Patents by Inventor Reinhold Klipper

Reinhold Klipper 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).

  • Publication number: 20060264521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of iron-oxide- and/or iron-oxyhydroxide-containing ion exchangers by polymerizing iron-oxide- and/or iron-oxyhydroxide-containing mixtures and functionalizing the resultant polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Wolfgang Podszun, Andreas Schlegel, Reinhold Klipper, Rudiger Seidel, Udo Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20060199892
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing monodisperse ion-exchanger gels with a particle size of from 5 to 500 ?m, obtainable via a) production of a non-crosslinked monodisperse seed polymer with a particle size of from 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2003
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Wolfgang Podszun, Reinhold Klipper, Dmitry Chernyshov
  • Publication number: 20060186052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices through which a liquid to be treated can flow, preferably filtration units which are used packed with iron-doped ion exchangers for removing heavy metals from aqueous media, and also to methods for production thereof and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Rudiger Seidel, Andreas Schlegel, Reinhold Klipper, Wolfgang Podszun, Hans Soest, Wolfgang Wambach
  • Publication number: 20060173083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing iron oxide/iron oxyhydroxide-containing carboxyl-bearing ion exchangers, which is characterized in that a) a bead-type carboxyl-containing ion exchanger is contacted in aqueous suspension with iron(III) salts or a?) an aminomethylated crosslinked polystyrene bead polymer is contacted in aqueous suspension with iron(III) salts and with chloroacetic acid and b) the suspensions obtained from stages a) or a?) are adjusted to pHs in the range from 3 to 14 by adding alkali metal hydroxides or alkaline earth metal hydroxides and the resultant iron oxide/iron oxyhydroxide-containing ion exchangers are isolated by known methods, to the ion exchangers themselves their, and also to their use for the adsorption of heavy metals, in particular arsenic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Reinhold Klipper, Andreas Schlegel, Wolfgang Podszun, Rudiger Seidel
  • Publication number: 20060157416
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices through which a liquid to be treated can flow, preferably filtration units which are used packed with iron-doped ion exchangers for removing heavy metals from aqueous media, and also to methods for production thereof and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Rudiger Seidel, Andreas Schlegel, Reinhold Klipper, Wolfgang Podszun, Karl Soest, Wolfgang Wambach
  • Patent number: 7077964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing novel, monodisperse ion exchangers having chelating functional groups, and their use for adsorbing metal compounds, in particular, heavy metal compounds and noble metal compounds, and also for extracting alkaline-earth metals from saline solutions from alkali metal chloride electrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhold Klipper, Werner Strüver, Ulrich Schnegg, Bruno Hees, Bernhard Lehmann, Holger Lütjens
  • Patent number: 7053129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing novel, monodisperse anion exchangers by (a) reacting monomer droplets made from monovinylaromatic compounds and polyvinylaromatic compounds, and optional porogens and/or initiators, (b) amidomethylating the resultant monodisperse, crosslinked bead polymers with phthalimide derivatives, (c) converting the amidomethylated bead polymers to aminomethylated bead polymers, and (d) alkylating the aminomethylated bead polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhold Klipper, Werner Strüver, Ulrich Schnegg, Rüdiger Seidel, Alfred Mitschker, Holger Lütjens
  • Publication number: 20060094812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of silver-containing polymer beads, characterized in that I) a mixture of a) styrene b) crosslinker c) organic silver salt d) free-radical initiator and, if appropriate, e) inerting agent is produced, and II) the resultant mixture is cured in an aqueous phase at an increased temperature to form polymer beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Wolfgang Podszun, Reinhold Klipper, Olaf Halle, Rudolf Wagner, Ernest De Ruiter
  • Publication number: 20050245664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of silicon-dioxide-containing polymer beads by producing a mixture of styrene, crosslinker, finely divided surface-modified silicon dioxide, free-radical initiator and, if appropriate, inert agent and curing the resultant mixture in aqueous phase at elevated temperature to give a polymer bead, the silicon-dioxide-containing polymer beads themselves, and also uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Lanxess Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Podszun, Reinhold Klipper, Rudolf Wagner
