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).
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Patent number: 8476387Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hermann Bergmann, Frank Hoefer, Maximilian Angel
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Patent number: 8367788Abstract: A process for catalytically preparing (meth)acrylic esters of N-hydroxyalkylated lactams and to the use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hermann Bergmann, Frank Hoefer, Maximilian Angel
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Patent number: 8318970Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Uwe Meisenburg, Frank Hoefer, Reinhold Schwalm, Nick Gruber, Lothar Karrer
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Patent number: 8263371Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Frank Hoefer, Dietmar Haering
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Patent number: 8026374Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hermann Bergmann, Frank Hoefer
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Patent number: 7993886Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 16, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: BASF AktiengesellshaftInventors: Frank Hoefer, Dietmar Haering
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Publication number: 20100317887Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2009Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Uwe Meisenburg, Frank Hoefer, Reinhold Schwalm, Nick Gruber, Lothar Karrer
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Publication number: 20100285542Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: BASF AktiengesellshaftInventors: Frank HOEFER, Dietmar Häring
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Patent number: 7750100Abstract: Process for catalytically preparing (meth)acrylates of N-hydroxyalkylated lactams, and use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Frank Hoefer, Hermann Bergmann
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Publication number: 20100113725Abstract: 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, alType: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Hermann Bergmann, Frank Hoefer, Maximilian Angel
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Patent number: 7700804Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gunter Lipowsky, Volker Schliephake, Steffen Rissel, Ulrich Jaeger, Frank Hoefer, Sylke Haremza, Peter Zurowski, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel
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Patent number: 7674934Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 4, 2005Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Frank Hoefer, Alexandra Brand, Arnd Boettcher, Katrin Baumann, Regina Vogelsang
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Patent number: 7666813Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 8, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Frank Hoefer, Norbert Asprion, Iven Clausen, Hans Hasse
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Publication number: 20100010236Abstract: 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, alkType: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Hermann Bergmann, Frank Hoefer, Maximilian Angel
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Patent number: 7560590Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 14, 2004Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Frank Hoefer, Volker Schliephake, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel
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Publication number: 20060287548Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2004Publication date: December 21, 2006Inventors: Frank Hoefer, Sylke Haremza, Gerhard Wagenblast, Volker Schliephake, Ulrich Jaeger
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Patent number: 7119224Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 2, 2003Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Juergen Schroeder, Frank Hoefer, Sylke Haremza, Gerhard Wagenblast, Volker Schliephake, Ulrich Jaeger, Harald Keller, Cedric Dieleman
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Publication number: 20050202967Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2005Publication date: September 15, 2005Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Frank Hoefer, Norbert Asprion, Iven Clausen, Hans Hasse