solvent, and c) the crude product is purified by subsequent purifying distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Uwe Meisenburg, Frank Hoefer, Reinhold Schwalm, Nick Gruber, Lothar Karrer
  • Patent number: 8263371
    Abstract: The claimed invention relates to a process for preparing (meth)acrylates of N-hydroxyalkylated amides, in which open-chain N-hydroxyalkylated amides are esterified with (meth)acrylic acid or transesterified with at least one (meth)acrylic ester in the presence of at least one heterogeneous catalyst selected from the group consisting of an inorganic salt and an enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Hoefer, Dietmar Haering
  • Patent number: 8026374
    Abstract: A process for preparing (meth)acrylic esters (F) of N-hydroxyalkylated imidazoles, wherein N-hydroxyalkylated imidazoles (I), in which R1 and R2 may each independently be hydrogen or C1-C20-alkyl, R3, R4 and R5 are each independently hydrogen or C1-C20-alkyl, C1-C20-alkylcarbonyl, C2-C20-alkenyl, C2-C20-alkenylcarbonyl, C2-C20-alkynyl, C2-C20-alkynylcarbonyl, C3-C15-cycloalkyl, C3-C15-cycloalkylcarbonyl, aryl, arylcarbonyl, a heterocycle or a halogen atom, and m and n are each integers in the range of in each case from 0 to 20, where m and n cannot simultaneously be 0, and in which the particular units bracketed by the variables m and n are present in any sequence, and in which, in the case that m?2, the R1 and R2 radicals are in each case independent in the particular units, in the presence of at least one catalyst (K), are esterified with (meth)acrylic acid (S) or transesterified with at least one (meth)acrylic ester (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Bergmann, Frank Hoefer
  • Patent number: 7993886
    Abstract: The claimed invention relates to a process for preparing (meth)acrylates of N-hydroxyalkylated amides, in which open-chain N-hydroxyalkylated amides are esterified with (meth)acrylic acid or transesterified with at least one (meth)acrylic ester in the presence of at least one heterogeneous catalyst selected from the group consisting of an inorganic salt and an enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventors: Frank Hoefer, Dietmar Haering
  • Publication number: 20100317887
    Abstract: Process for preparing (meth)acrylates of C10-alcohol mixtures, by reacting (meth)acrylic acid with an isomer mixture of C10-alcohols composed of 2-propylheptanol as the main isomer and at least one of the C10-alcohols 2-propyl-4-methylhexanol, 2-propyl-5-methylhexanol, 2-isopropylheptanol, 2-isopropyl-4-methylhexanol, 2-isopropyl-5-methylhexanol and/or 2-propyl-4,4-dimethylpentanol, in the presence of at least one acidic catalyst and of at least one polymerization inhibitor and in the presence of a solvent which forms an azeotrope with water, the azeotrope is distilled off and condensed, and the condensate splits into an aqueous phase and an organic phase, wherein a) the esterification is performed in a reactor with a circulation evaporator and b) in the presence of a solvent, and c) the crude product is purified by subsequent purifying distillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Uwe Meisenburg, Frank Hoefer, Reinhold Schwalm, Nick Gruber, Lothar Karrer
  • Publication number: 20100285542
    Abstract: The claimed invention relates to a process for preparing (meth)acrylates of N-hydroxyalkylated amides, in which open-chain N-hydroxyalkylated amides are esterified with (meth)acrylic acid or transesterified with at least one (meth)acrylic ester in the presence of at least one heterogeneous catalyst selected from the group consisting of an inorganic salt and an enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventors: Frank HOEFER, Dietmar Häring
  • Patent number: 7750100
    Abstract: Process for catalytically preparing (meth)acrylates of N-hydroxyalkylated lactams, and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Hoefer, Hermann Bergmann
  • Publication number: 20100113725
    Abstract: A process for preparing (meth)acrylic esters (F) of N-hydroxyalkylated lactams, in which cyclic N-hydroxyalkylated lactams (L) in which R1 is C1-C5-alkylene, or C2-C20-alkylene interrupted by one or more oxygen and/or sulfur atoms and/or one or more substituted or unsubstituted imino groups and/or by one or more cycloalkyl, —(CO)—, —O(CO)O—, —(NH)(CO)O—, —O(CO)(NH)—, —O(CO)— or —(CO)O— groups, where the radicals mentioned may each be substituted by aryl, alkyl, aryloxy, alkyloxy, heteroatoms and/or heterocycles, with the proviso that R1 must not have any atom other than a carbon atom directly adjacent to the lactam carbonyl group, R2 is C1-C20-alkylene, C5-C12-cycloalkylene, C6-C12-arylene, or C2-C20-alkylene interrupted by one or more oxygen and/or sulfur atoms and/or one or more substituted or unsubstituted imino groups and/or by one or more cycloalkyl, —(CO)—, —O(CO)O—, —(NH)(CO)O—, —O(CO)(NH)—, —O(CO)— or —(CO)O— groups, where the radicals mentioned may each be substituted by aryl, alkyl, aryloxy, al
