Patents by Inventor Hermann Seyffer

Hermann Seyffer 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: 10837141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a coating layer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer through the coated paper substrate, wherein the coating layer on the paper substrate is obtainable by a process, which comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper substrate with a surface, (b) applying onto the surface of the provided paper substrate an aqueous coating mass, and (c) drying of the paper substrate with the applied aqueous coating mass to obtain the coated paper substrate, wherein the aqueous coating mass contains an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P, which is obtainable by radically initiated emulsion polymerization of at least 25 parts by weight of a C1-C12 alkyl acrylate or a C1-C12 alkyl methacrylate based on the sum total of the parts by weight of all monomers, which is always 100, in the presence of a first degraded starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Theo Smit, Nico Veling, Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Dirk Lawrenz, Rainer Blum
  • Patent number: 10837140
    Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a coating layer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer through the coated paper substrate, wherein the coating layer on the paper substrate is obtainable by a process, which comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper substrate with a surface, (b) applying onto the surface of the provided paper substrate an aqueous coating mass, and (c) drying of the paper substrate with the applied aqueous coating mass to obtain the coated paper substrate, wherein the aqueous coating mass contains an aqueous dispersion of a copolymer P, which is obtainable by radically initiated emulsion polymerization of at least 40 parts by weight of styrene and 22 to 49 parts by weight of butadiene and optionally other monomers based on the sum total of the parts by weight of all monomers, which is always 100, in the presence of a first degraded starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Theo Smit, Nico Veling, Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Dirk Lawrenz, Rainer Blum
  • Publication number: 20180362689
    Abstract: A process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P (aqueous polymer P dispersion) by free-radically initiated aqueous emulsion polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lucia JIMENEZ GARCIA, Carmen-Elena CIMPEANU, Marcus SEIBERT, Hermann SEYFFER, Dirk LAWRENZ, Juergen BLAUL
  • Publication number: 20180142416
    Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a coating layer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer through the coated paper substrate, wherein the coating layer on the paper substrate is obtainable by a process, which comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper substrate with a surface, (b) applying onto the surface of the provided paper substrate an aqueous coating mass, and (c) drying of the paper substrate with the applied aqueous coating mass to obtain the coated paper substrate, wherein the aqueous coating mass contains an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P, which is obtainable by radically initiated emulsion polymerization of at least 25 parts by weight of a C1-C12 alkyl acrylate or a C1-C12 alkyl methacrylate based on the sum total of the parts by weight of all monomers, which is always 100, in the presence of a first degraded starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Hermann SEYFFER, Carmen-Elena CIMPEANU, Theo SMIT, Nico VELING, Juergen SCHMIDT-THUEMMES, Dirk LAWRENZ, Rainer BLUM
  • Publication number: 20180135250
    Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a coating layer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer through the coated paper substrate, wherein the coating layer on the paper substrate is obtainable by a process, which comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper substrate with a surface, (b) applying onto the surface of the provided paper substrate an aqueous coating mass, and (c) drying of the paper substrate with the applied aqueous coating mass to obtain the coated paper substrate, wherein the aqueous coating mass contains an aqueous dispersion of a copolymer P, which is obtainable by radically initiated emulsion polymerization of at least 40 parts by weight of styrene and 22 to 49 parts by weight of butadiene and optionally other monomers based on the sum total of the parts by weight of all monomers, which is always 100, in the presence of a first degraded starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Hermann SEYFFER, Carmen-Elena CIMPEANU, Theo SMIT, Nico VELING, Juergen SCHMIDT-THUEMMES, Dirk LAWRENZ, Rainer BLUM
  • Patent number: 9950502
    Abstract: Described is paper or cardboard packaging produced from mineral oil contaminated, (e.g., recycled) paper, wherein the packaging includes a barrier layer obtainable by applying an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising a copolymer obtainable by emulsion polymerization of C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylates, acid monomers, e.g., acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, 0-20 wt % of acrylonitrile and 0 to 10 wt % of further monomers in an aqueous medium in the presence of a carbohydrate compound, preferably in the form of a degraded starch, wherein the glass transition temperature of the copolymer is in the range from +10 to +45° C. The barrier layer may be situated on one of the surfaces of the packaging or form one of multiple layers of a multilayered packaging coating or be situated as a coating on one side of an inner bag situated within the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Heiko Diehl, Darijo Mijolovic, Andre Van Meer, Jan Van Delft, Christof Van Sluijs
  • Patent number: 9328247
