Patents by Inventor Michael Schroers
Michael Schroers 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).
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Patent number: 11253060Abstract: A modular enclosure system includes a plurality of anchor rails configured to be mounted to a surface such as a wall to which the modular enclosure system is to be attached. The modular enclosure system includes a first partition having a plurality of partition segments and a second partition having a plurality of partition segments. The first partition and the second partition are each coupled to a first rail and a second rail of the plurality of anchor rails.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: American Woodmark CorporationInventors: Derek Creighton Adler, Christopher Douglas Craig, Steven Cary Dunston, Tabish Shamim Khan, Michael Joseph Kraemer, Jeremiah Gene Smith, Joshua David Ferry, John Michael Schroer, Kevin Morrison
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Patent number: 11060044Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer obtainable by copolymerization of (A) at least one unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or derivatives thereof, (B) at least one ?-olefin having from at least 6 up to and including 20 carbon atoms, (C) optionally at least one C3- to C20-alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a mixture of such alkyl esters and (D) optionally one or more further copolymerizable monomers other than monomers (A), (B) and (C), with a molar incorporation ratio of (A):(B):(C):(D) of 1:0.5 to 2.0:0 to less than 0.5:0 to 0.1 followed by the reaction with at least one dialkylamine (E), where the two alkyl radicals in the at least one dialkylamine (E) are independently alkyl radicals having at least 17 up to 30 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Ivette Garcia Castro, Michael Schroers, Uwe Rebholz, Dieter Faul, Anke Oswald
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Patent number: 10974174Abstract: A separation device, such as a centrifugal dryer, for separating a mixture of a solid material and a fluid is described. The device has a housing having at least one housing inlet for supplying the mixture and at least one housing outlet for discharging the solid material or the fluid separated from the mixture. The device also has a rotor that is arranged within the housing and is mounted rotatably around a longitudinal axis. The rotor causes movement of the solid material in the direction of the longitudinal axis by rotating. The rotor has multiple rotor segments, which can be separated from each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Nikolai Schnellbach, Bernd Bakenecker, Marius Wirz, Michael Schröer
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Publication number: 20200308501Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer obtainable by copolymerization of (A) at least one unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or derivatives thereof, (B) at least one ?-olefin having from at least 6 up to and including 20 carbon atoms, (C) optionally at least one C3- to C20-alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a mixture of such alkyl esters and (D) optionally one or more further copolymerizable monomers other than monomers (A), (B) and (C), with a molar incorporation ratio of (A):(B):(C):(D) of 1:0.5 to 2.0:0 to less than 0.5:0 to 0.1 followed by the reaction with at least one dialkylamine (E), where the two alkyl radicals in the at least one dialkylamine (E) are independently alkyl radicals having at least 17 up to 30 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2017Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Irene TROETSCH-SCHALLER, Ivette GARCIA CASTRO, Michael SCHROERS, Uwe REBHOLZ, Dieter FAUL, Anke OSWALD
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Publication number: 20200128957Abstract: A modular enclosure system includes a plurality of anchor rails configured to be mounted to a surface such as a wall to which the modular enclosure system is to be attached. The modular enclosure system includes a first partition having a plurality of partition segments and a second partition having a plurality of partition segments. The first partition and the second partition are each coupled to a first rail and a second rail of the plurality of anchor rails.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Derek Creighton ADLER, Christopher Douglas CRAIG, Steven Cary DUNSTON, Tabish Shamim KHAN, Michael Joseph KRAEMER, Jeremiah Gene SMITH, Joshua David FERRY, John Michael SCHROER, Kevin MORRISON
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Patent number: 10557096Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel copolymer, to processes for preparation thereof and to the use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Ivette Garcia Castro, Michael Schroers, Uwe Rebholz, Hubert Rehberger, Dieter Faul
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Publication number: 20190299127Abstract: A separation device, such as a centrifugal dryer, for separating a mixture of a solid material and a fluid is described. The device has a housing having at least one housing inlet for supplying the mixture and at least one housing outlet for discharging the solid material or the fluid separated from the mixture. The device also has a rotor that is arranged within the housing and is mounted rotatably around a longitudinal axis. The rotor causes movement of the solid material in the direction of the longitudinal axis by rotating. The rotor has multiple rotor segments, which can be separated from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Nikolai Schnellbach, Bernd Bakenecker, Marius Wirz, Michael Schröer
