Patents by Inventor Thomas Michaelis

Thomas Michaelis 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: 20140342624
    Abstract: Aqueous polyurethane dispersion for waterproof breathable coatings An aqueous polyurethane dispersion comprises a polyurethane polymer obtainable by the reaction of an isocyanate-functional polyurethane prepolymer A) with an isocyanate-reactive component B), wherein the isocyanate-functional prepolymer A) is obtainable by the reaction of a mixture comprising: a polyol component comprising a polyester polyol obtainable by the reaction of a mixture comprising an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and at least one diol selected from the group consisting of linear aliphatic diols and a branched aliphatic diols; and a polyisocyanate component comprising ?50 weight-%, based on the total weight of polyisocyanates, of dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate. The isocyanate-reactive component B) comprises a compound comprising sulfonate groups which is employed in an amount of ?3.5 weight-% to ?10 weight-%, based on the total weight of the polyol component, the polyisocyanate component and the isocyanate-reactive component B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH Creative Campus Monheim
    Inventors: Sebastian Dörr, Hans Georg Grablowitz, Sophie Viala, Thomas Feller, Thomas Michaelis
  • Publication number: 20140249266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polyurethane urea dispersions based on polyester polyols, which dispersions result in low emissions and are used as coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Georg Grablowitz, Thomas Feller, Thomas Michaelis, Evgeny Avtomonov
  • Patent number: 8513334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polyurethane urea dispersions having integral functional groups and coating agents produced therefrom, to a method for the production thereof, and to the use thereof for producing coating agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Materialscience AG
    Inventors: Hans Georg Grablowitz, Thomas Feller, Thomas Michaelis
  • Publication number: 20130004556
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel chewable foams which are useful in the oral care sector and which are based on polyurethane-polyureas, to a method for the production of these novel chewable foams, and also to use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Steffen HOFACKER, Thorsten RISCHE, Meike NIESTEN, Thomas FELLER, Thomas MICHAELIS
  • Publication number: 20120329895
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of radiation-cured foams, characterized in that the radiation-cured foams are produced by 1) foaming of an aqueous composition A), 2) thermal drying of the foam produced from step 1), 3) curing of the foam by actinic radiation, the radiation-curable aqueous compositions A), the radiation-cured foams produced by the process according to the invention and the use of the radiation-cured foams for coating substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Sommer, Jan Weikard, Holger Casselmann, Thomas Michaelis, Erhard Lühmann
  • Patent number: 8334698
    Abstract: A sample holding device, adapted for holding a sample, like a rodent or an MR phantom sample in a magnet bore of a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device, comprises a sample carrier being adapted for an arrangement in the bore of the MRT device, wherein the sample carrier comprises a carrier platform for accommodating the sample and at least one clamping part with radial locking pieces being adapted for fixing the sample carrier in a hollow enclosure structure, wherein the at least one clamping part is connected with the carrier platform. Furthermore, an MRT device and a method of MRT imaging of a sample are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignees: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V., Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Tammer, Susann Boretius, Thomas Michaelis, Andreas Pucher-Diehl
  • Patent number: 8323788
    Abstract: The invention relates to a highly flexible sheet composite material comprising a block flexible foam and a layer of whipped foam made of polyurethane-based dispersions two-dimensionally bonded thereto, a process for preparing such a composite material, and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Sven Meyer-Ahrens, Andrea Maier-Richter, Manfred Naujoks, Thomas Michaelis, Semka Muratovic
  • Publication number: 20120263658
    Abstract: Flavored chewable foams for the oral care sector are produced from a polyurethane-polyurea and a sensorially active substance (e.g., taste substance and/or aroma substance) by foaming a polyurethane-urea dispersion, drying that dispersion and incorporating the sensorially active substance into the polyurethane-urea dispersion before, during or after foaming of the dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Steffen HOFACKER, Thomas FELLER, Thomas MICHAELIS, Sebastian DOERR, Dirk SCHWANNECKE, Meike NIESTEN, Thorsten RISCHE
  • Publication number: 20120259063
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of polymer mixtures in the coating of decorative films and decorative surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicants: Benecke-Kaliko AG, Bayer MaterialScience Ag
    Inventors: Rolf Gertzmann, Thomas Feller, Thomas Michaelis, Dirk Iben, Heino Koch
  • Publication number: 20120121902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel aqueous polyurethane dispersions produced using at least two poly(tetramethylene glycol) polyether polyols with different average molar masses and at least two different polyisocyanate components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Dörr, Hans Georg Grablowitz, Thomas Feller, Thomas Michaelis
  • Publication number: 20110318279
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel masticatory masses for oral hygiene, made from foamed synthetic polymers, a method for production and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: BAYERMATERIALSECIENCE AG
    Inventors: Meike Niesten, Steffen Hofacker, Thorsten Rische, Sebastian Dörr, Thomas Feller, Thomas Michaelis
