Patents by Inventor Harro Traubel
Harro Traubel 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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Publication number: 20020009495Abstract: The invention relates to microcapsules having walls obtained by polyaddition of polyisocyanates and polyamines in an aqueous emulsion comprising protein hydrolysate emulsifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2001Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventors: Harro Traubel, Hans-Albert Ehlert, Ulrich Nehen, Jurgen Weisser
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Publication number: 20010031363Abstract: This invention relates to aqueous polyurethane formulations comprisingType: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2001Publication date: October 18, 2001Inventors: Harro Traubel, Karl Pisaric, Michael Traubel
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Patent number: 6303213Abstract: The invention relates to substrates bearing visible information that is secure against unauthorized copying obtained by applying information in the form of combinations of at least one emitting colorant and at least one reflecting colorant that are selected to exhibit similar or identical hues when viewed, with no cognizance being taken of fluorescence, and are applied in such a manner that their color fields touch, wherein the color loci of the two colorants correspond to one of the trichromatic colors yellow, magenta, or cyan and the reflecting colorant is an organic or inorganic pigment.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2000Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Horst Berneth, Uwe Claussen, Rolf Richter, Harro Träubel, Günter Franke
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Patent number: 6254644Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing leather by (I) tanning a pelt with (a) an aldehyde, or (b) a bisulphite-blocked polyisocyanate; (II) optionally, retanning the pelt with (a) a polyaspartic acid, a salt of a polyaspartic acid, a polyaspartic acid anhydride, or a mixture thereof, and/or (b) a polyaspartamide; (III) dressing the resultant product by (a) bottoming the product with a polyurethane and one or more natural bottoming assistants, and (b) applying a polyurethane and/or polyesteramide finish; and (IV) optionally, aftertreating the resultant dressed leather with a leather preservative.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Harro Träubel, Hanns-Peter Müller, Helmut Reiff, Jürgen Reiners, Gerd-Friedrich Renner, Rainhard Koch, Karl Pisaric
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Patent number: 6143132Abstract: The novel AOX-free process for imparting wet strength to paper with water-dispersible polyisocyanates is distinguished by a good wet-strength effect, even under mild drying conditions, and does not affect the activity of optical brighteners used at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1998Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Harro Traubel, Hans-Josef Laas, Helmut Reiff, Joachim Konig, Jurgen Reiners, Harald Faika
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Patent number: 6090871Abstract: This invention relates to compositions comprising a polyisocyanate having ionic groups or polyether groups and at least one member selected from the group consisting of a naturally occurring polymer, a polysiloxane graft copolymer, a water-dilutable synthetic polymer and a cationic polymer or a naturally occurring polymer and at least one member selected from the group consisting of a polysiloxane graft copolymer, a water-dilutable synthetic polymer and a cationic polymer.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1996Date of Patent: July 18, 2000Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jurgen Reiners, Jurgen Kopp, Joachim Konig, Harro Traubel, Eckhard Wenderoth, Bernhard Jansen, Joachim Probst
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Patent number: 5917083Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an isocyanate group-containing allophanate corresponding to formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R represents the residue obtained by removing the isocyanate groups from a (cyclo)aliphatic or araliphatic diisocyanate,Y represents the represents an m-valent residue obtained by removing the hydroxyl groups from a (poly)hydroxyl compound having m OH groups andn and m are the same or different and have a value of 1 to 5, by reacting an isocyanate group-containing oxadiazinetrione with a primary alcohol in the presence of a basic catalyst having a pKa value of >6.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1997Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Klaus Konig, Helmut Reiff, Christian Wamprecht, Harro Traubel
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Patent number: 5898049Abstract: The use of dispersions of urea group-containing polyurethanes based on selected starting materials and crosslinkers leads to the production of fully biodegradable shaped bodies.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1997Date of Patent: April 27, 1999Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hanns-Peter Muller, Harro Traubel, Rainhard Koch
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Patent number: 5888400Abstract: A process for preparing low-salt preparations of condensation products based onA) sulphonated aromatics,B) aldehydes and/or ketones and optionallyC) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of nonsulphonated aromatics, urea and urea derivatives,characterized in that inorganic acid present after the condensation is separated off in whole or in part from the condensation product, optionally in the form of its salts after neutralization, until the inorganic salt content is less than 10% by weight, relative to the preparation, leads to preparations which are outstandingly suitable as tanning agents, dispersants and liquefiers.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1997Date of Patent: March 30, 1999Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Edzard Tholema, Wolfgang Zarges, Harro Traubel
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Patent number: 5885474Abstract: Leather can be pretreated to obtain good body, soft feel, and excellent grain smoothness and solidity with products having a molecular weight of 700 to 30,000 and which are obtainable by reaction ofA. polysuccinimide having a molecular weight, determined as the number-average, of 500 to 10,000, withB. 5 to 90 mol % based on the succinimide units of polysuccinimide A, and/or secondary amine, the nitrogen substituents of which contain 1 to 60 carbon atoms and which can be unsubstituted or substituted, at least 2.5 mol % of the nitrogen substituents of the amine containing at least 12 carbon atoms,C. optionally, (i) derivatives of C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -monocarboxylic acids, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -dicarboxylic acids, and/or (ii) monoisocyanates, diisocyanates epichlorohydrin (for reaction of amino and/or hydroxyl groups on the nitrogen substituents of the reaction product of A and B), andD. 95 to 10 mol % of ring-opening base in the presence of water.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1998Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jurgen Reiners, Manfred Schnee, Torsten Groth, Winfried Joentgen, Gerd Schmitz, Harro Traubel, Nikolaus Muller
