Patents by Inventor Ulf Küper

Ulf Küper 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).

  • Patent number: 9540661
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for complete anaerobic digestion of polymer mixtures of the composition: a) 25 to 95% by weight of a polyhydroxyalkanoate selected from the group consisting of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate, poly-3-hydroxybutyrate, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) and b) 5 to 75% by weight of an aliphatic polyester comprising: i) 65 to 100 mol %, based on components i to ii, of succinic acid or of a succinic acid derivative; ii) 0 to 35 mol %, based on components i to ii, of an aliphatic C5-C36-dicarboxylic acid, of a corresponding acid derivative or of a mixture; iii) 98 to 100 mol %, based on components i to ii, of a C2-C8-alkylenediol or C2-C6-oxyalkylenediol; iv) 0 to 2% by weight, based on the polymer obtainable from components i to iii, of at least one polyfunctional compound comprising at least two isocyanate, isocyanurate, oxazoline or epoxide groups or at least three alco
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Carsten Sinkel, Robert Loos, Karlheinz Jochem, Kai Oliver Siegenthaler, Xin Yang, Ulf Küper, Mathias Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20140080196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for complete anaerobic digestion of polymer mixtures of the composition: a) 25 to 95% by weight of a polyhydroxyalkanoate selected from the group consisting of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate, poly-3-hydroxybutyrate, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) and b) 5 to 75% by weight of an aliphatic polyester comprising: i) 65 to 100 mol %, based on components i to ii, of succinic acid or of a succinic acid derivative; ii) 0 to 35 mol %, based on components i to ii, of an aliphatic C5-C36-dicarboxylic acid, of a corresponding acid derivative or of a mixture; iii) 98 to 100 mol %, based on components i to ii, of a C2-C8-alkylenediol or C2-C6-oxyalkylenediol; iv) 0 to 2% by weight, based on the polymer obtainable from components i to iii, of at least one polyfunctional compound comprising at least two isocyanate, isocyanurate, oxazoline or epoxide groups or at least three alco
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Carsten Sinkel, Robert Loos, Karlheinz Jochem, Kai Oliver Siegenthaler, Xin Yang, Ulf Küper, Mathias Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20140017752
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for complete anaerobic digestion of polymer mixtures comprising: a) 25 to 95% by weight of a polyhydroxyalkanoate selected from the group consisting of poly-4-hydroxybutyrates, poly-3-hydroxybutyrates, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerates), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoates) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrates), and b) 5 to 75% by weight of an aliphatic-aromatic polyester comprising: i) 65 to 95 mol %, based on components i to ii, of one or more C5-C36-dicarboxylic acid derivatives or C5-C36-dicarboxylic acids; ii) 35 to 5 mol %, based on components i to ii, of a terephthalic acid derivative or of a terephthalic acid; iii) 98 to 100 mol %, based on components i to ii, of an C2-C8-alkylenediol or C2-C6-oxyalkylenediol; iv) 0 to 2% by weight, based on components i to iii, of at least one polyfunctional compound comprising at least two isocyanate, isocyanurate, oxazoline or epoxide groups or at least three alcohol or carboxylic acid gr
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Carsten Sinkel, Robert Loos, Karlheinz Jochem, Kai Oliver Siegenthaler, Xin Yang, Ulf Küper, Mathias Zimmermann