Patents by Inventor Rajan Venkatesh

Rajan Venkatesh 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: 8912273
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of an aqueous polymer dispersion using RAFT compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rajan Venkatesh, Vijay Immanuel Raman
  • Patent number: 8722796
    Abstract: Process for preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion with small polymer particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Daniel Schoenfelder, Rabie Al-Hellani, Marc Schroeder, Monika Haberecht, Anna Cristadoro, Bernd Bruchmann, Rajan Venkatesh
  • Patent number: 8298471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing polymer fibers, especially nano- and mesofibers, by electrospinning a colloidal dispersion of at least one essentially water-insoluble polymer in an aqueous medium, and to fibers obtainable by this process, to textile fabrics comprising the inventive fibers, and to the use of the inventive fibers and of the inventive textile fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rajan Venkatesh, Evgueni Klimov
  • Publication number: 20110178241
    Abstract: Process for preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion with small polymer particles
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Daniel Schönfelder, Rabie Al-Hellani, Marc Schroeder, Monika Haberecht, Anna Cristadoro, Bernd Bruchmann, Rajan Venkatesh
  • Publication number: 20110148004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing polymer fibers, especially nano- and mesofibers, by electrospinning a colloidal dispersion of at least one essentially water-insoluble polymer in an aqueous medium, and to fibers obtainable by this process, to textile fabrics comprising the inventive fibers, and to the use of the inventive fibers and of the inventive textile fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rajan Venkatesh, Evgueni Klimov
  • Patent number: 7960477
    Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions, comprising A) from 10 to 95% by weight of a thermoplastic polyamide, B) from 5 to 90% by weight of an acrylate rubber, obtainable via free-radical-initiated aqueous emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of at least one dispersing agent and of at least one free-radical initiator, where the emulsion polymerization uses from 1 to 50% by weight of an alkene having from 5 to 12 carbon atoms [monomer A], and from 50 to 99% by weight of an ester based on an ?,?-monoethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms and on an alkanol having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms [monomer B], and also, if appropriate, up to 10% by weight of an ?,?-monoethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms and/or its amide [monomer C], and up to 30% by weight of an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated compound different from the monomers A to C [monomer D], and the monomers A to D give a total of 10
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin Weber, Rajan Venkatesh
  • Publication number: 20110092635
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of an aqueous polymer dispersion using RAFT compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rajan Venkatesh, Vijay Immanuel Raman
  • Patent number: 7816441
    Abstract: The use of an addition polymer A composed in copolymerized form of 0.1% to 40% by weight of at least one C3 to C30 alkene, 40% to 99.9% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated C3 to C6 monocarboxylic acid, 0% to 50% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated C4 to C12 dicarboxylic acid and/or of the ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic monoalkyl esters or dicarboxylic anhydrides obtainable from said acid, and 0% to 30% by weight of at least one other ethylenically unsaturated compound which is copolymerizable with the aforementioned monomers, as a dispersing assistant in free-radically initiated aqueous emulsion or suspension polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oihana Elizalde, Kathrin Michl, Rajan Venkatesh
  • Publication number: 20100249325
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer powders with high rubber content and to their use as impact modifiers for rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC) applications, and also to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising halogen and comprising the polymer powder, and to the use of the molding compositions for production of moldings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marc Bothe, Rajan Venkatesh, Christian Krueger
  • Publication number: 20100234506
    Abstract: Aqueous binders for fibrous and granular substrates, based on hydrophobically modified polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oihana Elizalde, Kathrin Michl, Rajan Venkatesh
  • Publication number: 20100221519
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing polymer fibers, especially nano- and mesofibers, by electrospinning a colloidal dispersion of at least one essentially water-insoluble polymer in an aqueous medium, and to fibers obtainable by this process, to textile fabrics comprising the inventive fibers, and to the use of the inventive fibers and of the inventive textile fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rajan Venkatesh, Evgueni Klimov, Michel Pepers, Walter Heckmann, Jürgen Schmidt-Thümmes, Vijay Immanuel Raman, Andreas Greiner, Aleksandar Stoiljkovic
