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: 20190367377
    Abstract: A process comprising hydrothermally synthesizing a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW in the presence of an MWW template compound, obtaining a mother liquor comprising water, a first portion of the MWW template compound and a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW comprising a second portion of the MWW template compound, separating the first portion of the MWW template compound from the mother liquor and recycling the first portion of the MWW template compound into a hydrothermal synthesis of a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MUELLER, Regina VOGELSANG, Nicole Sabine BRUNS, Jan-Oliver WEIDERT
  • Publication number: 20190366313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to catalyst comprising one or more metal oxides and/or metalloid oxides and a zeolitic material having the CHA framework structure comprising YO2 and X2O3, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element, wherein the zeolitic material comprises one or more alkaline earth metals selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and combinations of two or more thereof, and wherein the framework of the zeolitic material comprised in the catalyst contains substantially no phosphorous, as well as to a process for the preparation of a catalyst comprising one or more alkaline earth metals selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and combinations of two or more thereof and to a catalyst obtainable therefrom. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins employing the inventive catalyst, as well as to the use of the inventive catalyst in specific applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Robert MCGUIRE, Christiane JANKE, Ulrich MUELLER, Ekkehard SCHWAB
  • Publication number: 20190358613
    Abstract: A composition comprising a ternary intermetallic compound X2YZ, wherein X, Y, and Z are different from one another; X being selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Pd; Y being selected from the group consisting of Cr, Co, and Ni; and Z being selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Ga, Ge, In, Sn, Zn, and Sb; wherein the ternary intermetallic compound is supported on a porous oxidic support material. The composition may be prepared by providing a liquid mixture of sources of X, Y, and Z, and the porous oxidic support material, removing the liquid and heating the resulting mixture in a reducing atmosphere. The composition is useful as catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan ERNST, Oliver MALTER, Axel SCHUESSLER, Kirsten BRAUNSMANN, Natalia TRUKHAN, Ulrich MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20190330171
    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: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MUELLER, Joaquim Henrique TELES, Dominic RIEDEL, Markus WEBER, Yan LI
  • Publication number: 20190321811
    Abstract: Use of an acid-treated titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW for preparing a composition having a relative plasticity of less than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MUELLER, Hans-Juergen LUETZEL, Georg UHL, Joaquim Henrique TELES, Dominic RIEDEL, Daniel URBANCZYK, Ulrike WEGERLE, Markus WEBER, Nicolai Tonio WOERZ, Christian MUELLER, Ruediger SCHMITT, Xiana ROMANI FERNANDEZ, Harald WUERZ
  • Publication number: 20190322634
    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: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicants: 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. WITZI
  • Patent number: 10442697
    Abstract: A process for preparing an aluminum-free boron containing zeolitic material comprising the framework structure MWW (BMWW), comprising (a) hydrothermally synthesizing the BMWW from a synthesis mixture containing water, a silicon source, a boron source, and an MWW template compound obtaining the BMWW in its mother liquor, the mother liquor having a pH above 9; (b) adjusting the pH of the mother liquor, obtained in (a) and containing the BMWW, to a value in the range of from 6 to 9; (c) separating the BMWW from the pH-adjusted mother liquor obtained in (b) by filtration in a filtration device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Hans-Juergen Luetzel, Georg Uhl, Robert Bayer, Regina Vogelsang, Robert Schlosser, Franky Ruslim, Pawel Czajka
  • Publication number: 20190308929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of ethane-1,2-diol to ethane-1,2-diamine and/or linear polyethylenimines of the formula H2N—[CH2CH2NH]n—CH2CH2NH2 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, wherein the zeolitic material is selected from the group consisting of zeolitic materials having the MOR, FAU, CHA and/or GME framework structure, including combinations of two or more thereof; (ii) providing a gas stream comprising ethane-1,2-diol and ammonia; (iii) contacting the catalyst provided in (i) with the gas stream provided in (ii) for converting ethane-1,2-diol to ethane-1,2-diamine and/or linear polyethylenimines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Alvaro GORDILLO, Marie Katrin SCHROETER, Johann-Peter MELDER, Juergen BECHTEL, Thomas HEIDEMANN, Stephan A. SCHUNK, Ulrich MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 10435381
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a process for preparing propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide or a source of hydrogen peroxide, water, and an organic solvent; (ii) passing the liquid feed stream provided in (i) into an epoxidation zone comprising an epoxidation catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation zone, obtaining a reaction mixture comprising propene, propylene oxide, water, and the organic solvent; (iii) removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation zone, the effluent stream comprising propylene oxide, water, organic solvent, and propene; (iv) separating propene from the effluent stream by distillation, comprising (iv.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    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, Karsten Luecke
  • Patent number: 10434503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to A process for the production of a molding, comprising (I) providing a zeolitic material; (II) mixing the zeolitic material provided in step (I) with one or more binders; (III) kneading of the mixture obtained in step (II); (IV) molding of the kneaded mixture obtained in step (III) to obtain one or more moldings; (V) drying of the one or more moldings obtained in step (IV); and (VI) calcining of the dried molding obtained in step (V); wherein the zeolitic material provided in step (I) displays a water adsorption ranging from 1 to 15 wt.-% when exposed to a relative humidity of 85%, as well as to a molding obtainable or obtained according to the inventive process in addition to a molding per se and to their respective use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Hans-Juergen Luetzel, Joaquim Henrique Teles, Dominic Riedel, Bianca Seelig, Daniel Urbanczyk, Ulrike Wegerle, Michael Hesse, Andreas Walch, Volker Bendig, Veit Stegmann, Henning Althoefer, Boris Gaspar, Frank Stallmach, Anne Kristin Pusch
