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).

  • Patent number: 10780432
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: 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: 20200290884
    Abstract: A process for the calcination of a zeolitic material, wherein the process contains the steps of (i) providing a zeolitic material containing YO2 and optionally further containing X2O3 in its framework structure in the form of a powder and/or of a suspension of the zeolitic material in a liquid, wherein Y stands for a tetravalent element and X stands for a trivalent element; (ii) atomization of the powder and/or of the suspension of the zeolitic material provided in (i) in a gas stream for obtaining an aerosol; and (iii) calcination of the aerosol obtained in (ii) for obtaining a calcined powder, a zeolitic material obtained by the above process, and its use as a molecular sieve, as an adsorbent for ion-exchange, as a catalyst, and/or as a catalyst support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Benedikt KALO, Thomas GEIGER, Rene KOENIG, Ulrich MUELLER, Stefan MAURER
  • Patent number: 10774034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of ethylene oxide to 2-aminoethanol and/or ethane-1,2-diamine and/or linear polyethylenimines of the formula H2N—(CH2CH2NH)n—CH2CH2—NH2 wherein n?1 comprising (i) providing a catalyst comprising a zeolitic material comprising YO2 and X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element; (ii) providing a gas stream comprising ethylene oxide and ammonia; (iii) contacting the catalyst provided in (i) with the gas stream provided in (ii) for converting ethylene oxide to 2-aminoethanol and/or ethane-1,2-diamine and/or linear polyethylenimines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alvaro Gordillo, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Armin Lange De Oliveira, Andreas Kuschel, Juergen Bechtel, Johannes Lieberknecht, Ulrich Müller, Johann-Peter Melder, Christian Gruenanger
  • Patent number: 10774057
    Abstract: A process for preparing ethene oxide comprising providing a liquid feed stream comprising ethene, hydrogen peroxide, and a solvent; passing the liquid feed stream into an epoxidation zone comprising a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite comprising zinc and having framework type MWW, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation zone, obtaining a reaction mixture comprising ethene oxide, water, and the solvent; removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation zone, the effluent stream comprising ethene oxide, water and the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Dominic Riedel, Markus Weber, Yan Li
  • Publication number: 20200282836
    Abstract: An operating device for a motor vehicle, having a touch-sensitive operating element with a frame element and a central region. The touch-sensitive operating interface has a predetermined operating region at each of at least two predetermined touch positions for activating an operating function assigned to the respective operating region. The operating element is arranged to be displaceable at least partially along a translation axis that intersects the operating interface. The operating device has only one detection element, which is arranged facing an inner side of the touch-sensitive operating element that faces away from the touch-sensitive operating interface, and which is arranged to detect a displacement of each operating region along the translation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jacques HÉLOT, Joris MERTENS, Maximilian MITWALSKY, Clemens VOLZ, Günther SEITZ, Ulrich MÜLLER, Tobias HOPF
  • Publication number: 20200283304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a zeolitic material, as well as to a catalyst per se as obtainable or obtained according to said process. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of the zeolitic material, in particular as a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian RIEMANN, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ralf BOEHLING, Ulrich MUELLER, Hans-Juergen LUETZEL, Stefanie CLADE, Christoph SCHAPPERT
  • Patent number: 10766840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an unsaturated alcohol, preferably 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienal, by contacting an alkene, preferably isobutene, with formaldehyde in the presence a condensation catalyst comprising a zeolitic material comprising the framework structure of which comprises a tetravalent element Y other than Si.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Miriam Bru Roig, Albert Werner, Bernhard Brunner, Wolfgang Siegel, Stephan Maurer, Ulrich Mueller, Michael Ludwig Lejkowski
  • Patent number: 10766781
    Abstract: A process for preparing a tin-containing zeolitic material having framework type BEA, comprising providing an aqueous synthesis mixture comprising a boron source, a silicon source, and a BEA structure directing agent; subjecting the synthesis mixture provided in to hydrothermal pre-crystallization conditions; adding the tin source to the obtained mixture; subjecting the obtained aqueous synthesis mixture to hydrothermal crystallization conditions, obtaining a tin-containing zeolitic material having framework type BEA comprised in its mother liquor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Nicolas Vautravers, Ulrich Müller
  • Publication number: 20200276571
    Abstract: Provided are a process for the preparation of an iron containing zeolitic material having an AEI framework structure using a quaternary phosphonium cation, as well as an iron containing zeolitic material per se as obtainable or obtained according to the process. Furthermore, an exhaust gas treatment system comprising the iron containing zeolitic material and the use of the iron containing zeolitic material as a catalyst are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    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
  • Patent number: 10737239
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in form of a homogenous powder, and a process wherein the metal-organic framework is molded into shaped bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Julia Burckhart, Stefan Marx, Lena Arnold, Claus Hofmann, Ulrich Müller
  • Patent number: 10737944
    Abstract: An incipient wetness impregnation method for preparing a tin-containing zeolitic material having framework type BEA, a novel tin-containing zeolitic material having framework type BEA and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nicolas Vautravers, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Ralf Pelzer, Daniel Schneider, Florian Garlichs, Andreas Keller, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Müller, Sumana Roy
