Patents by Inventor Steffen Springmann

Steffen Springmann 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).

  • PROCESS FOR REACTING AN AROMATIC HYDROCARBON IN THE PRESENCE OF HYDROGEN
    Publication number: 20110196181
    Abstract: Processes comprising: providing a starting material comprising one or more aromatic hydrocarbons, and having an aromatic sulfur compound content and a total sulfur content; reducing the aromatic sulfur compound content and the total sulfur content in the starting material; and hydrogenating the one or more aromatic hydrocarbons in the presence of a supported ruthenium catalyst and hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Becker, Axel Salden, Bianca Stäck, Jochem Henkelmann, Steffen Springmann, Frederik van Laar, Wilhelm Ruppel, Peter Resch, Michael Bender
  • Process for Reacting an Aromatic Hydrocarbon in the Presence of Hydrogen
    Publication number: 20080306316
    Abstract: Processes comprising: providing a starting material comprising one or more aromatic hydrocarbons, and having an aromatic sulfur compound content and a total sulfur content; reducing the aromatic sulfur compound content and the total sulfur content in the starting material; and hydrogenating the one or more aromatic hydrocarbons in the presence of a supported ruthenium catalyst and hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft Patents, Trademarks and Licenses
    Inventors: Michael Becker, Axel Salden, Bianca Stack, Jochem Henkelmann, Steffen Springmann, Frederik van Laar, Wilhelm Ruppel, Peter Resch, Michael Bender