Patents by Inventor Rainer Blum
Rainer Blum 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: 10837140Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a coating layer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer through the coated paper substrate, wherein the coating layer on the paper substrate is obtainable by a process, which comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper substrate with a surface, (b) applying onto the surface of the provided paper substrate an aqueous coating mass, and (c) drying of the paper substrate with the applied aqueous coating mass to obtain the coated paper substrate, wherein the aqueous coating mass contains an aqueous dispersion of a copolymer P, which is obtainable by radically initiated emulsion polymerization of at least 40 parts by weight of styrene and 22 to 49 parts by weight of butadiene and optionally other monomers based on the sum total of the parts by weight of all monomers, which is always 100, in the presence of a first degraded starch.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hermann Seyffer, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Theo Smit, Nico Veling, Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Dirk Lawrenz, Rainer Blum
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Patent number: 10837141Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a coating layer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer through the coated paper substrate, wherein the coating layer on the paper substrate is obtainable by a process, which comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper substrate with a surface, (b) applying onto the surface of the provided paper substrate an aqueous coating mass, and (c) drying of the paper substrate with the applied aqueous coating mass to obtain the coated paper substrate, wherein the aqueous coating mass contains an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P, which is obtainable by radically initiated emulsion polymerization of at least 25 parts by weight of a C1-C12 alkyl acrylate or a C1-C12 alkyl methacrylate based on the sum total of the parts by weight of all monomers, which is always 100, in the presence of a first degraded starch.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hermann Seyffer, Carmen-Elena Cimpeanu, Theo Smit, Nico Veling, Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Dirk Lawrenz, Rainer Blum
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Publication number: 20180142416Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a coating layer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer through the coated paper substrate, wherein the coating layer on the paper substrate is obtainable by a process, which comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper substrate with a surface, (b) applying onto the surface of the provided paper substrate an aqueous coating mass, and (c) drying of the paper substrate with the applied aqueous coating mass to obtain the coated paper substrate, wherein the aqueous coating mass contains an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P, which is obtainable by radically initiated emulsion polymerization of at least 25 parts by weight of a C1-C12 alkyl acrylate or a C1-C12 alkyl methacrylate based on the sum total of the parts by weight of all monomers, which is always 100, in the presence of a first degraded starch.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Hermann SEYFFER, Carmen-Elena CIMPEANU, Theo SMIT, Nico VELING, Juergen SCHMIDT-THUEMMES, Dirk LAWRENZ, Rainer BLUM
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Publication number: 20180135250Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a coating layer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer through the coated paper substrate, wherein the coating layer on the paper substrate is obtainable by a process, which comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper substrate with a surface, (b) applying onto the surface of the provided paper substrate an aqueous coating mass, and (c) drying of the paper substrate with the applied aqueous coating mass to obtain the coated paper substrate, wherein the aqueous coating mass contains an aqueous dispersion of a copolymer P, which is obtainable by radically initiated emulsion polymerization of at least 40 parts by weight of styrene and 22 to 49 parts by weight of butadiene and optionally other monomers based on the sum total of the parts by weight of all monomers, which is always 100, in the presence of a first degraded starch.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Hermann SEYFFER, Carmen-Elena CIMPEANU, Theo SMIT, Nico VELING, Juergen SCHMIDT-THUEMMES, Dirk LAWRENZ, Rainer BLUM
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Publication number: 20160201270Abstract: The present invention relates to single face or double faced corrugated fiberboard comprising one or more corrugated plies, wherein at least one of the linerboard plies or corrugated plies is a paper-film assembly comprising: i) a 30 to 600 g/m2 grammage papery material of construction, ii) a biodegradable polymeric coating from 1 to 100 ?m in thickness. More particularly, the present invention relates to single face or double faced and/or corrugated fiberboard comprising one or more corrugated plies, wherein at least one of the linerboard plies or corrugated plies is a paper-film assembly comprising: i) a 30 to 600 g/m2 grammage papery material of construction as outer layer, ii) a biodegradable polymeric coating from 1 to 100 ?m in thickness as interlayer, and iii) a 30 to 600 g/m2 grammage papery material of construction as inner layer. The present invention further relates to methods of producing this corrugated fiberboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2015Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Rainer Blum, Gabriel Skupin, Hubertus Kröner, Jurgen Keck