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Patent number: 10323846Abstract: The present disclosure introduces a safety and convenience system for a gas grill. The disclosed system can have a grill assembly, a sensor assembly, and a system controller. The grill assembly can include a grill body, a grill lid, a grilling surface, one or more burners, a gas feed line, a grill adjustment valve, and an igniter. The sensor assembly may include gas sensors, temperature sensors, and these sensors can reside in a single or multiple sensor housings. The system controller can be connected to the sensors and receive a gas sensor value and a temperature sensor value. Based on the gas sensor value and the temperature sensor value, the system controller can be able to indicating a condition of the grill to a user, or control a feature of the grill for convenience or safety.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Inventors: William Lawrence Sweet, Scott Michael Schroer, Alexander Donald Roe
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Patent number: 9908955Abstract: A copolymer with high chemical homogeneity, consisting of (A) 50 to 30% by weight of ethylene, (B) 50 to 70% by weight of C4- to C24-hydrocarbyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, (C) 0 to 5% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and (D) 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers, obtainable by polymerizing a mixture of 80 to 60% by weight of ethylene, 20 to 40% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers in a backmixing, continuous polymerization apparatus, and subsequently polymer-analogously esterifying the resulting copolymer with C4- to C24-hydrocarbinols. The inventive copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of fuel oils, for lowering the lower mixing temperature of cold flow improver additives into fuel oils, and for improving the filterability of fuel oils comprising cold flow improver additives.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Frank-Olaf Maehling, Jan Strittmatter, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Ivette Garcia-Castro, Michael Schroers, Uwe Rebholz
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Publication number: 20170355916Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel copolymer, to processes for preparation thereof and to the use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2015Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Irene TROETSCH-SCHALLER, Ivette GARCIA CASTRO, Michael SCHROERS, Uwe REBHOLZ, Hubert REHBERGER, Dieter FAUL
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Patent number: 9458401Abstract: The use of substituted diureas, polyureas, bisurethanes or polyurethanes of the formula R1X—CO—NR3R4 in which X is R2N or O and R1 to R4 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl radicals, alkenyl radicals, cycloalkyl radicals, aryl radicals or arylalkyl radicals, where at least one variable must be a radical having at least 4 carbon atoms and where the urea or urethane functionality must be replicated via bridging members, for improvement of the use properties of mineral and synthetic nonaqueous industrial fluids.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Jan Strittmatter, Karl Haeberle, Wolfgang Grabarse, Ivette Garcia Castro, Markus Hansch, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Stephan Schenk, Michael Schroers, Bernhard Lange
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Publication number: 20160230992Abstract: The present disclosure introduces a safety and convenience system for a gas grill. The disclosed system can have a grill assembly, a sensor assembly, and a system controller. The grill assembly can include a grill body, a grill lid, a grilling surface, one or more burners, a gas feed line, a grill adjustment valve, and an igniter. The sensor assembly may include gas sensors, temperature sensors, and these sensors can reside in a single or multiple sensor housings. The system controller can be connected to the sensors and receive a gas sensor value and a temperature sensor value. Based on the gas sensor value and the temperature sensor value, the system controller can be able to indicating a condition of the grill to a user, or control a feature of the grill for convenience or safety.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: William Lawrence Sweet, Scott Michael Schroer, Alexander Donald Roe
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Publication number: 20160200844Abstract: A copolymer with high chemical homogeneity, consisting of (A) 50 to 30% by weight of ethylene, (B) 50 to 70% by weight of C4- to C24-hydrocarbyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, (C) 0 to 5% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and (D) 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers, obtainable by polymerizing a mixture of 80 to 60% by weight of ethylene, 20 to 40% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers in a backmixing, continuous polymerization apparatus, and subsequently polymer-analogously esterifying the resulting copolymer with C4- to C24-hydrocarbinols. The inventive copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of fuel oils, for lowering the lower mixing temperature of cold flow improver additives into fuel oils, and for improving the filterability of fuel oils comprising cold flow improver additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Frank-Olaf MAEHLING, Jan STRITTMATTER, Irene TROETSCH-SCHALLER, Ivette GARCIA-CASTRO, Michael SCHROERS, Uwe REBHOLZ
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Patent number: 8790424Abstract: A copolymer obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of (i) monomer units of the structure M1 in which the variables are each hydrogen, alkyl groups, carboxyl groups or carboxyl derivative moieties, and (ii) monomer units of the structure M2 in which R5 is the radical of a carboxylic ester of the formula -A-CO—O—R10 where A is an alkylene group and R10 is a hydrocarbyl radical, and in which R6, R7 and R8 are each hydrogen or alkyl radicals, and subsequent polymer-analogous reaction of the product formed with a long-chain hydrocarbyl alcohol. This copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of middle distillate fuels, especially those which consist of or comprise biofuel oils.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Ivette Garcia Castro, Uwe Rebholz, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Markus Brym, Jan Strittmatter, Michael Schroers