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Bergmann, Frank Hoefer, Maximilian Angel
  • Patent number: 7700804
    Abstract: A process for transferring heat to a liquid mixture comprising at least one (meth)acrylic monomer in an indirect heat exchanger, wherein a quaternary ammonium salt, a tertiary amine or a salt thereof with a Brønsted acid is added to the liquid mixture to reduce fouling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunter Lipowsky, Volker Schliephake, Steffen Rissel, Ulrich Jaeger, Frank Hoefer, Sylke Haremza, Peter Zurowski, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel
  • Patent number: 7674934
    Abstract: A process for preparing N-alkenyl compounds by reacting the corresponding NH compounds with alkynes in the liquid phase in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of at least one stabilizer, and the use of stabilizers for increasing the selectivity in a process for preparing N-alkenyl compounds by reacting the corresponding NH compounds with alkynes in the liquid phase in the presence of a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Hoefer, Alexandra Brand, Arnd Boettcher, Katrin Baumann, Regina Vogelsang
  • Patent number: 7666813
    Abstract: An absorption medium for deacidifying fluid streams which has improved oxidation stability includes at least one aliphatic amine, and at least one non-hydroquinoid antioxidant. The absorption medium may be employed in deacidifying a fluid stream, in particular an oxygen-containing fluid stream, when the fluid stream is brought into intimate contact with the absorption medium in at least one absorption step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Hoefer, Norbert Asprion, Iven Clausen, Hans Hasse
  • Publication number: 20100010236
    Abstract: A process for preparing (meth)acrylic esters (F) of N-hydroxyalkylated lactams, in which cyclic N-hydroxyalkylated lactams (L) in which R1 is C1-C5-alkylene, or C2-C20-alkylene interrupted by one or more oxygen and/or sulfur atoms and/or one or more substituted or unsubstituted imino groups and/or by one or more cycloalkyl, —(CO)—, —O(CO)O—, —(NH)(CO)O—, —O(CO)(NH)—, —O(CO)— or —(CO)O— groups, where the radicals mentioned may each be substituted by aryl, alkyl, aryloxy, alkyloxy, heteroatoms and/or heterocycles, with the proviso that R1 must not have any atom other than a carbon atom directly adjacent to the lactam carbonyl group, R2 is C1-C20-alkylene, C5-C12-cycloalkylene, C6-C12-arylene, or C2-C20-alkylene interrupted by one or more oxygen and/or sulfur atoms and/or one or more substituted or unsubstituted imino groups and/or by one or more cycloalkyl, —(CO)—, —O(CO)O—, —(NH)(CO)O—, —O(CO)(NH)—, —O(CO)— or —(CO)O— groups, where the radicals mentioned may each be substituted by aryl, alkyl, aryloxy, alk
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Bergmann, Frank Hoefer, Maximilian Angel
  • Patent number: 7560590
    Abstract: A process for rectificatively separating an acrylic acid-containing liquid, by withdrawing an acrylic acid-rich stream from the rectification column above the feed point and polymerization-inhibiting the upper section of the rectification column by means of diacrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Hoefer, Volker Schliephake, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel
  • Publication number: 20060287548
    Abstract: Process for stabilizing polymerizable compounds to polymerization during working-up, storage and/or transport, in which at least one free radical scavenger which contains at least two glycine units is used, with the proviso that the free radical scavenger is not selected from ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), trans-1,2-cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid (CYDTA) and the alkali metal and alkaline earth metal salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Frank Hoefer, Sylke Haremza, Gerhard Wagenblast, Volker Schliephake, Ulrich Jaeger
  • Patent number: 7119224
    Abstract: A process for preparing and/or working up mixtures by (meth)acrylic acid and/or (meth)acrylic ester in the presence of at least one polymerization inhibitor and at least one oxygenous gas, which comprises metering in at least part of the oxygenous gas at an exit rate of at least 50 mm/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Schroeder, Frank Hoefer, Sylke Haremza, Gerhard Wagenblast, Volker Schliephake, Ulrich Jaeger, Harald Keller, Cedric Dieleman
  • Publication number: 20050202967
    Abstract: A description is given of an absorption medium for deacidifying fluid streams which has improved oxidation stability and comprises at least one aliphatic amine, in particular an alkanolamine, and at least one non-hydroquinoid antioxidant. The absorption medium serves for deacidifying a fluid stream, in particular an oxygen-containing fluid stream, the fluid stream being brought into intimate contact with the absorption medium in at least one absorption step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Hoefer, Norbert Asprion, Iven Clausen, Hans Hasse