Patents by Inventor Thomas Wesley Holcombe
Thomas Wesley Holcombe 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: 12110475Abstract: Described herein is a process for manufacturing ethoxylated polyethylene-imines. Also described herein are the ethoxylated polyethyleneimines and methods for using the ethoxylated polyethyleneimines.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Holger Tuerk, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Andrew David Green, Alyn James Parry, Julie Bennett, Robert John Carswell
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Patent number: 11920000Abstract: An alkoxylated polyamidoamine obtainable by a) reacting a polycarboxylic compound having a total number TN of carboxylic groups of 3 to 10 with a primary diamine of formula I H2N—Z—NH2 wherein Z represents a bond or an organic group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms in a ratio of 0.3 TN to TN mols of the diamine per 1 mol of the polycarboxylic compound and b) alkoxylating the product obtained in a) with at least 0.5 mol of alkyleneoxide per 1 mol of primary amino groups.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Anna Mueller-Cristadoro, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Frank Pirrung, Susanne Carina Engert, Alexander Panchenko
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Publication number: 20240042375Abstract: A process for removing acid gases from a fluid stream, wherein the fluid stream is contacted with an absorbent to obtain a treated fluid stream and a laden absorbent, the absorbent comprising at least one diluent and a compound of the general formula (I) wherein R1 is C1-C3-alkyl; R2 is C1-C3-alkyl; R3 is selected from hydrogen and C1-C3-alkyl; R4 is selected from hydrogen and C1-C3-alkyl and n is an integer in the range of 1 to 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Thomas Wesley HOLCOMBE, Thomas INGRAM, Alexander PANCHENKO, Martin ERNST, Georg SIEDER
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Patent number: 11634642Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a surfactant comprising at least one C8 to C30 branched alkanol alkoxylate, a process for the preparation of the surfactant, an article comprising the surfactant, and a use of the surfactant. Also disclosed are readily biodegradable surfactants obtained from branched aliphatic alcohols and including a polyethylene oxide block.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Roman Benedikt Raether, Juergen Tropsch, Christian Bittner, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Michael Bernhard Schick
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Patent number: 11390713Abstract: Described herein is a process for manufacturing an alkoxylated polyalkylenimine, the process including the following steps: (a) providing a polyalkylenimine (A), (b) reacting the polyalkylenimine (A) with 0.5 to 1.3 moles of propylene oxide or butylene oxide per N—H function at a temperature in the range of 100 to 150° C., (c) reacting the product from step (b) with C2-C4-alkylene oxide wherein the C2-C4-alkylene oxide is different from the alkylene oxide used in step (b).Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Stephan Hueffer, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Sebastian Mirtschin, Frank Dietsche, Jan Uwe Mueller, Alejandra Garcia Marcos
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Publication number: 20220149300Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light-emitting devices comprising (a) an anode, (i) a cathode, and (e) an emitting layer between the anode and cathode, comprising 2 to 40% by weight of a triplet emitter X having a difference of the singlet energy (ES1(X)) and the triplet energy (ET1(X)) of less than or equal to 0.4 eV [?(ES1(X))?(ET1(X))?0.4 eV], 0.05 to 5.0% by weight of a fluorescent emitter Y and 55 to 97.95% by weight of a host compound(s), wherein the amount of the triplet emitter X, the fluorescent emitter Y and the host compound(s) adds up to a total of 100% by weight and the singlet energy of the triplet emitter X (ES1(X)) is greater than the singlet energy of the fluorescent emitter Y (ES1(Y)) [(ES1(X))>ES1(Y)].Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Christian Lennartz, Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Gerhard Wagenblast, Ute Heinemeyer, Hannah Mangold, Minlu Zhang, Thomas-Wesley Holcombe
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Patent number: 11173446Abstract: In a process for removal of acid gases from a fluid stream the fluid stream is contacted with an absorbent to obtain a treated fluid stream and a laden absorbent. The absorbent comprises a diluent and a compound of the general formula (I) wherein R1 is C1-C3-alkyl; R2 is C1-C3-alkyl; R3 is selected from hydrogen and C1-C3-alkyl; and R4 is selected from hydrogen and C1-C3-alkyl.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: BASF SE, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Thomas Ingram, Martin Ernst, Gerald Vorberg, Alexander Panchenko, Sophia Ebert, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Michael Siskin, Carla Pereira, Georg Sieder
