Patents by Inventor René Wölfel

René Wölfel 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).

  • IMMOBILIZED CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOSITION FOR HYDROFORMYLATION OF OLEFIN-CONTAINING MIXTURES
    Publication number: 20160068459
    Abstract: A composition and the use of said composition as catalytically active composition in processes for synthesis of chemical compounds, especially the hydroformylation of olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Katrin Marie DYBALLA, Robert FRANKE, Hanna HAHN, Marc BECKER, Andreas SCHOENWEIZ, Jonas DEBUSCHEWITZ, Simon WALTER, Rene WOELFEL, Marco HAUMANN, Peter WASSERSCHEID, Andre KAFTAN, Mathias LAURIN, Joerg LIBUDA
  • Method for catalytically producing formic acid
    Patent number: 8759575
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for catalytically producing formic acid. A polyoxometallate ion, which is used as a catalyst, of the general formula [PMoxVyO40]5? is brought into contact with an alpha-hydroxyaldehyde, an alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid, a carbohydrate, or a glycoside in a liquid solution at a temperature below 120° C., wherein 6<x<11, 1<y<6, x+y=12, and x and y are each a whole number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: JBACH GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Bösmann, René Wölfel, Peter Wasserscheid, Nicola Taccardi, Jakob Albert
  • METHOD FOR CATALYTICALLY PRODUCING FORMIC ACID
    Publication number: 20130245319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for catalytically producing formic acid. A polyoxometallate ion, which is used as a catalyst, of the general formula [PMoxVyO40]5? is brought into contact with an alpha-hydroxyaldehyde, an alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid, a carbohydrate, or a glycoside in a liquid solution at a temperature below 120° C., wherein 6<x<11, 1<y<6, x+y=12, and x and y are each a whole number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: JBACH GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Bösmann, René Wölfel, Peter Wasserscheid, Nicola Taccardi, Jakob Albert