Patents by Inventor Markus Merget

Markus Merget 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: 10329387
    Abstract: Nanoemulsions are prepared by: a) solubilizing a silicone resin in an organic solvent system to yield a silicone resin solution concentration of about 80% or less, wherein the organic solvent system comprises a single solvent selected from the group consisting of monoalcohols, polyalcohols, ethers of monoalcohols, ethers of polyalcohols, fatty esters, Guerbet alcohols, isoparaffins, naphthols, glycol ethers, provided that the solvent is not diethyleneglycol monobutyl ether; b) mixing the silicone resin solution with an aminosiloxane polymer to obtain an aminosiloxane polymer:silicone resin mixture having ratio of about 20:1; c) allowing the resin mixture to age for at least about 6 hours at ambient temperature; d) adding the resin mixture to a vessel; e) optionally adding with agitation, an additional organic solvent to the resin mixture; f) mixing until homogenous; g) adding a protonating agent; h) additionally adding an aqueous carrier in an amount to produce the desired concentration of emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Richard Becker, Harry William Broening, Kristi Lynn Fliter, Markus Merget, Stefanie Schuster, Ernst Selbertinger, Mark Robert Sivik, Nicholas David Vetter, Patrick Brian Whiting, Franz Wimmer
  • Patent number: 10316271
    Abstract: Antifoam compositions for textile washing having a delayed antifoam effect contain an aminoalkyl-functional organopolysiloxanes wherein at least one aminoalkyl group is modified by reaction with an alkanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Markus Merget, Richard Becker
  • Patent number: 10150844
    Abstract: Nanoemulsions are prepared by: a) solubilizing a silicone resin in an organic solvent system to yield a silicone resin solution concentration of 80% or less, wherein the organic solvent system comprises diethyleneglycol monobutyl ether and at least one additional solvent; b) mixing the silicone resin solution from a) with an aminosiloxane polymer to obtain an aminosiloxane polymer: silicone resin mixture; c) allowing the resin mixture to age for at least about 6 hours at ambient temperature; d) adding the resin mixture to a vessel; e) optionally adding with agitation an additional organic solvent to the resin mixture; f) mixing until homogenous; g) adding a protonating agent; h) adding an aqueous carrier in an amount to produce a desired concentration of emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Richard Becker, Harry William Broening, Kristi Lynn Fliter, Markus Merget, Stefanie Schuster, Ernst Selbertinger, Mark Robert Sivik, Nicholas David Vetter, Patrick Brian Whiting, Franz Xaver Wimmer
  • Publication number: 20180265813
    Abstract: Antifoam compositions for textile washing having a delayed antifoam effect contain an aminoalkyl-functional organopolysiloxanes wherein at least one aminoalkyl group is modified by reaction with an alkanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Markus MERGET, Richard BECKER
  • Publication number: 20170247515
    Abstract: Nanoemulsions are prepared by: a) solubilizing a silicone resin in an organic solvent system to yield a silicone resin solution concentration of 80% or less, wherein the organic solvent system comprises diethyleneglycol monobutyl ether and at least one additional solvent; b) mixing the silicone resin solution from a) with an aminosiloxane polymer to obtain an aminosiloxane polymer: silicone resin mixture; c) allowing the resin mixture to age for at least about 6 hours at ambient temperature; d) adding the resin mixture to a vessel; e) optionally adding with agitation an additional organic solvent to the resin mixture; f) mixing until homogenous; g) adding a protonating agent; h) adding an aqueous carrier in an amount to produce a desired concentration of emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Richard BECKER, Harry William BROENING, Kristi Lynn FLITER, Markus MERGET, Stefanie SCHUSTER, Ernst SELBERTINGER, Mark Robert SIVIK, Nicholas David VETTER, Patrick Brian WHITING, Franz Xaver WIMMER
  • Publication number: 20170218136
