Patents by Inventor Norbert Schall

Norbert Schall 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: 10047480
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing corrugated fiberboard from plies of paper which each have a grammage of 70 to 200 g/m2 and of which at least one ply of paper is obtained by a process comprising the addition of (A) 0.25 to 5 wt %, based on dry paper stock, of at least one cationic polymer comprising vinylamine units, and (B) 0 to 5 wt %, based on dry paper stock, of at least one polymeric anionic compound, to a paper stock, draining the paper stock by sheet formation, coating the paper web obtained with (C) 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthew Buchan, Reinhard Haffke, Guido Rensen, Christoph Hamers, Norbert Schall
  • Publication number: 20170362776
    Abstract: A process for producing paper or board, which process comprises ad-mixing (I) an aqueous composition of pH ?6 and (II) at least one water-soluble polymeric anionic compound to a paper stock having a pH in the range from 6 to 8 and then dewatering the paper stock by sheet formation and drying, wherein the aqueous composition comprises (a) polymers having primary amino groups and/or amidine groups to a combined content for these groups of ?1.5 meq/g of polymer, and (b) 0.01 to 50 mol % of 1,4-cyclohexanedione (b) based on the combined amount of primary amino groups and/or amidine groups of the polymers, and also to the paper or board thus obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim HAEHNLE, Christoph HAMERS, Anton ESSER, Hubert MEIXNER, Matthew BUCHAN, Norbert SCHALL, Stefan SPANGE, Katja TROMMLER, Hendryk WUERFEL, Susan SEIFERT, Tina WALTHER
  • Publication number: 20170183821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing corrugated fiberboard from plies of paper which each have a grammage of 70 to 200 g/m2 and of which at least one ply of paper is obtained by a process comprising the addition of (A) 0.25 to 5 wt %, based on dry paper stock, of at least one cationic polymer comprising vinylamine units, and (B) 0 to 5 wt %, based on dry paper stock, of at least one polymeric anionic compound, to a paper stock, draining the paper stock by sheet formation, coating the paper web obtained with (C) 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew BUCHAN, Reinhard HAFFKE, Leonardus Guido Antonius RENSEN, Christoph HAMERS, Norbert SCHALL
  • Patent number: 9085491
    Abstract: A carbon-containing lithium titanium oxide containing spherical particle aggregate with a diameter of 1-80 ?m, consisting of lithium titanium oxide primary particles coated with carbon. Also, a method for the production of such a carbon-containing lithium titanium oxide as well as an electrode containing such a carbon-containing lithium titanium oxide as active material as well as a lithium-ion secondary battery containing an above-described electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jasmin Dollinger, Andreas Pollner, Michael Holzapfel, Nicolas Tran, Norbert Schall, Max Eisgruber
  • Patent number: 8926797
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by addition of (a) at least one trivalent cation in the form of a salt, (b) at least one water-soluble cationic polymer and (c) at least one water-soluble amphoteric polymer to the paper stock, draining of the paper stock with sheet formation and subsequent drying of the paper products, the water-soluble cationic polymer (b) being selected from the group consisting of the (i) polymers comprising vinylamine units and (ii) polymers comprising ethylenimine units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Jehn-Rendu, Ellen Krueger, Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Martin Ruebenacker, Norbert Schall, Thomas Muehlenbernd
  • Publication number: 20140175687
    Abstract: A carbon-containing lithium titanium oxide containing spherical particle aggregate with a diameter of 1-80 ?m, consisting of lithium titanium oxide primary particles coated with carbon. Also, a method for the production of such a carbon-containing lithium titanium oxide as well as an electrode containing such a carbon-containing lithium titanium oxide as active material as well as a lithium-ion secondary battery containing an above-described electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SUED-CHEMIE IP GMBH & CO., KG
    Inventors: Jasmin Dollinger, Andreas Pollner, Michael Holzapfel, Nicolas Tran, Norbert Schall, Max Eisgruber
  • Patent number: 8404083
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by addition of at least one water-soluble (a) polymer comprising vinylamine units and at least one (b) polymer comprising ethylenimine units and at least one water-soluble polymeric anionic compound to a paper stock, draining of the paper stock with sheet formation and drying of the paper products, the water-soluble cationic polymers (a) and (b) being metered in any sequence or as a mixture into a paper stock, and papers which are obtainable by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Christian Jehn-Rendu, Rainer Blum, Ellen Krueger, Norbert Schall, Martin Ruebenacker
