Patents by Inventor Michael Nilles

Michael Nilles 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: 10977685
    Abstract: The systems and methods are directed to identity resolution service (IRS) which may be used to enable accurate and faster conversion contribution analysis across multiple channels. IRS may be responsible for keeping track of relationships between user identifiers and for determining a user canonical identifier given a set of input identifiers and identity mappings. Users may utilize multiple devices and browsers to view advertisements and perform actions that result in conversion events. Users may be anonymous on one device but logged in and recognized on a different device and/or browser. The canonical identifier associated with a user may be used to obtain a full set of conversion events generated by the user and the full set of ad traffic to which the user was exposed. Conversion attribution analysis using the full set of conversion events and full set of ad traffic will result in accurate conversion rates for advertisers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Halston Crites, Richard Everett Edwards, III, John Koster, IV, John Michael Nilles, Michael G. Yee
  • Publication number: 20200016579
    Abstract: A process for activating a fixed catalyst bed is disclosed. The fixed catalyst bed includes monolithic shaped catalyst bodies or include monolithic shaped catalyst bodies including at a first metal selected from Ni, Fe, Co, Cu, Cr, Pt, Ag, Au and Pd, and a second component selected from Al, Zn and Si. The fixed catalyst bed, for activation, is treated with an aqueous base having a strength of not more than 3.5% by weight. The base is selected from alkali metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides and mixtures thereof. The fixed catalyst bed has a temperature gradient during the activation and the temperature differential between the coldest point in the fixed catalyst bed and the warmest point in the fixed catalyst bed is kept at not more than 50 K.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Michael SCHREIBER, Zeljko KOTANJAC, Michael NILLES, Irene de WISPELAERE, Michael SCHWARZ, Rolf PINKOS, Marie Katrin SCHROETER
  • Publication number: 20190344248
    Abstract: Provided herein is a novel process for providing a fixed catalyst bed including doped structured shaped catalyst bodies, to a reactor including such a fixed catalyst bed installed in a fixed location, and to a use of the fixed catalyst beds and reactors thus obtained for hydrogenation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Rolf Pinkos, Michael Schreiber, Zeljko Kotanjac, Michael Nilles, Irene de Wispelaere, Michael Schwarz, Marie Katrin Schroeter
  • Publication number: 20190210010
    Abstract: A process for hydrogenating a hydrogenatable organic compound in a reactor including a fixed catalyst bed. The fixed catalyst bed includes monolithic shaped catalyst bodies having pores and/or channels. The catalyst bodies include at least one element selected from Ni, Fe, Co, Cu, Cr, Pt, Ag, Au, Pd, Mn, Re, Ru, Rh and Ir. The CO content in the gas phase within the reactor during hydrogenation is within a range from 0.1 to 10,000 ppm by volume. In any section in the normal plane to flow direction through the fixed catalyst bed, at least 90% of the pores and channels have an area of not more than 3 mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Rolf Pinkos, Irene de Wispelaere, Michael Schwarz, Michael Schreiber, Zeljko Kotanjac, Michael Nilles
  • Patent number: 10169778
    Abstract: The systems and methods described herein enable measurement of the exposure of a user to advertising campaigns across different channels (e.g., websites accessed by web browsers of laptops, desktops, or mobile computers, electronic readers or tablets, applications on mobile devices, and the like) and credit the exposure of the user to the advertisement to a specific advertisement in the campaign along with subsequent shopping events generated by the user, such as visiting product detail pages, visiting the read all reviews page for a product, adding a product to a wish list, adding a product to a shopping cart, subscribing to a product through an online subscription service, and/or purchasing a product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Guthrie Chipman Collin, Timothy John Craycroft, Paula Marie Despins, Richard Everett Edwards, III, Cyrus Khoshnevisan, John Michael Nilles, Evgeniy V. Perevodchikov, Jaikannan Ramamoorthy, Shiven Ramji
  • Patent number: 9120036
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining at least one aromatic amine from a liquid mixture comprising water and the at least one aromatic amine by extracting with at least one nitroaromatic in an extraction column (1) to form an essentially water-comprising raffinate stream and an extract stream comprising the at least one nitroaromatic and the aromatic amine. The extraction column (1) is divided by a dividing wall (3) into two regions (5, 7), and, in the case of an amount of liquid for separation which is less than a minimum cross sectional loading of the entire extraction column (1), the liquid mixture to be separated is fed only to one of the regions (5, 7) of the extraction column (1) divided by the dividing wall (3). The invention further relates to a process for preparing an aromatic amine and to an apparatus for separating a liquid mixture comprising water and at least one aromatic amine by extracting with at least one nitroaromatic, comprising an extraction column (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tilmann Steinmetz, Michael Nilles, Lucia Koenigsmann, Andreas Heussler, Nikolaus Zafred
  • Publication number: 20140238929
