Patents by Inventor Sophie Vogel
Sophie Vogel 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: 9751905Abstract: A surfactant and a surfactant formulation comprising at least one ionic surfactant of the general formula R1—O-(D)n-(B)m-(A)l-XY?M+ where R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbon radical having 8 to 30 carbon atoms, A is ethyleneoxy, B is propyleneoxy, and D is butyleneoxy, l is from 0 to 99, m is from 0 to 99 and n is from 1 to 99, X is an alkyl or alkylene group having 0 to 10 carbon atoms, M+ is a cation, and Y? is selected from the group of sulfate groups, sulfonate groups, carboxylate groups and phosphate groups.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez-Juergenson, Sophie Vogel
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Patent number: 9701893Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for mineral oil extraction by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation comprising at least three ionic surfactants which are different with regard to the alkyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2—O-(D)n-(B)m-(A)l-XYa?a/bMb+ is injected through injection boreholes into a mineral oil deposit, and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production boreholes. The invention further relates to surfactant formulations of ionic surfactants of the general formula.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez-Juergenson, Sophie Vogel, Petra Neumann, Veronika Wloka, Martin Bock
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Patent number: 9296942Abstract: Compositions and methods of synthesis of anionic surfactants by alkoxylation of a Guerbet alcohol (GA) having 12 to 36 carbon atoms using butylene oxide, and optionally propylene oxide and/or ethylene oxide followed by the incorporation of a terminal anionic group are described herein. The GA of the present invention is made by a facile and inexpensive method that involves high temperature base catalyzed dimerization of alcohols with 6 to 18 carbon atoms. The large hydrophobe ether surfactants of the present invention find uses in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications where it is used for solubilization and mobilization of oil and for environmental cleanup. Further, the hydrophobe alkoxylated GA without anionic terminal group can be used as an ultra-high molecular weight non-ionic surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignees: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, BASF SEInventors: Upali P. Weerasooriya, Gary A. Pope, Christian Bittner, Gunter Oetter, Jack F. Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez Jurgenson, Sophie Vogel
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Patent number: 9258996Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to the alkoxylate, to a process for its preparation and to its use as adjuvant in pesticide-comprising spray mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Paul Klingelhoefer, Sophie Vogel, Kevin Huyghe, Gerd Haderlein, Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Richard Roger Evans
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Publication number: 20150353818Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for mineral oil extraction by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation comprising at least three ionic surfactants which are different with regard to the alkyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2—O-(D)n-(B)m-(A)l-XYa?a/bMb+ is injected through injection boreholes into a mineral oil deposit, and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production boreholes. The invention further relates to surfactant formulations of ionic surfactants of the general formula.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez-Juergenson, Sophie Vogel, Petra Neumann, Veronika Wloka, Martin Bock
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Patent number: 9145509Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for mineral oil extraction by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation comprising at least three ionic surfactants which are different with regard to the alkyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2—O-(D)n-(B)m-(A)l-XYa?a/bMb+ is injected through injection boreholes into a mineral oil deposit, and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production boreholes. The invention further relates to surfactant formulations of ionic surfactants of the general formula.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez Jürgenson, Sophie Vogel, Petra Neumann, Veronika Wloka, Martin Bock
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Publication number: 20150018216Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to the alkoxylate, to a process for its preparation and to its use as adjuvant in pesticide-comprising spray mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Paul KLINGELHOEFER, Arend Jouke KINGMA, Sophie VOGEL, Kevin HUYGHE, Gerd HADERLEIN, Gerhard SCHNABEL, Marc NOLTE, Richard Roger EVANS
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Patent number: 8853136Abstract: A process for mineral oil production, especially Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation which comprises at least one alkylpolyalkoxysulfate comprising propoxy groups, and at least one further surfactant differing therefrom is used, is forced through injection wells into a mineral oil deposit and crude oil is removed from the deposit through production wells. The alkylpolyalkoxysulfate comprising propoxy groups is prepared in this case by sulfating an alkoxylated alcohol, the alkoxylated alcohol being prepared by alkoxylating an alcohol using double metal cyanide catalysts or double hydroxide clays.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez Jürgenson, Sophie Vogel
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Publication number: 20140243201Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to the alkoxylate, to a process for its preparation and to its use as adjuvant in pesticide-comprising spray mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Paul KLINGELHOEFER, Arend Jouke KINGMA, Sophie VOGEL, Kevin HUYGHE, Gerd HADERLEIN, Gerhard SCHNABEL, Marc NOLTE, Richard Roger EVANS
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Publication number: 20140182851Abstract: Compositions and methods of synthesis of anionic surfactants by alkoxylation of a Guerbet alcohol (GA) having 12 to 36 carbon atoms using butylene oxide, and optionally propylene oxide and/or ethylene oxide followed by the incorporation of a terminal anionic group are described herein. The GA of the present invention is made by a facile and inexpensive method that involves high temperature base catalyzed dimerization of alcohols with 6 to 18 carbon atoms. The large hydrophobe ether surfactants of the present invention find uses in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications where it is used for solubilization and mobilization of oil and for environmental cleanup. Further, the hydrophobe alkoxylated GA without anionic terminal group can be used as an ultra-high molecular weight non-ionic surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicants: BASF SE, Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Upali P. Weerasooriya, Gary A. Pope, Christian Bittner, Gunter Oetter, Jack F. Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez Jurgenson, Sophie Vogel
