Patents by Inventor Heike Becker
Heike Becker 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: 8065958Abstract: The use of polymers which comprise amino groups modified with acid groups for the preparation of fountain solutions for offset printing. A process for printing by means of the offset technique, in which a fountain solution which comprises polymer which comprises amino groups modified with acid groups is used.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2005Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Flint Group Germany GmbHInventors: Roland Thiem, Heike Becker, Martin Scholtissek, Wolfgang Lorenz
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Patent number: 7902141Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for treating hard surfaces, comprising a water-soluble or water-dispersible compound as component A which is obtainable by reacting: aa) polyalkylenepolyamines, polyamidoamines, polyamidoamines grafted with ethyleneimine, polyether-amines and mixtures of said compounds, as component Aa; ab) if appropriate at least bifunctional crosslinkers which have, as functional group, a halogenhydrin, glycidyl, aziridine or isocyanate unit or a halogen atom, as component Ab; and ac) monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, salts, esters, amides or nitriles of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, chlorocarboxylic acids and/or glycidyl compounds, such as glycidyl acid, glycidylamide or glycidyl esters; and water; to a process for the preparation of a water-soluble or water-dispersible compound, to water-soluble or water-dispersible compounds preparable by the process according to the invention, and to the use of water-soluble or water-dispersible compounds accoType: GrantFiled: January 27, 2005Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heike Becker, Hans-Juergen Degen, Marcus Guzmann, Tanja Gass, Volker Braig
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Patent number: 7867971Abstract: Use of polymers which comprise (a) monomer units of the formula I ?in which R1 is hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl, (b) monomer units of the formula II ?in which R1 and R2, independently of one another, are hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl, or (c) monomer units of the formula I and monomer units of the formula II, for odor prevention during machine dishwashing.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2004Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bettina Mueller, Marcus Guzmann, Heike Becker
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Patent number: 7749331Abstract: The present application relates to the use of formulations comprising a) at least one polymer as component A comprising at least one structural unit of the formula (I) where the structural unit may be part of a polymer main chain or may be bonded to a polymer main chain via an anchor group, and M is hydrogen or a metal cation; and water; for the treatment of hard surfaces as compositions for improving the run-off behavior of water from the treated hard surfaces and for reducing soil and salt deposition on the treated hard surfaces, and to formulations for the treatment of hard surfaces comprising the at least one polymer, at least one surfactant and at least one carboxylic acid and/or sulfonic acid and/or inorganic acid, and to the use of these formulations for the treatment of hard surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heike Becker, Kai-Uwe Baldenius, Markus Hartmann
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Patent number: 7670464Abstract: Process for distillatively separating a mixture containing a vinyl ether of the general formula (I) R1—O—CH?CH2??(I) and alcohol of the general formula (II) R2—OH??(II) in which R1 and R2 are each independently a saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic radical having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and in which the alcohol (II) has a boiling point which is at least 1° C. higher, measured at or extrapolated to 0.1 MPa abs, than the vinyl ether (I), by a) passing the mixture into a first distillation column and withdrawing, as a top product, an azeotrope containing vinyl ether (I) and alcohol (II) and, as a bottom product, a stream enriched with the alcohol (II); b) passing the azeotrope containing vinyl ether (I) and alcohol (II) from the first distillation column into a second distillation column which is operated at a pressure which is from 0.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2004Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Katrin Klass, Heike Becker, Regina Vogelsang, Alexander Hauk, Markus Siegert, Jochem Henkelmann
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Patent number: 7670389Abstract: The use of water-soluble or water-dispersible polymers obtainable by reaction of (a) polyalkylenepolyamines, polyamidoamines or ethyleneimine-grafted polyamidoamines or mixtures thereof, (b) if desired at least bifunctional crosslinkers and (c) monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, salts, esters, amides or nitriles of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, chlorocarboxylic acids and/or glycidyl compounds, said component (a) having an average molecular weight Mw in the range from 20 000 to 2 000 000 and the molar ratio of the hydrogen atoms on the nitrogen in said component (a) to said component (b) being in the range from 1:0.7 to 1:0.9, as a laundry detergent additive.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2006Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heike Becker, Volker Braig, Lidcay Herrera Taboada
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Publication number: 20100017973Abstract: The invention relates to the use of hydrophobically modified polyalkylenimines as dye transfer inhibitors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Juergen Detering, Heike Becker, Richard Baur, Gero Nordmann