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Patent number: 5846383Abstract: Process for the production of structurally strong papers (or paper-like materials) which have a terminable strength by treatment of paper in the pulp or of finished paper in the surface with 0.0001 to 50% by weight, preferably 0.01-25% by weight (based on the pulp), of a mixture of isocyanates which contain on average at least two isocyanate groups and of which at least 20% by weight (preferably at least 50%) are those in which the NCO groups are bonded via an organic radical which contains at least one ester and/or amide group in the main chain.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1997Date of Patent: December 8, 1998Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Harro Traubel, Klaus Konig
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Patent number: 5820634Abstract: Bisulphite-blocked, polyether-modified polyisocyanates are outstandingly suitable, in combination with mineral tanning agents, for the tanning of leather.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1997Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Harro Traubel, Fritz Novotny, Helmut Reiff
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Patent number: 5770651Abstract: Oligourethanes containing both anionic and cationic groups may be used as formulating agents for superior aqueous pigment preparations.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1993Date of Patent: June 23, 1998Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Harro Traubel, Hans-Werner Muller, Fritz Novotny
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Patent number: 5739249Abstract: The invention relates to a new process for the preparation of cellulose-containing material provided with a dry-strength and wet-strength finish and/or sized, characterised in that the cellulose-containing material is treated with a water-dispersible polyisocyanate mixture (I), which contains tertiary amino and/or ammonium groups, optionally polyether units and optionally hydrophobic groups.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1995Date of Patent: April 14, 1998Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jurgen Reiners, Hans-Josef Laas, Joachim Konig, Helmut Reiff, Joachim Probst, Bruno Bomer, Reinhard Halpaap, Fritz Puchner, Harro Traubel
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Patent number: 5618317Abstract: The present invention relates to tanning agents containing carbamoyl sulfonate groups that are prepared by the reaction of(A) organic polyisocyanates,(B) 0.01 to 0.4 equivalents, relative to the isocyanate groups of polyisocyanate (A), of polyether alcohols having incorporated polyalkylene oxide units (the equivalents of the polyether alcohol being based on the hydroxyl groups), wherein 40 to 100 mole-% of the polyalkylene oxide units consist of polyethylene oxide units having a sequence length of 5 to 70,(C) optionally, NCO-reactive components other than polyether polyol (B), and(D) ammonium or alkali bisulfites or disulfites.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1995Date of Patent: April 8, 1997Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Harro Traubel, Helmut Reiff
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Patent number: 5580355Abstract: Polyaspartic acid and its salts and anhydrides are outstandingly suitable as tanning agents, as retanning agents and as standardizing agents for dyestuffs.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 1995Date of Patent: December 3, 1996Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Torsten Groth, Winfried Joentgen, Ulrich Muller, Bruno Bomer, deceased, Guido M. Bomer, heir, Harro Traubel
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Patent number: 5518764Abstract: The present invention relates to the preparation of coated textile fabrics using an aqueous binder dispersion containing(A) 100 parts by weight of a polymeric binder (calculated as solid) and(B) additives comprising, per 100 parts by weight of binder (A),(i) about 3 to about 12 parts by weight of fat, oil, and/or wax, and(ii) about 50 to about 100 parts by weight of cellulose.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1995Date of Patent: May 21, 1996Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Harro Traubel, Martin Reiner, Rolf Langel, Hans-Albert Ehlert
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Patent number: 5503714Abstract: The invention relates to a new process for the preparation of cellulose-containing material provided with a dry-strength and wet-strength finish and/or sized, characterized in that the cellulose-containing material is treated with a water-dispersible polyisocyanate mixture (I), which contains tertiary amino and/or ammonium groups, optionally polyether units and optionally hydrophobic groups.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1993Date of Patent: April 2, 1996Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jurgen Reiners, Hans-Josef Laas, Joachim Konig, Helmut Reiff, Joachim Probst, Bruno Bomer, Reinhard Halpaap, Fritz Puchner, Harro Traubel
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Patent number: 5468257Abstract: Specific cationic polymers having hydrophobic side chains are highly suitable as binders for pigments for the dyeing of leather.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1993Date of Patent: November 21, 1995Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Joachim Probst, Fritz Novotny, Harro Traubel, Ludger Heiliger
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Patent number: 5417723Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for retanning chrome-tanned leather comprising applying to leather a reaction product of(a) at least one glycerol monoester of a saturated C.sub.12-18 monocarboxylic acid,(b) at least one diisocyanate selected from the group consisting of toluene diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate, and isophorone diisocyanate, and(c) dimethylolpropionic acid,wherein(i) the components (a), (b) and (c) are so selected that the molar ratio of the isocyanate groups of component (b) to the sum of the hydroxyl groups of components (a) plus (c) is about 0.5 to about 1.05 and(ii) the molar ratio of compound (c) to compound (a) is about 0.7 to about 1.5 and wherein(iii) the carboxyl groups originating from compound (c) are at least partly neutralized.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1994Date of Patent: May 23, 1995Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Harro Traubel, Wilhelm Krummel, Joachim Kochta