Patents by Inventor Katrin Kla?

Katrin Kla? 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).

  • Dividing-wall column with feed in whole or in part in the vaporous state and/or side stream take off in whole or in part in the vaporous state
    Patent number: 7264696
    Abstract: A dividing-wall column having a dividing wall which is essentially disposed along the long direction of the column is proposed, which divides the column interior into a feed part, a take off part, an upper shared column part and a lower shared column part, with feed in whole or in part in the vaporous state of a mixture to be separated between the upper region of the feed part and the lower region of the feed part and/or side stream take off in whole or in part in the vaporous state between the upper region of the take off part and the lower region of the take off part, where if feed is in whole or in part in the vaporous state the cross-sectional area of the upper region of the feed part is increased by plane-parallel displacement of the dividing wall toward the upper region of the take off part, and/or if the side stream take off is in whole or in part in the vaporous state, the cross-sectional area of the lower region of the take off part is increased by displacement of the dividing wall toward the lower r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerd Kaibel, Christian Miller, Katrin Klaβ, Alois Kindler, Werner Aquila, Walter Dobler, Klaus Breuer, Achim Pommer, Thomas Dirnsteiner