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Publication number: 20100004154Abstract: The invention relates to the use of thermally sensitive polymers as dye transfer inhibitors. The invention also relates to novel thermally sensitive polymers suitable as dye transfer inhibitors, and to washing compositions which comprise these polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Juergen Detering, Heike Becker, Richard Baur, Guido Vandermeulen
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Publication number: 20090305930Abstract: Use of hydrophobins for soil-repellent treatment of hard surfaces, in particular in combination with a cleansing of the surface, processes for soil-repellent treatment of hard surfaces, cleansing agents for hard surfaces and also hard surfaces with a soil-repellent coating comprising hydrophobins.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2006Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heike Becker, Claus Bollschweiler, Thomas Subkowski, Ulf Baus, Hans-Georg Lemaire, Marvin Karos
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Publication number: 20090297884Abstract: Use of hydrophobins for treating the surface of cured mineral building materials, natural stone, cast stone or ceramic, a process for treating such surfaces and also surfaces of cured mineral building materials, natural stone, cast stone or ceramic that have a coating comprising hydrophobins.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2006Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Heike Becker, Claus Bollschweiler, Thomas Subkowski, Ulf Baus, Hans-Georg Lemaire, Marvin Karos
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Patent number: 7557074Abstract: A phosphate-free detergent formulation for machine dishwashing comprising, as components: a) from 1 to 20% by weight of copolymers of a1) from 20 to 80% by weight, preferably from 30 to 70% by weight, of at least one monomer from the group consisting of monoethylenically unsaturated C3-C10-mono- or -dicarboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof, a2) from 0 to 80% by weight, preferably from 10 to 50% by weight, of at least one monomer of the general formula (I), where R1, R2 and R3 are each independently H, CH3 or C2H5, R4 is a linear, branched or cyclic radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aromatic radical having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a3) from 0 to 80% by weight, preferably from 5 to 20% by weight, of at least one further monomer selected from the group consisting of olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms or mixtures thereof and reactive polyisobutenes having on average from 12 to 100 carbon atoms, b) from 1 to 50% by weight of complexing agents, selected from the group consisType: GrantFiled: September 13, 2005Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heike Becker, Bernhard Neuner
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Patent number: 7530360Abstract: Use of copolymers comprising alkylene oxide units and comprising, in randomly or blockwise copolymerized form, (a) 50 to 93 mol % of acrylic acid and/or a water-soluble salt of acrylic acid, (b) 5 to 30 mol % of methacrylic acid and/or a water-soluble salt of methacrylic acid and (c) 2 to 20 mol % of at least one nonionic monomer of the formula I in which the variables have the following meanings: R1 is hydrogen or methyl; R2 is a chemical bond or unbranched or branched C1-C6-alkylene; R3 is identical or different unbranched or branched C2-C4-alkylene radicals; R4 is unbranched or branched C1-C6-alkyl; n is 3 to 50, as deposit-inhibiting additives in the rinsing cycle of a dishwasher.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2004Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Marcus Guzmann, Heike Becker
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Publication number: 20080257190Abstract: The use of polymers which comprise amino groups modified with acid groups for the preparation of fountain solutions for offset printing. A process for printing by means of the offset technique, in which a fountain solution which comprises polymer which comprises amino groups modified with acid groups is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2005Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: Flint Group Germany GmbHInventors: Roland Thiem, Heike Becker, Martin Scholtissek, Wolfgang Lorenz
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Publication number: 20080242577Abstract: Rinse agent formulations for machine dishwashing, comprising as components: a) 1% to 20% by weight of copolymers of a1) 20% to 80% by weight of at least one monomer from the group consisting of monoethylenically unsaturated C3-C10 monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acids or their anhydrides, a2) 10% to 80% by weight of at least one monomer of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 independently of one another are H, CH3 or C2H5, R4 is a linear, branched or cyclic radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aromatic radical having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a3) 0% to 80% by weight of at least one further monomer, selected from the group consisting of olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms or mixtures thereof and reactive polyisobutenes having on average 12 to 100 carbon atoms, b) 1% to 30% by weight of low-foaming nonionic surfactants, c) 0% to 50% by weight of nonaqueous solvents, d) 0% to 15% by weight of solubilizers, e) 0% to 15% by weight of acidifiers, f) 0% to 10% by weight of one or mType: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2005Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: Basf AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heike Becker, Stephan Nied
