Patents by Inventor Michael Hesse

Michael Hesse 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).

  • Publication number: 20120091064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a porous metal-organic framework material comprising the step reacting a reaction mixture in the liquid phase of at least one copper compound having at least one at least bidentate, organic compound which can bind by coordination to the copper in the presence of a nonaqueous solvent, the at least one at least bidentate, organic compound being derived from a polycarboxylic acid having at least three carboxyl groups, and the reaction proceeding at atmospheric pressure above 80° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus SCHUBERT, Ulrich Müller, Michael Hesse, Uwe Diehlmann
  • Publication number: 20120065431
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing aromatic amines by catalytically hydrogenating the corresponding aromatic nitro compound, which comprises using a copper catalyst with a support comprising SiO2, the SiO2 having been prepared by wet grinding and subsequent spray drying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lucia Koenigsmann, Ekkehard Schwab, Michael Hesse, Christian Schneider, Thomas Heidemann, Celine Liekens, Jutta Bickelhaupt, Dirk Theis
  • Patent number: 8115024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a porous metal-organic framework material comprising the step reacting a reaction mixture in the liquid phase of at least one copper compound having at least one at least bidentate, organic compound which can bind by coordination to the copper in the presence of a nonaqueous solvent, the at least one at least bidentate, organic compound being derived from a polycarboxylic acid having at least three carboxyl groups, and the reaction proceeding at atmospheric pressure above 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus Schubert, Ulrich Mueller, Michael Hesse, Uwe Diehlmann
  • Publication number: 20110280782
    Abstract: Carbon monoxide is removed from streams by adsorption on an adsorption composition which comprises copper and zirconium oxides but no zinc oxide, which comprises from 70 to 99.8% by weight of copper oxide and from 0.2 to 30% by weight of zirconium oxide, based on the total amount of the adsorption composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Hatscher, Michael Hesse
  • Patent number: 8057584
    Abstract: Hydrogen or methane gas pressure container having a minimum volume of 1 m3 a prescribed maximum filling pressure, has a filter through which oxygen, methane respectively, can flow during uptake. The filter has an adsorbent for adsorbing impurities selected from the group consisting of a higher hydrocarbon, ammonia, an odorous substance, hydrogen sulfide and a mixture of two or more of these substances. The pressure container and the filter comprise porous metal organic frameworks as adsorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Schubert, Ulrich Müller, Michael Hesse, Kerstin Schierle-Arndt, Kai Oertel, Ian Faye, Thorsten Allgeier, Jan-Michael Graehn
  • Patent number: 8022264
    Abstract: Carbon monoxide is removed from streams by adsorption on an adsorption composition which comprises copper and zirconium oxides but no zinc oxide, which comprises from 70 to 99.8% by weight of copper oxide and from 0.2 to 30% by weight of zirconium oxide, based on the total amount of the adsorption composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Hatscher, Michael Hesse
  • Patent number: 7968739
    Abstract: A method of electrochemically preparing a crystalline, porous, metal-organic framework material comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound coordinately bound to at least one metal ion, in a reaction medium comprising the at least one bidentate organic compound, wherein at least one metal ion is provided in the reaction medium by the oxidation of one anode comprising the corresponding metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Mueller, Hermann Puetter, Michael Hesse, Markus Schubert, Helge Wessel, Juergen Huff, Marcus Guzmann
  • Publication number: 20110105776
    Abstract: A method of electrochemically preparing a crystalline, porous, metal-organic framework material comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound coordinately bound to at least one metal ion, in a reaction medium comprising the at least one bidentate organic compound, wherein at least one metal ion is provided in the reaction medium by the oxidation of one anode comprising the corresponding metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Hermann Pütter, Michael Hesse, Markus Schubert, Helge Wessel, Jürgen Huff, Marcus Guzmann
  • Patent number: 7931960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to shaped bodies containing a metal-organic framework material (MOF) as well as a process for the preparation thereof and their use especially as catalyst or storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignees: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Michael Hesse, Ulrich Mueller, Omar Yaghi
  • Patent number: 7910732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for preparing a porous metal-organic framework comprising at least two organic compounds coordinated to at least one metal ion, the porous metal-organic frameworks prepared by the process and their use, in particular for gas storage and gas separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus Schubert, Michael Hesse, Ulrich Mueller, Hermann Puetter, Markus Tonigold
  • Patent number: 7901619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to suspensions for odor reduction comprising a porous metal-organic framework material in a liquid, and also atomizer and methods for odor reduction using the suspensions. The invention likewise relates to the use of the suspensions for odor reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Mueller, Michael Hesse, Hermann Puetter, Markus Schubert, Marcus Guzmann, Juergen Huff
