Patents by Inventor Gerd Konrad
Gerd Konrad 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: 9068023Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous process for the preparation of amphiphilic graft polymers, wherein a vinyl ester component (B) composed of vinyl acetate and/or vinyl propionate (B1) and, if desired, a further ethylenically unsaturated monomer (B2), is polymerized in the presence of a polyalkylene oxide (A), a free radical-forming initiator (C) and, if desired, an additive (D), at a mean polymerization temperature at which the initiator (C) has a decomposition half-time of from 1 to 500 min, in at least one tubular reactor segment with a feed side and an outlet side, through which the reaction mixture comprising at least a part of component (A) to (C), and if desired (D), streams, a tubular reactor segment and the use of the inventive amphiphilic graft polymer. The invention further relates to an inventive amphiphilic graft polymer and the use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Faissal-Ali El-Toufaili, Michaela Heussler, Christian Schwede, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Rainer Dobrawa, Dieter Boeckh, Wolfgang Loth, Gerd Konrad
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Publication number: 20130253089Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous process for the preparation of amphiphilic graft polymers, wherein a vinyl ester component (B) composed of vinyl acetate and/or vinyl propionate (B1) and, if desired, a further ethylenically unsaturated monomer (B2), is polymerized in the presence of a polyalkylene oxide (A), a free radical-forming initiator (C) and, if desired, an additive (D), at a mean polymerization temperature at which the initiator (C) has a decomposition half-time of from 1 to 500 min, in at least one tubular reactor segment with a feed side and an outlet side, through which the reaction mixture comprising at least a part of component (A) to (C), and if desired (D), streams, a tubular reactor segment and the use of the inventive amphiphilic graft polymer. The invention further relates to an inventive amphiphilic graft polymer and the use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Faissal-Ali El-Toufaili, Michaela Heussler, Christian Schwede, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Rainer Dobrawa, Dieter Boeckh, Wolfgang Loth, Gerd Konrad
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Patent number: 8519060Abstract: Amphiphilic graft polymers based on water-soluble polyalkylene oxides (A) as a graft base and side chains formed by polymerization of a vinyl ester component (B), said polymers having an average of ?1 graft site per 50 alkylene oxide units and mean molar masses Mw of from 3000 to 100 000.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Dieter Boeckh, Lidcay Herrera Taboada, Asimina Kavarnou-Seiler, Gerd Konrad, Birgit Reinhard, Arturo Luis Casado Dominguez, James Danziger, Frank Huelskoetter
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Patent number: 8211987Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing residual volatiles from polymer compositions.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Fatemeh Ahmadnian, Wolfgang Loth, Karl-Heinz Wassmer, Andreas Brodhagen, Gerd Konrad
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Patent number: 8143209Abstract: Laundry detergent and cleaning compositions comprising amphiphilic graft polymers based on water-soluble polyalkylene oxides (A) as a graft base and side chains formed by polymerization of a vinyl ester component (B), said polymers having an average of ?1 graft site per 50 alkylene oxide units and mean molar masses Mw of from 3000 to 100,000.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dieter Boeckh, Lidcay Herrera Taboada, Asimina Kavarnou-Seiler, Gerd Konrad, Birgit Reinhard, Arturo Luis Casado-Dominguuez, Frank Hulskotter, James Lee Danziger
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Publication number: 20110251345Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing residual volatiles from polymer compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Fatemeh AHMADNIAN, Wolfgang LOTH, Karl-Heinz WASSMER, Andreas BRODHAGEN, Gerd KONRAD
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Patent number: 7818459Abstract: A method and apparatus relates to hardware-to-hardware data transmission in computer systems, and in particular, it relates to method and system for operating I/O adapters attaching either one or more computing devices to an I/O periphery, to a network, or to other computing devices. It is proposed to operate a memory local to the network coupling adapter as a cache memory relative to a system memory associated with the one or more computing devices for storing transmission control information.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gerd Konrad Bayer, Wolfgang Eckert, Markus Michael Helms, Juergen Maergner, Christoph Raisch, Thomas Schlipf, Klaus Theurich
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Publication number: 20090298735Abstract: Laundry detergent and cleaning compositions comprising amphiphilic graft polymers based on water-soluble polyalkylene oxides (A) as a graft base and side chains formed by polymerization of a vinyl ester component (B), said polymers having an average of ?1 graft site per 50 alkylene oxide units and mean molar masses Mw of from 3000 to 100,000.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2007Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dieter Boeckh, Liodcay Herrera Taboada, Asimina Kavarnou-Seiler, Gerd Konrad, Birgit Reinhard, Arturo Luis Casado-Dominguuez, Frank Huelskoetter, James Lee Danziger