  • Patent number: 6942805
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for decolorizing sugar juices by means of monodisperse ion exchangers, preferably anion exchangers, and the use of the same for sugar juice decolorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Karl Soest, Reinhold Klipper, Ulrich Schnegg, Martin Gladysch
  • Publication number: 20050038130
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of iron-oxide- and/or iron-oxyhydroxide-containing ion exchangers by polymerizing iron-oxide- and/or iron-oxyhydroxide-containing mixtures and functionalizing the resultant polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Wolfgang Podszun, Andreas Schlegel, Reinhold Klipper, Rudiger Seidel, Udo Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20050004240
    Abstract: Process for preparing monodisperse weakly basic or optionally strongly basic anion exchangers of the poly(meth)acrylamide type, the ion exchangers themselves and their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: Bayer AG
    Inventors: Reinhold Klipper, Olaf Halle, Claudia Schmid, Wolfgang Podszun, Rudiger Seidel, Hans-Karl Soest
  • Patent number: 6750259
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing gel-type cation exchangers of high stability by sulfonation of crosslinked (meth)acrylic ester-containing bead polymers with sulfuric acid having a concentration of 90 to 95% in the absence of a swelling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignees: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Sybron Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: George L. Dimotsis, Wolfgang Podszun, Reinhold Klipper
  • Publication number: 20040082744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing novel, monodisperse ion exchangers having chelating functional groups, and their use for adsorbing metal compounds, in particular, heavy metal compounds and noble metal compounds, and also for extracting alkaline-earth metals from saline solutions from alkali metal chloride electrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Reinhold Klipper, Werner Struver, Ulrich Schnegg, Bruno Hees, Bernhard Lehmann, Holger Lutjens
  • Patent number: 6723881
    Abstract: Monodisperse cation-exchangers and anon-exchangers are conditioned by a process and thereafter used as catalysts and for the production of bisphenols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Bödiger, Rainer Neumann, Frieder Heydenreich, Michael Prein, Gerhard Fennhoff, Ulrich Schnegg, Rudolf Wagner, Wolfgang Wambach, Reinhold Klipper
  • Patent number: 6699913
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing novel, monodisperse anion exchangers having strongly basic functional groups either in the center of the resin particle or in the shell of the resin particle, as well as to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhold Klipper, Ulrich Schnegg, Rüdiger Seidel, Hans-Karl Soest, Alfred Mitschker, Holger Lütjens
  • Patent number: 6696503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing crosslinked ion exchangers with a homogeneous network structure based on unsaturated aliphatic nitriles in the presence of film-forming protective colloids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Happ, Ralf-Jürgen Born, Reinhold Klipper, Ulrich Schnegg, Hans-Karl Soest, Wolfgang Zarges
  • Publication number: 20040006145
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing gel-type cation exchangers of high stability by sulfonation of crosslinked (meth)acrylic ester-containing bead polymers with sulfuric acid having a concentration of 90 to 95% in the absence of a swelling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: George L. Dimotsis, Wolfgang Podszun, Reinhold Klipper
  • Patent number: 6667349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing gel-like anion exchangers by aminating crosslinked gel-like styrene divinybenzene bead polymers that contain halogenoalkyl groups in the presence of an inorganic salt and in the absence of organic solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Holger Lütjens, Reinhold Klipper, Georg Martin, Alfred Mitschker, Michael Holzbrecher
  • Patent number: 6649663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing novel, monodisperse ion exchangers having chelating functional groups, and their use for adsorbing metal compounds, in particular, heavy metal compounds and noble metal compounds, and also for extracting alkaline-earth metals from saline solutions from alkali metal chloride electrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhold Klipper, Werner Strüver, Ulrich Schnegg, Bruno Hees, Bernhard Lehmann, Holger Lütjens