Patents by Inventor Ulrich Müller

Ulrich Müller 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: 20210053041
    Abstract: A process for preparing a zeolitic material comprising Ti, having framework type CHA and having a framework structure which comprises Si and O, said process comprising (i) preparing a pre-synthesis mixture comprising water, a CHA framework structure directing agent, and a zeolitic material comprising Ti, having framework type MFI and having a framework structure which comprises Si and O; (ii) removing water from the pre-synthesis mixture obtained from (i) by heating the pre-synthesis mixture to a temperature of less than 100° C. at a pressure of less than 1 bar (abs); (iii) hydrothermally crystallizing the zeolitic material comprising Ti, having framework type CHA and having a framework structure which comprises Si and O.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mathias FEYEN, Ulrich MUELLER, Xinhe BAO, Weiping ZHANG, Dirk DE VOS, Hermann GIES, Feng-Shou XIAO, Toshiyuki YOKOI, Ute KOLB, Bernd MARLER, Yong WANG, Trees DE BAERDEMAEKER, Chuan SHI, Xiangju MENG, Xiulian PAN
  • Publication number: 20210047192
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising a) zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-8; and b) Compounds of formula (I) or a stereoisomer, salt, tautomer or N-oxide thereof, wherein the variables have a meaning as defined in the main body of the text. It also relates to a method for fertilization comprising treatment with the composition. Other objects are the use of ZIF-8 for reducing the evaporation rate of Compounds of formula (I); a method for production of the composition as defined comprising step a) of adsorbing Compounds of formula (I) on ZIF-8; and the use of the composition for producing granules comprising Compounds of formula (I) and a fertilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Barbara Nave, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Ulrich Mueller, Lukasz Karwacki, Lena Arnold, Anderi-Nicolae Parvulescu
  • Patent number: 10919827
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recovering 3-methylbut-3-en-1-ol from a feed stream F1 comprising 3-methylbut-3-en-1-ol, one or more solvents, water, and isobutene, wherein 3-methylbut-3-en-1-ol, the one or more solvents and water are separated from isobutene by distillation, the process comprising subjecting the feed stream F1 to distillation conditions in a distillation unit, obtaining a bottoms stream B1 which is enriched in -methylbut-3-en-1-ol, in the one or more solvents and in water compared to the feed stream F1 subject The present invention relates to a process for recovering 3-methylbut-3-en-1-ol from a feed stream F1 comprising 3-methylbut-3-en-1-ol, one or more solvents, water, and isobutene, wherein 3-methylbut-3-en-1-ol, the one or more solvents and water are separated from isobutene by distillation, the process comprising subjecting the feed stream F1 to distillation conditions in a distillation unit, obtaining a bottoms stream B1 which is enriched in -methylbut-3-en-1-ol, in the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Albert Werner, Miriam Bru Roig, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Roland Minges, Andreas Keller, Stephan Maurer, Ulrich Mueller, Wolfgang Siegel
  • Patent number: 10913660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having a CHA-type framework structure comprising YO2 and X2O3, wherein said process comprises the steps of: (1) providing a mixture comprising one or more sources for YO2, one or more sources for X2O3, one or more optionally substituted ethyltrimethylammonium cation-containing compounds, and one or more tetraalkylammonium cation R1R2R3R4N+-containing compounds as structure directing agent; (2) crystallizing the mixture obtained in step (1) for obtaining a zeolitic material having a CHA-type framework structure; wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element, wherein R1, R2, and R3 independently from one another stand for alkyl, wherein R4 stands for cycloalkyl, and wherein the YO2:X2O3 molar ratio of the mixture in (1) ranges from 2 to 1,000, as well as to zeolitic materials which may be obtained according to the inventive process and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Mathias Feyen, Roger Ruetz, Ulrich Mueller, Manzoor Sultan
  • Publication number: 20210031175
