Patents by Inventor Ulrich A. Muller

Ulrich A. Muller 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: 20060057057
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of hydrogen peroxide from oxygen or oxygen-delivering substances and hydrogen or hydrogen-delivering substances in the presence of at least one catalyst containing a metal-organic framework material, wherein said framework material comprises pores and a metal ion and an at least bidentate organic compound, said bidentate organic compound being coordinately bound to the metal ion. The invention further relates to a novel material consisting of said metal organic framework material wherein the material is brought in contact with at least one additional metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicants: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Ulrich Muller, Olga Metelkina, Henrik Junicke, Thomas Butz, Omar Yaghi
  • Patent number: 7008607
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of hydrogen peroxide from oxygen or oxygen-delivering substances and hydrogen or hydrogen-delivering substances in the presence of at least one catalyst containing a metal-organic framework material, wherein said framework material comprises pores and a metal ion and an at least bidentate organic compound, said bidentate organic compound being coordinately bound to the metal ion. The invention further relates to a novel material consisting of said metal organic framework material wherein the material is brought in contact with at least one additional metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignees: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Olga Metelkina, Henrik Junicke, Thomas Butz, Omar M. Yaghi
  • Publication number: 20060038162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a phosphor composition for lamps with a lattice of monoclinic crystal structure (monazite) of type (1?g)[((1?c?a)*Ln, c*Ce, a*A)PO4]×g*GeO2, in which Ln is at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum La, gadolinium Gd and/or Yttrium Y and A is at least one activator selected from the group consisting of terbium Tb, praseodymium Pr and/or europium Eu, and 0?a?1.0; 0?c?1.0, and 0<g?0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH
    Inventors: Tim Fiedler, Gunter Huber, Ulrich Muller, Martin Zachau
  • Patent number: 7003320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a user terminal of a communications network, the user terminal having a communications unit, a subscriber identification means including a restricted using mode list, each entry of which includes an identifier (AI) and/or ID-number of a communications link and/or a class of communications links which are allowed when a restricted using mode of the user terminal is enabled, and memory means for storing entries including identifiers and associated ID-numbers of communications links. The inventive method comprises: inputting a request for a communications link (S10) and building-up requested communications links (S50), if the restricted using mode is not enabled (S20); otherwise comparing the ID-number of the requested communications link with entries of the restricted using mode list (S40) and building-up the requested communications link (S50), if the ID-number matches an entry of the restricted using mode list; otherwise rejecting the request (S45).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Ulrich Müller
  • Publication number: 20060014451
    Abstract: A method of producing a porous, plate-shaped metallic composite, wherein metallic fibers are compressed and fused together in a single step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventor: Ulrich Muller
  • Patent number: 6967181
    Abstract: In a process for concentrating an at least partially crystalline solid containing at least one zeolite in a mixture comprising at least one auxiliary, for example a template compound, and said solid, the mixture is ultrafiltrated in a step (II) to divide the mixture into a retentate and a permeate, the solids content in the retentate being higher than that in the mixture and the solids content in the permeate being lower than that in the mixture. This procedure allows auxiliaries, in particular template compounds, present in the permeate to be recycled into a crystallizing step (I) upstream of step (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Hartwig Voss, Erich Schubert, Friedrich Hill, Hermann Petersen
  • Publication number: 20050245751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated process for the synthesis of propylene oxide, which comprises at least the following steps: (i) dehydrogenation of propane to give a substream T (0) comprising at least propane, propene and hydrogen; (ii) fractionation of the substream T (0) to give at least one gaseous hydrogen-rich substream T (2) and a substream T (1) comprising at least propene and propane; (iii) synthesis of hydrogen peroxide using the substream T (2), giving a substream T (4) which is rich in hydrogen peroxide and a gaseous substream T (6); (iv) fractionation of the substream T (1) to give at least one propane-rich substream T (5) and at least one propene-rich substream T (3); (v) reaction of the at least one substream T (3) with substream T (4) to give propylene oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Bender, Peter Zehner, Otto Machhammer, Ulrich Muller, Klaus Harth, Gotz-Peter Schindler, Henrik Junicke
  • Patent number: 6958304
    Abstract: A process for the regeneration of a zeolite catalyst which comprises treating the catalyst thermally in the presence of a gas stream at temperatures above 120° C., the weight-based residence time of the gas stream over the catalyst during the thermal treatment being greater than 2 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Alwin Rehfinger, Peter Bassler, Anne Wenzel, Norbert Rieber, Ulrich Müller, Peter Rudolf
  • Patent number: 6943274
    Abstract: A process for preparing cyclohexanol from benzene by: a) preparing cyclohexene by hydrogenating benzene in the presence of a catalyst, and b) preparing cyclohexanol by hydrating the cyclohexene in the presence of a catalyst, comprises: carrying out steps a) and b) in a reaction facility which has a bottom region at the lower end, a top region at the upper end, and a reaction zone between the top region and the bottom region which contains the catalyst according to steps a) and b), evaporating a portion of the benzene using the heat of reaction in the reaction zone, condensing it in the top region and returning it to the reaction zone, and withdrawing a reaction mixture containing cyclohexanol in the bottom region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Peschel, Till Adrian, Harald Rust, Arnd Böttcher, Thomas Hill, Ulrich Müller, Rainer Papp
  • Patent number: 6929679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of storing gas including methane and hydrogen, in particular to the fuel cell technology. In particulars it relates to a method of using a metallo-organic framework material comprising pores and at least one metal ion and at least one at least bidentate organic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignees: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Klaus Harth, Markus Hölzle, Michael Hesse, Lisa Lobree, Wolfgang Harder, Omar M. Yaghi, Mohamed Eddaoudi
  • Publication number: 20050158224