    Abstract: Nanoemulsions are prepared by: a) solubilizing a silicone resin in an organic solvent system to yield a silicone resin solution concentration of about 80% or less, wherein the organic solvent system comprises a single solvent selected from the group consisting of monoalcohols, polyalcohols, ethers of monoalcohols, ethers of polyalcohols, fatty esters, Guerbet alcohols, isoparaffins, naphthols, glycol ethers, provided that the solvent is not diethyleneglycol monobutyl ether; b) mixing the silicone resin solution with an aminosiloxane polymer to obtain an aminosiloxane polymer:silicone resin mixture having ratio of about 20:1; c) allowing the resin mixture to age for at least about 6 hours at ambient temperature; d) adding the resin mixture to a vessel; e) optionally adding with agitation, an additional organic solvent to the resin mixture; f) mixing until homogenous; g) adding a protonating agent; h) additionally adding an aqueous carrier in an amount to produce the desired concentration of emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Richard BECKER, Harry William BROENING, Kristi Lynn FLITER, Markus MERGET, Stefanie SCHUSTER, Ernst SELBERTINGER, Mark Robert SIVIK, Nicholas David VETTER, Patrick Brian WHITING, Franz WIMMER
  • Patent number: 9387417
    Abstract: Antifoam powders with delayed anti-foaming action, contain (1) 5 to 35% by weight of an anti-foaming agent which is an amino-functional organopolysiloxane and consists of at least one siloxane unit of the formula R a 1 ? Q b ? SiO 4 - ( a + b ) 2 ( I ) and siloxane units of the general formula R c 1 ? SiO 4 - c 2 ( II ) where Q is an amino group of the general formula —R2—[NR3—(CH2)m—]xNR4R5??(III) or forms thereof with partial or full protonation on the nitrogen atoms, (2) 65 to 95% by weight of a carrier material selected from the group of sodium carbonate, sodium sulphate, aluminium silicate, potassium carbonate, potassium sulphate, sodium hydrogencarbonate, potassium hydrogencarbonate, zeolites, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Markus Merget, Richard Becker
  • Publication number: 20150165345
    Abstract: Antifoam powders with delayed anti-foaming action, contain (1) 5 to 35% by weight of an anti-foaming agent which is an amino-functional organopolysiloxane and consists of at least one siloxane unit of the formula R a 1 ? Q b ? SiO 4 - ( a + b ) 2 ( I ) and siloxane units of the general formula R c 1 ? SiO 4 - c 2 ( II ) where Q is an amino group of the general formula —R2—[NR3—(CH2)m—]xNR4R5??(III) or forms thereof with partial or full protonation on the nitrogen atoms, (2) 65 to 95% by weight of a carrier material selected from the group of sodium carbonate, sodium sulphate, aluminium silicate, potassium carbonate, potassium sulphate, sodium hydrogencarbonate, potassium hydrogencarbonate, zeolites, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Markus Merget, Richard Becker
  • Patent number: 8907028
    Abstract: Aqueous emulsions of organopolysiloxanes functionalized with a limited amount of aminoalkyl-functional end groups and silicone resins are storage stable, yet capable of adequate crosslinking upon application to substances to be hydrophobicized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Markus Merget, Richard Becker, Franz Wimmer
  • Patent number: 8735508
    Abstract: Storage stable polyorganosiloxane-silicone resin mixtures contain: 1) 100 parts by weight of one or more liquid aminoalkyl-containing polyorganosiloxanes containing at least 80 mol % of units selected from units of the formulae Ia, Ib, II and III R12SiO(4-a-b)/2??(Ia), R1aR2bSiO(4-a-b)/2??(Ib), R33SiO(1/2)??(II), R32R4SiO(1/2)??(III), wherein, in the polydimethylsiloxanes, the average ratio of the sum of units of the formulae Ia and Ib to the sum of units of the formulae II and III is in the range from 0.5 to 500, the average ratio of units II to III in the range of 1.86 to 100, and the polydimethylsiloxanes have an average amine number of ?0.01 mequiv/g, 2) at least 1 part by weight of one or more silicone resins, and 3) at most 5 parts by weight of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Markus Merget, Richard Becker, Franz Wimmer
  • Patent number: 8637442
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses a surface treatment composition which comprises a polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture and a carrier. The polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture comprises about 2% to about 95%, by weight of the mixture, of one or more polyorganosiloxane fluid compounds; from about 1% to about 10%, by weight of the mixture, of one or more silicone resin, a protonation agent, at least about 5%, by weight of the mixture; of water; and optionally, less than about 5%, by weight of the mixture, of an emulsifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Xiaoru Jenny Wang, James Lee Danziger, David S. Salloum, Stephen Thomas Murphy, Markus Merget, Franz X. Wimmer, Richard Becker
  • Patent number: 8633146
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses a surface treatment composition which comprises a polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture and a carrier. The polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture comprises about 50% to about 99.99% by weight of one or more polyorganosiloxane fluid compounds, at least 0.01% by weight of one or more silicone resin, and a maximum of 5% by weight of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Xiaoru Jenny Wang, James Lee Danziger, David S. Salloum, Stephen Thomas Murphy, Markus Merget, Franz X. Wimmer, Richard Becker