  • Patent number: 7897719
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst comprising a mixture of at least one acid-activated sheet silicate with a transition metal oxide of groups 8 and/or 9 of the Periodic Table of the Elements and also a process for preparing polytetrahydrofuran, polytetrahydrofuran copolymers, diesters or monoesters of these polymers, in which tetrahydrofuran is polymerized in the presence of at least one telogen and/or comonomer over such a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Hatscher, Michael Hesse, Tobias Wabnitz, Stefan Kashammer, Rolf Pinkos
  • Publication number: 20110042326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of purifying wastewater by contacting the wastewater which is to be purified with a rod-shaped TiO2 photocatalyst which has a BET surface area of 25 to 200 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.10 to 1.00 ml/g, and a median pore diameter of 0.005 to 0.050 ?m, with irradiation by light, and to the use of such a rod-shaped TiO2 photocatalyst which has a BET surface area of 25 to 200 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.10 to 1.00 ml/g, and a median pore diameter of 0.005 to 0.050 ?m, for purifying wastewater with irradiation by light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alexandra Seeber, Götz-Peter Schindler, Katrin Freitag, Reinhard Hess, Rudolf Piehl, Thilo Hahn, Thomas Hill, Michael Hesse, Piotr Makarczyk
  • Patent number: 7884046
    Abstract: A process for hydrogenating an organic compound which has at least one carbonyl group, in which the organic compound is hydrogenated in the presence of a shaped article which contains (i) an oxidic material comprising copper oxide, aluminum oxide and lanthanum oxide, and (ii) powdered metallic copper, copper flakes, powdered cement, graphite or a mixture thereof, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sylvia Huber-Dirr, Michael Hesse, Andrea Haunert, Henrik Junicke
  • Patent number: 7884048
    Abstract: Carbon monoxide is removed from streams by adsorption on an adsorption composition which comprises copper, zinc and zirconium oxides and whose copper-comprising component has a degree of reduction, expressed as weight ratio of metallic copper to the sum of metallic copper and copper oxides, calculated as CuO, of at least 45% and not more than 75%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Schlitter, Stephan Hatscher, Michael Hesse, Heiko Urtel
  • Patent number: 7850842
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a catalyst support, in which zirconium dioxide powder is mixed with a binder, if desired a pore former, if desired an acid, water and, if desired, further additives to give a kneadable composition and the composition is homogenized, shaped to produce shaped bodies, dried and calcined, wherein the binder is a monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric organosilicon compound. Suitable binders are monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric silanes, alkoxysilanes, aryloxysilanes, acryloxysilanes, oximinosilanes, halosilanes, aminoxysilanes, aminosilanes, amidosilanes, silazanes or silicones. The invention also provides the catalyst support which has been prepared in this way, a catalyst comprising the support and its use as dehydrogenation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Otto Hofstadt, Michael Hesse, Götz-Peter Schindler, Klaus Harth, Falk Simon
  • Patent number: 7837964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for removing sulfur compounds from hydrocarbonaceous gases by using catalysts, with the exception of activated carbons and zeolites, which comprise copper, silver, zinc, molybdenum, iron, cobalt, nickel or mixtures thereof at temperatures of from (?50) to 150° C. and a pressure of from 0.1 to 10 bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helge Wessel, Markus Hoelzle, Bernd Vogel, Roland Hageboeke, Michael Hesse, Norbert Wilden
  • Publication number: 20100273640
    Abstract: Carbon monoxide is removed from streams by adsorption on an adsorption composition which comprises copper, zinc and zirconium oxides and whose copper-comprising component has a degree of reduction, expressed as weight ratio of metallic copper to the sum of metallic copper and copper oxides, calculated as CuO, of at least 45% and not more than 75%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Schlitter, Stephan Hatscher, Michael Hesse, Heiko Urtel
  • Patent number: 7815716
    Abstract: The invention relates to a porous metal-organic framework material for taking up at least one substance, the framework material comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound bound by coordination to at least one metal ion, and the framework material having at least in part pores which comprise a polymer which is suitable to adsorb the at least one substance. In addition, the invention relates to a method for producing the framework material, a method for taking up at least one substance by the framework material and also to the use of the framework material, in particular for the storage, separation, controlled release or chemical reaction of a substance taken up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Mueller, Michael Hesse, Markus Schubert, Melanie Urtel, Jens Assmann, Philippe Desbois
  • Patent number: 7807603
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst provided in the form of an extrudate, which contains 5 to 85% by weight of copper oxide and comprises, in the active material and as binders, the same oxidic carrier material. The invention also relates to the use of the catalyst for hydrogenating carbonyl compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Schlitter, Olga Schubert, Michael Hesse, Sabine Borchers, Markus Roesch, Rolf Pinkos, Alexander Weck, Gunther Windecker