    Abstract: A paper coating slip additive obtainable by free-radical polymerization, its preparation and its use in paper coating compositions are described. The additive is formed from (a) acid monomers selected from ethylenically unsaturated C3 to C8 carboxylic acids, (b) associative monomers of the general formula H2C?CR1—COO-(EO)n—(PO)m—R2 where R1 is hydrogen or methyl, n is at least two, m is from zero to 50, EO is an ethylene oxide group, PO is a propylene oxide group and R2 is a C8-C30 alkyl group or a C8-C30 alkaryl group, and (c) nonionic copolymerizable monomers other than a) and b), wherein said additive has a weight average molecular weight of below 200 000 and wherein tert-dodecyl mercaptan is used as chain transfer agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Anja Song, Thomas Steinmacher, Joerg Claussen, Philipp Zacharias, Vijay Immanuel Raman, Petra Schoecker
  • Publication number: 20150274350
    Abstract: Described is paper or cardboard packaging produced from mineral oil contaminated, (e.g., recycled) paper, wherein the packaging includes a barrier layer obtainable by applying an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising a copolymer obtainable by emulsion polymerization of C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylates, acid monomers, e.g., acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, 0-20 wt % of acrylonitrile and 0 to 10 wt % of further monomers in an aqueous medium in the presence of a carbohydrate compound, preferably in the form of a degraded starch, wherein the glass transition temperature of the copolymer is in the range from +10 to +45° C. The barrier layer may be situated on one of the surfaces of the packaging or form one of multiple layers of a multilayered packaging coating or be situated as a coating on one side of an inner bag situated within the packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Carmen Elena Cimpeanu, Heiko Diehl, Darijo Mijolovic, Andre Van Meer, Jan Van Delft, Christof Van Sluijs
  • Patent number: 9034444
    Abstract: Paper or cardboard packaging produced from recycled paper contaminated by mineral oil, where the packaging includes a barrier layer obtained by applying an aqueous polymeric dispersion containing a mixture of at least two polymers A and B. Polymer A is obtained by emulsion polymerization of C1-C4 alkyl(meth)acrylates, acid monomers, e.g., acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, 0-20 wt % of acrylonitrile and 0-10 wt % of further monomers, where the glass transition temperature of copolymer A is greater than +45° C. and the glass transition temperature of polymer B is less than +10° C. The mean value calculated from the glass transition temperatures of the individual polymers is +10 to +45° C. The barrier layer may be situated on one of the surfaces of the packaging or form one of multiple layers of a multilayered packaging coating or be situated as a coating on one side of an inner bag situated within the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Heiko Diehl
  • Patent number: 9023116
    Abstract: As associative thickener obtainable by free radical polymerization, the preparation thereof and the use thereof in paper coating slips are described. The associative thickener is formed from (a) acid monomers selected from ethylenically unsaturated C3- to C8-carboxylic acids, (b) associative monomers of the general formula H2C?CR1—COO-(EO)n—(PO)m—R2, in which R1 is hydrogen or methyl, n is a number of at least two, m is a number from zero to 50, EO is an ethylene oxide group, PO is a propylene oxide group and R2 is a C8-C30-alkyl group or a C8-C30-alkaryl group, and (c) nonionic, copolymerizable monomers differing from a) and b), the reaction product having been reacted, after the polymerization, with initiators forming nonionic radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Philipp Zacharias, Hermann Seyffer, Ilshat Gubaydullin, Harutyun Hanciogullari, Marc Bothe
  • Patent number: 8980437
    Abstract: The use of polyelectrolyte complexes is described, for providing an oxygen barrier to packaging materials made of polymer foils. Polymeric components of the polyelectrolyte complex are applied in polymerized form to the polymer foil. The polymer foil is either coated with an aqueous dispersion comprising a dispersed polyelectrolyte complex previously produced by water-in-water emulsion polymerization, or is coated with a composition comprising a polyelectrolyte complex produced from anionic polymer and from cationic surfactant, or the polymer foil is coated with at least three alternating layers, where respectively one of two adjacent layers comprises an anionic polyelectrolyte component and the other of two adjacent layers comprises a cationic polyelectrolyte component, and polyelectrolyte complexes form at the opposite, adjacent interfaces of the alternating layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Thomas Breiner, Dieter Urban, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Volker Schaedler, Heiko Diehl, Hermann Seyffer
  • Patent number: 8859106
    Abstract: A multilayered composite or coated substrate, comprising compounds of which at least 40% by weight are composed of alpha-amino acids linked via peptide bonds as adhesion promoters between at least two adjacent layers of the composite or between the coating and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Hans-Georg Lemaire, Ulf Baus, Thomas Subkowski, Marvin Karos, Claus Bollschweiler, Thomas Heidenfelder
  • Publication number: 20140302335
    Abstract: A paper coating slip additive obtainable by free-radical polymerization, its preparation and its use in paper coating compositions are described. The additive is formed from (a) acid monomers selected from ethylenically unsaturated C3 to C8 carboxylic acids, (b) associative monomers of the general formula H2C?CR1—COO-(EO)n—(PO)m—R2 where R1 is hydrogen or methyl, n is at least two, m is from zero to 50, EO is an ethylene oxide group, PO is a propylene oxide group and R 2 is a C8-C30 alkyl group or a C8-C30 alkaryl group, and (c) nonionic copolymerizable monomers other than a) and b), wherein said additive has a weight average molecular weight of below 200 000 and wherein tert-dodecyl mercaptan is used as chain transfer agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Anja Song, Thomas Steinmacher, Joerg Claussen, Philipp Zacharias, Vijay Raman, Petra Schoecker
