Patents by Inventor Guenter Oetter
Guenter Oetter 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: 11742197Abstract: The use of an organic compound as cleavable additive, preferably as cleavable surfactant, in the modification and/or treatment of at least one surface of a semiconductor substrate is described. Moreover, it is described a method of making a semiconductor substrate, comprising contacting at least one surface thereof with an organic compound, or with a composition comprising it, to treat or modify said surface, cleaving said organic compound into a set of fragments and removing said set of fragments from the contacted surface. More in particular, a method of cleaning or rinsing a semiconductor substrate or an intermediate semiconductor substrate is described. In addition, a compound is described which is suitable for the uses and methods pointed out above and which preferably is a cleavable surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Andreas Klipp, Christian Bittner, Simon Braun, Guenter Oetter, Yeni Burk
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Patent number: 11634654Abstract: An olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, or a nitrogen compound quaternized with epoxide in the presence of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, can be used as a fuel additive or lubricant additive. Processes can be used for preparing additives of this kind and fuels and lubricants additized therewith, such as a detergent additive. These additives, fuels, and lubricants can be used for reduction or prevention of deposits in injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems; for reduction of fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and for minimization of power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems. The additives can also be used for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ludwig Völkel, Markus Hansch, Günter Oetter, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Klaus Mühlbach, Ivette Garcia Castro
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Publication number: 20220177808Abstract: Described herein is a cationic surfactant. Also described herein is a method of using the cationic surfactant, the method including using the cationic surfactant in laundry detergent compositions (for example in combination with an anionic surfactant, nonionic surfactant and/or enzyme).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Susanne Carina Engert, Matthias Kellermeier, Katrin-Stephanie Tuecking, Hans-Christian Raths, Guenter Oetter, Nadine Engelhardt, Alejandra Garcia Marcos, Lydia Braun
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Patent number: 11225857Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of crude oil from subterranean, oil-bearing formations comprising at least the following steps of providing an aqueous surfactant composition comprising water and a surfactant mixture, injecting said surfactant composition into the subterranean, oil-bearing formation through at least one injection well, thereby reducing the crude oil-water interfacial tension to less than 0.1 mN/m, and withdrawing crude oil from the formation through at least one production well, wherein the surfactant mixture comprises at least a surfactant (A) having the general formula R1—O—(CH2CH(R2)O)a—(CH2CH(CH3)O)b—(CH2CH2O)c—R3—Y?M+ (I) and a solubility enhancer (B) having the general formula R4—O—(CH2CH(CH3)O)x—(CH2CH2O)y—R3—Y?M+ (II), wherein R1 to R4, a, b, c, x, y, Y and M have the meaning as defined the the description and claims.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Guenter Oetter, Jack F. Tinsley, Hans-Christian Raths, Marcel Patrik Kienle, Sebastian Alexander Weisse
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Publication number: 20220002614Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing mineral oil from an underground mineral oil deposit, in which an aqueous saline surfactant formulation comprising a surfactant mixture, for the purpose of lowering the interfacial tension between oil and water to <0.1 mN/m, is injected through at least one injection well into the mineral oil deposit and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through at least one production well, wherein the mineral oil deposit is at a temperature of ?25° C. and <130° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Christian BITTNER, Christian SPINDLER, Guenter OETTER, David LEY, Lorenz SIGGEL
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Patent number: 11168273Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, wherein the copolymer comprises at least one free carboxylic acid side group, or of a nitrogen compound quaternized with epoxide in the presence of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, wherein the copolymer comprises at least one free carboxylic acid side group, as a fuel additive or lubricant additive; to processes for preparing additives of this kind, and to fuels and lubricants additized therewith; such as, more particularly, as a detergent additive; for reduction or prevention of deposits in the injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems, for reduction of the fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems, and for minimization of power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and as an additive for gasoline fuels, especially for operationType: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ludwig Völkel, Markus Hansch, Günter Oetter, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Klaus Mühlbach, Ivette Garcia Castro
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Publication number: 20210222080Abstract: An olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, or a nitrogen compound quaternized with epoxide in the presence of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, can be used as a fuel additive or lubricant additive. Processes can be used for preparing additives of this kind and fuels and lubricants additized therewith, such as a detergent additive. These additives, fuels, and lubricants can be used for reduction or prevention of deposits in injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems; for reduction of fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and for minimization of power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems. The additives can also be used for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ludwig Völkel, Markus Hansch, Günter Oetter, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Klaus Mühlbach, Ivette Garcia Castro