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Publication number: 20090176935Abstract: Amphiphilic graft polymers based on water-soluble polyalkylene oxides (A) as a graft base and side chains formed by polymerization of a vinyl ester component (B), said polymers having an average of ?1 graft site per 50 alkylene oxide units and mean molar masses Mw of from 3000 to 100 000.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2007Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Dieter Boeckh, Lidcay Herrera Taboada, Asimina Kavarnou-Seiler, Gerd Konrad, Birgit Reinhard, Arturo Luis Casado Dominguez, James Danziger, Frank Huelskoetter
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Publication number: 20080120442Abstract: A method and apparatus relates to hardware-to-hardware data transmission in computer systems, and in particular, it relates to method and system for operating I/O adapters attaching either one or more computing devices to an I/O periphery, to a network, or to other computing devices. It is proposed to operate a memory local to the network coupling adapter as a cache memory relative to a system memory associated with the one or more computing devices for storing transmission control information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: May 22, 2008Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gerd Konrad Bayer, Wolfgang Eckert, Markus Michael Helms, Juergen Maergner, Christoph Raisch, Thomas Schlipf, Klaus Theurich
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Patent number: 7337240Abstract: A method and apparatus relates to hardware-to-hardware data transmission in computer systems, and in particular, it relates to method and system for operating I/O adapters attaching either one or more computing devices to an I/O periphery, to a network, or to other computing devices. It is proposed to operate a memory local to the network coupling adapter as a cache memory relative to a system memory associated with the one or more computing devices for storing transmission control information.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2001Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gerd Konrad Bayer, Wolfgang Eckert, Markus Michael Helms, Juergen Maergner, Christoph Raisch, Thomas Schlipf, Klaus Theurich
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Publication number: 20020099879Abstract: A method and apparatus relates to hardware-to-hardware data transmission in computer systems, and in particular, it relates to method and system for operating I/O adapters attaching either one or more computing devices to an I/O periphery, to a network, or to other computing devices. It is proposed to operate a memory local to the network coupling adapter as a cache memory relative to a system memory associated with the one or more computing devices for storing transmission control information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2001Publication date: July 25, 2002Applicant: IBMInventors: Gerd Konrad Bayer, Wolfgang Eckert, Markus Michael Helms, Juergen Maergner, Christoph Raisch, Thomas Schlipf, Klaus Theurich
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Patent number: 5880236Abstract: Water-thickening copolymers are obtainable by copolymerization of(A) one or more monomers of the formula IR.sup.1 HC.dbd.CR.sup.2 R.sup.3 IwhereR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 can be identical or different and each is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl, andR.sup.3 is ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 can be identical or different and each is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl,R.sup.4 is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl,R.sup.5 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylene,R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 can be identical or different and each is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, andM is hydrogen or an alkali metal, 1/2 alkaline earth metal or ammonium ion, and(B) one or more monomers of the formula IIa or IIb ##STR2## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 can be identical or different and each is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl,R.sup.4 is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl,X is --COOM where M is hydrogen or alkali metal, 1/2 alkaline earth metal or ammonium ion,Y is ##STR3## where R.sup.8 is C.sub.6 -C.sub.30 -alkyl, alkylaryl or aryl and R.sup.9 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1993Date of Patent: March 9, 1999Inventors: Gerd Konrad, Heinrich Hartmann
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Patent number: 5661220Abstract: Reaction products which are suitable as demulsifiers for crude oil emulsions, comprise olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids and polyetherols and are obtainable byA) condensation of one or more unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -carboxylic acids or their derivatives of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or carboxyl, R.sup.3 is hydrogen or methyl and R.sup.1 together with the carboxyl group may form a 5-membered or 6-membered anhydride ring, with a polyetherol of the general formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.4 is a radical of a monohydric or polyhydric alcohol or of a phenol or of an alkylphenol of 7 to 30 carbon atoms or a radical of an alkylphenol/formaldehyde or alkylphenol/acetaldehyde condensate, R.sup.5 is a branched or straight-chain C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkylene group, where different units [R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1996Date of Patent: August 26, 1997Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Dieter Faul, Joachim Roser, Heinrich Hartmann, Hans-Henning Vogel, Wilhelmus Slotman, Gerd Konrad