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Publication number: 20140142270Abstract: A copolymer with high chemical homogeneity, consisting of (A) 50 to 30% by weight of ethylene, (B) 50 to 70% by weight of C4- to C24-hydrocarbyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, (C) 0 to 5% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and (D) 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers, obtainable by polymerizing a mixture of 80 to 60% by weight of ethylene, 20 to 40% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers in a backmixing, continuous polymerization apparatus, and subsequently polymer-analogously esterifying the resulting copolymer with C4- to C24-hydrocarbinols. The inventive copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of fuel oils, for lowering the lower mixing temperature of cold flow improver additives into fuel oils, and for improving the filterability of fuel oils comprising cold flow improver additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Frank-Olaf MAEHLING, Jan Strittmatter, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Ivette Garcia-Castro, Michael Schroers, Uwe Rebholz
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Patent number: 8721744Abstract: A copolymer with high chemical homogeneity, consisting of (A) 50 to 30% by weight of ethylene, (B) 50 to 70% by weight of C4- to C24-hydrocarbyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, (C) 0 to 5% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and (D) 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers, obtainable by polymerizing a mixture of 80 to 60% by weight of ethylene, 20 to 40% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers in a backmixing, continuous polymerization apparatus, and subsequently polymer-analogously esterifying the resulting copolymer with C4- to C24-hydrocarbinols. The inventive copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of fuel oils, for lowering the lower mixing temperature of cold flow improver additives into fuel oils, and for improving the filterability of fuel oils comprising cold flow improver additives.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Frank-Olaf Maehling, Jan Strittmatter, Irene Troetsch-Schaller, Ivette Garcia Castro, Michael Schroers, Uwe Rebholz
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Publication number: 20130232858Abstract: The use of substituted monoureas, diureas, polyureas, monourethanes, bisurethanes or polyurethanes of the formula R1X—CO—NR3R4 in which X is R2N or O and R1 to R4 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl radicals, alkenyl radicals, cycloalkyl radicals, aryl radicals or arylalkyl radicals, where at least one variable must comprise 4 carbon atoms and where the urea or urethane functionality may be replicated via bridging members, for further improvement of the cold flow properties of mineral oils and crude oils which already comprise further organic compounds suitable for dispersion or for promoting dispersion of paraffin crystals which precipitate under cold conditions, and organic compounds which improve the cold flow characteristics of mineral oils and crude oils.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Jan STRITTMATTER, Karl HAEBERLE, Wolfgang GRABARSE, Ivette GARCIA CASTRO, Markus HANSCH, Irene TROETSCH-SCHALLER, Stephan SCHENK, Michael SCHROERS, Bernhard LANGE
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Publication number: 20120247001Abstract: A copolymer obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of (i) monomer units of the structure M1 in which the variables are each hydrogen, alkyl groups, carboxyl groups or carboxyl derivative moieties, and (ii) monomer units of the structure M2 in which R5 is the radical of a carboxylic ester of the formula -A-CO—O—R10 where A is an alkylene group and R10 is a hydrocarbyl radical, and in which R6, R7 and R8 are each hydrogen or alkyl radicals, and subsequent polymer-analogous reaction of the product formed with a long-chain hydrocarbyl alcohol. This copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of middle distillate fuels, especially those which consist of or comprise biofuel oils.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Ivette GARCIA CASTRO, Uwe Rebholz, Irene Trötsch-Schaller, Markus Brym, Jan Strittmatter, Michael Schroers
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Patent number: 8263327Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing microcapsules. The microcapsules have an effect-substance-containing capsule core and a polymer-containing capsule covering. The capsule covering is formed by enzyme-catalyzed polymerization of monomers which are present in an inverse miniemulsion, as well as microcapsules and dispersions. The present invention also provides for using the microcapsules and microcapsule dispersions as components in colorants, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, crop protection agents, fertilizers, and additives for foods or animal feed.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Rainer Dyllick-Brenzinger, Yvonne Dieckmann, Dietmar Haering, Bernhard Sturm, Michael Schroers, Harald Keller
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Publication number: 20120005951Abstract: A copolymer with high chemical homogeneity, consisting of (A) 50 to 30% by weight of ethylene, (B) 50 to 70% by weight of C4- to C24-hydrocarbyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, (C) 0 to 5% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and (D) 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers, obtainable by polymerizing a mixture of 80 to 60% by weight of ethylene, 20 to 40% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and 0 to 10% by weight of copolymerizable monomers in a backmixing, continuous polymerization apparatus, and subsequently polymer-analogously esterifying the resulting copolymer with C4- to C24-hydrocarbinols. The inventive copolymer is suitable for improving the cold flow properties of fuel oils, for lowering the lower mixing temperature of cold flow improver additives into fuel oils, and for improving the filterability of fuel oils comprising cold flow improver additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Frank-Olaf Mähling, Jan Strittmatter, Irene Trötsch-Schaller, Ivette Garcia Castro, Michael Schroers, Uwe Rebholz