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Publication number: 20210309934Abstract: Described herein is a process for manufacturing ethoxylated polyethylene-imines. Also described herein are the ethoxylated polyethyleneimines and methods for using the ethoxylated polyethyleneimines.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Holger Tuerk, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Andrew David Green, Alyn James Parry, Julie Bennett, Robert John Carswell
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Publication number: 20210238349Abstract: An alkoxylated polyamidoamine obtainable by a) reacting a polycarboxylic compound having a total number TN of carboxylic groups of 3 to 10 with a primary diamine of formula I H2N—Z—NH2 wherein Z represents a bond or an organic group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms in a ratio of 0.3 TN to TN mols of the diamine per 1 mol of the polycarboxylic compound and b) alkoxylating the product obtained in a) with at least 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Anna Mueller-Cristadoro, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Frank Pirrung, Susanne Carina Engert, Alexander Panchenko
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Patent number: 11075346Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light-emitting devices comprising (a) an anode, (i) a cathode, and (e) an emitting layer between the anode and cathode, comprising 2 to 40% by weight of a luminescent organometallic complex X having a difference of the singlet energy (ES1(X)) and the triplet energy (ET1(X)) of of ?0.3 eV [?(ES1(X))?(ET1(X))?0.3], 0.05 to 5.0% by weight of a fluorescent emitter Y and 55 to 97.95% by weight of a host compound(s), wherein the amount of the organometallic complex X, the fluorescent emitter Y and the host compound(s) adds up to a total of 100% by weight and the singlet energy of the luminescent organometallic complex X (ES1(X)) is greater than the singlet energy of the fluorescent emitter Y (ES1(Y)) [(ES1(X))>ES1(Y)].Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: UDC Ireland LimitedInventors: Christian Lennartz, Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Gerhard Wagenblast, Ute Heinemeyer, Hannah Mangold, Minlu Zhang, Thomas-Wesley Holcombe
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Publication number: 20210207062Abstract: Described herein are methods of using amino-based alkoxylates for improving the cleaning power of laundry detergent compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Alejandra Garcia Marcos, Stephan Hueffer, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Roland Ettl, Alexander Panchenko, Susanne Carina Engert, Stefanie Juntermanns, Frank Janssen, Michael Dreja, Nadine Bluhm, Christa Junkes
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Publication number: 20200139323Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a surfactant comprising at least one C8 to C30 branched alkanol alkoxylate, a process for the preparation of the surfactant, an article comprising the surfactant, and a use of the surfactant. Also disclosed are readily biodegradable surfactants obtained from branched aliphatic alcohols and including a polyethylene oxide block.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Roman Benedikt Raether, Juergen Tropsch, Christian Bittner, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Michael Bernhard Schick
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Publication number: 20200044165Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light-emitting devices comprising (a) an anode, (i) a cathode, and (e) an emitting layer between the anode and cathode, comprising 2 to 40% by weight of a luminescent organometallic complex X having a difference of the singlet energy (ES1(X)) and the triplet energy (ET1(X)) of of ?0.3 eV [?(ES1(X))?(ET1(X))?0.3], 0.05 to 5.0% by weight of a fluorescent emitter Y and 55 to 97.95% by weight of a host compound(s), wherein the amount of the organometallic complex X, the fluorescent emitter Y and the host compound(s) adds up to a total of 100% by weight and the singlet energy of the luminescent organometallic complex X (ES1(X)) is greater than the singlet energy of the fluorescent emitter Y (ES1(Y)) [(ES1(X))>ES1(Y)].Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Christian Lennartz, Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Gerhard Wagenblast, Ute Heinemeyer, Hannah Mangold, Minlu Zhang, Thomas-Wesley Holcombe
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Publication number: 20190390012Abstract: Described herein is a process for manufacturing an alkoxylated polyalkylenimine, the process including the following steps: (a) providing a polyalkylenimine (A), (b) reacting the polyalkylenimine (A) with 0.5 to 1.3 moles of propylene oxide or butylene oxide per N—H function at a temperature in the range of 100 to 150° C., (c) reacting the product from step (b) with C2-C4-alkylene oxide wherein the C2-C4-alkylene oxide is different from the alkylene oxide used in step (b).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Stephan Hueffer, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Sebastian Mirtschin, Frank Dietsche, Jan Uwe Mueller, Alejandra Garcia Marcos