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Patent number: 8999491Abstract: The present invention relates to single face or double faced corrugated fiberboard comprising one or more corrugated plies, wherein at least one of the linerboard plies or corrugated plies is a paper-film assembly comprising: i) a 30 to 600 g/m2 grammage papery material of construction, ii) a biodegradable polymeric coating from 1 to 100 ?m in thickness. More particularly, the present invention relates to single face or double faced and/or corrugated fiberboard comprising one or more corrugated plies, wherein at least one of the linerboard plies or corrugated plies is a paper-film assembly comprising: i) a 30 to 600 g/m2 grammage papery material of construction as outer layer, ii) a biodegradable polymeric coating from 1 to 100 ?m in thickness as interlayer, and iii) a 30 to 600 g/m2 grammage papery material of construction as inner layer. The present invention further relates to methods of producing this corrugated fiberboard.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Rainer Blum, Gabriel Skupin, Hubertus Kröner, Jurgen Keck
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Production of filled paper using biodegradable polyester fibers and/or polyalkylene carbonate fibers
Patent number: 8940135Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing filled paper, card and board comprising dewatering a paper stock with sheet formation and drying, wherein biodegradable polyester fibers and/or polyalkylene carbonate fibers are added to the paper stock.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Gabriel Skupin, Rainer Blum -
Patent number: 8753481Abstract: The present invention relates to powder compositions whose particles comprise at least one inorganic pigment, wherein at least one biodegradable polyester polymer and/or polyalkylene carbonate polymer is arranged on the pigment surface, a process for producing these powder compositions and use thereof in the production of paper, card and board.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Rainer Blum, Gabriel Skupin
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Patent number: 8679826Abstract: A method for recycling a paper product sized, coated, or both sized and coated with a polymer, including: pulping an aqueous wastepaper suspension including a paper product in the presence of a hydrolase, the paper product being a paper product sized and/or coated with a polyester to obtain an aqueous solution, which is a waste paper suspension including a mixture of paper fibers and the polyester, and separating the polyester from the wastepaper suspension to recycle the paper fibers of the paper product, wherein the polyester is a polyester having a melt flow rate according to EN ISO 1133 (190° C., 2.16 kg weight) of from 2 to 50 cm3/10 min, and the hydrolase includes at least one of a carboxyesterase [3.1.1.1], a lipase [3.1.1.3], and a cutinase [3.1.1.74].Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Motonori Yamamoto, Andreas Kuenkel, Gabriel Skupin, Rainer Blum
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Publication number: 20140050934Abstract: A barrier packaging material containing a composite which comprises i) a cellulosic layer; ii) at least one metal layer which will dissolve under alkaline conditions; and iii) at least one polymer layer, in which the polymer is hydrolysable under alkaline conditions. The invention also relates to articles comprising the barrier packaging material. Further, the invention concerns the use of a polymer, which is hydrolysable under alkaline conditions, as a protective layer in barrier packaging products. In addition the present application is also concerned with a method for recycling the aforementioned barrier packaging products. Specifically the barrier packaging products are initially taken in an aqueous wastepaper suspension which is either pulped in an alkaline medium and/or treated in an alkaline medium in a deinking process and in which the metal and polymer are then separated from the cellulosic fibres contained in the cellulosic layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Kai Oliver Siegenthaler, Rainer Blum, Gabriel Skupin, Motonori Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8486227Abstract: A process for the production of paper, board and cardboard by draining a paper stock containing interfering substances in the presence of polymers which contain vinylamine units and which have an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million, a high-consistency stock first being prepared, at least one polymer containing vinylamine units and having an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million and a degree of hydrolysis of from 1 to 20 mol % being metered into the high-consistency stock, the high-consistency stock being diluted to a low-consistency stock by adding water, and the low-consistency stock being drained, the polymers being hydrolyzed homo- or copolymers of N-vinylcarboxamides additives for reducing deposits in the wire part, press section and drying section of paper machines.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Anton Esser, Rainer Blum, Joachim Kuhn, Marc Leduc, Ralf Hemel
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PRODUCTION OF FILLED PAPER USING BIODEGRADABLE POLYESTER FIBERS AND/OR POLYALKYLENE CARBONATE FIBERS
Publication number: 20130139983Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing filled paper, card and board comprising dewatering a paper stock with sheet formation and drying, wherein biodegradable polyester fibers and/or polyalkylene carbonate fibers are added to the paper stock.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Inventors: Gabriel SKUPIN, Rainer Blum -