  • Publication number: 20110288204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polyurethane urea dispersions having integral functional groups and coating agents produced therefrom, to a method for the production thereof, and to the use thereof for producing coating agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Hans Georg Grablowitz, Thomas Feller, Thomas Michaelis
  • Publication number: 20110281998
    Abstract: The invention relates to new, hydrolysis-stable, aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersions based on polycarbonate-polyols, to a process for preparing them and to their use in coating materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicants: BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG, BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE LLC
    Inventors: Lyubov Gindin, Peter Schmitt, Ronald Konitsney, William Corso, Thorsten Rische, Thomas Feller, Thomas Michaelis
  • Patent number: 7972982
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating sheet-form textile materials, in which there is applied to a sheet-form textile material an aqueous dispersion containing anionically modified polyurethane ureas comprising (A) aromatic diisocyanate, (B) polyether polyol having a mean molecular weight greater than 1500, (C) at least one compound containing from 1 to 2 isocyanate-reactive groups and at least one ionogenic group, (D) polyamine having a mean molecular weight of at least 32, and (E) water, wherein the mean total functionality of the isocyanate-reactive compounds B to D is from 1.85 to 2.2, the molar ratio of the isocyanate groups of component A to the isocyanate-reactive groups of components B to D is greater than 1, and the polyurethane ureas have a content of from 800 to 1500 mmol of urethane groups/kg of anionically modified polyurethane urea and a content of from 800 to 1800 mmol of urethane plus urea groups/kg of anionically modified polyurethane urea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Hans Georg Grablowitz, Thorsten Rische, Thomas Feller, Hans-Peter Klee, Juergen Urban, Eva Urban, legal representative, Anne Urban, legal representative, Holger Casselmann, Alfred Zastrow, Thomas Michaelis
  • Publication number: 20110038808
    Abstract: Flavored chewable foams for the oral care sector are produced from a polyurethane-polyurea and a sensorially active substance (e.g., taste substance and/or aroma substance) by foaming a polyurethane-urea dispersion, drying that dispersion and incorporating the sensorially active substance into the polyurethane-urea dispersion before, during or after foaming of the dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Steffen Hofacker, Thomas Feller, Thomas Michaelis, Sebastian Doerr, Dirk Schwannecke, Meike Niesten, Thorsten Rische
  • Publication number: 20100188087
    Abstract: A sample holding device, adapted for holding a sample, like a rodent or an MR phantom sample in a magnet bore of a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device, comprises a sample carrier being adapted for an arrangement in the bore of the MRT device, wherein the sample carrier comprises a carrier platform for accommodating the sample and at least one clamping part with radial locking pieces being adapted for fixing the sample carrier in a hollow enclosure structure, wherein the at least one clamping part is connected with the carrier platform. Furthermore, an MRT device and a method of MRT imaging of a sample are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicants: BIOMEDIZINISCHE NMR FORSCHUNGS GMBH, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Roland Tammer, Susann Boretius, Thomas Michaelis, Andreas Pucher-Diehl
  • Publication number: 20090239431
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating sheet-form textile materials, in which there is applied to a sheet-form textile material an aqueous dispersion containing anionically modified polyurethane ureas comprising (A) aromatic diisocyanate, (B) polyether polyol having a mean molecular weight greater than 1500, (C) at least one compound containing from 1 to 2 isocyanate-reactive groups and at least one ionogenic group, (D) polyamine having a mean molecular weight of at least 32, and (E) water, wherein the mean total functionality of the isocyanate-reactive compounds B to D is from 1.85 to 2.2, the molar ratio of the isocyanate groups of component A to the isocyanate-reactive groups of components B to D is greater than 1, and the polyurethane ureas have a content of from 800 to 1500 mmol of urethane groups/kg of anionically modified polyurethane urea and a content of from 800 to 1800 mmol of urethane plus urea groups/kg of anionically modified polyurethane urea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Hans Georg Grablowitz, Thorsten Rische, Thomas Feller, Hans-Peter Klee, Juergen Urban, Holger Casselmann, Alfred Zastrow, Thomas Michaelis, Eva Urban, Anne Urban
  • Publication number: 20090208727
    Abstract: The invention relates to a highly flexible sheet composite material comprising a block flexible foam and a layer of whipped foam made of polyurethane-based dispersions two-dimensionally bonded thereto, a process for preparing such a composite material, and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Sven Meyer-Ahrens, Andrea Maier-Richter, Manfred Naujoks, Thomas Michaelis, Semka Muratovic
  • Publication number: 20080102157
    Abstract: Flavored chewable foams for the oral care sector are produced from a polyurethane-polyurea and a sensorially active substance (e.g., taste substance and/or aroma substance) by foaming a polyurethane-urea dispersion, drying that dispersion and incorporating the sensorially active substance into the polyurethane-urea dispersion before, during or after foaming of the dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Steffen Hofacker, Thomas Feller, Thomas Michaelis, Sebastian Doerr, Dirk Schwannecke
  • Publication number: 20070259984
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel microporous coatings based on polyurethane polyurea, and to a process for the production of microporous coatings, in which a composition comprising an aqueous, anionically hydrophilised polyurethane dispersion (I) and a cationic coagulant (II) containing a cationically hydrophilised polyurethane polyurea dispersion is foamed and dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Sebastian Dorr, Thorsten Rische, Thomas Feller, Michael Heckes, Holger Casselmann, Thomas Michaelis