Patents by Inventor Henning ALTHOEFER

Henning ALTHOEFER 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).

  • Patent number: 11104634
    Abstract: A method for producing 2-methoxyacetic acid by oxidizing 2-methoxyethanol in a reaction device using oxygen at a temperature of 20 to 100° C. and an oxygen partial pressure of 0.01 to 2 MPa in the presence of water and a heterogeneous catalyst containing platinum, in which the method is carried out semi-continuously or continuously, and 2-methoxyethanol is added to the reaction device in a temporally and/or spatially distributed manner such that temporally and spatially, the mass ratio of 2-methoxyethanol to 2-methoxyethanol plus water per volume element in the reaction device is constantly ?0.80 of the mass ratio of the added 2-methoxyethanol to the added 2-methoxyethanol plus water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nicolas Vautravers, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Werner Pottgiesser, Henning Althoefer
  • Publication number: 20210188754
    Abstract: A method for producing 2-methoxyacetic acid by oxidizing 2-methoxyethanol in a reaction device using oxygen at a temperature of 20 to 100° C. and an oxygen partial pressure of 0.01 to 2 MPa in the presence of water and a heterogeneous catalyst containing platinum, in which the method is carried out semi-continuously or continuously, and 2-methoxyethanol is added to the reaction device in a temporally and/or spatially distributed manner such that temporally and spatially, the mass ratio of 2-methoxyethanol to 2-methoxyethanol plus water per volume element in the reaction device is constantly ?0.80 of the mass ratio of the added 2-methoxyethanol to the added 2-methoxyethanol plus water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Nicolas VAUTRAVERS, Joaquim TELES, Werner POTTGIESSER, Henning ALTHOEFER
  • Patent number: 10961177
    Abstract: A process for preparing an anticorrosion component for an antifreeze by oxidizing an oxydiol of the formula (I) with molecular oxygen at a temperature of 20 to 100° C. and a partial oxygen pressure of 0.01 to 2 MPa in the presence of water and of a heterogeneous catalyst. The catalyst contains platinum to form an oxydicarboxylic acid of the formula (II) The process has the steps of conducting the oxidation (a) at a molar ratio of 0.002?n(Pt)/[n(oxydiol (I))+n(oxydicarboxylic acid (II))]?0.019; (b) at a concentration of water of 50% to 95% by weight in the liquid phase; and (c) at a pH of 1 to 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventors: Nicolas Vautravers, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Henning Althoefer, Harald Dietl
  • Publication number: 20200283365
    Abstract: A process for preparing an anticorrosion component for an antifreeze by oxidizing an oxydiol (I) in which x is 0 (zero) or a positive integer from 1 to 10 with molecular oxygen at a temperature of 20 to 100° C. and a partial oxygen pressure of 0.01 to 2 MPa in the presence of water and of a heterogeneous catalyst comprising platinum to form an oxydicarboxylic acid (II) in which y is 0 (zero) or a positive integer from 1 to 10, in which the oxidation is conducted (a) at a molar ratio of 0.002?n(Pt)/[n(oxydiol (I))+n(oxydicarboxylic acid (II))]?0.019 where “n(Pt)” Is the molar amount of platinum, “n(oxydiol (I))” is the molar amount of oxydiol (I) and “n(oxydicarboxylic acid (II))” Is the molar amount of oxydicarboxylic acid (II); (b) at a concentration of water of 50% to 95% by weight in the liquid phase; and (c) at a pH of 1 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Nicolas VAUTRAVERS, Joaquim Henrique TELES, Henning ALTHOEFER, Harald DIETL
  • Publication number: 20200017745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antifreeze/anticorrosive concentrates, to processes for production of such concentrates from superconcentrates, to aqueous coolant compositions made from these concentrates and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Harald DIETL, Nicolas VAUTRAVERS, Henning ALTHOEFER
  • Patent number: 10434503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to A process for the production of a molding, comprising (I) providing a zeolitic material; (II) mixing the zeolitic material provided in step (I) with one or more binders; (III) kneading of the mixture obtained in step (II); (IV) molding of the kneaded mixture obtained in step (III) to obtain one or more moldings; (V) drying of the one or more moldings obtained in step (IV); and (VI) calcining of the dried molding obtained in step (V); wherein the zeolitic material provided in step (I) displays a water adsorption ranging from 1 to 15 wt.-% when exposed to a relative humidity of 85%, as well as to a molding obtainable or obtained according to the inventive process in addition to a molding per se and to their respective use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Hans-Juergen Luetzel, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Dominic Riedel, Bianca Seelig, Daniel Urbanczyk, Ulrike Wegerle, Michael Hesse, Andreas Walch, Volker Bendig, Veit Stegmann, Henning Althoefer, Boris Gaspar, Frank Stallmach, Anne Kristin Pusch
  • Publication number: 20160250624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to A process for the production of a molding, comprising (I) providing a zeolitic material; (II) mixing the zeolitic material provided in step (I) with one or more binders; (III) kneading of the mixture obtained in step (II); (IV) molding of the kneaded mixture obtained in step (III) to obtain one or more moldings; (V) drying of the one or more moldings obtained in step (IV); and (VI) calcining of the dried molding obtained in step (V); wherein the zeolitic material provided in step (I) displays a water adsorption ranging from 1 to 15 wt.-% when exposed to a relative humidity of 85%, as well as to a molding obtainable or obtained according to the inventive process in addition to a molding per se and to their respective use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MUELLER, Hans-Juergen LUETZEL, Joaquim Henrique TELES, Dominic RIEDEL, Bianca SEELIG, Daniel URBANCZYK, Ulrike WEGERLE, Michael HESSE, Andreas WALCH, Volker BENDIG, Veit STEGMANN, Henning ALTHOEFER, Boris GASPAR, Frank STALLMACH, Anne Kristin PUSCH