Patents by Inventor Ulrich Steuerle

Ulrich Steuerle 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: 6984336
    Abstract: The invention concerns the treatment of clothes for dry wrinkle resistance, in particular in-wear wrinkle resistance. The clothes are treated with an amphoteric polymer and secured in the desired configuration, preferably during a process of ironing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Markus Wilhelm Altmann, Bruno Albert Jean Hubesch, Heidi Simonne Mariette Soyez, Jürgen Detering, Ulrich Steuerle
  • Patent number: 6855739
    Abstract: The invention relates to polyurethane foams comprising (i) ethylenimine, polyethylenimine, polyvinylamine, polyvinylamine copolymers, carboxymethylated polyethylenimines, phosphonomethylated polyethylenimines, quarternized polyethylenimines and/or dithiocarbamatized polyethylenimines or (ii) alkali hydroxides and/or alkaline earth metal hydroxides or a mixture consisting of both (i) and (ii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Armin Becker, Bernd Bruchmann, Andreas Arlt, Ulrich Treuling, Rainer Rahm, Jürgen Decker, Ulrich Steuerle, Martin Kreyenschmidt, Willi Riegel, Werner Bertleff
  • Publication number: 20050015887
    Abstract: The invention concerns the treatment of clothes for dry wrinkle resistance, in particular in-wear wrinkle resistance. The clothes are treated with an amphoteric polymer and secured in the desired configuration, preferably during a process of ironing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Markus Altmann, Bruno Hubesch, Heidi Soyez, Jurgen Detering, Ulrich Steuerle
  • Publication number: 20040198851
    Abstract: The invention relates to polyurethane foams comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Armin Becker, Bernd Bruchmann, Andreas Arlt, Ulrich Treuling, Rainer Rahm, Juergen Decker, Ulrich Steuerle, Martin Kreyenschmidt, Willi Riegel, Werner Bertleff
  • Patent number: 6777530
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of crosslinked nitrogenous compounds which are soluble or dispersible in water and are obtainable by crosslinking of (a) compounds containing at least three NH groups with (b) at least bifunctional crosslinkers which react with NH groups, in detergents and cleaners, especially soil release agents. Compounds (a) are preferably selected from the group consisting of oligo- and polyamines, polyalkylenepolyamines, polyamidoamines, polyamidoamines grafted with (poly)ethyleneimine, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hubert Meixner, Ulrich Steuerle, Jürgen Decker, Wolfgang Paulus, Dieter Boeckh, Jürgen Alfred Lux, Beate Ehle
  • Patent number: 6706190
    Abstract: A process for fractionating water-soluble or water-dispersible amino-containing synthetic polymers having a broad molar mass distribution by ultrafiltration, wherein the polymer solution or dispersion to be fractionated is fed continuously into an ultrafiltration circulation with at least one ultrafiltration unit, and retentate having a narrower molar mass distribution and permeate are discharged continuously, in such a way that the ultrafiltration circulation is essentially in a steady state, the polymers obtainable by this process and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Steuerle, Hartwig Voss, Jürgen Bernbach, Jürgen Decker, Rainer Dyllick-Brenzinger, Klaus Lorenz, Hubert Meixner, Martin Rübenacker
  • Publication number: 20030158279
    Abstract: The invention relates to polyurethane foamed materials containing: (i) ethylene imine, polyethylene imine, polyvinylamine, polyvinylamine copolymers, carboxymethylated polyethylene imines, phosphonomethylated polyethylene imines, quarternized polyethylene imines and/or dithiocarbamatized polyethylene imines or; (ii) alkali hydroxides and/or alkaline-earth hydroxides or; a mixture consisting of both (i) and (ii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Armin Becker, Bernd Bruchmann, Andreas Arlt, Ulrich Treuling, Rainer Rahm, Jurgen Decker, Ulrich Steuerle, Martin Kreyenschmidt, Willi Riegel, Werner Bertleff
  • Patent number: 6576086