  • Publication number: 20200239394
    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 subjec 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: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Albert WERNER, Miriam BRU ROIG, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Roland MINGES, Andreas KELLER, Stephan MAURER, Ulrich MUELLER, Wolfgang SIEGEL
  • Patent number: 10716644
    Abstract: A dental instrument comprising a shaft and a working part adjoined thereto, with the working part having a coating in which abrasive bodies are embedded, is proposed, Firstly, the average proportion of the surface of the abrasive bodies which is covered by the coating can be at least 60%, preferably at least 65%, most preferably at least 70%. Secondly, the coating can, moreover, also consist of a nickel ahoy which additionally contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, niobium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, iron and cobalt. In addition, a process for coating a working part, in particular for producing a dental instrument of this type, and also the use of such a dental instrument for cutting machining of solid bodies are proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: COLTÈNE/WHALEDENT AG
    Inventors: Ralf Kollefrath, Ulrich Müller, Martin Schlüter
  • Publication number: 20200223705
    Abstract: A zeolitic material having framework type CHA, comprising a transition metal M and an alkali metal A, and having a framework structure comprising a tetravalent element Y, a trivalent element X and 0, wherein the transition metal M is a transition metal of groups 7 to 12 of the periodic table, A is one or more of K and Cs, Y is one or more of Si, Ge, Ti, Sn and Zr, and X is one or more of Al, B, Ga and In. A process for preparing such a zeolitic material. Use of such a zeolitic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    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, Xiulian PAN, Xiangju MENG
  • Publication number: 20200218159
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for determining at least one property of an EUV source in a projection exposure apparatus for semiconductor lithography, wherein the property is determined on the basis of the electromagnetic radiation emanating from the EUV source, and wherein a thermal load for a component of the projection exposure apparatus is determined and the property is deduced on the basis of the thermal load determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Timo Laufer, Markus Hauf, Ulrich Mueller
  • Publication number: 20200178868
    Abstract: A method for detecting in-vivo properties of a biosensor. In the inventive method, a sensitivity-to-admittance relation is provided and a raw current in the biosensor is measured. An in-vivo current response is also measured at first and second operating points. A time constant ? is determined by the electrical capacitance C of the working electrode and the electrical resistance RM of the membrane by ?=RM·C. The first and second operating points are selected below and above ?, respectively. An analyte value in a sample of a body fluid is determined by using the raw current and compensating sensitivity drift in the biosensor, which in turn is compensated by using the measured value for the raw current and a corrected value for the sensitivity. The failsafe operation of the biosensor is monitored by using the in-vivo current response measured at the first and second operating points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Ulrich Mueller, Herbert Wieder, Alexander Poggenwisch, Uli Delventhal, Andreas Knoerzer
  • Patent number: 10676451
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for purifying propylene oxide. A stream S0 containing propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, and an organic compound containing one or more of acetone and propionaldehyde is provided. Propylene oxide is separated from S0 by subjecting S0 to distillation in a first distillation unit, obtaining a gaseous top stream S1c enriched in propylene oxide, a liquid bottom stream S1a enriched in acetonitrile and water, and a side stream S1b containing propylene oxide and enriched in the carbonyl compound; reacting the carbonyl compound in S1b with an organic compound containing an amino group to obtain a reaction product; separating propylene oxide from the reaction product in a second distillation unit, obtaining a gaseous top stream S3a enriched in propylene oxide and a liquid bottoms stream S3b enriched in the reaction product; and introducing stream S3a into the first distillation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: BASF SE, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Marvin Kramp, Christian Mueller, Nicolai Tonio Woerz, Bernd Metzen, Tobias Keller, Dominic Riedel, Heiner Schelling, Markus Weber, Daniel Urbanczyk, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrike Wegerle, Ulrich Mueller, Meinolf Weidenbach, Werner J. Witzl
  • Publication number: 20200139357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a molding comprising a zeolitic material, phosphorous, one or more metals M of groups 3, 6, 10 to 14 of the periodic system of the elements, and a binder material. The molding is useful as a catalyst, in particular for preparing aromatic compounds from methanol with selectivity toward p-xylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert MCGUIRE, Christiane KURETSCHKA, Sven TITLBACH, Ekkehard SCHWAB, Ulrich MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20200140354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of methanol in p-xylene comprising the use a molding which comprises a zeolitic material, phosphorous, one or more metals M of the groups 3, 6, 10 to 14 of the periodic system of the elements, and a binder material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Robert MCGUIRE, Christiane KURETSCHKA, Sven TITLBACH, Ekkehard SCHWAB, Ulrich MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20200114340
    Abstract: A composition comprising a support material which comprises silicon carbide on the surface of which a zeolitic material of the AEI/CHA family is supported, wherein at least 99 weight-% of the framework structure of the zeolitic material consist of a tetravalent element Y which is one or more of Si, Ge, Ti, Sn and V; a trivalent element X which is one or more of Al, Ga, In, and B; O; and H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mathias FEYEN, Ulrich MUELLER, Xinhe BAO, Weiping ZHANG, Dirk de VOS, Hermann GIES, Feng-Shou XIAO, Yokoi TOSHIYUKI, Ute KOLB, Bernd MARLER, Yong WANG, Trees DE BAERDEMAEKER, Chuan SHI, Xiulian PAN, Xiangju MENG