  • Patent number: 8349134
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing paper, board and cardboard of high dry strength by separately adding a polymer comprising vinylamine units and a polymeric anionic compound to a paper pulp, dewatering the pulp and drying the paper products, which comprises using as polymeric anionic compound at least one copolymer obtainable by copolymerizing (a) at least one N-vinylcarboxamide of the formula in which R1 and R2 are H or C1- to C6 alkyl, (b) at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer comprising acid groups, and/or the alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium salts thereof, and if appropriate (c) other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, and if appropriate (d) compounds having at least two ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in their molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Martin Ruebenacker, Norbert Schall, Jacques Dupuis, Josef Neutzner, Manfred Niessner, Berthold Sturm
  • Publication number: 20120073773
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by addition of (a) at least one trivalent cation in the form of a salt, (b) at least one water-soluble cationic polymer and (c) at least one water-soluble amphoteric polymer to the paper stock, draining of the paper stock with sheet formation and subsequent drying of the paper products, the water-soluble cationic polymer (b) being selected from the group consisting of the (i) polymers comprising vinylamine units and (ii) polymers comprising ethylenimine units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Jehn-Rendu, Ellen Krueger, Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Martin Ruebenacker, Norbert Schall, Thomas Muehlenbernd
  • Patent number: 8053075
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crystalline ion-conducting material made of LiMPO4 nanoparticles, wherein M is selected from Cr, Mn, Co, Fe and Ni, in addition to mixtures thereof and the nanoparticles have an essentially flat prismatic shape. The invention also relates to a method for producing said type of crystalline ion-conducting material which consists of the following steps: a precursor component is produced in a solution front a lithium compound of a component containing metal ions M and a phosphate compound, the precursor compound is subsequently precipitated from the solution and, optionally, a suspension of the precursor compound is formed, the precursor compound and/or the suspension is dispersed and/or ground, and the precursor compound and/or the suspension is converted under hydrothermal conditions and subsequently, the crystalline material is extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sued-Chemie AG
    Inventors: Norbert Schall, Gerhard Nuspl, Christian Vogler, Lucia Wimmer, Max Eisgruber
  • Publication number: 20110217593
    Abstract: A carbon-containing lithium titanium oxide containing spherical particle aggregate with a diameter of 1-80 ?m, consisting of lithium titanium oxide primary particles coated with carbon. Also, a method for the production of such a carbon-containing lithium titanium oxide as well as an electrode containing such a carbon-containing lithium titanium oxide as active material as well as a lithium-ion secondary battery containing an above-described electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Sud-Chemie AG
    Inventors: Jasmin Dollinger, Andreas Pollner, Michael Holzapfel, Nicolas Tran, Norbert Schall, Max Eisgruber
  • Publication number: 20110132559
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by addition of at least one water-soluble (a) polymer comprising vinylamine units and at least one (b) polymer comprising ethylenimine units and at least one water-soluble polymeric anionic compound to a paper stock, draining of the paper stock with sheet formation and drying of the paper products, the water-soluble cationic polymers (a) and (b) being metered in any sequence or as a mixture into a paper stock, and papers which are obtainable by this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Christian Jehn-Rendu, Rainer Blum, Ellen Krueger, Norbert Schall, Martin Ruebenacker
  • Patent number: 7922867
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by separate addition of a polymer comprising vinylamine units and of ligninsulfonic acid and/or a ligninsulfonate to a paper stock, draining of the paper stock and drying of the paper products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Norbert Schall, Ellen Krueger, Martin Ruebenacker
  • Patent number: 7867614
    Abstract: A process for modification, in particular for surface modification of an organophilic clay material, encompassing the following steps: a) provision of a dry, pulverulent, organophilic clay material (component a); b) provision of at least one additive (component b) for modification of component a); c) intensive mixing of components a) and b) in a high-shear mixing assembly, where no water or solvent is added or used for addition of component b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Rockwood Clay Additives, GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Seeling, Heinz-Dieter Metzemacher, Norbert Schall, Günther Lübbe