Patent number: 8404083Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Christian Jehn-Rendu, Rainer Blum, Ellen Krueger, Norbert Schall, Martin Ruebenacker
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Patent number: 8343312Abstract: Process for the production of filler-containing papers and filler-containing paper products by addition of an aqueous suspension of at least one finely divided polymer-pigment hybrid to a paper stock and drainage of the paper stock with sheet formation, the polymer-pigment hybrid being obtainable by milling an aqueous suspension of at least one inorganic pigment in the presence of at least one binder and, if appropriate, by drying the aqueous suspension thus obtainable and redispersing the dried polymer-pigment hybrid in water, and the use of the polymer-pigment hybrids thus obtainable as a filler for the production of filler-containing paper or filler-containing paper products.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2006Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Norbert Mahr, Dieter Meck, Rainer Blum, Ralf Hemel, Norbert Gispert, Juergen Schmidt-Thuemmes, Christoph Hamers
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Patent number: 8337665Abstract: A process for the production of paper, board and cardboard by draining a paper stock containing interfering substances in the presence of polymers which contain vinylamine units and which have an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million, a high-consistency stock first being prepared, at least one polymer containing vinylamine units and having an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million and a degree of hydrolysis of from 1 to 20 mol % being metered into the high-consistency stock, the high-consistency stock being diluted to a low-consistency stock by adding water, and the low-consistency stock being drained, and the use of hydrolyzed homo- or copolymers of N-vinylcarboxamides having a degree of hydrolysis of from 1 to 20 mol % and an average molar mass Mw of at least 1 million in the production of paper, board or cardboard as an additive to a high-consistency stock containing interfering substances, for reducing deposits in the wire part, press section and drying section of paper machines.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2005Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Anton Esser, Rainer Blum, Joachim Kuhn, Marc Leduc, Ralf Hemel
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Publication number: 20120312490Abstract: The present invention relates to powder compositions whose particles comprise at least one inorganic pigment, wherein at least one biodegradable polyester polymer and/or polyalkylene carbonate polymer is arranged on the pigment surface, a process for producing these powder compositions and use thereof in the production of paper, card and board.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Rainer BLUM, Gabriel Skupin
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Publication number: 20120276619Abstract: A method for recycling paper products sized and/or coated with polymers, in which the paper products sized and/or coated with polymers are initially taken in an aqueous wastepaper suspension, this wastepaper suspension a) is pulped in the presence of at least one hydrolase, b) is pulped in an alkaline medium, and/or c) is treated in an alkaline medium in a deinking process, and the polymers are then separated from the wastepaper suspension, the polymers being biodegradable polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Motonori Yamamoto, Andreas Kuenkel, Gabriel Skupin, Rainer Blum
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Patent number: 8152962Abstract: A process for producing paper of high basis weight by draining a paper pulp on a wire in the presence of a combination of at least two polymers as a retention and drainage aid system, forming sheets, and drying the sheets, which comprises forming the sheets in the absence of finely divided inorganic flocculants and using as retention and drainage aids (a) at least one amino-containing polymer and (b) at least one branched cationic polyacrylamide.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Oliver Koch, Rainer Blum, Ron Van Dijk
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Publication number: 20120045622Abstract: The present invention relates to single face or double faced corrugated fiberboard comprising one or more corrugated plies, wherein at least one of the linerboard plies or corrugated plies is a paper-film assembly comprising: i) a 30 to 600 g/m2 grammage papery material of construction, ii) a biodegradable polymeric coating from 1 to 100 ?m in thickness. More particularly, the present invention relates to single face or double faced and/or corrugated fiberboard comprising one or more corrugated plies, wherein at least one of the linerboard plies or corrugated plies is a paper-film assembly comprising: i) a 30 to 600 g/m2 grammage papery material of construction as outer layer, ii) a biodegradable polymeric coating from 1 to 100 ?m in thickness as interlayer, and iii) a 30 to 600 g/m2 grammage papery material of construction as inner layer. The present invention further relates to methods of producing this corrugated fiberboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Rainer Blum, Gabriel Skupin, Hubertus Kröner, Jürgen Keck
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Patent number: 8097126Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising at least one finely divided filler and at least one water-soluble amphoteric copolymer, a process for the preparation of such a composition and its use as an additive in the production of paper, cardboard and board.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2005Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Anton Esser, Volker Braig, Rainer Blum, Peter Baumann, Jacques Dupuis, Josef Neutzner