    Abstract: A batch process for preparing a zeolitic material having framework type CHA and a framework structure comprising Si, Al, O, and H, comprising (i) providing a seeding material comprising a zeolitic material having framework type CHA and a framework structure comprising Si, Al, O, and H; (ii) preparing a mixture comprising a source of Si, a source of Al, a seeding material provided in (i), a CHA framework structure directing agent comprising a cycloalkylammonium compound, and water, wherein the cycloalkylammonium compound is a compound comprising a cation R1R2R3R4N+ wherein R1, R2, R3 are, independently from one another, an alkyl residue having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R4 is a 5- to 8-membered cycloalkyl residue, wherein in mixture, the molar ratio of water relative to Si comprised in the source of Si and in the seeding material, calculated as SiO2, is in the range of from 5:1 to 15:1, wherein the mixture, the molar ratio of sodium, calculated as Na2O, relative to Si comprised in the source of Si and in th
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicants: BASF SE, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MUELLER, Kenta IYOKI, Watcharop CHAIKITTISILP, Torn WAKIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210017033
    Abstract: A process for preparing a zeolitic material comprising a metal M, having framework type AEI, and having a framework in structure which comprises a tetravalent element Y, a trivalent element X, and oxygen, said process comprising (i) providing a zeolitic of material comprising the metal M, having a framework type other than AEI, and having a framework structure comprising the trivalent element X, and oxygen; (ii) preparing a synthesis mixture comprising the zeolitic material provided in (i), water, a source of the tetravalent element Y, and an AEI framework structure directing agent; (iii) subjecting the synthesis mixture prepared in (ii) to hydrothermal synthesis conditions comprising heating the synthesis mixture to a temperature in the range of from 100 to 200 ° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmad MOINI, Robert McGUIRE, Ulrich MUELLER
  • Patent number: 10888838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to porous films comprising (A) from 51 wt.-% to 99.9 wt.-% based on the total weight of the film of at least one porous metal-organic framework material, the material comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound coordinated to at least one metal ion; (B) from 0.1 wt.-% to 49 wt.-% based on the total weight of the film of at least one fibrillated fluoropolymer; and (C) 0 wt.-% to 48.9 wt.-% based on the total weight of the film of an additive component. The invention further relates to a composition for preparing such a film and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias G. Schwab, Stefan Maurer, Waldemar Bartuli, Ulrich Müller
  • Patent number: 10882401
    Abstract: The invention relates to an operator control apparatus for outputting haptic feedback comprising an operator control surface, an actuator, which is at least indirectly coupled to the operator control surface, for generating the haptic feedback on the operator control surface and a control unit which is designed to drive the actuator by means of a haptic component of a control signal for generating the haptic feedback. In this case, the control unit is designed to drive the actuator by means of an acoustic component of the control signal for generating acoustic feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Mueller, Dominik Ulrich, Christoph Boese
  • Patent number: 10875777
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having a FAU-type framework structure comprising YO2 and X2O3, comprising: (a) preparing a mixture comprising one or more sources of YO2, one or more sources of X2O3, and one or more structure directing agents (SDA); (b) crystallizing the zeolitic material from the mixture obtained in (a); wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a bivalent element, and wherein the one or more structure directing agents comprise one or more isomers of diaminomethylcyclohexane. A zeolitic material having an FAU-type framework structure obtained according to the inventive process; processes for preparing a coated substrate and a shaped body, respectively, from the zeolitic material having a FAU-type framework structure obtained according to the inventive process and, a method for selectively reducing nitrogen oxides NOx employing said zeolitic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Natalia Trukhan, Alexander Panchenko, Ulrich Mueller
  • Patent number: 10870583
    Abstract: A process for preparing a zeolitic material containing YO2 and X2O3, where Y and X represent a tetravalent element and a trivalent element, respectively, is described. The process includes (1) a step of preparing a mixture containing one or more structure directing agents, seed crystals, and a first zeolitic material containing YO2 and X2O3 and having FAU-, GIS-, MOR-, and/or LTA-type framework structures; and (2) a step of heating the mixture for obtaining a second zeolitic material containing YO2 and X2O3 and having a different framework structure than the first zeolitic material. The mixture prepared in (1) and heated in (2) contains 1000 wt % or less of H2O based on 100 wt % of YO2 in the framework structure of the first zeolitic material. A zeolitic material obtainable and/or obtained by the process and its use are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert McGuire, Mathias Feyen, Ulrich Mueller, Xinhe Bao, Weiping Zhang, Dirk De Vos, Hermann Gies, Feng-Shou Xiao, Toshiyuki Yokoi, Ute Kolb, Bernd Marler, Chuan Shi, Xiulian Pan, Xiangju Meng, Stefan Maurer, Yu Dai, Yong Wang, Trees De Baerdemaeker