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Patent number: 5502188Abstract: Aqueous solutions of N-methylmorpholine N-oxide having color numbers below 200 APHA, based on an N-methylmorpholine N-oxide content of 50% by weight, are produced by reacting aqueous hydrogen peroxide solutions with aqueous solutions of N-methylmorpholine having a water content of at least 35% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: March 26, 1996Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Klemens Massonne, Gerd Konrad, Mark D. Sandison, Gregory E. Moffitt, Lawrence E. James, John Banger
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Patent number: 5228915Abstract: A cementing composition useful in cementing oil, gas and water wells, comprising water, hydraulic cement and an effective amount of water soluble fluid loss additive comprised of a blend of a copolymer (i) of acrylamide/vinyl imidazole in a weight percent ratio of from about 95:5 to 5:95, said copolymer (i) having a molecular weight range of from about 100,000 to 3,000,000, and a copolymer (ii) of vinyl pyrrolidone and the sodium salt of vinyl sulfonate in a weight percent ratio of 80:20 to 20:80, said copolymer (ii) having a molecular weight range of from about 100,000 to 3,000,000. The blend is comprised of a weight percent ratio of copolymer (i) to copolymer (ii) in the range of 20:80 to 80:20. The composition can also optionally include a dispersant such as sodium or potassium salts or a sulfonated naphthalene formaldehyde condensate.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1992Date of Patent: July 20, 1993Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Stefano C. Crema, Clare H. Kucera, Gerd Konrad, Heinrich Hartmann
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Patent number: 5178641Abstract: Crude oil middle distillates with improved cold flow properties, containing small amounts ofA. conventional flow improver on an ethylene base, andB. copolymers which consist of 10 to 95 mol-% of one or more acrylacrylates or alkylmethacrylates with C.sub.1 - to C.sub.26 -alkyl chains, and of 5 to 90 mol-% of one or more ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids or their anhydrides, where the copolymer is reacted to a large extent with one or several primary or secondary amines into the monoamide or amide/ammonia salt of dicarboxylic acid, and the quantitative proportion of A to B is from 40 to 60 up to 95 to 5.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1991Date of Patent: January 12, 1993Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Gerd Konrad, Bernd Wenderoth, Klaus Barthold, Erich Schwartz, Hans-Juergen Raubenheimer, Heinrich Hartmann
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Patent number: 5046562Abstract: A cementing composition useful in cementing oil, gas and water wells, comprising water, hydraulic cement and an effective amount of water soluble fluid loss additive comprised of a blend of a copolymer of acrylamide/vinyl imidazole in a weight percent ratio of from about 95:5 to 5:95, said copolymer having a molecular weight range of from about 100,000 to 3,000,000, and a terpolymer of acrylamide/acrylamidomethylpropane sulfonic acid sodium salt/vinyl imidazole in a weight percent ratio of 60:20:20, said terpolymer having a molecular weight range of from about 100,000 to 3,000.000. The blend is comprised of a weight percent ratio of copolymer to terpolymer in the range of 20:80 to 80:20. The composition can also optionally include a dispersant such as sodium or potassium salts or a sulfonated naphthalene formaldehyde condensate.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1991Date of Patent: September 10, 1991Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Stefano C. Crema, Clare H. Kucera, Gerd Konrad, Heinrich Hartmann
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Patent number: 5025040Abstract: A cementing composition useful in cementing oil, gas and water wells, comprising water, hydraulic cement and an effective amount of water soluble fluid loss additive comprised of a blend of a copolymer of acrylamide/vinyl imidazole in a weight percent ratio of from about 95:5 to 5:95, said copolymer having a molecular weight range of from about 100,000 to 3,000,000, and a terpolymer of acrylamide/acrylamidomethylpropane sulfonic acid sodium salt/vinyl imidazole in a weight percent ratio of 60:20:20, said terpolymer having a molecular weight range of from about 100,000 to 3,000,000. The blend is comprised of a weight percent ratio of copolymer to terpolymer in the range of 20:80 to 80:20. The composition can also optionally include a dispersant such as sodium or potassium salts or a sulfonated naphthalene formaldehyde condensate.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1990Date of Patent: June 18, 1991Assignee: BASFInventors: Stefano C. Crema, Clare H. Kucera, Gerd Konrad, Heinrich Hartmann
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Patent number: 4933378Abstract: A cementing composition useful in cementing oil, gas and water wells, comprising water, hydraulic cement and an effective amount of water soluble fluid loss additive comprised of a copolymer of acrylamide/vinyl imidazole and derivatives thereof in a weight percent ratio of from about 95:5 to 5:95, said copolymer having a molecular weight range of from about 100,000 to 3,000,000. The composition can also optionally include a dispersant such as sodium or potassium salts or a sulfonated naphthalene formaldehyde condensate.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1989Date of Patent: June 12, 1990Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Clare H. Kucera, Stefano C. Crema, Michael D. Roznowski, Gerd Konrad, Heinrich Hartman