Patents by Inventor Kristof Moonen

Kristof Moonen 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).

  • AGRICULTURAL AND DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING A TERTIARY AMIDE AS ADJUVANT OR AS SURFACTANT
    Publication number: 20140080708
    Abstract: The invention relates to agrochemical compositions comprising new biodegradable bisaminopropylamides of formula (I) or of formula (II) and to their uses in detergent compositions. In the agrochemical compositions the bisaminopropylamides act as adjuvant for the agrochemically active compounds such as pesticides, growth regulators or fertilizers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: TAMINCO
    Inventors: Kurt Buyse, Kristof Moonen
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING A FREE-FLOWING POWDER CONTAINING A DELIQUESCENT QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND
    Publication number: 20110287140
    Abstract: A process is described for obtaining free flowable, carrier free powders from aqueous solutions of deliquescent quaternary ammonium compounds in a two step process, comprising a drying and a powder mixing step. The excellent free-flowing and stability characteristics of the final product could only be obtained when among possible other additives at least one univalent metal fatty acid salt is added to the liquid phase in the drying step and at least one multivalent metal fatty acid salt in the powder mixing step. A surprising synergy was observed between these additives when applied as described in the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: TAMINCO
    Inventors: Kristof Moonen, Daan Scheldeman
  • Process for preparing secondary amides by carbonylation of a corresponding tertiary amine
    Patent number: 7960585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing secondary amides with good selectivity by carbonylating a corresponding tertiary amine with carbon monoxide in a reaction mixture in the presence of a metal catalyst and in the presence of a halogen containing promoter. The metal catalyst comprises palladium. A same or even a much better catalytic activity can be obtained with palladium than with the much more expensive rhodium, especially when the palladium is used in a low concentration. Moreover, also a good selectivity can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Taminco
    Inventors: Mondher Srasra, Pierre Jacobs, Bert Sels, Maria Christina Jacoba Tielen, Kristof Moonen, Peter Roose, Ivan Vanden Eynde
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING SECONDARY AMIDES BY CARBONYLATION OF A CORRESPONDING TERTIARY AMINE
    Publication number: 20100130785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing secondary amides with good selectivity by carbonylating a corresponding tertiary amine with carbon monoxide in a reaction mixture in the presence of a metal catalyst and in the presence of a halogen containing promoter. The metal catalyst comprises palladium. A same or even a much better catalytic activity can be obtained with palladium than with the much more expensive rhodium, especially when the palladium is used in a low concentration. Moreover, also a good selectivity can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: TAMINCO
    Inventors: Mondher SRASRA, Pierre JACOBS, Bert SELS, Maria Christina Jacoba TIELEN, Kristof MOONEN, Peter ROOSE, Ivan VANDEN EYNDE