Patents by Inventor Jürgen Schröder

Jürgen Schröder 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: 9751958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles, wherein an aqueous monomer solution is polymerized and the monomer solution is prepared using steam condensate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rüdiger Funk, Jürgen Schröder
  • Publication number: 20170088941
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure an apparatus for processing of a material on a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber and a measuring arrangement configured for measuring one or more optical properties of the substrate and/or the material processed on the substrate, the measuring arrangement including at least one sphere structure located in the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jüergen SCHROEDER, Hans-Georg LOTZ
  • Patent number: 9328207
    Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles, wherein surface postcrosslinked water-absorbing polymer particles are remoisturized and classified, and wherein the time between remoisturization and classification is at least 15 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rüdiger Funk, Jürgen Schröder, Thomas Pfeiffer, Matthias Weismantel
  • Publication number: 20150299347
    Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles, comprising the steps of thermal cracking of bionaphtha in the presence of steam, removing propene and at least some of the propane, gas phase oxidation to give acrylic acid and polymerization to give water-absorbing polymer particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Klaus Dieter Hörner, Jürgen Schröder, Rüdiger Funk, Renate Wüstefeld
  • Patent number: 9144782
    Abstract: A process for continuously producing water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing a monomer solution comprising acrylic acid and/or salts thereof, wherein the acrylic acid supplied has a dimeric acrylic acid content of at least 0.02% by weight and the dimeric acrylic acid content is kept essentially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rüdiger Funk, Thomas Pfeiffer, Jürgen Schröder
  • Publication number: 20150105021
    Abstract: It is described a method for a wireless Near Field Communication (NFC) between a NFC enabled device (110) and a NFC capable mobile telecommunication end device (120). The provided method comprises transferring data from the NFC enabled device (110) to the NFC capable mobile telecommunication end device (120). Thereby, at least some of the transferred data represent a code in a descriptive web interface language. Further, a NFC capable mobile telecommunication end device (120) and a NFC enabled device (110) are described for participating in such a NFC method. Furthermore, a system (100) comprising such a NFC enabled device (110) and such a NFC capable mobile telecommunication end device (120) and a computer program for enabling such a NFC method are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Juergen Schroeder
  • Patent number: 8886119
    Abstract: A contactless transponder device is provided with multiple ICs. A first IC includes a first contactless transponder interface circuit configured and arranged to respond to a contactless field by providing a first identifier of the first IC. A second IC includes a second contactless transponder interface circuit configured and arranged to respond to the contactless field by providing a second identifier of the second IC. A controller is configured and arranged to inhibit the first IC from responding to the contactless field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Martin Posch, Bernhard Spiess, Juergen Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20140328723
    Abstract: A process for continuously producing water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing a monomer solution comprising acrylic acid and/or salts thereof, wherein the acrylic acid supplied has a dimeric acrylic acid content of at least 0.02% by weight and the dimeric acrylic acid content is kept essentially constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rüdiger Funk, Thomas Pfeiffer, Jürgen Schröder
  • Patent number: 8844729
    Abstract: A process for classifying water-absorbing polymer beads, wherein the polymer beads are separated into n particle size fractions by means of at least n screens and n is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Uwe Stueven, Rüdiger Funk, Matthias Weismantel, Juergen Schroeder, Dominicus van Esbroeck
  • Patent number: 8829135
    Abstract: A process for continuously producing water-absorbing polymer particles, wherein the acrylic acid used to produce the polymer particles has a low purity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rüdiger Funk, Thomas Pfeiffer, Jürgen Schröder
  • Patent number: 8785583