  • Publication number: 20200376472
    Abstract: A process for preparing a molding comprising zinc and a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW, comprising (i) providing a molding comprising a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW; (ii) preparing an aqueous suspension comprising a zinc source and the molding comprising a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW prepared in (i); (iii) heating the aqueous suspension prepared in (ii) under autogenous pressure to a temperature of the liquid phase of the aqueous suspension in the range of from 100 to 200° C., obtaining an aqueous suspension comprising a molding comprising zinc and a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW; (iv) separating the molding comprising zinc and a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW from the liquid phase of the suspension obtained in (iii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MUELLER, Hans-Juergen LUETZEL, Joaquim Henrique TELES, Dominic RIEDEL, Daniel URBANCZYK, Ulrike WEGERLE, Markus WEBER, Nicolai Tonio WOERZ, Christian MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20200360907
    Abstract: A process for preparing a zeolitic material having a framework structure type RTH and having a framework structure comprising a tetravalent element Y, a trivalent element X and oxygen, said process comprising (i) preparing a synthesis mixture comprising a zeolitic material having a framework structure type FAU and having a framework structure comprising the tetravalent element Y, the trivalent element X and oxygen, water, a source of a base, and an RTH framework structure type directing agent comprising a N-methyl-2, 6-dimethylpyridinium cation containing compound; (ii) subjecting the mixture obtained in (i) to hydrothermal crystallization conditions, obtaining the zeolitic material having a framework structure type RTH
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert MCGUIRE, Ulrich MUELLER, Xiangju MENG, Feng-Shou XIAO
  • Patent number: 10836704
    Abstract: Preparing ethanolamines/ethyleneamines in the presence of an amination catalyst prepared by reducing a calcined catalyst precursor containing one or more metals of groups 8, 9, 10 and/or 11 and low basicity achieved by: a) coprecipitating catalyst precursor and active composition additionally contains alkali metals or alkaline earth metals; b) the catalyst precursor is prepared by impregnating a support material or precipitative application onto a support material containing alkali metals, Be, Ca, Ba, Sr, hydrotalcite, chrysotile or sepiolite; c) the catalyst precursor is prepared by impregnating a support material or precipitative application onto a support material and the active composition of the catalyst support contains one or more of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals; d) the catalyst precursor is calcined at temperatures of 600° C. or more; or e) the catalyst precursor is prepared by a combination of a) and d), b) and d), or c) and d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marie Katrin Schroeter, Alvaro Gordillo, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Johann-Peter Melder, Carlos Lizandara Pueyo, Juergen Bechtel, Thomas Heidemann, Stephan A. Schunk, Ulrich Mueller
  • Publication number: 20200339430
    Abstract: Described herein is a process for producing a zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure containing YO2 and B2O3, in which Y stands for a tetravalent element. The process includes the steps of (i) preparing a mixture containing one or more sources for YO2, one or more sources for B2O3, one or more organotemplates, and seed crystals, (ii) crystallizing the mixture obtained in (i) for obtaining a layered precursor of the MWW framework structure, and (iii) calcining the layered precursor obtained in (ii) for obtaining the zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure. Also disclosed herein are synthetic boron-containing zeolites obtain by the process and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MUELLER, Stefan MAURER, Yu DAI, Feng-Shou XIAO, Xiangju MENG, Yeqing WANG
  • Publication number: 20200338982