    Abstract: Process for producing a phosphate of the lanthanoids, and phosphate produced thereby The process for producing a phosphate of the lanthanoids is based on a two-jet precipitation, starting from separate reservoirs of RE nitrate and phosphate which mix to form an initial charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Muller, Dieter Schmidt, Martin Zachau, Franz Zwaschka
  • Publication number: 20050157302
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for optically measuring the surface shape and for the optical surface inspection of moving elongated bodies, according to which surface shape measurement and surface inspection are integrated. A projector applies a line pattern to the object to be measured. A camera registers the surface of the object to be measured and compares the image information with a reference pattern. Two high-resolution cameras additionally detect surface defects on the object to be measured. The inventive measuring technique is especially suitable for a combined planarity and surface measurement of metal strips in rolling installations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Hagen Krambeer, Ulrich Muller, Gustav Peuker, Harald Peters, Detlef Sonnenschein
  • Publication number: 20050154222
    Abstract: A process for preparing an organometallic framework material comprising reacting at least one metal salt with at least one at least bidentate compound capable of coordination to the metal ion of said metal salt, in the presence of an aqueous solvent system and at least one base wherein at least one bidentate compound comprises at least carboxy group and at least one further group which is not a carboxy group and which is capable of forming a hydrogen bridge linkage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Muller, Gerald Lippert, Olga Schubert, Michael Hesse, Reinhard Hess, Michael Stosser, Omar Yaghi
  • Publication number: 20050148803
    Abstract: A process for preparing cyclohexanol from benzene by a) preparing cyclohexene by hydrogenating benzene in the presence of a catalyst and b) preparing cyclohexanol by hydrating the cyclohexene in the presence of a catalyst, comprises carrying out steps a) and b) in a reaction facility which has a bottom region at the lower end, a top region at the upper end and a reaction zone between the top region and the bottom region which contains the catalyst according to steps a) and b), evaporating a portion of the benzene using the heat of reaction in the reaction zone, condensing it in the top region and returning it to the reaction zone, and withdrawing a reaction mixture containing cyclohexanol in the bottom region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Werner Peschel, Till Adrian, Harald Rust, Arnd Bottcher, Thomas Hill, Ulrich Muller, Rainer Papp
  • Publication number: 20050089210
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flatness measurement and control system for metal strip, which makes it possible to obtain improved strip or coil quality by a simple and effective measurement of departures from flatness and to control the finishing parameters through the evaluation of a line pattern on the strip surface or on the end face of a coil as it is coiled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Ulrich Muller, Gustav Peuker, Detlef Sonnenschein, Detlef Winter, Michael Degner, Gerd Thiemann
  • Patent number: 6884743
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the manufacture of solid materials or shaped bodies containing at least one zeolite and being at least partly crystalline. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the solid materials or shaped bodies as such and to the use of these materials for reactions of compounds having at least one C—C double bond with at least one hydroperoxide. Specifically, the present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a solid material containing at least one zeolite and being at least partly crystalline, wherein the synthesis of the said solid material involves at least one partial step of contacting at least one transition metal oxide source with at least one epoxide or hydrolysate thereof prior to or during the at least partial crystallization of said solid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Georg Krug, Peter Bassler, Hans-Georg Göbbel, Peter Rudolf, Joaquim Henrique Teles
  • Publication number: 20050085646
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating a solid material containing at least one zeolite and being at least partly crystalline or treating a shaped body obtained from said solid material wherein said solid material or shaped body is brought in contact with a composition containing water after at least one of the following steps of an integrated process for producing a solid material or a shaped body containing at least one zeolite: (i) after step (II) of separating the at least partly crystalline solid material from its mother liquor or (ii) after step (S) of shaping said solid material into a shaped body or (iii) after a step (C) of calcining said solid material or said shaped body. The present invention furthermore relates to the solid material obtainable by the inventive process and the shaped body obtainable by the inventive process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Muller, Georg Krug, Peter Bassler, Hans-Georg Gobbel, Peter Rudolf, Joaquim Teles
  • Publication number: 20050073240
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminum oxide particle mixture for reflection layers in discharge lamps, and to discharge lamps of this type. The mixture has a first coarse-grained component and a second fine-grained component, with a primary grain size of preferably d50(1) between 0.3 ?m and 0.5 ?m and d50(2) of at most 0.05 ?m, respectively (with an agglomerated size of the fine particles of less than 0.15 ?m).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Applicant: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCH GLUHLAMPEN MBH
    Inventors: Sylvain Mayer, Ulrich Muller, Martin Zachau
  • Patent number: 6874724
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for the positionally correct winding up of a metal strip in a coiling device, the hot strip being fed to the coiling device by a driving device with driving rollers, the driving rollers being tiltable in relation to one another by a controller by means of actuators for changing the gap between the driving rollers, and the controller being fed the position of the edge of the hot strip upstream of the driving device as a measured variable and as a setpoint reference variable, an optimization of the winding result of the rolled strip coil being achieved by the surface geometry of the rolled strip being determined as a measured variable and fed to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignees: BFI VDeh-Institute fur angewandte Forschung GmbH, Thyssen-Krupp Stahl AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Muller, Andreas Wolff, Gerd Thiemann, Michael Degner
  • Patent number: 6867326
    Abstract: In a process for preparing N-phosphonomethylglycine or a salt thereof by bringing phosphonomethyliminodiacetic acid or a salt thereof into contact with at least one oxygen-containing oxidant in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, the heterogeneous catalyst comprises at least one silicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Hans Rupert Merkle