Patents by Inventor Goetz Scheffler

Goetz Scheffler 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).

  • Publication number: 20160237382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a combination of a free fluorescent whitening agent and cationic polymer as a brightening agent for a synthetic single or blended textile, especially polyester textile, and to a corresponding brightening agent as well as a laundering process for brightening a synthetic, single or blended textile, which is characterized by a) preparing a composition by contacting a free fluorescent whitening agent with a cationic polymer, and b) treating said synthetic, single or blended textile with the composition prepared in step a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert Hochberg, Oliver Becherer, Bernard Schultz, Goetz Scheffler, Rene Schlatter
  • Publication number: 20140007355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a combination of a free fluorescent whitening agent and cationic polymer as a brightening agent for a synthetic single or blended textile, especially polyester textile, and to a corresponding brightening agent as well as a laundering process for brightening a synthetic, single or blended textile, which is characterized by a) preparing a composition by contacting a free fluorescent whitening agent with a cationic polymer, and b) treating said synthetic, single or blended textile with the composition prepared in step a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert Hochberg, Oliver Becherer, Bernard Schultz, Goetz Scheffler, Rene Schlatter
  • Patent number: 8556993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a combination of a free fluorescent whitening agent and cationic polymer as a brightening agent for a synthetic single or blended textile, especially polyester textile, and to a corresponding brightening agent as well as a laundering process for brightening a synthetic, single or blended textile, which is characterized by a) preparing a composition by contacting a free fluorescent whitening agent with a cationic polymer, and b) treating said synthetic, single or blended textile with the composition prepared in step a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert Hochberg, Oliver Becherer, Bernard Schultz, Goetz Scheffler, René Schlatter
  • Publication number: 20090293210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a combination of a free fluorescent whitening agent and cationic polymer as a brightening agent for a synthetic single or blended textile, especially polyester textile, and to a corresponding brightening agent as well as a laundering process for brightening a synthetic, single or blended textile, which is characterized by a) preparing a composition by contacting a free fluorescent whitening agent with a cationic polymer, and b) treating said synthetic, single or blended textile with the composition prepared in step a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Hochberg, Oliver Becherer, Bernard Schultz, Goetz Scheffler, René Schlatter
  • Patent number: 7566349
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel bis-triazinylaminostilbene amphoteric fluorescent whitening agents, comprising both individual components and mixtures thereof, a process for their preparation, intermediates useful for their preparation and use of the fluorescent whitening agents for the fluorescent whitening of paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Goetz Scheffler, Peter Rohringer, Ian John Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20080202716
    Abstract: The present invention provides 4,4?-bis(triazinylamino)stilbene-2,2?-disulfonic acid derivatives of formula (1), compositions of amphoteric 4,4?-bis(triazinylamino)stilbene-2,2?-disulfonic acid derivatives, a process for their preparation, aqueous formulations thereof, their use as an optical brightener for paper and to paper treated with these derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2005
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Goetz Scheffler, Rene Schlatter
  • Publication number: 20070260060
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel bis-triazinylaminostilbene amphoteric fluorescent whitening agents, comprising both individual components and mixtures thereof, a process for their preparation, intermediates useful for their preparation and use of the fluorescent whitening agents for the fluorescent whitening of paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Goetz Scheffler, Peter Rohringer, Ian Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20070225184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising specific amphoteric fluorescent whitening agents (FWA) and dyefixing, dye transfer inhibition and/or fabric softening agents, formulations for the treatment of textiles comprising such compositions, and the use of such compositions and/or formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: CIBA SPECIALITY CHEMICALS HOLDING INC.
    Inventors: Hauke Rohwer, Goetz Scheffler, Robert Hochberg, Ullrich Menge
  • Patent number: 7247174
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel bis-triazinylaminostilbene amphoteric fluorescent whitening agents, comprising both individual components and mixtures thereof, a process for their preparation, intermediates useful for their prepartion and use of the fluorescent whitening agents for the fluorescents whitening of paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Goetz Scheffler, Peter Rohringer, Ian John Fletcher
  • Patent number: 7166564
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel bis(triazinylamino)stilbenes which are suitable as UV absorbers and fluorescent whiteners for textile materials and also bring about an increase in the treated textile material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventors: Goetz Scheffler, Hauke Rohwer, René Schlatter, Robert Hochberg
  • Publication number: 20060197060
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel bis(triazinylamino)stilbenes which are suitable as UV absorbers and fluorescent whiteners for textile materials and also bring about an increase in the treated textile material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Goetz Scheffler, Hauke Rohwer, Rene Schlatter, Robert Hochberg
  • Publication number: 20060185805
    Abstract: Composition for the fluorescent whitening of paper, which comprises a) a fluorescent whitening agent (FWA) derived from 4,4?-bis[(1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino]stilbene-2,2?-disulphonic acid and characterized by one or both of the triazine rings carrying an —NH2 substituent; b) water and c) optionally, further auxiliaries, the use thereof in either the pulp mass, in coating or in the metering size-press or film press and to a process thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Rohringer, Robert Hochberg, Oliver Becherer, Hans Kramer, Goetz Scheffler
  • Publication number: 20060155124
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel bis-triazinylaminostilbene amphoteric fluorescent whitening agents, comprising both individual components and mixtures thereof, a process for their preparation, intermediates useful for their prepartion and use of the fluorescent whitening agents for the fluorescents whitening of paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Goetz Scheffler, Peter Rohringer, Ian Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20050161184
    Abstract: A compound of the formula wherein A1 and A2 each, independently of one another, represent —SO3 or —SO3M, where M represents hydrogen, an alkaline or alkaline earth metal, ammonium or alkylammonium, B1 and B2 each, independently of one another, represent the moiety in which R1 represents hydrogen, a straight-chain C1-C12alkyl or branched C3-C12alkyl group which C2-C12alkyl and C3-C12alkyl group, respectively, may be interrupted by one or two heteroatoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two —OH, —OC1-C4alkyl, —NH2, —NHC1-C4alkyl, —N(C1-C4alkyl)2, -N-pyrrolidino, -N-piperidino, -N-morpholino or —N+(C1C4alkyl)3 groups and R2 represents C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalkyl, —CH2CONH2, —CH2OOOH or —CH2OOO C1C4alkyl or, alternatively, B1 and B2 each, independently of one another, represent a group of the formula in which R3, R4 and R5 each, independently of each other, represent hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalkyl, the group —X?—NR6R7 or the group —X?—N+R3R6R7, whereby at least one of the substituents R4 a
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Goetz Scheffler, Peter Rohringer, Rene Schlatter, Ted Deisenroth