  • Publication number: 20130292600
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses a surface treatment composition which comprises a polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture and a carrier. The polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture comprises about 2% to about 95%, by weight of the mixture, of one or more polyorganosiloxane fluid compounds; from about 1% to about 10%, by weight of the mixture, of one or more silicone resin, a protonation agent, at least about 5%, by weight of the mixture; of water; and optionally, less than about 5%, by weight of the mixture, of an emulsifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Xiaoru Jenny WANG, James Lee DANZIGER, David S. SALLOUM, Stephen Thomas MURPHY, Markus MERGET, Franz X. WIMMER, Richard BECKER
  • Publication number: 20130296218
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses a surface treatment composition which comprises a polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture and a carrier. The polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture comprises about 50% to about 99.99% by weight of one or more polyorganosiloxane fluid compounds, at least 0.01% by weight of one or more silicone resin, and a maximum of 5% by weight of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Xiaoru Jenny WANG, James Lee DANZIGER, David S. SALLOUM, Stephen Thomas MURPHY, Markus MERGET, Franz X. WIMMER, Richard BECKER
  • Publication number: 20130280201
    Abstract: Fully acylated hydroxyl-terminated organopolysiloxanes bearing pendant aminoalkyl groups are easily prepared by reacting a hydroxyl-terminated, aminoalkyl organopolysiloxane with a carboxylic anhydride in stoichiometric amount relative to amino groups, in the presence of at least one emulsifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Christof Brehm, Gerhard Beer, Markus Merget
  • Patent number: 8507709
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing silicon compounds (A) having hydrocarbon oxy-groups that have at least one unit of the general formula (1) HmSi(OR)n(OR?)oR?pX4-m-n-o-p (1) by conversion of silicon compounds (B) having at least one unit of the general formula (2) Hm+nSi(OR?)oR?pX4-m-n-o-p (2), having an alcohol of the general formula (3) ROH (3) in the presence of a catalyst (K) that is on a carrier material bonded metal selected from Ni, Pd, Pt, wherein per mol formed group OR, at maximum 1 liter of solvent is used and wherein R, R?, R?, X, m, n, o and p have the meanings listed in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Michael Stepp, Markus Merget
  • Publication number: 20130177517
    Abstract: Aqueous emulsions of organopolysiloxanes functionalized with a limited amount of aminoalkyl-functional end groups and silicone resins are storage stable, yet capable of adequate crosslinking upon application to substances to be hydrophobicized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Markus Merget, Richard Becker, Franz Wimmer
  • Publication number: 20130165566
    Abstract: Storage stable polyorganosiloxane-silicone resin mixtures contain: 1) 100 parts by weight of one or more liquid aminoalkyl-containing polyorganosiloxanes containing at least 80 mol % of units selected from units of the formulae Ia, Ib, II and III R12S1O(4-a-b)/2??(Ia), R1aR2bSiO(4-a-b)/2??(Ib), R33SiO(1/2)??(II), R32R4SiO(1/2)??(III), wherein, in the polydimethylsiloxanes, the average ratio of the sum of units of the formulae Ia and Ib to the sum of units of the formulae II and III is in the range from 0.5 to 500, the average ratio of units II to III in the range of 1.86 to 100, and the polydimethylsiloxanes have an average amine number of ?0.01 mequiv/g, 2) at least 1 part by weight of one or more silicone resins, and 3) at most 5 parts by weight of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Markus Merget, Richard Becker, Franz Wimmer
  • Patent number: 8426506
    Abstract: Addition-crosslinkable silicone compositions having high adhesion, rapid curing, and reduced odor and extractables contain a silylated citric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Johann Mueller, Markus Merget, Klaus Schnitzer
  • Publication number: 20120322940
    Abstract: Addition-crosslinkable silicone compositions having high adhesion, rapid curing, and reduced odor and extractables contain a silylated citric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Johann Mueller, Markus Merget, Klaus Schnitzer