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining at least one aromatic amine from a liquid mixture comprising water and the at least one aromatic amine by extracting with at least one nitroaromatic in an extraction column (1) to form an essentially water-comprising raffinate stream and an extract stream comprising the at least one nitroaromatic and the aromatic amine. The extraction column (1) is divided by a dividing wall (3) into two regions (5, 7), and, in the case of an amount of liquid for separation which is less than a minimum cross sectional loading of the entire extraction column (1), the liquid mixture to be separated is fed only to one of the regions (5, 7) of the extraction column (1) divided by the dividing wall (3). The invention further relates to a process for preparing an aromatic amine and to an apparatus for separating a liquid mixture comprising water and at least one aromatic amine by extracting with at least one nitroaromatic, comprising an extraction column (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Tilmann Steinmetz, Michael Nilles, Lucia Koenigsmann, Andreas Heussler, Nikolaus Zafred
  • Patent number: 8748665
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining at least one aromatic amine from a liquid mixture comprising water and the at least one aromatic amine by extracting with at least one nitroaromatic in an extraction column (1) to form an essentially water- comprising raffinate stream and an extract stream comprising the at least one nitroaromatic and the aromatic amine. The extraction column (1) is divided by a dividing wall (3) into two regions (5, 7), and, in the case of an amount of liquid for separation which is less than a minimum cross sectional loading of the entire extraction column (1), the liquid mixture to be separated is fed only to one of the regions (5, 7) of the extraction column (1) divided by the dividing wall (3). The invention further relates to a process for preparing an aromatic amine and to an apparatus for separating a liquid mixture comprising water and at least one aromatic amine by extracting with at least one nitroaromatic, comprising an extraction column (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tilmann Steinmetz, Michael Nilles, Lucia Koenigsmann, Andreas Heussler, Nikolaus Zafred
  • Patent number: 8492584
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for oxidizing at least one organic substance with oxygen, which comprises the following steps: (a) adding the at least one organic substance as a liquid and an oxygenous gas stream to a first reaction stage to form a reaction mixture, at least some of the oxygen reacting with the organic compound to form a reaction product, (b) adding the reaction mixture from the first reaction stage to an adiabatically operated reaction stage in which the unconverted organic substance reacts further at least partly to give the product. The invention further relates to an apparatus for performing the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Steffen Oehlenschläger, Kai Gumlich, Martin Schäfer, Stephan Lamm, Stefan Berg, Michael Nilles, Hans-Peter Schildberg, Tilo John, Peter Zehner
  • Publication number: 20120083626
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining at least one aromatic amine from a liquid mixture comprising water and the at least one aromatic amine by extracting with at least one nitroaromatic in an extraction column (1) to form an essentially water-comprising raffinate stream and an extract stream comprising the at least one nitroaromatic and the aromatic amine. The extraction column (1) is divided by a dividing wall (3) into two regions (5, 7), and, in the case of an amount of liquid for separation which is less than a minimum cross sectional loading of the entire extraction column (1), the liquid mixture to be separated is fed only to one of the regions (5, 7) of the extraction column (1) divided by the dividing wall (3). The invention further relates to a process for preparing an aromatic amine and to an apparatus for separating a liquid mixture comprising water and at least one aromatic amine by extracting with at least one nitroaromatic, comprising an extraction column (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tilmann Steinmetz, Michael Nilles, Lucia Koenigsmann, Andreas Heussler, Nikolaus Zafred
  • Publication number: 20110137077
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for oxidizing at least one organic substance with oxygen, which comprises the following steps: (a) adding the at least one organic substance as a liquid and an oxygenous gas stream to a first reaction stage to form a reaction mixture, at least some of the oxygen reacting with the organic compound to form a reaction product, (b) adding the reaction mixture from the first reaction stage to an adiabatically operated reaction stage in which the unconverted organic substance reacts further at least partly to give the product. The invention further relates to an apparatus for performing the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joaquim H. Teles, Steffen Oehlenschläger, Kai Gumlich, Martin Schäfer, Stephan Lamm, Stefan Berg, Michael Nilles, Hans-Peter Schildberg, Tilo John, Peter Zehner
  • Patent number: 7351384
    Abstract: Olefins having at least 6 carbon atoms are bydroformylated in the presence of a homogenous catalyst in a continuous process in which a) a vertical tall cylindrical reactor (1) whose interior space is divided by means of internals (2). into at least two reaction chambers which extend essentially in the longitudinal direction of the reactor is used, b) at least one olefin is introduced into the reactor together with synthesis gas at the lower end of the first reaction chamber, c) a partially reacted reaction mixture is conveyed from the upper end of a reaction chamber to the lower end of a next reaction chamber; and d) the hydroformylated olefin is taken off at the upper end of the last reaction chamber. The process allows a high conversion at a given reactor volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Zehner, Michael Nilles
  • Patent number: 7015361