  • Publication number: 20100108279
    Abstract: Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by separate addition of a polymer comprising vinylamine units and of ligninsulfonic acid and/or a ligninsulfonate to a paper stock, draining of the paper stock and drying of the paper products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Norbert Schall, Ellen Krueger, Martin Ruebenacker
  • Publication number: 20090233096
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crystalline ion-conducting material made of LiMPO4 nanoparticles, wherein M is selected from Cr, Mn, Co, Fe and Ni, in addition to mixtures thereof and the nanoparticles have an essentially flat prismatic shape. The invention also relates to a method for producing said type of crystalline ion-conducting material which consists of the following steps: a precursor component is produced in a solution front a lithium compound of a component containing metal ions M and a phosphate compound, the precursor compound is subsequently precipitated from the solution and, optionally, a suspension of the precursor compound is formed, the precursor compound and/or the suspension is dispersed and/or ground, and the precursor compound and/or the suspension is converted under hydrothermal conditions and subsequently, the crystalline material is extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Norbert Schall, Gerhard Nuspl, Christian Vogler, Lucia Wimmer, Max Bisgruber
  • Publication number: 20090145566
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing paper, board and cardboard of high dry strength by separately adding a polymer comprising vinylamine units and a polymeric anionic compound to a paper pulp, dewatering the pulp and drying the paper products, which comprises using as polymeric anionic compound at least one copolymer obtainable by copolymerizing (a) at least one N-vinylcarboxamide of the formula in which R1 and R2 are H or C1- to C6 alkyl, (b) at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer comprising acid groups, and/or the alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium salts thereof, and if appropriate (c) other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, and if appropriate (d) compounds having at least two ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in their molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Anton Esser, Hans-Joachim Hahnle, Martin Rubenacker, Norbert Schall, Jacques Dupuis, Josef Neutzner, Manfred Niessner, Berthold Sturm
  • Patent number: 7335699
    Abstract: A description is given of water-soluble aminoplast ether copolymers of the following structural type: wherein Z is a glycoluril central unit, B is a radical of an essentially water-insoluble polymer and R1 is a radical of a hydrophilic organic compound. The ratio R1:B is selected within a range of about 1.5 to 4:1 and the overall mass of the water-soluble aminoplast ether copolymer is from about 2000 to 50 000 g/mol such that the copolymer is soluble in water and may be used as a dispersant for e.g. pigments in polar solvents, e.g. water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Sud-Chemie AG
    Inventors: Klaus Dziwok, Inge Krämer, Norbert Schall, Helmut Coutelle, Sabine Huth, Alan Steinmetz, Thadeus Schauer, Heinz Greisiger, Mark Entenmann
  • Publication number: 20070072980
    Abstract: A process for modification, in particular for surface modification of an organophilic clay material, encompassing the following steps: a) provision of a dry, pulverulent, organophilic clay material (component a); b) provision of at least one additive (component b) for modification of component a); c) intensive mixing of components a) and b) in a high-shear mixing assembly, where no water or solvent is added or used for addition of component b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: SUD-CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Seeling Rainer, Heinz-Dieter Metzemacher, Norbert Schall, Gunther Lubbe
  • Patent number: 6929860
    Abstract: Surface-modified fillers are described characterized by the fact that the fillers represent reactive inorganic fillers and the modifying agent represents an amphiphilic aminoplastic-ether polymer or copolymer of the structural type in which: Z denotes the same or different aminoplastic central units based on melamine-formaldehyde or urea-formaldehyde derivatives; n=10 to 500; R denotes the group —[O—CH2—CH2]mO—S in which m=5 to 500 and S represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, alkaryl or aralkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Sud-Chemie AG
    Inventors: Alan Lawrence Steinmetz, Norbert Schall, Klaus Dziwok, Helmut Coutelle, Wolfgang Simon, Stefan Dick, Inge Krämer, Hubert Schiessling