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Publication number: 20140155645Abstract: A surfactant and a surfactant formulation comprising at least one ionic surfactant of the general formula R1—O-(D)n-(B)m-(A)l-XY?M+ where R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbon radical having 8 to 30 carbon atoms, A is ethyleneoxy, B is propyleneoxy, and D is butyleneoxy, l is from 0 to 99, m is from 0 to 99 and n is from 1 to 99, X is an alkyl or alkylene group having 0 to 10 carbon atoms, M+ is a cation, and Y? is selected from the group of sulfate groups, sulfonate groups, carboxylate groups and phosphate groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez-Juergenson, Sophie Vogel
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Patent number: 8684080Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for tertiary mineral oil production with the aid of a surfactant mixture and to the use of a surfactant mixture for tertiary mineral oil production by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, by injecting a surfactant mixture through at least one aqueous injection borehole into a mineral oil deposit, and withdrawing crude oil from the deposit through at least one production borehole, wherein the surfactant mixture, for the purpose of lowering the interfacial tension between oil and water to <0.1 mN/m, comprises at least the following components: (a) one or more polycarboxylate(s) comprising at least 50 mol % of acrylic acid units and/or methacrylic acid units and/or maleic acid units and/or itaconic acid units or salts thereof, and (b) one or more anionic and/or nonionic surfactant(s).Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Sophie Vogel, Gabriela Alvarez-Juergenson, Marcus Guzmann
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Publication number: 20140080701Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to the alkoxylate, to a process for its preparation and to its use as adjuvant in pesticide-comprising spray mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Paul KLINGELHOEFER, Arend Jouke KINGMA, Sophie VOGEL, Kevin HUYGHE, Gerd HADERLEIN, Gerhard SCHNABEL, Marc NOLTE, Richard Roger EVANS
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Patent number: 8618179Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to the alkoxylate, to a process for its preparation and to its use as adjuvant in pesticide-comprising spray mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Paul Klingelhoefer, Arend Jouke Kingma, Sophie Vogel, Kevin Huyghe, Gerd Haderlein, Gerhard Schnabel, Marc Nolte, Richard Roger Evans
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Patent number: 8607865Abstract: The invention relates to a process for mineral oil extraction by means of Winsor Type III microemulsion flooding, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation comprising at least one ionic surfactant of the general formula R1—O-(D)n-(B)m-(A)l-XY?M+ is injected through injection boreholes into a mineral oil deposit, and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production boreholes. The invention further relates to ionic surfactants of the general formula.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez-Jüergenson, Sophie Vogel
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Process for producing mineral oil using surfactants based on CC-containing alkyl propoxy surfactants
Patent number: 8596367Abstract: A process for mineral oil production by means of Winsor Type III microemulsion flooding and an aqueous surfactant formulation are disclosed. The aqueous surfactant formulation containing at least one ionic surfactant of the general formula R1—O—(CH2C(CH3)HO)m(CH2CH2O)n—XY?M+ is injected through injection boreholes into a mineral oil deposit, and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production boreholes.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez-Jürgenson, Sophie Vogel, Veronica Wloka, Marcus Guzmann -
Patent number: 8584751Abstract: A process for mineral oil production especially Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation which comprises at least one nonionic surfactant having 11 to 40 ethoxy units and a hydrophobic radical having 8 to 32 carbon atoms and at least one further surfactant differing therefrom is forced through injection wells into a mineral oil deposit and crude oil is removed from the deposit through production wells.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez Jürgenson, Sophie Vogel
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Patent number: 8584750Abstract: A process for mineral oil production, especially Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation which comprises at least one nonionic surfactant having 8 to 30 ethoxy units, which has a polydispersity of from 1.01 to 1.12, and at least one further surfactant is forced through injection wells into a mineral oil deposit and crude oil is removed from the deposit through production wells.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Oetter Günter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez Jürgenson, Sophie Vogel
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Publication number: 20110263467Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for mineral oil extraction by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation comprising at least three ionic surfactants which are different with regard to the alkyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2—O—(D)n—(B)m—(A)l—XYa? a/b Mb+ is injected through injection boreholes into a mineral oil deposit, and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production boreholes. The invention further relates to surfactant formulations of ionic surfactants of the general formula.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: BASF SE*Inventors: CHRISTIAN BITTNER, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez Jürgenson, Sophie Vogel, Petra Neumann, Veronika Wloka, Martin Bock
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Publication number: 20110259583Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for mineral oil extraction by means of Winsor Type III microemulsion flooding, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation comprising at least one ionic surfactant of the general formula (R1)(R2)—CH—O-(D)n-(B)m-(A)l-XYa? a/b Mb+ is injected through injection boreholes into a mineral oil deposit, and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production boreholes. The invention further relates to ionic surfactants of the general formula, to surfactant formulations, and to a process for preparation thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez Jürgenson, Sophie Vogel, Petra Neumann, Veronika Wloka, Martin Bock