  • Publication number: 20100174025
    Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition is proposed, comprising a graft copolymer A and a thermoplastic copolymer B in the following proportions by weight: A: from 10 to 80% by weight of the graft copolymer A composed of a1: from 30 to 90% by weight, based on the graft copolymer A, of a graft base a1 obtainable via the reaction of a11: from 50 to 98.99% by weight, based on the graft base a1, of a C1-C10-alkyl ester of acrylic acid, a12: from 1 to 49.99% by weight, based on the graft base a1, of a copolymerizable linear, branched or cyclic olefin having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms, and a13: from 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Ishaque, Rajan Venkatesh, Maarten Staal
  • Publication number: 20100152380
    Abstract: Process for preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion using alkenes of 5 to 12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Rajan Venkatesh
  • Publication number: 20100069597
    Abstract: Finely divided, starch-containing polymer dispersions which are obtainable by free radical emulsion copolymerization of (a) from 30 to 60% by weight of at least one optionally substituted styrene, acrylonitrile and/or methacrylonitrile, (b) from 5 to 50% by weight of at least one C1-C12-alkyl acrylate and/or C1-C12-alkyl methacrylate, (c) from 5 to 30% by weight of at least one olefin, (d) from 0 to 10% by weight of at least one other ethylenically unsaturated copolymerizable monomer and (e) from 15 to 35% by weight of a degraded starch, the sum (a)+(b)+(c)+(d)+(e) being 100% and being based on the total solids content, in an aqueous medium in the presence of at least one redox initiator, processes for the preparation of the aqueous polymer dispersions by free radical emulsion copolymerization of the components (a) to (e) in an aqueous medium in the presence of a redox initiator and use of the finely divided, starch-containing polymer dispersions thus obtainable as sizes for paper, board and cardboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rajan Venkatesh, Roland Ettl
  • Publication number: 20100048821
    Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions, comprising A) from 10 to 95% by weight of a thermoplastic polyamide, B) from 5 to 90% by weight of an acrylate rubber, obtainable via free-radical-initiated aqueous emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of at least one dispersing agent and of at least one free-radical initiator, where the emulsion polymerization uses from 1 to 50% by weight of an alkene having from 5 to 12 carbon atoms [monomer A], and from 50 to 99% by weight of an ester based on an ?,?-monoethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms and on an alkanol having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms [monomer B], and also, if appropriate, up to 10% by weight of an ?,?-monoethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms and/or its amide [monomer C], and up to 30% by weight of an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated compound different from the monomers A to C [monomer D], and the monomers A to D give a total of 10
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin Weber, Rajan Venkatesh
  • Publication number: 20100022708
    Abstract: The use of an addition polymer A composed in copolymerized form of 0.1% to 40% by weight of at least one C3 to C30 alkene, 40% to 99.9% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated C3 to C6 monocarboxylic acid, 0% to 50% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated C4 to C12 dicarboxylic acid and/or of the ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic monoalkyl esters or dicarboxylic anhydrides obtainable from said acid, and 0% to 30% by weight of at least one other ethylenically unsaturated compound which is copolymerizable with the aforementioned monomers, as a dispersing assistant in free-radically initiated aqueous emulsion or suspension polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oihana Elizalde, Kathrin Michl, Rajan Venkatesh
  • Publication number: 20090275681
    Abstract: Process for preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion using alkenes of 4 to 40 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Rajan Venkatesh
  • Publication number: 20090036551
    Abstract: The use of copolymers obtained by free-radical polymerization of a mixture of i) 0.1 to 40% by weight of an olefine, and ii) 60 to 99.9% by weight of N-vinyl lactam, with the proviso that the total of components i), ii) and iii) equals 100% by weight, as solubilizers for slightly water-soluble bioactive substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rajan Venkatesh, Murat Mertoglu, Kathrin Meyer-Bohm
  • Publication number: 20080221267
    Abstract: Process for preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion using alkenes of 5 to 12 carbon atoms and use of the resultant aqueous polymer dispersions as adhesives components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rajan Venkatesh