    Abstract: Paper, board and cardboard are produced by draining paper stock containing interfering substances in the presence of fixing agents by a process in which the fixing agents used are reaction products which are obtainable by reacting amino- and/or ammonium-containing polymers selected from the group consisting of the polymers containing vinylamine units polyalkylene polyamines polyamidoamines ethyleneimine-grafted polyamidoamines which may be crosslinked, polydiallyldimethylammonium chlorides polymers containing dialkylaminoalkylacrylamide units or dialkylaminoalkylmethacrylamide units and polyallylamines and dicyandiamide and formaldehyde condensates with reactive sizes for paper in a weight ratio of polymer to reactive size of from 15,000:1 to 1:1, and the reaction products thus obtainable are used as fixing agents for water-soluble and for water-insoluble interfering substances in the production of paper, board and cardboard from paper stocks containing interfering substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Roland Ettl, Hubert Meixner, Anton Esser, Rainer Scholz, Norbert Mahr, Ulrich Steuerle, Matthias Höne, Klaus Lorenz
  • Publication number: 20020132748
    Abstract: The invention concerns the treatment of clothes for dry wrinkle resistance, in particular in-wear wrinkle resistance. The clothes are treated with an amphoteric polymer and secured in the desired configuration, preferably during a process of ironing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Markus Wilhelm Altmann, Bruno Albert Jean Hubesch, Heidi Simonne Mariette Soyez, Jurgen Detering, Ulrich Steuerle
  • Patent number: 6331519
    Abstract: A method of boosting the detergency of a detergent, which entails admixing an amine with an average pKA of from 1 to 14 to the detergent, wherein the amine is a polymer containing repeating units corresponding to the formula: —[CH2—CH(NH2)]— produced by at least partial hydrolysis of oligo/polyvinylformamides and co-polymers of vinylformamide wherein 5 to 100% of the nitrogen atoms are present in primary or secondary amino groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jürgen Huff, Ulrich Steuerle, Hubert Meixner, Beate Ehle, Wolfgang Paulus, Jürgen Alfred Lux, Lukas Häussling
  • Patent number: 6300305
    Abstract: The use of an amine with an average pKA of from 1 to 14 as detergency booster, preferably in textile detergents, especially in color detergents, and detergent formulations containing these amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Huff, Ulrich Steuerle, Hubert Meixner, Beate Ehle, Wolfgang Paulus, Juergen Alfred Lux, Lukas Haeussling
  • Patent number: 6261581
    Abstract: Use of polymers which contain (a) 0.1 to 100 mol % of vinylamine units or ethyleneimine units, (b) 0 to 99.9 mol % of units of at least one monomer from the group consisting of open-chain N-vinylcarboxamides, vinyl formate, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl alcohol, C1- to C6-alkyl vinyl ethers, monoethylenically unsaturated C3- to C8-carboxylic acids, their esters, nitriles, amides and anhydrides, N-vinylurea, N-vinylimidazoles and N-vinylimidazolines and (c) 0 to 5 mol % of units of monomers having at least two ethylenically unsaturated double bonds, in copolymerized form, the sum of (a), (b) and (c) in mol % always being 100, as biocide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Norbert Gebhardt, Dieter Zeller, Claudia Nilz, Ulrich Steuerle, Charlotte Johansen
  • Patent number: 6235258
    Abstract: A non-crystalline silica solid is obtainable by a process comprising the step of contacting in a liquid medium at least one silica precursor with at least one template comprising a polyethyleneimine or a mixture of two or more thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Ulrich Steuerle
  • Patent number: 6180590
    Abstract: The use of an amine with an average pKA of from 1 to 14 as detergency booster, preferably in textile detergents, especially in color detergents, and detergent formulations containing these amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: J{umlaut over (u)}rgen Huff, Ulrich Steuerle, Hubert Meixner, Beate Ehle, Wolfgang Paulus, J{umlaut over (u)}rgen Alfred Lux, Lukas H{umlaut over (a)}ussling
  • Patent number: 6129786
    Abstract: Composite pigments based on nanoparticulate metal oxides modified by crosslinked or uncrosslinked polyalkylenepolyamine and anionic dyes are useful for coloring paints, inks, plastic, paper, wood, leather and textile materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Boubacar Camara, Manfred Patsch, Ulrich Steuerle, Jurgen Romeis
  • Patent number: 6083898
