Patents by Inventor Reinhard Broucek

Reinhard Broucek 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).

  • CHOLINE CHLORIDE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20210370254
    Abstract: The present disclosure encompasses a non-caking, free-flowing composition comprising choline chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Reinhard Broucek, Michael R. Sestrick
  • Method for producing fatty acid esters of monovalent or polyvalent alcohols using special hydroxy-functional quaternary ammonium compounds as catalysts
    Patent number: 8598377
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid esters from fats and/or oils of biogenic origin by transesterification with monovalent or polyvalent alcohols in the presence of a special hydroxy-functional quaternary ammonium compound as the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Balchem Corporation
    Inventors: Eckhard Weidner, Axel Kraft, Anna Grevé, Reinhard Broucek
  • Method for Producing Fatty Acid Esters of Monovalent or Polyvalent Alcohols Using Special Hydroxy-Functional Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Catalysts
    Publication number: 20110300281
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid esters from fats and/or oils of biogenic origin by transesterification with monovalent or polyvalent alcohols in the presence of a special hydroxy-functional quaternary ammonium compound as the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicants: Balchem Corporation, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Eckhard Weidner, Axel Kraft, Anna Grevé, Reinhard Broucek
  • Composition Comprising Choline Hydroxide And Process For Preparing The same
    Publication number: 20070193708
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising choline hydroxide, a solvent, and one or more stabilizers selected from the group consisting of a hydride and choline sulfite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Reinhard Broucek, Hendrikus Workel, Johannes Wilhelmus Seetz, Gerrit Oudendijk
  • Process for preparing betaines
    Patent number: 6624327
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing betaines of formula (I) wherein R1 represents a C1-C24 hydrocarbon group, and R2 and R3 independently represent a C1-C3 hydrocarbon group, comprising reacting an aqueous solution of an ethoxylated quaternay ammonium compound of formula (II) wherein R1, R2, and R3 have the same meaning as described above and X− represents a suitable anion, with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas under alkaline conditions in the presence of a supported and promoted Pt catalyst at a temperature ranging from room temperature to 70° C. Preferably, use is made of a Pt/Bi/C catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Christian Blaufelder, Reinhard Broucek, Axel Carstens, Ludwig Eisenhuth