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Publication number: 20210214635Abstract: An olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, or a nitrogen compound quaternized with epoxide in the presence of an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer, containing at least one free carboxylic acid side group, can be used as a fuel additive or lubricant additive. Processes can be used for preparing additives of this kind and fuels and lubricants additized therewith, such as a detergent additive. These additives, fuels, and lubricants can be used for reduction or prevention of deposits in injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems: for reduction of fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and for minimization of power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems. The additives can also be used for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Maxim Peretolchin, Harald Böhnke, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ludwig Völkel, Markus Hansch, Günter Oetter, Aaron Flores-Figueroa, Klaus Mühlbach, Ivette Garcia Castro
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Publication number: 20210166934Abstract: The use of an organic compound as cleavable additive, preferably as cleavable surfactant, in the modification and/or treatment of at least one surface of a semiconductor substrate is described. Moreover, it is described a method of making a semiconductor substrate, comprising contacting at least one surface thereof with an organic compound, or with a composition comprising it, to treat or modify said surface, cleaving said organic compound into a set of fragments and removing said set of fragments from the contacted surface. More in particular, a method of cleaning or rinsing a semiconductor substrate or an intermediate semiconductor substrate is described. In addition, a compound is described which is suitable for the uses and methods pointed out above and which preferably is a cleavable surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Andreas KLIPP, Christian BITTNER, Simon BRAUN, Guenter OETTER, Yeni BURK
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Publication number: 20210148203Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of crude oil from subterranean, oil-bearing formations comprising at least the following steps of providing an aqueous surfactant composition comprising water and a surfactant mixture, injecting said surfactant composition into the subterranean, oil-bearing formation through at least one injection well, thereby reducing the crude oil-water interfacial tension to less than 0.1 mN/m, and withdrawing crude oil from the formation through at least one production well, wherein the surfactant mixture comprises at least a surfactant (A) having the general formula R1—O—(CH2CH(R2)O)a—(CH2CH(CH3)O)b—(CH2CH2O)c—R3—Y?M+ (I) and a solubility enhancer (B) having the general formula R4—O—(CH2CH(CH3)O)x—(CH2CH2O)y—R3—Y?M+ (II), wherein R1 to R4, a, b, c, x, y, Y and M have the meaning as defined the the description and claims.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Christian BITTNER, Guenter OETTER, Jack F. TINSLEY, Hans-Christian RATHS, Marcel Patrik KIENLE, Sebastian Alexander WEISSE
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Patent number: 10961432Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing mineral oil from underground mineral oil deposits, in which an aqueous formulation comprising at least a mixture of alkyl ether carboxylate and corresponding alkyl ether alcohol, where the alkyl ether carboxylate has been prepared from the alkyl ether alcohol and the molar ratio in the mixture of alkyl ether carboxylate:alkyl ether alcohol is from 51:49 to 92:8, is injected through at least one injection well into a mineral oil deposit, where the deposit has a deposit temperature of 55° C. to 150° C., a crude oil having more than 20° API and a deposit water having more than 100 ppm of divalent cations, and crude oil is withdrawn through at least one production well from the deposit. The invention further relates to the preparation of the mixture and to a concentrate comprising the mixture.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Inventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Sebastian Alexander Weiße, Hans-Christian Raths, Jack Tinsley, Marcel Kienle
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Publication number: 20200239762Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing mineral oil from underground mineral oil deposits, in which an aqueous saline surfactant formulation comprising a surfactant mixture, for the purpose of lowering the interfacial tension between oil and water to <0.1 mN/m, is injected into a mineral oil deposit through at least one injection well and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through at least one production well, wherein the mineral oil deposit has a temperature of ?90° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Christian BITTNER, Guenter OETTER, Christian SPINDLER, Hans BULLIEN, David LEY, Lorenz SIGGEL
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Publication number: 20200157409Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of crude oil from subterranean, oil-bearing formations comprising at least the following steps of providing an aqueous surfactant composition comprising water and a surfactant mixture, injecting said surfactant composition into the subterranean, oil-bearing formation through at least one injection well, thereby reducing the crude oil-water interfacial tension to less than 0.1 mN/m, and withdrawing crude oil from the formation through at least one production well, wherein the surfactant mixture comprises at least a surfactant (A) having the general formula R1—O—(CH2CH(R2)O)a-(CH2CH(CH3)O)b— (CH2CH2O)c—R3—Y? M+ (I) and a solubility enhancer (B) having the general formula R4—O—(CH2CH(CH3)O)x—(CH2CH2O)y—R3—Y? M+ (II), wherein R1 to R4, a, b, c, x, y, Y and M have the meaning as defined the the description and claims.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Christian BITTNER, Guenter OETTER, Jack F. TINSLEY, Hans-Christian RATHS, Marcel Patrik KIENLE, Sebastian Alexander WEISSE