    Abstract: A process for continuously producing water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing a monomer solution comprising acrylic acid and/or salts thereof, wherein the acrylic acid supplied has a dimeric acrylic acid content of at least 0.02% by weight and the dimeric acrylic acid content is kept essentially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rüdiger Funk, Thomas Pfeiffer, Jürgen Schröder
  • Patent number: 8639854
    Abstract: A method of negotiating a proper communication protocol between a reader device (10) and a data carrier (20) is disclosed. In a first step, when the data carrier (20) is inserted into the reader device (10) at a first point in time (t1), the data carrier (20) provides information to the reader device (10), which communication protocols are supported by the data carrier (20), by means of a binary value (BV). In a next step, the reader device (10) chooses/sets one of the possible communication protocols according to its own capability. This choice is provided to the data carrier (20) by applying a clock signal (CLK) of a certain frequency (f), which is associated with the chosen/set communication protocol, to an input contact (C3) of the data carrier (20) at a second point in time (t2). Finally, the data carrier (20) sets the chosen communication protocol received from the reader device (10), thereby finalizing the negotiation sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Jürgen Schroeder
  • Patent number: 8608096
    Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles, comprising classification by means of a tumbler screening machine, wherein the tumbler screening machine used for classification is equipped with at least one ball knock cleaning system and entrained balls are removed outside the tumbler screening machine by means of a capture device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rüdiger Funk, Jürgen Schröder, Emil Bitzer
  • Patent number: 8534465
    Abstract: A process for removing metallic impurities from a product mass flow comprising water-absorbing polymer particles, wherein the product mass flow has a temperature of 35 to 90° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rüdiger Funk, Jürgen Schröder, Matthias Weismantel
  • Patent number: 8443982
    Abstract: A process for classifying water-absorbing polymer beads, wherein the polymer beads are separated into n particle size fractions by means of at least n screens and n is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Stueven, Rüdiger Funk, Matthias Weismantel, Jürgen Schröder, Domien van Esbroeck
  • Patent number: 8426482
    Abstract: Invention relates to a process for producing viscoelastic flexible polyurethane foams by reacting a) polyisocyanates with b) compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, wherein as b) a mixture of bi) from 25 to 70% by weight of a hydroxyl-comprising natural oil or fat or a reaction product of a hydroxyl-comprising natural oil or fat with alkylene oxides, bii) from 3 to 30% by weight of at least one polyether having a hydroxyl number of from 100 to 800 mg KOH/g and a functionality of 3-5 selected from the group consisting of polyether prepared by addition of alkylene oxides onto an amine, biii) 20-50% by weight of at least one polyether alcohol having a hydroxyl number of from 10 to 80 mg KOH/g and a functionality of 2-5, where the proportion of ethylene oxide is 5-25% by weight, based on the weight of the polyether alcohol, and at least part of the ethylene oxide is added on at the end of the polyether chain, biv) >0-8% by weight of at least one polyether alcoh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ansgar Frericks, Heinz-Dieter Lutter, Edmund Stadler, Heinz-Juergen Schroeder, Kirsten Simon, Andre Meyer, Franck Pomeris
  • Patent number: 8362174
    Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles, wherein an aqueous polymer gel is dried in a forced-air belt drier on a circulating conveyor belt and the surface of the conveyor belt has a roughness of at least 0.9 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rüdiger Funk, Jürgen Schröder, Thomas Pfeiffer, Matthias Weismantel, Stefan Blei
  • Publication number: 20120309920
    Abstract: A process for continuously producing water-absorbing polymer particles, wherein the acrylic acid used to produce the polymer particles has a low purity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rüdiger Funk, Thomas Pfeiffer, Jürgen Schröder
  • Publication number: 20120309917
    Abstract: A process for continuously producing water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing a monomer solution comprising acrylic acid and/or salts thereof, wherein the acrylic acid supplied has a dimeric acrylic acid content of at least 0.02% by weight and the dimeric acrylic acid content is kept essentially constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rüdiger Funk, Thomas Pfeiffer, Jürgen Schröder
  • Publication number: 20120202952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles, wherein an aqueous monomer solution is polymerized and the monomer solution is prepared using steam condensate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Rüdiger Funk, Jürgen Schröder