  • Patent number: 8771812
    Abstract: Described is paper or cardboard packaging produced from mineral oil contaminated, recycled paper, wherein the packaging includes a barrier layer obtainable by applying an aqueous polymeric dispersion comprising a copolymer obtainable by emulsion polymerization of C1-C4 alkyl(meth)acrylates, acid monomers, e.g., acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, 0-20 wt % of acrylonitrile and 0 to 10 wt % of further monomers, wherein the glass transition temperature of the copolymer is in the range from +10 to +45° C. The barrier layer may be situated on one of the surfaces of the packaging or form one of multiple layers of a multilayered packaging coating or be situated as a coating on one side of an inner bag situated within the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Ines Pietsch, Axel Weiss, Peter Preishuber-Pfluegl, Heiko Diehl, Marc Bothe, Florian Buesch
  • Patent number: 8747955
    Abstract: A description is given of a method of producing packaging, the packaging surface being coated with a polyelectrolyte complex, and the polyelectrolyte complex being composed of at least one first polymer and at least one second polymer, the first polymer being an anionic polymer and the second polymer being a cationic polymer. The packaging is distinguished by good fat barrier properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Thomas Breiner, Dieter Urban, Hermann Seyffer, Volker Schaedler, Robert Feuerhake, Soumyajit Roy, Michel Awkal
  • Patent number: 8637160
    Abstract: Described are aqueous polymer dispersions and methods of making them. The polymer dispersions are obtainable by free-radically initiated emulsion polymerization of 19.9 to 80 parts by weight of vinylaromatic compounds, 19.9 to 80 parts by weight of acrylate monomers selected from C1-C10 alkyl acrylates and C1-C10 alkyl methacrylates, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of ethylenically unsaturated acids, and 0 to 20 parts by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated monomers, wherein the emulsion polymerization is effected in an aqueous medium in the presence of free-radical initiators, seed latex and also at least one carbohydrate compound in the form of a degraded starch. The polymer dispersions are particularly useful in the manufacture of paper coating slips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Elitsa Evstatieva, Aurelie Morel, Dirk Lawrenz, Hermann Seyffer
  • Patent number: 8604101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing aqueous dispersions of thermoplastic polymers which have a plurality of ester groups and/or carbonate groups in the main polymer chain and which have an acid number of less than 5 mg KOH/g, in particular at most 3 mg KOH/g, and which have a zero-shear viscosity ?0 (180° C.) of at least 60 Pa·s at 180° C. The invention also relates to the polymer dispersions obtainable by said process, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Liqun Ren, Gimmy Alex Fernandez Ramirez, Motonori Yamamoto, Hermann Seyffer, Gabriel Skupin
  • Publication number: 20130101865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an aqueous dispersion of at least one biodegradable polyester in the form of a coating for improving the barrier properties of packaging materials made of paper or paperboard, in particular of packaging materials made of recycled paper or paperboard, with respect to mineral oils. The present invention also relates to a process for producing barrier coatings on paper or paperboard, in particular on recycled paper or paperboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Liqun Ren, Gimmy Alex Fernandez Ramirez, Hermann Seyffer, Gabriel Skupin
  • Publication number: 20120308749
    Abstract: Paper or cardboard packaging produced from recycled paper contaminated by mineral oil, where the packaging includes a barrier layer obtained by applying an aqueous polymeric dispersion containing a mixture of at least two polymers A and B. Polymer A is obtained by emulsion polymerization of C1-C4 alkyl(meth)acrylates, acid monomers, e.g., acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, 0-20 wt % of acrylonitrile and 0-10 wt % of further monomers, where the glass transition temperature of copolymer A is greater than +45° C. and the glass transition temperature of polymer B is less than +10° C. The mean value calculated from the glass transition temperatures of the individual polymers is +10 to +45° C. The barrier layer may be situated on one of the surfaces of the packaging or form one of multiple layers of a multilayered packaging coating or be situated as a coating on one side of an inner bag situated within the packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Heiko Diehl
  • Publication number: 20120305436
    Abstract: Described is paper or cardboard packaging produced from mineral oil contaminated, recycled paper, wherein the packaging includes a barrier layer obtainable by applying an aqueous polymeric dispersion comprising a copolymer obtainable by emulsion polymerization of C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylates, acid monomers, e.g., acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, 0-20 wt % of acrylonitrile and 0 to 10 wt % of further monomers, wherein the glass transition temperature of the copolymer is in the range from +10 to +45° C. The barrier layer may be situated on one of the surfaces of the packaging or form one of multiple layers of a multilayered packaging coating or be situated as a coating on one side of an inner bag situated within the packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann SEYFFER, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Ines Pietsch, Axel Weiss, Peter Preishuber-Pflügl, Heiko Diehl, Marc Bothe, Florian Büsch