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Patent number: 10538724Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising one or more ammonium salt(s) of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of sulfobutanedioic acid diester(s), (sulfomethyl)-butanedioic acid diester(s), methyl-sulfobutanedioic acid diester(s), sulfoglutaric acid diester(s), and sulfotricarballic acid triester(s), for cleaning or rinsing a product comprising a substrate and supported thereon a patterned material layer having line-space structures with a line width of 50 nm and below. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of making a cleaned or rinsed product comprising a substrate and supported thereon a patterned material layer having line-space structures with a line width of 50 nm or below. The invention also relates to a solution with color of HAZEN number below 1000 and/or a turbidity in the range of from 0.08 to 10 NTU, wherein the solution comprises water and one or more ammonium salt(s) and optionally one or more organic solvent compounds.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: BAFS SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Guenter Oetter, Andrei Honciuc, Andreas Klipp, Simon Braun
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Patent number: 10494907Abstract: Process for treating subterranean oil-bearing formations comprising carbonate rocks with an aqueous composition comprising cationic ammonium salts comprising four hydrocarbon radicals wherein at least one of the hydrocarbon radicals is substituted by an OH-group. The process may be a process for enhanced oil recovery, fracturing, acidizing or antiscale treatment.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Vandana Kurkal-Siebert, Guenter Oetter, Nicole Lichterfeld-Weber
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Patent number: 10385295Abstract: A method of reducing defects of a semiconductor substrate whereby the substrate is rinsed with an aqueous composition containing a gemini additive of the general formula I after the development of a photoresist or a photolithographic mask wherein X is a divalent group, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are substituted or unsubstituted monovalent groups, n is an integer from 1 to 5, or 1 to 10000 depending on R3 and R4, z is an integer, which is chosen so that the overall surfactant is electrically uncharged, and Z is a counter-ion.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Andreas Klipp, Andrei Honciuc, Guenter Oetter, Christian Bittner
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Publication number: 20190203103Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing mineral oil from underground mineral oil deposits, in which an aqueous formulation comprising at least a mixture of alkyl ether carboxylate and corresponding alkyl ether alcohol, where the alkyl ether carboxylate has been prepared from the alkyl ether alcohol and the molar ratio in the mixture of alkyl ether carboxylate:alkyl ether alcohol is from 51:49 to 92:8, is injected through at least one injection well into a mineral oil deposit, where the deposit has a deposit temperature of 55° C. to 150° C., a crude oil having more than 20° API and a deposit water having more than 100 ppm of divalent cations, and crude oil is withdrawn through at least one production well from the deposit. The invention further relates to the preparation of the mixture and to a concentrate comprising the mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Sebastian Weiße, Hans-Christian Raths, Jack Tinsley, Marcel Kienle
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Patent number: 10266751Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing mineral oil from underground mineral oil deposits, in which an aqueous formulation comprising at least a mixture of alkyl ether carboxylate and corresponding alkyl ether alcohol, where the alkyl ether carboxylate has been prepared from the alkyl ether alcohol and the molar ratio in the mixture of alkyl ether carboxylate:alkyl ether alcohol is from 51:49 to 92:8, is injected through at least one injection well into a mineral oil deposit, where the deposit has a deposit temperature of 55° C. to 150° C., a crude oil having more than 20° API and a deposit water having more than 100 ppm of divalent cations, and crude oil is withdrawn through at least one production well from the deposit. The invention further relates to the preparation of the mixture and to a concentrate comprising the mixture.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Sebastian Alexander Weiβe, Hans-Christian Raths, Jack Tinsley, Marcel Kienle
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Patent number: 10155900Abstract: The present invention relates to a surfactant mixture comprising at least three ionic surfactants which differ in terms of the hydrocarbyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (I) where R1, R2, A0, k, X, o, Y, a, b, M are each as defined in the description and the claims. The invention further relates to the use and preparation thereof, and to aqueous surfactant formulations comprising the mixtures, and to processes for producing mineral oil by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which the aqueous surfactant formulation is injected into a mineral oil deposit through injection wells and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production wells.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez-Juergenson, Sophie Maitro-Vogel
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Publication number: 20180201885Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising one or more ammonium salt(s) of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of sulfobutanedioic acid diester(s), (sulfomethyl)-butanedioic acid diester(s), methyl-sulfobutanedioic acid diester(s), sulfoglutaric acid diester(s), and sulfotricarballic acid triester(s), for cleaning or rinsing a product comprising a substrate and supported thereon a patterned material layer having line-space structures with a line width of 50 nm and below. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of making a cleaned or rinsed product comprising a substrate and supported thereon a patterned material layer having line-space structures with a line width of 50 nm or below. The invention also relates to a solution with color of HAZEN number below 1000 and/or a turbidity in the range of from 0.08 to 10 NTU, wherein the solution comprises water and one or more ammonium salt(s) and optionally one or more organic solvent compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Guenter Oetter, Andrei Honciuc, Andreas Klipp, Simon Braun