    Abstract: The invention relates to an operator control apparatus for outputting haptic feedback comprising an operator control surface, an actuator, which is at least indirectly coupled to the operator control surface, for generating the haptic feedback on the operator control surface and a control unit which is designed to drive the actuator by means of a haptic component of a control signal for generating the haptic feedback. In this case, the control unit is designed to drive the actuator by means of an acoustic component of the control signal for generating acoustic feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Ulrich MUELLER, Dominik ULRICH, Christoph BOESE
  • Patent number: 10809625
    Abstract: An optical element for an optical system that operates with working light in the wavelength spectrum of extreme ultraviolet light or soft X-ray radiation, in particular an optical system for EUV microlithography, that includes an absorber layer (12) for EUV or soft X-ray radiation. The absorber layer extends along an optically effective surface and has a thickness that is defined transversely with respect to the optically effective surface, wherein the thickness of the absorber layer varies over the optically effective surface. Also disclosed is a mirror formed by at least one roughened surface of the mirror, the roughness of which varies over the surface. In addition, an illumination system for an EUV projection exposure apparatus, and a method for producing a corresponding intensity adaptation filter are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS SMT GMBH
    Inventors: Hartmut Enkisch, Ulrich Mueller
  • Patent number: 10795487
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive control device for a motor vehicle, with a control surface; a detection unit which is configured to detect a space-resolved deflection of the control surface; a control unit which is configured to distinguish a characteristic of a deflection of the control surface due to a force exerted on the control surface purely with at least one finger from a characteristic of a deflection of the control surface due to an acceleration acting on the entire control surface. On the basis of this, the force exerted on the control surface purely with the finger, as well as to trigger a function as a function of the determined force exerted purely with the finger is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Michael Stützel
  • Patent number: 10793443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a boron-containing zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure comprising YO2 and B2O3, wherein Y stands for a tetravalent element, wherein said process comprises (a) providing a mixture comprising one or more sources for YO2, one or more sources for B2O3, one or more organotemplates, and seed crystals, (b) crystallizing the mixture obtained in (a) for obtaining a layered precursor of the boron-containing MWW-type zeolitic material, (c) calcining the layered precursor obtained in (b) for obtaining the boron-containing zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure, wherein the one or more organotemplates have the formula (I) R1R2R3N??(I) wherein R1 is (C5-C8)cycloalkyl, and wherein R2 and R3 are independently from each other H or alkyl, as well as to a synthetic boron-containing zeolite which is obtainable and/or obtained according to the inventive process as well as to its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Maurer, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Xiangju Meng, Feng-Shou Xiao, Yeqing Wang
  • Publication number: 20200308083
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the alkylation of an aliphatic organic compound comprising: (a) providing a catalyst comprising one or more zeolitic materials having a BEA framework structure, wherein the BEA framework structure comprises YO2 and optionally comprises X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element, (b) contacting the catalyst with one or more aliphatic organic compounds in the presence of one or more alkylating agents in one or more reactors for obtaining one or more alkylated organic compounds, wherein the one or more zeolitic materials are obtainable from a synthetic process which does not employ an organotemplate as structure directing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert MCGUIRE, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MUELLER, Dirk DE VOS, Patrick TOMKINS
  • Patent number: 10786808
    Abstract: Described is a selective catalytic reduction material comprising a spherical particle including an agglomeration of crystals of a molecular sieve. The catalyst is a crystalline material that is effective to catalyze the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in the presence of a reductant at temperatures between 200° C. and 600° C. A method for selectively reducing nitrogen oxides and an exhaust gas treatment system are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Natalia Trukhan, Ulrich Müller, Michael Breen, Barbara Slawski, Qi Fu, Jaya L. Mohanan, Martin W. Kraus, Ahmad Moini, Xiaofan Yang, John K. Hochmuth