    Abstract: Olefins having at least 6 carbon atoms are hydroformylated in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst in a continuous process in which a) a vertical tall cylindrical reactor (1) whose interior space is divided by means of internals (2) into at least two reaction chambers which extend essentially in the longitudinal direction of the reactor is used, b) at least one olefin is introduced into the reactor together with synthesis gas at the lower end of the first reaction chamber, c) a partially reacted reaction mixture is conveyed from the upper end of a reaction chamber to the lower end of a next reaction chamber; and d) the hydroformylated olefin is taken off at the upper end of the last reaction chamber. The process allows a high conversion at a given reactor volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Zehner, Michael Nilles
  • Publication number: 20060004231
    Abstract: Olefins having at least 6 carbon atoms are hydroformylated in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst in a continuous process in which a) a vertical tall cylindrical reactor (1) whose interior space is divided by means of internals (2) into at least two reaction chambers which extend essentially in the longitudinal direction of the reactor is used, b) at least one olefin is introduced into the reactor together with synthesis gas at the lower end of the first reaction chamber, c) a partially reacted reaction mixture is conveyed from the upper end of a reaction chamber to the lower end of a next reaction chamber; and d) the hydroformylated olefin is taken off at the upper end of the last reaction chamber. The process allows a high conversion at a given reactor volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Zehner, Michael Nilles
  • Patent number: 6838061
    Abstract: A reactor (1) of high cylindrical construction for continuously carrying out gas-liquid, liquid-liquid or gas-liquid-solid reactions, provided with a downward-directed jet nozzle (2) via which the starting materials and the reaction mixture are fed in and which is located in the upper region of the reactor, and provided with an offtake (3), preferably in the lower region of the reactor, via which the reaction mixture is conveyed via an external circuit back to the jet nozzle (2) by means of a pump (P), wherein a guide tube (4) which extends essentially over the total length of the reactor (1) with the exception of the reactor ends and has a cross-sectional area in the range from one tenth to one half of the cross-sectional area of the reactor (1) is located concentrically in the reactor (1), and the jet nozzle (2) is located above the upper end of the guide tube (4), preferably at a distance of from one eighth of the guide tube diameter to one guide tube diameter, or projects into the guide tube (4) to a dept
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Berg, Peter Zehner, Regina Benfer, Jörn Müller, Michael Nilles, Ralf Schulz, Dieter Stützer
  • Publication number: 20040151640
    Abstract: A reactor (1) having a vertical longitudinal axis and an inlet (2) for a liquid or liquid/solid feed stream in the upper region of the reactor and an inlet (3) for a gaseous stream in the lower region of the reactor (1), characterized by
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Regina Benfer, Michael Nilles, Werner Weinle, Peter Zehner
  • Publication number: 20020159930
    Abstract: Olefins having at least 6 carbon atoms are hydroformylated in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst in a continuous process in which a) a vertical tall cylindrical reactor (1) whose interior space is divided by means of internals (2) into at least two reaction chambers which extend essentially in the longitudinal direction of the reactor is used, b) at least one olefin is introduced into the reactor together with synthesis gas at the lower end of the first reaction chamber, c) a partially reacted reaction mixture is conveyed from the upper end of a reaction chamber to the lower end of a next reaction chamber; and d) the hydroformylated olefin is taken off at the upper end of the last reaction chamber. The process allows a high conversion at a given reactor volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Zehner, Michael Nilles
  • Patent number: 5919987
    Abstract: An industrial preparation of aldehydes and/or alcohols from olefins of more than 3 carbon atoms by a catalytic hydroformylation of the olefin reactant at a pressure of from 50 to 1000 bar and a temperature of from 50 to 180.degree. C. in the presence of an uncomplexed rhodium catalyst homogeneously dissolved in the reaction medium. The catalytic activity of the rhodium is maintained, first by extracting it from the initially discharged reaction mixture by means of an aqueous solution of a nitrogen-containing complexing agent such as sulfonated or carboxylated pyridines, quinolines or the like. In a recycle of the complexed rhodium to be reused in the hydroformylation reaction, the aqueous rhodium-containing extract is fed to a precarbonylation stage where it subjected to a required precarbonylation in the presence of an essentially water-insoluble organic liquid and in the presence of carbon monoxide, synthesis gas or another gas mixture containing carbon monoxide at from 50 to 1000 bar and from 50 to 180.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz-Josef Kneuper, Maik Aron, Frank-Michael Korgitzsch, Michael Nilles, Wolfgang Harder, Michael Roper, Rocco Paciello
  • Patent number: 5897153
    Abstract: Apparatus for removing and/or returning a disk shaped object having a central hole to and from a disk holder, includes a pick-off head having movable pick-off elements adapted to grasp the disk-shaped object through its central hole, characterized in that the pick-off head includes a rotatable shaft coupled to the movable pick-off elements and provided in the central axis of the pick-off head and arranged so that when the shaft rotates the pick-off elements are reciprocated radially with respect to the central axis so that when the pick-off elements are positioned with respect to the central hole of the disk rests on at least two of the pick-off elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Buro-und Datentechnik GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Bernd Philipps, Michael Bidmon, Michael Nille