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of crosslinked nitrogenous compounds which are soluble or dispersible in water and are obtainable by crosslinking of(a) compounds containing at least three NH groups with(b) at least bifunctional crosslinkers which react with NH groups,in detergents and cleaners, especially soil release agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hubert Meixner, Ulrich Steuerle, Jurgen Decker, Wolfgang Paulus, Dieter Boeckh, Jurgen Alfred Lux, Beate Ehle
  • Patent number: 6063286
    Abstract: Process for preparing fine-particle, water-insoluble polymers of aziridines by polymerizing aziridines, preferably ethylenimine, in the presence of crosslinkers which contain at least two functional groups, and in at least one ether, and also modified, water-insoluble polymers of aziridines which can be obtained by reacting fine-particle, water-insoluble, crosslinked polymers of aziridines, in aqueous medium, with carbon disulfide or formaldehyde and a nucleophilic agent from the group consisting of alkali metal cyanides, primary amines, secondary amines, alkali metal sulfites and alkali metal phosphites, and use of the modified and non-modified fine-particle, water-insoluble polymers for immobilizing active compounds, as absorbents for aldehydes, ketones and acids, and also for removing heavy metal ions from wastewaters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Steuerle, Wolfgang Reuther, Hubert Meixner, Michael Ehle, Thomas Greindl, Rainer Betz
  • Patent number: 6056967
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of water-soluble, amino-containing condensates and adducts having a greater drainage and retention effect in papermaking, in which from 5 to 95% by weight of the condensates or adducts are separated off as permeate from solutions of water-soluble, amino-containing condensates or adducts by ultrafiltration through membranes and the amino-containing condensates or adducts having improved efficiency are, if required, isolated from the retentate, and the high molecular weight polymer fractions contained in the retentate are used as retention aids, drainage aids and fixing compositions in papermaking, as promoters in the sizing of paper with alkyldiketenes, as flocculants for sewage sludges, as adhesion promoters in the production of laminated films, as additives for hair and skincare compositions and as compositions for immobilizing anionic active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Steuerle, Hubert Meixner, Rainer Dyllick-Brenzinger, Wolfgang Reuther, Hartmut Kanter, Albert Hettche, Jurgen Weiser, Gunter Scherr
  • Patent number: 5977293
    Abstract: A process for the continuous preparation of homopolymers of ethyleneimine by polymerization of ethyleneimine in a solvent in the presence of catalysts at temperatures of at least 80.degree. C., in homogeneous liquid phase in a tubular reactor in which the ratio of length to internal diameter is at least 5:1. There are obtained polyethyleneimines having a content of secondary nitrogen atoms of more than 40 to 60% and molecular weight distribution M.sub.w /M.sub.n of from 1.5:1 to 3:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Steuerle, Wolfgang Reuther, Wolfgang Harder
  • Patent number: 5693825
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of an aziridine, especially ethyleneimine but also its derivatives in which one or both of its carbon atoms may be substituted once or twice by C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl or aryl, and the nitrogen atom is substituted by hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl, aryl benzyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -hydroxyalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 - aminoalkyl wherein ethanolamine or its derivatives bearing the same carbon and nitrogen substituents is reacted in the gas phase for dehydration at from 200.degree. to 600.degree. C. and from 0.001 to 5 bar, especially 0.1 to 1 bar, over a heterogeneous catalyst shaped as presintered moldings and maintained as a steady-state or as a circulating fluidized bed catalyst. The preferred fluidizable presintered moldings are those prepared from a ceramic powder as a catalyst or catalyst carrier having a uniform pore size in the macroporous range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Dingerdissen, Gunter Lauth, Peter Trubenbach, Ulrich Steuerle