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Publication number: 20080193648Abstract: A process for applying dissolved or dispersed substances (A) from a formulation in a polar medium, preferably aqueous formulation, to substrates (B) using at least one auxiliary substance (C) by a formulation in a polar medium comprising dissolved or dispersed substance (A) and at least one auxiliary substance (C) being applied to substrate (B), wherein the pKa value of auxiliary substance (C) is higher than that of substrate (B) and of dissolved or dispersed substance (A) and wherein auxiliary substance (C) is selected from three-dimensional amphoteric core-shell polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2006Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Heike Becker, Hans-Jurgen Degen, Lidcay Herrera Taboada, Michael Kluge
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Publication number: 20080194449Abstract: The use of water-soluble or water-dispersible polymers obtainable by reaction of (a) polyalkylenepolyamines, polyamidoamines or ethyleneimine-grafted polyamidoamines or mixtures thereof, (b) if desired at least bifunctional crosslinkers and (c) monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, salts, esters, amides or nitrites of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, chlorocarboxylic acids and/or glycidyl compounds, said component (a) having an average molecular weight M, in the range from 20,000 to 2,000,000 and the molar ratio of the hydrogen atoms on the nitrogen in said component (a) to said component (b) being in the range from 1:0.7 to 1:0.9, as a laundry detergent additive.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2006Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heike Becker, Volker Braig, Lidcay Herrera Taboada
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Publication number: 20080139781Abstract: Use of amphoteric polymers for the treatment of hard surfaces for improving their wettability with polar organic solvents or liquid formulations comprising these solvents.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2006Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heike Becker, Volker Braig, Lidcay Herrera Taboada
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Publication number: 20080032911Abstract: The present application relates to the use of formulations comprising a) at least one polymer as component A comprising at least one structural unit of the formula (I) where the structural unit may be part of a polymer main chain or may be bonded to a polymer main chain via an anchor group, and M is hydrogen or a metal cation; and water; for the treatment of hard surfaces as compositions for improving the run-off behavior of water from the treated hard surfaces and for reducing soil and salt deposition on the treated hard surfaces, and to formulations for the treatment of hard surfaces comprising the at least one polymer, at least one surfactant and at least one carboxylic acid and/or sulfonic acid and/or inorganic acid, and to the use of these formulations for the treatment of hard surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2005Publication date: February 7, 2008Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heike Becker, Kai-Uwe Baldenius, Markus Hartmann
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Publication number: 20070219110Abstract: A phosphate-free detergent formulation for machine dishwashing comprising, as components: a) from 1 to 20% by weight of copolymers of a1) from 20 to 80% by weight, preferably from 30 to 70% by weight, of at least one monomer from the group consisting of monoethylenically unsaturated C3-C10-mono- or -dicarboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof, a2) from 0 to 80% by weight, preferably from 10 to 50% by weight, of at least one monomer of the general formula (I), where R1, R2 and R3 are each independently H, CH3 or C2H5, R4 is a linear, branched or cyclic radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aromatic radical having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a3) from 0 to 80% by weight, preferably from 5 to 20% by weight, of at least one further monomer selected from the group consisting of olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms or mixtures thereof and reactive polyisobutenes having on average from 12 to 100 carbon atoms, b) from 1 to 50% by weight of complexing agents, selected from the group consisting of nType: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2005Publication date: September 20, 2007Inventors: Heike Becker, Bernhard Neuner
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Publication number: 20070155646Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for treating hard surfaces, comprising a water-soluble or water-dispersible compound as component A which is obtainable by reacting aa) polyalkylenepolyamines, polyamidoamines, polyamidoamines grafted with ethyleneimine, polyether-amines and mixtures of said compounds, as component Aa, ab) if appropriate at least bifunctional crosslinkers which have, as functional group, a halogenhydrin, glycidyl, aziridine or isocyanate unit or a halogen atom, as component Ab, and ac) monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, salts, esters, amides or nitrites of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, chlorocarboxylic acids and/or glycidyl compounds, such as glycidyl acid, glycidylamide or glycidyl esters; and water; to a process for the preparation of a water-soluble or water-dispersible compound, to water-soluble or water-dispersible compounds preparable by the process according to the invention, and to the use of water-soluble or water-dispersible compounds accorType: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2005Publication date: July 5, 2007Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heike Becker, Hans-Jurgen Degen, Marcus Guzmann, Tanja Gass, Volker Braig