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Publication number: 20190381448Abstract: In a process for removal of acid gases from a fluid stream the fluid stream is contacted with an absorbent to obtain a treated fluid stream and a laden absorbent.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Thomas INGRAM, Martin ERNST, Gerald VORBERG, Alexander PANCHENKO, Sophia EBERT, Thomas Wesley HOLCOMBE, Michael SISKIN, Carla PEREIRA, Georg SIEDER
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Patent number: 10347851Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light-emitting devices comprising (a) an anode, (i) a cathode, and (e) an emitting layer between the anode and cathode, comprising 2 to 40% by weight of a luminescent organometallic complex X having a difference of the singlet energy (ES1(X)) and the triplet energy (ET1(X)) of smaller than 0.2 eV [? (ES1(X))?(ET1(X))<0.2 eV], 0.05 to 5.0% by weight of a fluorescent emitter Y and 55 to 97.95% by weight of a host compound(s), wherein the amount of the organometallic complex X, the fluorescent emitter Y and the host compound(s) adds up to a total of 100% by weight and the singlet energy of the luminescent organometallic complex X (ES1(X)) is greater than the singlet energy of the fluorescent emitter Y (ES1(Y)) [(ES1(X))>ES1(Y)].Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: UDC Ireland LimitedInventors: Christian Lennartz, Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Gerhard Wagenblast, Ute Heinemeyer, Hannah Mangold, Minlu Zhang, Thomas-Wesley Holcombe
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Publication number: 20180182980Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light-emitting devices comprising (a) an anode, (i) a cathode, and (e) an emitting layer between the anode and cathode, comprising 40.01 to 99.95% by weight of a luminescent organometallic complex X having a difference of the singlet energy (ES1(X)) and the triplet energy (ET1(X)) of smaller than 0.2 eV [?(ES1(X))?(ET1(X))<0.2 eV], 0.05 to 5.00% by weight of a fluorescent emitter Y and 0 to 59.94% by weight of a host compound(s), wherein the amount of the organometallic complex X, the fluorescent emitter Y and the host compound(s) adds up to a total of 100% by weight and the singlet energy of the luminescent organometallic complex X (ES1(X)) is greater than the singlet energy of the fluorescent emitter Y (ES1(Y)) [(ES1(X))>ES1(Y)].Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Christian Lennartz, Falk May, Hannah Stephanie Mangold, Minlu Zhang, Glauco Battagliarin, Ilona Stengel, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Stefan Metz
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Patent number: 9697956Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) based on DPP moiety being useful as metal-free organic sensitizers or dyes of type D-?-A in electrochemical or optoelectronic devices, their use as sensitizer or dye and an electrochemical or optoelectronic device comprising a compound of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)Inventors: Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Jun Ho Yum, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Michael Graetzel
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Publication number: 20160315274Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light-emitting devices comprising (a) an anode, (i) a cathode, and (e) an emitting layer between the anode and cathode, comprising 2 to 40% by weight of a luminescent organometallic complex X having a difference of the singlet energy (ES1(X)) and the triplet energy (ET1(X)) of smaller than 0.2 eV [?(ES1(X))?(ET1(X))<0.2 eV], 0.05 to 5.0% by weight of a fluorescent emitter Y and 55 to 97.95% by weight of a host compound(s), wherein the amount of the organometallic complex X, the fluorescent emitter Y and the host compound(s) adds up to a total of 100% by weight and the singlet energy of the luminescent organometallic complex X (ES1(X)) is greater than the singlet energy of the fluorescent emitter Y (ES1(Y)) [(ES1(X))>ES1(Y)].Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Christian LENNARTZ, Stefan METZ, Korinna DORMANN, Gerhard WAGENBLAST, Ute HEINEMEYER, Hannah MANGOLD, Minlu ZHANG, Thomas-Wesley HOLCOMBE
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Publication number: 20150213966Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) based on DPP moiety being useful as metal-free organic sensitizers or dyes of type D-?-A in electrochemical or optoelectronic devices, their use as sensitizer or dye and an electrochemical or optoelectronic device comprising a compound of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Jun Ho Yum, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Michael Graetzel