  • Publication number: 20190300375
    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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: 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
  • Patent number: 10422480
    Abstract: The invention is related to a storage vessel (1) comprising a shaped body (3) of a porous solid, wherein the storage vessel (1) comprises a wall (5) with a section (7) comprising at least one inlet (9), wherein the storage vessel (1) has a central axis (11) and the central axis (11) is a longitudinal axis of the storage vessel (1) and/or perpendicular to a cross-sectional area of the at least one inlet (9), wherein the shaped body (3) covers at least 85% of an inner volume (13) of the storage vessel (1) and the shaped body (3) comprises an opening (19) in an axial direction (17), axial referring to the central axis (11) of the storage vessel (1), wherein the opening (19) extends from a first end (21) of the shaped body (3) to an opposing second end (23) of the shaped body (3) and wherein the storage vessel (1) comprises exactly one shaped body (3), which is formed in one piece. The invention is further related to a shaped body and use of the shaped body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Weickert, Stefan Marx, Ulrich Müller, Lena Arnold, Adam Lack, Joseph Lynch, William Dolan, Michael Santamaria
  • Patent number: 10425229
    Abstract: Methods, media, and systems for secure provisioning of servers within a cloud computing environment are provided for herein. In some embodiments, a management service can delegate provisioning of a server of the cloud computing environment to an imaging service. In response, the imaging service can generate an operating system image for the server and can utilize disk encryption to protect to operating system image. In embodiments, a volume encryption key of the disk encryption can be encrypted utilizing a public key of a trusted platform manager of the server, to produce an encrypted volume encryption key that is protected by the trusted platform module of the server. The encrypted operating system image and the encrypted volume encryption key can then be transmitted to the server to cause the server to be provisioned with the operating system image. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ulrich Mueller, Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gershaft, Christopher W. McCarron, Marwan E. Jubran
  • Publication number: 20190282142
    Abstract: A sensor device for determining the concentration of an analyte under in-vivo conditions that includes an electrode system having an electrode with immobilized enzyme molecules and a diffusion barrier that controls diffusion from the exterior of the electrode system to the immobilized enzyme molecules. The diffusion barrier may include an aliphatic polyurethane. A process of manufacturing such a sensor device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Herbert Fink, Bernd Hiller, Ulrich Mueller, Markus Siebenhaar, Christoph Grulke
  • Publication number: 20190285989
    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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Hartmut ENKISCH, Ulrich MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20190210989
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for purifying propylene oxide, including the steps of: (i) providing a stream S0 containing propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, and an organic compound containing a carbonyl group —C(?O)—; and (ii) separating propylene oxide from the stream S0 by subjecting the stream S0 to distillation conditions in a distillation column to obtain a gaseous top stream S1c which is enriched in propylene oxide compared to the stream S0, a liquid bottoms stream S1a which is enriched in acetonitrile and water compared to the stream S0, and a side stream S1b containing propylene oxide which is enriched in the carbonyl compound compared to the stream S0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique TELES, Marvin KRAMP, Christian MUELLER, Nicolai Tonio WOERZ, Bernd METZEN, Tobias KELLER, Dominic RIEDEL, Markus WEBER, Daniel URBANCZYK, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrike WEGERLE, Ulrich MUELLER
  • Patent number: 10331213
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive surface is provided on an operator control device that includes a way to detect a force applied by a user to at least one area of the touch-sensitive surface. An actuator generates haptic feedback to the user when the force applied exceeds a threshold value. An evaluation unit of the operator control device determines a time-related gradient of the force and changes the threshold value of the force according to the time-related gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Manuel Kühner
  • Publication number: 20190177174
    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: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan MAURER, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MUELLER, Xiangju MENG, Feng-Shou XIAO, Yeqing WANG
  • Patent number: 10316007
    Abstract: A continuous process for preparing propylene oxide proceeds by (a) reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in a reaction apparatus in the presence acetonitrile as solvent, obtaining a stream S0 containing propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least one further component B; (b) separating propylene oxide from S0, obtaining stream S1 containing acetonitrile, water and B; (c) dividing S1 into streams S2 and S3; (d) subjects S3 to vapor-liquid fractionation in a first fractionation unit, obtaining vapor fraction stream S4a being depleted, relative to S3, of at least one of B and obtaining liquid bottoms stream S4b, and subjecting at least part of vapor fraction stream S4a to vapor-liquid fractionation in a second fractionation unit, obtaining vapor fraction stream S4c and liquid bottoms stream S4 being depleted, relative to S4a, of at least one of B; (e) recycling at least a portion of S4 to (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: BASF SE, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Dominic Riedel, Bianca Seelig, Philip Kampe, Markus Weber, Alexander Schroeder, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Daniel Urbanczyk, Meinolf Weidenbach, Werner J. Witzl, Holger Baer
  • Patent number: 10315924
    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 tetraalkylammonium cation R1R2R3R4N+-containing compounds, and one or more tetraalkylammonium cation R5R6R7R8N+-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, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 independently from one another stand for alkyl, and wherein R8 stands for cycloalkyl, as well as to zeolitic materials which may be obtained according to the inventive process and to their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mathias Feyen, Jeff Yang, Roger Ruetz, Ulrich Müller